Neighborhood & Community Relations

Room 110, Public Service Center
250 South 4th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
ncr@minneapolismn.gov
(612) 673-3737

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Agenda

7:15 am – 7:45 am                           Sunrise Ceremony (Optional)

7:00 am – 8:30 am                           Registration/Check-in

7:30 am – 8:00 am                           Continental Breakfast & Coffee

8:00 am – 9:30 am                           Welcome & Keynote 
                                                         “Better Communities through Neighborhoods”
                                                          
Angela Glover Blackwell,
                                                          Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Policy Link

9:45 am -10:45 am                          Morning Workshop Session I

- Developing a Collective Efficacy Model: The Value of the 4 Cs

- VOICE (Valuing Our Individual Cultures through Engagement): Engaging Underrepresented Communities to Promote Sustainable Health Programming

- One Neighborhood: Infusing equity into neighborhood organizations outreach, governance, and planning activities

- Hawthorne Eco-Village: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Local Solutions

11:00 am – 12:00 am                       Morning Workshop Session II

- One Minneapolis: Addressing the Employment Gap

- Neighborhood Organizing for Racial Justice and Equity

- Organizing for Neighborhood Resilience: Creating a Neighborhood Transition Town

- Abled, Not Disabled: Moving Your Neighborhood Beyond ADA Compliance

12:00 pm -1:30 pm                          Working Lunch
                                                         "Connecting & Creating Opportunities”

1:45 pm -2:45 pm                            Afternoon Workshop Session I

- Partnerships that Work: When Cultural Communities and Government Collaborate - The Urban American Indian Strategy

- Social Justice for All: How Neighborhoods Can Approach Human Rights

- NCR Exposed! the Future of Neighborhood Programs

- Neighborhood Show and Tell: Success Stories From Sustainable Neighborhoods

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm                          Afternoon Workshop Session II

- The Community Engagement Team: Targeted Strategies to Engage Underrepresented Communities

- Digital Neighborhoods: Building Equity Through Technology

- The Power of Zero: How to Reduce Waste at Your Event for 10 or 10,000

- Overcoming Crime: Transforming the Physical Design and Character of Peavey Park

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm                           Closing Discussion/Wrap-Up

 

 

 

Last updated Feb. 1, 2012