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Work Session - Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly ReportThe Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque strengthens communities and inspires giving. Economic Opportunity Academic Achievement Equity and Inclusion The Community Foundation brings together community members to create greater good, addressing complex community challenges to build a thriving, resilient region. We focus this work on three impact areas. Poverty Race & Equity Barriers to Success Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Initiative Updates: •Advancing Equity Report •Business Leader Equity Cohort •Best Practices in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Series •Data Walk –April 2, 2019 •NAACP Speaker Series •MIT Students Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Advancing Equity Report •37 organizations and businesses •Highlight of how our community is working to help reduce disparities that exist among diverse groups. •Juvenile Court System (Restorative Strategies Implementation) •Fountain of youth (Community Listening Sessions) •Dubuque Museum of Art (Culturally Diverse Programming) •Catholic Charities (Immigrant Resource Fair) Business Leader Equity Cohort •Business executives, C-suite •Foster an inclusive workplace culture •Work together as a cohort to address community or systemic-level issues Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Data Walk –April 2, 2019: •Data featuring key community indicators. –Academic Achievement –Access to Opportunity –Workforce & Employment •50+ Attendees Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Best Practices in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Series: •Year two of the 8th month program •Participation has been strong •Peer Learning Council to discuss Best Practices 2.0 Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Civil Rights and NAACP Speaker Series: •January 25: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Iowa: A Message for Today •February 8: A Brief History of Civil Rights •February 22:Hidden Figures of NASA Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Civil Rights and NAACP Speaker Series: •March 7th: Will the Circle be Unbroken little known stories of the civil rights movement. •March 22: The Maroons: Free People of Color in America •April 5: Food Desserts in Urban America and Urban Dubuque Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work Network Partners at Work •Campus Compact Civic Action Plans Faculty and Staff Significantly integrating community-based learning into their academic majors and co-curricular programs, which include on-going opportunities to link their scholarship to student learning informed by community-based learning, research and civic engagement. Students Engaged in meaningful community-based learning from curricular and co-curricular perspectives. “Projects” striving to be long- standing and fit into a larger narrative that links to a collaborative vision between the city, students and their Loras education. College Every faculty and staff person on campus is aware and informed about how the college, fellow colleges and universities and city work together to address quality of life issues in Dubuque and beyond.Our reputation as a civically engaged campus is a strong recruiting tool for faculty, staff and students. Community The college strives to collaborate with governmental, non- profit organizations and other institutions of higher education. All contribute to improving the quality of life for individuals living in Dubuque and beyond, guided by the city’s comprehensive plan, Imagine Dubuque. Our reputation as a civically engaged community is a strong recruiting tool for future residents, as evidenced by outcomes measured by all, in support of the goals of Imagine Dubuque. Network Partners at Work •Working in concert to strategically leverage strengths, assets and resources in support of the City of Dubuque’s comprehensive plan will require institutions of higher education to be willing to map out their strengths and their weaknesses. •Understanding how and when efforts may be most effective will be important and collaborating in strategic ways with other institutions of higher education to coordinate efforts, while devising methods to set and measure shared outcomes will be essential to success. Network Partners at Work •Cultural Snapshots Project -mobilizing expertise in various areas for community- based research, striving to democratize the process of stakeholder input 1 2 3 Network Partners at Work National Attention •Putting the “Action” in Civic Action Plans •Compact Nation Podcast –Season 3 Episode 9 –January 2019 •https://compact.org/podcast/ •In two interviews, we highlight the work of two institutions —Loras College and James Madison University —who approached the concept of Civic Action Planning in very different ways that both made big impacts on their campuses and communities. Network Partners at Work •Engaged Scholars Initiative •The Engaged Scholars Initiative (ESI) is aimed at developing, supporting and connecting leaders from member institutions within the states representing Campus Compact of the Midwest, who can advance co-created knowledge, critically engaged pedagogies, models of institutional change, and collaborative action that addresses societal issues. •Jake Kurczek, Loras College, Awarded ESI Fellowship 2019-2020, 1 of 10 Fellowships Network Partners at Work •Civic Leaders Program ($1000) –Work alongside Community Based Learning staff and faculty to achieve community goals –Gain knowledge about local government, local nonprofits and social issues –Participate in group service at multiple sites to gain experience in different non-profit areas –Engage in conversations with community