Joint Studies on tackling Racism as a Public Health Issue

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: County of Olmsted, MN

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; County of Olmsted, MN ; Diversity Council ; Olmsted County Human Rights Commission ; Olmsted County Public Health Services Advisory Board

Potential Collaborators:

Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Community Health Assessment Process ; One Olmsted: Embrace diversity as an asset ; Rochester Vision 2050 ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Health Determinants

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: CMRC, Diversity and Inclusion, Governance/Public Policy, Health, OpenBeam

Level 2: African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Disable, Native American, Latino, LGBT, Governance/Public Policy, Health & Wellness

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Comprehensive

Type of Project

Planning  

"Olmsted County commissioners ask public health and human rights groups to start a joint investigation into racism as a public health issue."

2022-03-08: Seeking community feedback on draft recommendations related to study of race and racism as a public health issue 

Press Release

Online Survey

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2021-10-21 Olmsted County Joint Study Presentation to CMRC 

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Olmsted County Resolution

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1. 3/8/2022 Olmsted County Public Health press release to request survey responses; 2. 10/22/2021 Presentation to CMRC;  3. August update posted on Olmsted County website

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

Sept. 16^th: Workshop: Finding your First Customers and sell without being salesy; Sept 21^st: Workshop: Financial Literacy; Sept. 28^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1); Oct. 5^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2);

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

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."

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.

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

July 17, 2024 City of Rochester: Adopting a Resolution authorizing an amendment to the Development Assistance Agreement and the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to revise the affordability covenants related to the 80% Units.

March and May 2023 reports to DMCC including video, documents and presentations. 

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.

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.”

2Q 2024: June 2024; May 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 

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 

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.