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April 6, 2020
Work Session - Top # 1.
5:30 PM Inclusive Dubuque
City staff and network partners will conduct a work session
with the City Council regarding the recent activities of
Inclusive Dubuque.
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Inclusive Dubuque Work Session-MVM Memo
Staff Memo Inclusive Dubuque Update
Slide Presentation Inclusive Dubuque
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City Manager Memo
Staff Memo
Supporting Documentation
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Work Session - Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Update
DATE: April 2, 2020
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Human Rights Department Director Kelly Larson is transmitting information for the
Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Update. The Inclusive Dubuque network partners will
make a presentation.
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cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Kelly Larson, Human Rights Department Director
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Mike Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Kelly Larson, Human Rights Department Director
DATE: April 1, 2020
RE: Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Update
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This memo provides a written background of Inclusive Dubuque accomplishments since
September 2019 and serves as a supplement to a presentation that will be offered by
Inclusive Dubuque network partners at a work session on April 6, 2020.
Background
Launched in 2013, Inclusive Dubuque is a local network of leaders from faith, labor,
education, business, nonprofit, and government dedicated to advancing justice and
social equity in our community. The network began informally in early 2012 with less
than a dozen community organizations and businesses beginning a conversation about
the need for a collaborative effort around inclusion and equity in Dubuque. Today, the
network consists of over 60 organizations and individual community members.
Network members are focused on deepening their understanding of diversity, equity,
and inclusion and taking action to advance equity and inclusion in the community. An
equitable and inclusive community is necessary if we are to meet our city's economic
and cultural needs, as outlined in the City Council's goals and priorities. Partners within
the network come together around a common agenda of advancing equity in our
community and each contribute what they do best in the form of mutually reinforcing
activities.
Inclusive Dubuque Accomplishments since September
Since our last work session with City Council in September, the Community Foundation
of Greater Dubuque reports the following:
The Inclusive Dubuque Network and the programs it supports continue to drive
DEI concepts throughout the community. The various programs help individuals
to acknowledge and address their own personal biases (conscious or
unconscious), as well as how their DEI efforts impact their work life and the
broader community. The Inclusive Dubuque Network consists of 300 members
representing over 70 organizations in the Dubuque Community.
Best Practices in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has been completed for the
year. It consisted of 8 sessions with 25 registrants. 20+ attended each session,
along with up to 10 members of the Peer Learning Council who present/facilitate
at the sessions. Participants in Best Practices have shared examples of how
they are actively incorporating the concepts they are learning to promote DEI in
their own organizations. Feedback from both content discussed and the
presenting facilitators is overwhelmingly positive. During our last session of Best
Practices, participants praised the "[o]pportunity for tri-state professionals with
passion or employment within diversity, equity, and inclusion to engage and
connect" and mentioned that "[e]ach session opened my eyes further on." The
Peer Learning Council has begun to discuss Best Practices 2.0. and the
possibility of diving deeper into different DEI subjects, and is also discussing the
continuation and re-evaluation of program objectives.
Business Leader Equity Cohort executives are benefiting through their efforts
to understand the changing demographics of our community, and how their
organizations need to adapt to better represent those changing demographics as
they work to recruit and retain their workforce. Feedback from the CEO's who
participate in the Business Leader Equity Cohort has been positive — both by the
level of participation and engagement at the cohort meetings. The group
recognizes their role as the primary leaders in supporting DEI efforts within their
organizations and has acknowledged the need to deepen their knowledge of the
systemic challenges that those in their organizations and our community face to
co -create change. The Cohort has identified their initial projects for impacting
both their own organizations and the broader business community and is
transitioning to an "implementation" phase as they work on their specific action
items/projects - including community -wide employee resource groups and the
Community Multi -Cultural Resource Guide. They also have been invited to recruit
a peer to future meetings to expand membership and include representatives
from mid -size organizations.
