Minneapolis In Person Convening Agenda

May 13-15, 2019 | Minneapolis, MN 

 

Day 1 | May 13th  

Location: Youthprise, 3001 Broadway St. NE, Suite #330, Minneapolis, MN 55413 

 

8:30AM to 9:00AM:      Travel to Youthprise

Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:30AM. Breakfast is available at the hotel before we leave. 

9:00AM to 10:30AM:    Welcome and Community Reconnecting 

10:30AM to 10:45AM:   Break 

10:45AM to 11:00AM:   Welcome to Minneapolis 

Susan Bass Roberts (Pohlad Family Foundation)

11:00AM to 12:00PM:    Introduction to Minneapolis 

David Hewitt (Director of Housing Stability for Hennepin County) and Nola Speiser (Workforce Director for Hennepin County suburban area) 

Resources: 

Jim Crow of the North

12:00PM to 12:45PM:    Lunch 

12:45PM to 1:15PM:      Race Equity in MN 

David Hewitt (Director of Housing Stability for Hennepin County) and Joy Stephens (City of Minneapolis Racial Disparity Director)

1:30PM to 2:30PM:        Foundations and Race Equity in MN 

 Marcus Pope (Youthprise), Anita Patel (Bush Foundation), Terri Thao (Nexus Community Partners), and Courtney Cushing Kiernat (Pohlad Family Foundation)

Resources:

Building an Inclusive Culture: Spreading and Embedding an Equity Lens at the Bush Foundation

2:30PM to 2:45PM:        Break

2:45PM to 3:45PM:        Facilitated Activity and Small Group Discussion 

3:45PM to 4:00PM:        Reflections and Closing 

6:00PM to 7:30PM:        Dinner 

 

Day | May 14th  

Location: YouthLink41 North 12th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403 

 

8:30AM to 9:00AM:      Travel to YouthLink

Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:30AM. Breakfast is available at the hotel before we leave. 

9:00AM to 9:30AM:       Reflections from the previous day 

9:30AM to 10:00AM:     The Evolution of Employment and Housing Integration

Heidi Boyd (Hennepin County) and Brian Paulson (Pohlad Family Foundation)

10:00AM to 10:20AM:    Exploring MN’s Strategies of Integrating Employment and Housing 

Representatives will be present from YouthLink, The Link, Goodwill Easter SealsAvivo, StartToday, RISE, RS Eden, and Oasis. 

10:20AM to 10:30PM:     Break 

10:30PM to 11:30PM:     Exploring MN’s Strategies of Integrating Employment and Housing Continue

11:30PM to 12:00PM:     Sustaining The Work That Has Begun 

12:00PM to 12:15PM:     Q&A 

12:15PM to 1:00PM:       Lunch 

1:00PM to 2:30PM:         Funders Role in MN  

Brian Paulson (Pohlad Family Foundation), Ellen Waters (Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Workforce Innovation Network), Stephanie Battles (Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundations), Sam Blackwell (Great Twin Cities United Way)

Resources:

Employment Engagement And the Myth of the Dual Customer

MSP-Win Data Dashboard Examples- Number of Working Adults of Color Needed to Eliminate Disparities,

Number of Adults Earning a Family Sustaining Wage

Report Card

 

2:30PM to 2:45PM:        Break 

2:45PM to 3:45PM:        Facilitated Activity and Small Group Discussion 

3:45PM to 4:00PM:        Reflections and Closing 

Dine Around Dinner

 

Day | May 15th  

Location:  The John and Denise Graves Foundation, 2929 Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55407

 

8:30AM to 9:00AM:       Travel 

9:00AM to 9:30AM:       Opening and reflections from the previous day 

9:30AM to 10:30AM:     Federal and State Policy

Jennifer Ho (Minnesota Housing Finance Agency)

10:30AM to 11:30AM:    SNAP E&T

Tikki Brown (MN SNAP E&T)  and Jim Durdle (Goodwill Easter Seal)

Resources:

Goodwill Easter Seal PPT

SNAP Recipients Data

11:30AM to 12:00PM:     Facilitated Discussion 

12:00PM to 12:45PM:     Working Lunch: Discussion on policy recommendations presented by the work group 

12:45PM to 1:00PM:       Evaluation and Closing