Capacity Building Updates
Transgender Equity Council Updates
In the past few weeks, the Transgender Equity Council has tabled at the Community Connections Conference and at opening night of the History Theatre’s Superman Becomes Lois Lane premiere. We’re working on advertising the City’s gender inclusivity training for employees, researching the potential mis-reporting of gender identity-based hate crimes data, and spreading the word about how important it is to fill out the census. Want to join any of this work, or just join us for a meeting and see what’s going on?
We meet second Thursdays of the month from 5-7 PM, meeting locations are always announced on the LIMS calendar.
Retellings of the Stonewall uprising often erases the leadership of BIPOC trans and gender nonconforming people. In order to reclaim their narratives, the Stonewall Oral History project centers BIPOC trans and gender nonconforming voices. The Division of Race & Equity invited community members to envision a future of equity and healing in Minneapolis.
Please join us in the viewings of the Stonewall Oral History project. For more details about the event, please visit the Facebook event page.
Monday, Feb 24
Thursday, March 5
Monday, March 9
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
City Hall 241 – MLK Room
 The Division of Race and Equity is committed to healing and resilience grounded in the evidence of cultural experience and practice. Out of this commitment, the Division currently seeks applications from trainers who have existing or ongoing training opportunities for community leaders, community cultural healers, faith based leaders, those who work with youth, and mental and behavioral health professionals. Our goal is to build on the existing, proven work of our community.
Applications are open until Friday, February 28 by 5:00 p.m.
Please visit our website for more details.
Community Resources
Youth Prevention Week - Request for Proposals
The Minneapolis Health Department is excited to announce its fourth annual Youth Violence Prevention Week, scheduled for March 28th – April 4th. In past years, they've had a diverse array of youth-oriented activities, including a basketball tournament, art and theater performances, and a conference and symposium on youth empowerment, among many others.
Youth-centered programs (i.e. non-profits, faith-based organizations, schools, clubs, or individuals) are welcome to apply. Please see the application and the request for proposals for more details on the project.
Seeking applications for Housing Stability Grants
Too many people in the Twin Cities region do not have access to safe, healthy, affordable, and reliable housing. In particular, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities, people with disabilities, and low-wealth communities face barriers to this critical resources. Market conditions have shown that the housing market does not work for most low-income people, so solutions may require questioning long held assumptions, creating innovative solutions, and attempting new ideas to address housing stability.
To address these challenges and identify solutions, the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability (the Alliance) will issue Housing Stability Grants to support BIPOC communities, people with disabilities, and low-wealth communities working to build power and advance systems and policy changes at the local level.
Please visit CURA's website for more details on this grant opportunity.
Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER)
Talking it Through
HACER’s mission is to provide the Minnesota Latino community with the ability to create and control information about itself in order to affect critical institutional decision-making and public policy.
The Talking it Through program was designed to create a dialogue between Latino youth and police officers. HACER has long been aware of the issues that Latino youth, and youth of color in general, have with the police. Many youth of color have had to deal with racial profiling and discrimination from police officers, which has led to a vicious cycle of distrust between both parties. HACER wanted to open a dialogue between police officers and Latino youth, in the hopes of improving this trust.The Talking it Through report details the informative session and interactive dialogue session held between community members and police officers. Please visit HACER's website for more information on the organization and to get involved.
Mental Well-Being & Resilience Learning Community 2020
The Minnesota Department of Health is sponsoring a monthly opportunity for anyone who is interested in building resilience and promoting mental well-being in community to learn, dream and plan together.
Learn: Details about unique and effective well-being strategies and practical implementation steps from communities across Minnesota, including current local initiatives in your community.
Dream: About ways to create thriving communities, families and youth.
Plan: Community and state action plans. Explore and develop opportunities to partner with people in your community who are interested mental well-being and resilience.
Details: This is an interactive monthly statewide webinar and local discussion. Each location will have a host and facilitator who can access and broadcast the webinar.
Date: LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Please visit the Minnesota Department of Health's website for more details and to register.
The Department of Human Services - Request for Proposals
The DHS is seeking proposals to provide Minnesota’s deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children with a behavioral or emotional disorder, or mental illness, culturally affirmative mental health services.
DHS, through its Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division (DHHSD), is seeking Proposals from qualified Responders to provide specialized and culturally affirmative mental health services to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children with a behavioral or emotional disorder or who are coping with a mental illness and are living in Minnesota. For more details on the grant opportunity, please visit the Department of Human Services' website. Community Informed Housing Policy Sessions
The City of Minneapolis CPED Housing Policy and Development team, in partnership with Grounded Solutions Network, is hosting three opportunities for broader community and public input around Community Informed Housing Policy.
Permanent Affordable Homeownership - North Minneapolis
Permanent Affordable Homeownership - South Minneapolis
Rental Priorities & Permanent Affordable Homeownership
About the Division of Race & Equity
The Division of Race & Equity is housed in the City Coordinator's Department.
For more information, please email RaceEquity@minneapolismn.gov.
This update was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM063520-03 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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