An Equity Coordinator has been hired by the Community Foundation of Greater
Dubuque to help facilitate the work of Inclusive Dubuque. An updated Advancing
Equity Report will be published to highlight the DEI work underway in our
community. Social media and the website are being leveraged to target new
members for both the Inclusive Dubuque network and the Best Practices in DEI
training. Distribution of a periodic newsletter to all network members has been
reinstated to keep them current on all recent activities and opportunities for
engagement.
The Arts and Culture sector group is exploring a Dubuque Renaissance
project for 2021 that will create a branded campaign that allies in the arts and
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culture community can align with to lift up the black culture and attract more black
community members to existing events and programs.
The Community Foundation is again partnering with MIT Sloan School of
Business students as they help us to research the barriers that the immigrant
population face in our community. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the
focus has broadened from the original research about addressing employment
barriers, to broader sentiments about hiring immigrant workforce.
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the April 9th Inclusive Dubuque Network Partner
meeting and the March 25 Business Leader Equity Cohort meeting have had to
be postponed..
At the City Council Work Session on April 6, the Community Foundation of Greater
Dubuque will provide a presentation.
Action Requested
This memo is background for the presentation that will be offered to the City Council by
the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and is being provided for your
information. No action is requested.
cc: Paul Duster, Director of Community Initiatives, Community Foundation
Clara Lopez Ortiz, Equity Coordinator, Community Foundation
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Our Vision Et Values
A vibrant and inclusive Greater
Dubuque region with resources and
opportunities for all
• Equity & Opportunity
• Collaboration
• Stewardship
• Knowledge
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY
EQUITY &
INCLUSION
ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT
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COVID-19 Response
Help your neighbors in need during COVID-19
The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque has activated
the Greater Dubuque Disaster Recovery Fund in partnership
with the United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States to provide a
coordinated response to COVID-19. More than $550,000 has
been raised so far to address pressing needs. Please consider a
gift of any amount.
GIVE NOW
Disaster Recovery Fund
• Donation commitments of $528,210 received to date, of
which $160,000 is already granted
• 15 applications received to date for a total of $380,946
in requests
• Grants are meant to fill gaps that other local, state,
and federal funding isn't covering
• Focusing on basic food, health and housing needs with a
focus on vulnerable populations.
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Grant -making during a Pandemic
• Different from a natural disaster (impacts everyone - no
geographic boundary, timeframe)
• Can be more difficult to raise money - everyone unsure of
their own future
• Looking at systems as a whole (food delivery, childcare)
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COVID-19 Response - Using an Inclusive Lens
• We are serving a very diverse population - the virus doesn't
discriminate!
• Crisis situations such as pandemics, natural disasters, and social
flashpoints often amplify racial biases that are deeply rooted in
our history.
• People who are already targeted, marginalized, and
underserved will feel the pain more than others. For these
communities, COVID-19 comes on top of existing economic,
health, education, gender and information inequities, as well
as state violence that has shaped their everyday lives.
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COVID-19 Response
Disaster Recovery Fund Grants to Date
■ Rural Community Food Pantry
■ Dubuque Rescue Mission
■ Dubuque Area Labor Harvest
■ Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque
■ Resources Unite
■ Salvation Army - Dubuque
■ Hi llcrest Family Services
■ St. Vincent de Paul
■ Substance Abuse Services Center
■ Dubuque Food Pantry
■ East Central Intergovernmental Corp
■ Catholic Charities
■ Iowa Legal Aid
■ Dubuque Community YMCA/YWCA
■ Visiting Nurses Association
■ Cascade Food Pantry
■ Mt. Pleasant Home
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Nonprofit Survival Coaching
• Partnering with Creative
Adventure Lab
• Virtual one-on-one coaching
sessions specifically designed
to help nonprofit
organizations create relevant
solutions to the COVID-19
crisis
• Free for 90 days
✓ Complete an outbreak cash flow analysis.
✓ Learn about available disaster relief funding.
✓ Consider opportunities to create alternative
income streams.
