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Sep 30, 2022 10:00 AM September 2022 Rochester Area Foundation: Fall DEI Practitioner Convening and Luncheon (By Invitation) ('RAF', 'Diversity') Using Design Lab to frame the conversations
Sep 29, 2022 06:00 PM Caring Conversations ('community', 'civic engagement')
Sep 29, 2022 04:00 PM Network & Connect Happy Hour with Jounie ('youth', 'social services', 'Diversity', 'community') Celebrating 10 years of service
Sep 28, 2022 05:00 PM DMC Community Co-Design Celebration ('dmc', 'diversity') DMC will be hosting the celebration of the launch of our Community Co-Design Toolkit.
Sep 28, 2022 08:00 AM SE MN Together Housing Bus Tour ('housing',) Join us as we visit the communities of Pine Island, Northfield, and Kasson from the comfort of a coach bus!
Sep 22, 2022 10:00 AM LATINX SUMMIT 2022 For Social Entrepreneurs ('Education', 'diversity', 'Entrepreneurship') Open to all college students and recent graduates in Greater Minnesota that are interested in learning about social entrepreneurship in the Latinx community!
Sep 22, 2022 09:30 AM September 2022 DMC Board Meeting ('DMC', 'Entrepreneurship')
Sep 20, 2022 05:30 PM Building Bridges and Compassionate Voices in the Pandemic ('community engagement',) Hear the voices of essential workers & how they cultivated compassion in the midst of turmoil. Enjoy pizza & hear their stories while building bridges of compassion & universal kinships in our local neighborhoods!
Sep 20, 2022 05:00 PM UMR & Mayo Clinic Present Kern Center Connects: Diversity Science ('Education', 'Diversity') Exploring projects, concepts, and structure
Sep 19, 2022 05:30 PM Human Library - Mayo Clinic Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ('diversity', 'Human Library')
Sep 19, 2022 09:00 AM DEED: Grants, Loans & Advice: State Supports for Startup Businesses & Entrepreneurs ('Entrepreneurship',)
Sep 17, 2022 08:00 AM CAAL: 2022 Leadership Summit: Creating Community Constellations ('Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'leadership', 'Asian', 'education')
Sep 17, 2022 12:00 PM The Village: FARM Fest ('food', 'Culture', 'health') The FARM Fest is an event for all of us to share the cross-cultural experience as we are building community, sharing customs and cultural connections, and increasing our overall health,
Sep 17, 2022 10:00 AM Rochester Welcomes You! A Welcoming Week Festival ('welcoming', 'Diversity')
Sep 17, 2022 09:00 AM Can you dig it? ('welcoming', 'DMC', 'Diversity') Destination Medical Center, Knutson Construction, and the City of Rochester MN invite community families to The Big Dig — learn about the Discovery Walk project in downtown Rochester MN!
Sep 16, 2022 06:00 PM C.E.R.T. 1st Annual Awards Banquet ('public safety', 'Diversity', 'civic engagement')
Sep 16, 2022 04:00 PM Welcoming Week 2022 : You are invited to a citizenship celebration! ('community engagement', 'Diversity', 'welcoming', 'community')
Sep 15, 2022 04:00 PM 2022 Destination Medical Center’s Annual Meeting ('DMC', 'Entrepreneurship')
Sep 15, 2022 11:00 AM Techsoap Course: Use Data to Drive Greater Impact ()
Sep 14, 2022 12:30 PM Q3 2022 MPR Regional Deveopment Advisory Committee ('mpr', 'diversity', 'community') Featuring Duchesne Drew, Senior Vice President of American Public Media Group and President of Minnesota Public Radio as part of his tour of Greater Minnesota MPR Regional Network and Brandt Williams: North Star Journey initiative from MPR
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October 2021 Activities

FORUM  WITH INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DR. KENT PEKEL- October 21, 6:30 to 8:00:

In the City for Good will be presenting an online forum to give all in the community an opportuniy to hear from Rochester Public Schools Interim Superintendent Kent Pekel. Dr. Pekel will give an overview of his time so far in the district, along with more information on the strategic plan he will be proposing. Interested Rochester residents may submit questions ahead of time or during the meeting to be used in a Q&A time period after his primary presentation. The October 21 forum will be from 6:30 to 8.

 

Steering Committee- Tuesday, October 5, 4:00 p.m.

Topic: In the City for Good Steering Committee

Time: Oct 5, 2021 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

 Join Zoom Meeting

Contact InTheCityForGood@gmail.com for Zoom info. 

 

Housing Team- Monday, October 11 7:00 p.m.

Our next In the City for Good Housing Team meeting will be on October 11 at 7 pm. We will be discussing the proposed Unified Development Code with Ryan Yetzer, Interim Deputy Director, Community Development for the City of Rochester leading the discussion along with others in the Community Development area. We will especially focus on what some of the proposed changes could mean related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the role of ADUs in addressing the concerns around the affordability of workforce and senior housing. This will be an online meeting, with the link to be sent out later this week.

 

Age-Friendly- Oct 12th and 26th 2:30 to 4:00

Meeting Information:

Age-Friendly Olmsted County Planning Group

Tues. Oct 12 and 26

2:30pm - 4pm

 

Contact DBeal@familyservicerochester.org for Zoom info

 

Social Services/Social Justice- Watch for info of upcoming November meeting

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