leaders and intentional engagement in diverse community settings –Develop your capacity as a community leader –Integrated curricular and co-curricular experiences –Exposed to unique opportunities to build leadership skills •Gain Skills in: –Creating partnerships –Promoting asset-based approaches –Understanding community needs –Social justice practices –Cultural competency –Networking –Social action and sustainable change Cultural Snapshot Immigration Consultation Marshallese Canoe Community Survey Civic Leaders Equipping Civic Leaders •Civic Leaders should be able to… –Zoom in and out –Form overall reports with all pieces attached created by involved parties •Civic Leaders •Government •Community Looking at Data from Municipality Develop Research Questions Create Sets of questions for parties With a Process Mindset you should… •Observe •Collect •Analyze •Report •Recommend Individual Institutional Systematic Using a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lens Organizational Communication: Sophomore Level Public Relations Course Presented by: Dr. Katrina Neely Farren-Eller Class Representatives Systems Approach to DEI Individual Level: Foundational Shifts in Thinking and Acting Institutional Level: Embedding Shifts in Thinking and Acting Within Institutions Structural Level: Network of Relationships Among Individuals and Institutions that Create Culture •Emotional Intelligence Skills •Cultural Competency Training •Understanding of implicit bias and privilege •Intercultural Communication Skills •Equitable policies and practices Systems Approach to DEI Individual Level Institutional Level Structural Level: Organizational Culture Circularity/Interaction Between Levels Using a DEI Lens to Impact Culture at Loras Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matrix DEI Committee International Program Office White Privilege Lenten Group Classes focused on culture, intercultural interactions, etc. Faculty impacting their committees Organizational Communication Course Credit: Dean Boles Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project •Introduction to The Lorian –Student-led –Trying new things •How our project is useful –A more inclusive paper –Reaching a larger and broader audience –Knowing what our staff and audience wants Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project •Internal and external focuses –It all starts internally •Changing technology and demographics –Digital Platforms –Focusing on diverse topics: LGBTQ, religion, race, ethnicity, etc. Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project Team Members: Jon Quinn, Andi Leineberg, Gillian Wedlake, Matt Wazio -Our group’s focus -What we did -Research -REM -Our Conclusion Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project Team Members: Alex, Beth, Valentina, Nick, and Kelsey (editor of The Lorian) •Research focus –Task Management in The Lorian Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project •Interviews of the staff for the Lorian •Overall themes –Retention rate is low –DEI is not discussed much when writing –Bringing in new students is difficult –Everything tends to fall on a few dedicated staff Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project •Our solutions that were brought to an REM session were: –An employee survey with a section on DEI –A partnered event to bring in new students and discuss DEI and journalism Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project Team Members: Isabel, Abby, Kaylee, Ricky •In order to build more inclusive readership while also providing education on different group identities, The Lorian can emphasize or prioritize particular identity groups on a rotating basis. •This prioritization should be reflected in a mission statement. Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project •The Lorian must be willing to update their website/social media accounts, paying attention to diversity and inclusion issues both visually and content-wise. •The Lorian has to understand that social media is a platform that can help an organization grow. Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project Team Members: James, Allie, William, Anna, Samantha •Our group’s overarching question was how we might increase The Lorian newspaper’s readership on campus. •Our group wanted to explore how the school’s paper can be more relevant to all people on campus. We wondered what information is left out and why that might be the case. We did this by focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion. If the paper takes DEI into consideration, the readership will increase because more people will actually relate to the stories. Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project We conducted our research by interviewing a diverse group of people from all over campus. Findings: 1.Much of the material in The Lorian pertains to athletes and is not inclusive of other groups 2.Students want more actual news from around campus, entertainment and student articles that pertain to their identity groups Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project Why are our findings important for the paper? 1.It makes The Lorian more exciting for students to read, and will create articles that allow everyone to learn from and about each other. 2.If the paper expands its material to be more inclusive and representative of all groups on campus, the audience will follow. Organizational Communication: The Lorian Project Our suggested solutions: 1.Every freshman class has to take a survey with DEI-focused questions that help the Loras administration, staff, and faculty to see the level of DEI understanding that new students have. 2.This understanding will also aid The Lorian in determining what kinds of articles would be educational and interesting for new students. Thank you.