✓ Consider whether remote working is a viable
option for your staff and identify tools to
make remote working function smoothly.
✓ Think about downtime improvement
opportunities
Equity Et Inclusion
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Connecting People • Strengthening Community
• Business Leader Equity Cohort
• Best Practice in Diversity Equity Et Inclusion
• Inclusive Dubuque Newsletter
• Advancing Equity Report
• Inclusive Dubuque Network Partner Meetings
• New Equity Coordinator
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Business Leader Equity Cohort
Foster a culture of diversity, equity
and inclusion across organizations and throughout the community
January 2020 meeting:
• 20 cohort members in attendance
• Panel discussion regarding the practice of
code -switching.
May 2020 meeting:
• Immigration Assessment
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Best Practices in Diversity Equity Et Inclusion
Empower individuals, businesses,
nonprofits and organizations to
create pathways that enhance and
improve self-awareness,
recruitment, retention and
workplace culture
• 3rd year offering the training series
• Developing potential Best Practices 2.0
based on a focus group feedback
"1 appreciated the honest comments and stories that
were shared by participants. 1 also appreciate hearing
specific ideas and participating in the activities that
drove home points. Each session opened my eyes
further."
"1 really enjoyed all the facilitators and appreciated all
of their expertise and the experience they brought to
the scene."
"Very helpful information that reaffirmed best ways we
can help improve our organizations. I think this is a
wonderful, thoughtfully designed course. Interesting to
hear from other organizations/workplaces. This was a
wonderful experience!"
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Inclusive Dubuque Newsletter
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Connecting People • Strengthening Community
March Newsletter
Save the Date!
Our first 2020 Inclusive Dubuque
Network Partner Meeting will be
April 9. There will be two meeting
options: 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the
McCarthy Center for Nonprofit
Learning, 700 Locust St., or 6 to
7:30 p.m. at Convivium Urban
Upcoming Events
Celebrate International
Women's Day on March 8!
The Women's Giving Circle will hold an open house on March 5 at the
Dubuque Museum of Art. RSVP Here
Culture Cafe will host its March 7 meeting at the Multicultural Family Center.
More info
The Dubuque College Access Network will host its First Gen Student Panel
Presentation at the Hempstead High School Career Fair on March 10. Contact
Donna Loewen
The City of Dubuque Intercultural Facilitation Team will host a four -day
workshop on developing strategies and skills for advancing equity and
intercultural competence starting March 27. Apply Here
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Inclusive Dubuque Network Partner Meetings
Our April meeting has been
postponed indefinitely due to the
Covid-19 pandemic.
• Focus for our next meeting will be
on the immigration assessment
• New positions:
- Equity Coordinator
- Knowledge Management Director
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Needs Assessment
Inclusive Dubuque
In partnership with:
• Dubuque Religious Sister's Collaborative
• GDDC
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Needs Assessment
1. Project Setup and
Governance
2. Project Launch
3. Asset Mapping
4. Community Voices
Assessment
5. Precedence Programs
6. Needs Assessment Release
endix B: Community Needs Assessment Project Plan - 11.20.19
Project Phase
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1. Project Setup and
Governance
1.1 Engagement w/ Sisters
1.1.1 Meeting with representatives from Sisters
1.2 Key Stakeholder Database
1.2.1 Initial outreach to key stakeholders
1.2.2 Development of key stakeholder database
1.3.1 Establish Steering Committee
1.3 Establish Governance Body
1.3.2 Steering Committee meetings
1.4.1 Initial conversations with community contacts
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1.4 Indentify Immigrant Group
Participants for Kickoff
1.4.2 Initial meetings with group participants
1.4.3 Invitation of participants to kickoff meeting
2. Project Launch
2.1 Kickoff Meeting
