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Organization: Diversity Council

Sector: 501C-3 Non-Profit

Organization Mission: Educate people to embrace diversity as a foundation for building a healthy, prosperous and inclusive community.

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Related PlanScape Status on: Best Practice, Business Process, Children & Youth, Consultancy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Immigration, Leadership, Pandemic, Welcoming, Workforce Development

Key reports on: Diversity Council


Supporting Student Success Means Supporting Diversity Education (January 06, 2022)

In late December 2021, Diversity Council and other local organizations drafted and released a statement of support for Rochester Public Schools’ work on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Diversity Council Annual Campaign for Change (December 17, 2021)

 "The importance of acknowledging inequities and advocating for change has never been more critical. And Diversity Council is a nonprofit leading this exact work in Rochester and throughout Southeastern Minnesota".

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CHAP Covid Survey (February 20, 2021)

 Olmsted County Community Health Assessment & Planning (CHAP) Covid Impact Survey

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Diversity Council Newsletters with COVID-19 Info (November 20, 2020)

Insight of all that is going on throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Diversity Council wants to remain a connector and convener for all those in need throughout our community. If you are aware of valuable information and resources, please email info@diversitycouncil.org and we will do our best to increase awareness.

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Creating a Path from Hope to Change (November 17, 2020)

Thrivent Financial Matching Diversity Council Year-end Fundraiser

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Diversity Council coordinating Conservation Corp teams (November 16, 2020)

Diversity Council is coordinating an ask to the City of Rochester for Conservation Funds.  

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Help Needed - Diversity Council of Rochester (August 26, 2020)

Diversity Council is looking for members to join its team: (1) Facilitators (2) Curriculum Development & Delivery Manager

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Diversity Council Recipient of 2019 Anti-Racism Initiative Category (July 08, 2019)

Diversity Council selected as recipient of the 2019 Nonprofit Mission Award in the category of Anti-Racism Initiative  

 

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    Diversity Council newsmaker (November 12, 2018)

    A sample of Diversity Council community engagement activities.

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    Diversity Council extending Compass Points Data to direct Rapid Consensus conversations (April 28, 2017)

    On April 26, 2017 Diversity Council utilizing data from Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points data combining with other community data analyses successfully developed and convened a Rapid Consensus conversation program as part of the 2017 Mayo Community Luncheon celebrating and inspiring an inclusive community. 

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    Diversity Council Releases A Summary of Kim Norton's Oasis of Peace Conversations (December 24, 2016)

    From Kim Norton's Nov 22, 2016 Oasis for Peace meeting, Diversity Council has released a summary of salient points brought up in the meeting.

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    August 30, 2024: CMRC Legacy and Future

    CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

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    August 12, 2024: Community Healthcare Simulation Center Co-Design Report
    Jun 2021 Co-design Report

    2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

    Rochester by mid-October

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    August 08, 2024: Anti-Hate Rally and Forum

    Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate

    "Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."

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    August 07, 2024: Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

    August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

    Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

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    August 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050
    The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

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    July 27, 2024: C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers

    Newsletter Highlights:

    Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

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    July 17, 2024: City Housing Support

    Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.

     

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    July 13, 2024: How does racism impact people’s health?

    The framework defines structural racism as the “totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.”

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    July 01, 2024: First Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

    2Q 2024: June 2024May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report

    1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report

    Special callouts: Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development 

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    June 26, 2024: City of Rochester - Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (JEDI) Audit Status

    June 24, 2024 City Council Study Session: Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit per Goodenough 

    Departmental Audit reports of: Human Resources; Rochester Public Library; Parks & Rec 

     

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    June 22, 2024: Rochester Area Volunteer Administration Training Info

    Volunteer Recruitment Effectiveness: What can advertising teach us? 

    Volunteer Process Assessment 

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    June 21, 2024: Somali American Social Service Association

    SASSA to receive $1M from MN to train workers for high-demand employment. 

    The funding is awarded under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Targeted Populations Workforce Competitive Grant Program.

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    June 20, 2024: Community Building Fund
    The City of Rochester welcomes applications for the Community Building Fund.  This fund is all about supporting projects, programs, and events in the city that actively promote equity and inclusion.

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    Impacts

    The work of this organization may have impacts on the following areas:

    PlanScape

    Lvl 1: Best Practice ; Business Process ; Children & Youth ; Consultancy ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Education ; Immigration ; Leadership ; Pandemic ; Welcoming ; Workforce Development

    Lvl 2: African American ; Asian American and Pacific Islander ; Disable ; Diversity Training ; Education ; Native American ; Latino ; LGBT ; Women ; Veteran ; Society ; Adult Education ; Human Resource ; Immigration ; Best Practice ; Business Process ; Children & Youth ; Consultancy ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Leadership ; Legal Compliance ; Networking ; Workforce Development

    DMC Impact:

    Community Health Impact area: Comprehensive ; Financial Stress/Homelessness

     



     

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    Organization Life Cycle Assessment (Pause, Startup, Steady, Isolated Impact, Collective Impact  Unknown)

    Pause ; Collective Impact

    Site Information
    Project Phase Definitions
    The following defines the various project phases:
    1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
    2. Develop - program or application is being developed
    3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
    4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
      demonstration
    5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
    About Beam
    • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
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    This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

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