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:
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 2 | May 14th
Location: YouthLink, 41 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 Seals, Avivo, 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
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 3 | 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:
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