2.1.1 Finalize list of attendees for kickoff meeting
2.1.2 Kickoff meeting with Stakeholder Group
2.2 Establish Working Group
2.2.1 Establish Working Group
2.2.2 Working Group meetings
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3. Asset Mapping
3.1 Data Gathering
3.1.1 Interviews with key informants
3.1.2 Focus groups with service providers
3.1.3 Survey for service providers design
3.1.4 Survey for service providers distributed
3.1.5 Research into state, regional, and national assets
3.2.1 Initial community asset data entry
3.2 Asset Map Devebpment
3.2.2 Asset map design meeting
3.2.3 Devebpment of asset map
3.2.4 Review of asset map with partners
4.1.1 Needs assessment discussion with working group
4. Community Voices
Assessment
4.1 Planning
4.1.2 Coordination with key community contacts
4.2.1 One-on-one interviews with key community leaders
4.2 interviews (to be decided on
during planning session)
4.2.2 Focus group interviews
4.2.3 Community meetings
4.2.4 Survey devebpment
4.2.5 Survey deWery
4.2.6 Folbw up meetings with key stakeholders
4.3.1 Compiling of interview data
4.3 Community Voices
Devebpment
4.3.2 Devebpment of Community Voices
4.3.3 Review of Community Voices with partners
5. Precedence Programs
5.1 Research
5.1.1 Research other initiatives throughout U.S.
5.1.2 Precedence program check in with Working Group
5.2 Devebpment of
Precendence Program Analysis
5.1.1 Devebpment of precendence program analysis
5.1.2 Review with partners
6. Needs Assessment Pelee
6.1 Devebpment of Needs
Assessment
6.1.1 Devebpment of Needs Assessment
6.1.2 Review of Needs Assessment with Working Group
6.1.3 Review of Needs Assessment with Steering Committee
6.1.4 Needs Assessment finalized
6.1.1 Presentation of Needs Assessment to stakeholders
6.2 Distribution of Needs
Assessment
6.1.2 Presentation of Needs Assessment to community
6.1.3 Wider distribution and communications
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Project Scope
Primarily Dubuque and Clayton Counties
• But this is not a strict boundary, also have done work in Jackson,
Allamakee, and others
Topics being focused on
• Set by Steering Committee
Immigrant groups
• Marshallese, Latinx, Guatemalan, Saudi, Chinese, etc.
• As many as possible
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Who are our immigrants?
• Employment Visas
• Students
• Working
professionals
• Seasonal workers
• Family Visas
• Of Citizens
• Of Green Card
Holders
• Sanctuary Visas
• Refugee
• Asylum
• Unaccompanied
Minors
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Who are our immigrants?
• Employment Visas
• Students
• Working
professionals
• Seasonal workers
• Family Visas
• Of Citizens
• Of Green Card
Holders
• Sanctuary Visas
• Refugee
• Asylum
• Unaccompanied
Minors
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Immigration Quotas
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From Mexico Up to 102 Years
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Who are our immigrants?
• Employment Visas
• Students
• Working
professionals
• Seasonal workers
• Family Visas
• Of Citizens
• Of Green Card
Holders
• Sanctuary Visas
• Refugee
• Asylum
• Unaccompanied
Minors
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Legality?
• Wait times for Asylum and Unaccompanied Minors can be up to 3 years
• Last major immigration law: 2005 Real ID Act
• 65% of undocumented immigrants who arrived between 2010-2017 overstayed visas
• Average undocumented immigrant has been in the U.S. for 15 years
• Mixed -status families
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The work so far
• Began work on Sept. 9
• Established
• Stakeholder Group
• Steering Committee
• Immigrant Committees
• Mapping services
• National connections
• Specific projects
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Current Activities
• COVID-19 response
• MIT Sloan - USA Labs workforce development and COVID-19 project
• Census
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Key Findings
1. An Unstable Volunteer Network
2. Immigration and workforce - MIT
research
3. Brain Health Challenges
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Next steps
1. Continue with current activities
• MIT
• Census
• COVID-19
2. Begin to convene immigrant groups
3. Develop asset map of services
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Thank you!