HWS anchor entity Geneva Cradle to Career initiative

1. Geneva 2030 Advisory Board Agenda
December 15th, 2020
2:30 p.m. Welcome & Introductions
2:40 p.m. Dr. Karen Fahy, Geneva 2030 Consultant –
StriveTogether Network Overview & Opportunities
3:00 p.m. Jennifer Morris, School Readiness Action Team – 1,000 Days Initiative
3:15 p.m. Dr. Philip Breitfeld – Organizational Assessment for Race Equity Update
3:45 p.m. Preview of Geneva 2030 and Success for Geneva’s Children Video
3:55 p.m. Wrap Up

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5. Geneva’s First 1000 Days Promise
The Cradle part of Cradle to Career
A School Readiness Action Team partnership with Boys & Girls Club
Proposal to hire administrator to coordinate services already offered by
local agencies and organizations to offer a wide range of support:
• Food security – thru Food Link, continue delivering meals to homes
• Safe place for children to run and play – expanding Toddle Time at the Community Center
• Social/emotional and mental health supports – through community partners and RRH telehealth
• Importance of parent/child interactions, strengthening bonds thru early childhood education,
emphasizing talk, music, singing, reading, playing and parenting tips – Geneva Reads and Geneva
Public Library
• Pathway to the future; career counseling, high school equivalency, course work, certification
programs. -- FLCC

6. School Readiness Action Team Members
Represent Crucial Community Support
Healthy Families
Medical personnel
Child & Family Resources Geneva Reads
Family Counseling Ontario
County Public Health
Head Start
Happiness House
West Street School Jim
Dooley Child Care Center

7. Geneva 2030 and Racial Equity
Discovery
• Strive Together Portal (July 2020)
• Tool for Organizational Self-Assessment Related to Racial Equity
Plan
• Presented to E-Board (August 2020)
• Decision to complete initial stage(s) of the tool
Action
• Conducted two 1.5-hour meetings to complete first two stages of tool
(Sept/Oct 2020)
• Representatives from E-Board, Ad Board, Action Teams, Geneva City
School District
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8. Geneva 2030 and Racial Equity
Advisory Board Alejandra Molina, Jane Gerling, Renee Grant*
Executive
Board
Phil Breitfeld, Jerry Buckley
Action Team
members,
leaders
May Farnsworth * Allauna Overstreet Gibson
*School Board
Members
Stephanie Annear*
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9. Geneva 2030 and Racial Equity
Advisory Board
Alejandra Molina, Jane Gerling,
Renee Grant*
Executive Board Phil Breitfeld, Jerry Buckley
Action Team members,
leaders
May Farnsworth *
*School Board
Members
Stephanie Annear*
1. Organizational commitment
2. Racial equity policy and practices
3. Organizational culture
4. Service-based equity
5. Service-use voice
6. Workforce composition
7. Community collaboration
8. Resource allocation
9. Data, metrics and QI
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10. Takeaways
• Intellectual awareness of racial inequity is
high
• some informal plans at action team level
• no formal plans at Board level (no
statements on website eg. not in mission
statement)
• Intent to address racial inequity is
apparent
• Not yet at action stage
• We can communicate on the topic as
evidenced by the interactions in these
meetings
• We have data that document racial inequities
for educational outcomes
• We effectively reach out to community
partners with goal to gain racial inequity
perspective 10
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11. Takeaways
• Intellectual awareness of racial inequity is
high
• some informal plans at action team level
• no formal plans at Board level (no
statements on website eg. not in mission
statement)
• Intent to address racial inequity is
apparent
• Not yet at action stage
• We can communicate on the topic as
evidenced by the interactions in these
meetings
• We have data that document racial inequities
for educational outcomes
• We effectively reach out to community
partners with goal to gain racial inequity
perspective
• We lack racial diversity on the Board
• We can/will incentivize action team leaders
to identify and execute action plans centered
on racial inequity with goal to increase
opportunity for school success for children in
minority groups
• Encourage(d) ATLs to put on a "racial equity
lens" when thinking about and executing the
work of the action teams
• Need for more open communication
regarding ATL stipends/budgets
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12. Potential actions and
questions
•Can we/should we increase diversity of Boards
•Can we/should we adopt a mission that explicitly
includes racial equity as a key component and amend
website accordingly
•What are some additional ideas/strategies to aid ATLs
in adopting the racial equity lens
•Other questions we should be considering
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14. Connect with us!
Geneva2030@hws.edu
www.geneva2030ny.org
(315) 781-3825
Timeline of Geneva 2030
Geneva 2030 Action Teams
• STEAM
• College and Career Readiness
• Kindergarten Readiness
• Literacy
• Bi-lingual Education
• Attendance
• Family Engagement