Next Advisory Team Meeting - June 19
The next ReCAST Advisory Team meeting will be held on June 19 from 10 a.m.- noon at the Hosmer Library - 347 E 36th St. At this meeting, ReCAST staff will give program updates and discuss the unfolding Critical Incident Response process. The phases of work will be explained as well as the data that will be collected in each stage and what the project will accomplish by the end of the process. Please invite community members who would be interested in learning more about this work.
Critical Incident Response RFQ Proposals Due Soon!
ReCAST Minneapolis is seeking to hire consultants to engage residents, facilitate conversations and actively participate in the development of a citywide protocol to ready, respond and recover from trauma that arises as a result of structural and community wide crisis. The work will support the building of the Critical Incident Response Protocol which aims to bring City staff and community residents together to streamline and integrate the way structural, community and interpersonal violence is addressed citywide. Community members will have an opportunity to vote on and fund projects that match the priorities identified in this collaborative decision making process.
Applications are due Friday, June 8 at 5 p.m. Please visit the ReCAST Minneapolis website for more information.
Register Now for June Capacity Building Institute Trainings
ReCAST Minneapolis has selected a new set of trainers for the spring and summer trainings for the Capacity Building Institute. These trainers will primarily focus on trauma awareness and education; healing and resiliency; and policy and systems change work across various communities in Minneapolis. Upcoming trainings include:
Calendar with descriptions of trainings
Registration form
History of Race - Artist in Residence Projects
Oral History Project Underway!
This project will continue with an event to record stories on June 14, 6-8 p.m. at 1101 W Broadway Ave. Please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov if you feel you have experience and knowledge to share around the history of the Plymouth-Penn Corridor.
 Mural Installation Complete!
The mural created by community members alongside City staff depicting the stories and themes of immigration has been installed in City Hall! The tentative date for the mural's dedication will be on June 18 at 10:30 a.m. Please follow ReCAST Minneapolis on Facebook for updates and confirmation of this event.
 CLUES Trauma Training Available Online
A ReCAST Minneapolis partner, Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) offered training to City staff around immigrant and refugee trauma in 2017. Ensuring that City staff understand the trauma that is happening across the City will give them the tools and strategies to better serve those communities.
CLUES allowed us to film these courses and offer them as packaged video courses. These courses are now available for City employees and community members! There are 6 courses in the series. NOTE: These courses are 1-2 hours in length. Allow ample time to complete each course.
Please feel free to share these videos with your networks!
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Youth Participatory Action Research Project
The YPAR project continues to develop with the youth interviewers conducting several interviews at both Henry High School and North High School. The students that were interviewed were excited to be a part of the project and share their experiences. Interviews will continue throughout the summer. Stay tuned for more updates!
ReCAST Minneapolis Connect
ReCAST Minneapolis is excited to announce the soft launch of ReCAST Minneapolis Connect, a provider map that identifies community cultural healers and mental health providers in Minneapolis. ReCAST Minneapolis Connect was identified in the strategic plan as an important mechanism in which community members can identify and find the healing assets within their neighborhoods.
The asset map aims to:
- Build trust and relationships by committing to a journey of health and healing to build emotional wellness in the community
- Connect residents to providers that they identify that practice in their neighborhood
- Work to build linkages that support providers work collaboratively with community to improve behavioral health outcomes and reduce trauma and its impact in community
- Build the capacity of community cultural healers and mental health providers
If you are a community cultural healer, mental health provider, or provider agency/organization, we invite you to register with ReCAST Minneapolis Connect to be included on the asset map.
More information and registration
 ReCAST Minneapolis Connect Funds
ReCAST Connect Funds are used to reimburse providers for clinical and nonclinical support services, transportation costs, childcare support group facilitation, and participant stipends for attendance for healing circles, venting sessions, mediation circles, drop in support group; trauma informed, yoga, sage burning rituals, Reiki and other forms of healing work focused on the body, individual therapy, family therapy, and community healing activities or events.
By applying for reimbursement, you agree to be placed on the Minneapolis ReCAST Connect provider map.
Services offered in community should be aimed towards youth, their families, and residents seeking resources after a traumatic event or for long term care. The services provided should improve behavioral health outcomes, reduce trauma, and support community change for more racially equitable outcomes.
