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The ReCAST Minneapolis Advisory Team is comprised of a group of individuals representing organizations, City of Minneapolis staff, government agencies, and other stakeholders to define, implement, and evaluate ReCAST’s work. In the first year of the Advisory Team, members were instrumental in helping ReCAST complete the Community Needs and Resource Assessment, develop the strategic plan, and implement one of the first buckets of work called the Capacity Building Institute. In the second year, the Advisory Team has helped move other bodies of the work forward and has been a critical thought partner in how it moves forward.
As we enter the third year of the grant, we are looking for community residents to serve on the ReCAST Community Advisory Team from February 2019 – September 2019.
This application is due by Friday, February 1 to ReCAST Minneapolis.
As an Advisory Team member, residents will:
- Advise ReCAST Minneapolis on the implementation of the work: Together with ReCAST Minneapolis partners and project team, Advisory Team members will provide feedback and reflection on implementation of the programming areas: Healing and Trauma Training, Youth Leadership and Development, Healing and Trauma Services, and Shared Decision Making.
- Promote cross cultural/cross geographical representation: Advisory Team members will recommend strategies to enable the ReCAST Minneapolis staff to ensure participation across culture and geography in all program areas including representation of target audience in leadership and decision-making within those areas.
- Build trust and relationships within ReCAST Minneapolis: Members will commit to a journey of health and healing within the Advisory Team. All team members will help foster a healing justice environment that builds trust between community and City staff, and City leadership.
- Be involved in evaluation activities: Advisory Team members will provide feedback on successes and gaps in ReCAST Minneapolis program, regularly elevate community needs during Advisory Team meetings and/or directly with ReCAST Minneapolis staff and propose solutions to mitigate problem areas.
Advisory Team Application
ReCAST Connect Funding
ReCAST will be accepting applications twice per year. Applications for this round of funding are due on February 15, 2019. Once the application has been approved, applicants will be notified of training requirements by February 20, 2019. Approved applicants will be required to attend training, sign a memorandum of understanding, become a vendor with the City, submit receipts and a reporting form detailing their activities and expenses prior to submitting an invoice. Application for ReCAST Connect Funding.
ReCAST Minneapolis has partnered with MN Peacebuilding Leadership Institute to provide ReCAST Connect providers with concrete education and skills on the following:
- Trauma awareness and evidence based education
- Skill building to address healing and resiliency
- Relationship building and network development among providers
- Identifying and solutioning systemic barriers around accessing trauma healing resources
Training will be conducted two times between March and September 2019 and is mandatory for receiving ReCAST Connect Funding. All participants who complete the training will be able to submit for CEUs in their perspective fields. The training is free. If applicants have previously completed the START training, please contact ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov and another training will be offered.
Sustainability Program Aide - Food Policy
The City of Minneapolis Coordinator's Division of Sustainability is hiring a part-time (20-25 hours/week) temporary Food Policy Program Aide. The Food Policy Program Aide will assist with planning, development and implementation of events, activities, policies, research, engagement and communications for the City of Minneapolis food policy and Homegrown Minneapolis initiatives. The work is both independent and collaborative in nature. The position may last up to 12 months in duration.
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The Guthrie Theater Presents a Split Britches Production of Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)
From the groundbreaking, gender-bending Split Britches theater company comes a political satire that explores aging, anxiety and “doomsday” theory through conversation and collaboration with an array of elders and artists. Named after the buried or forgotten munitions of war known as UXOs, this unique production combines darkly playful Dr. Strangelove-inspired performance with a daring new protocol for public discussion — the Situation Room. As the performers contemplate where UXOs are located, how much energy they contain and what would happen if they were uncovered, they suggest that this potentially dangerous ammo may also be a metaphor for our unexplored desires.
- January 25-February 10, 2019
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Join the MN Department of Health for a monthly Mental Well-Being and Resilience Learning Community
Join this conversation to learn more about what mental well-being looks like, absent of illness, the data on mental well-being are among U.S. adults and Minnesota youth, and a framework for action. Get tools, (video, data, framework, and discussion questions) to help expand understanding within your organization and community in order to bring more people to the table and build support for prevention and mental health promotion initiatives. Everyone has a role to play in creating mental well-being and resilience, and it will take everyone in your community and organization. Discuss what those roles could look like in your community, help identify what tools are still needed to deepen the conversation, and discuss opportunities in Minnesota to advance mental health promotion.
- Tuesday, January 29, 10 a.m.-noon
Webinar
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Bending the Arc Toward Justice: A Review of the Minnesota Supreme Court's Racial Bias Task Force
In the early 1990s, the Minnesota Supreme Court launched the Racial Bias Task Force to examine racial bias issues throughout the Minnesota justice system. In 1993, the Task Force issued an extensive report on its findings and offered a number of recommendations to address and improve racial equity in the Minnesota justice system. This seminar will offer a review of the Task Force report by assessing the progress that has been made in implementing the Task Force recommendations and identify where we have fallen short to realize the goal of improving racial equity in the Minnesota justice system.
- Thursday, February 7, 12:30-6:30 p.m.
University of St. Thomas School of Law
1101 Harmon Pl. Minneapolis
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Annual Partners with Youth Conference
Minneapolis Partners With Youth is a FREE conference for Youth Work Professionals and Youth (it's a school release day for Minneapolis Public Schools students). This annual conference offers attendees a great learning experience and the opportunity to share knowledge through keynote addresses, concurrent workshops, and networking.
- Friday, February 15, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Minneapolis College (formerly MCTC)
1501 Hennepin Avenue - Kopp Hall
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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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