More information
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 Minneapolis 2040 Draft Comprehensive Plan Open Comment Period
From March 22 through July 22, 2018, the City will be reaching out to the Minneapolis community to discuss this draft plan and to encourage review and feedback. This plan is truly a draft. Following the close of the public comment period on July 22, City staff will make revisions to the plan based on public feedback and present a final draft to the City Planning Commission and City Council in Fall 2018.
Provide feedback on the Draft Comprehensive Plan
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Study Sessions Taking Place to Learn About City Processes
The City Coordinator's department is hosting a series of study sessions meant to be informational for new and returning policymakers taking place prior to the term's strategic planning kick off. This is an eight part series of cross-departmental topical sessions taking place through July. These sessions are open to community members as well and will be held at City Hall (350 S 5th St., room 319).
- Transportation and Infrastructure Study Session
June 14, 10:30 a.m.-noon
- Public Safety Study Session
June 28, 10 a.m.-noon
- Community Trust and Transparency Study Session
July 19, 10 a.m.-noon
- Land Use Study Session
August 2, 10 a.m.-noon
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Equitable Development: Engaging Community for Accountability
The GARE Racial Equity Speaker Series will continue with the topic of achieving racial equity in housing and business development. Hear from panelists including Larry Hiscock from Nexus Community Partners, JooHee Pomplun from The Alliance, Denise Butler from African Career, Education and Resource Inc., and a staff planning department representative from the City of Brooklyn Park.
- June 14, 5:30-8 p.m.
Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center
5800 85th Ave N.
Brooklyn Park, 55443
Register
Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity: How Opportunity360 Can Support ReCAST Grantees
Powered by Enterprise Community Partners, Opportunity360 is a revolutionary, comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing community challenges. It provides cross sector data and measurement tools, community engagement and partnership resources, as well as information on telling the story of your work. The platform that can help ReCAST cities make effective decisions about funding allocation and benchmark communities across the five domains of opportunity: housing stability, education, health and wellbeing, economic security, and mobility.
- June 14, 1-2:30 p.m. - Webinar
Register
Mapping Neighborhood History: Reclaiming/Reframing Fair Housing
This will be the first gathering of "Racism, Rent and Real Estate: Fair Housing Reframed" event series to learn more about the history and impetus of fair housing laws, and share you knowledge about the history of your family and neighborhood. Galvanizing the community conversation, speakers will include 8th Ward Minneapolis City Councilmember and Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins; lifelong neighborhood resident and community leader, Greg McMoore; and Kirsten Delegard, Director of Mapping Prejudice.
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June 21, 6-8 p.m.
Sabathani Community Center
310 38th Street E, Suite 101
More information
Neighborhood Hub Presents Renter's Rights and Responsibilities Workshop
Join the Neighborhood Hub for a workshop on Renter's Rights and Responsibilities with Mary Kaczorek, Housing Attorney from Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and a mini Expungement Clinic with housing attorneys with the Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. If interested in the mini expungement clinic, please contact the Neighborhood Hub to learn what documents to bring.
- June 30, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
3120 Washburn Ave N.
More information
Building Sustainable Communities
Washburn Center for Children invites you to join them for the 3rd Equity & Access discussion: Building Sustainable Communities featuring Elizer Darris. Elizer is the Lead Consultant with the Darris Consulting Group, which aims to inspire hope and spark dialogue centered on the power of individuals to effect change in their world.
- July 19, 1:30-4:30 p.mm
Washburn Center for Children
1100 Glenwood Ave
Register
Job Opportunities
City of Minneapolis
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About ReCAST Minneapolis
The Resilience in Communities After Stress & Trauma (ReCAST) Minneapolis Program is funded through a multi-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). ReCAST Minneapolis is intended to assist high-risk youth and families, and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest through the implementation of evidence-based violence prevention and community youth engagement programs, as well as linkages to trauma-informed behavioral health services. SAMHSA created the ReCAST Program to support communities that have lived through demonstrations of mass protest in response to police-involved shootings of unarmed African-American males.
For more information, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov.
This update was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM063520-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.
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