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Embracing Change and Strengthening Communities in Rural America
- 1. Danielle Walchuk Regional Development Planner December 14th, 2016 Embracing Change Strengthening Communities in Rural America 2021 NADO Annual Training Conference 1 Alejandra Bejarano Pat Branstad Sue Harris
- 3. 3 Labor trends ◦ Higher seasonality & turnover among workers of color compared to other workers. ◦ Underrepresented in these industries: ◦ Finance and Insurance ◦ Management of companies & enterprises ◦ Professional, scientific, & technical services ◦ Education ◦ Arts, entertainment, & recreation ◦ Public administration
- 4. 4 Labor trends ◦ Labor market segments are like “sandpits” ◦ Low-wage jobs offers less upward mobility ◦ Race and gender mobility gaps hold some workers back ◦ Traditional pathways from low to high-wage work are expected to disappear.
- 5. 5 Minnesota’s labor shortage MINNESOTA’S LABOR SHORTAGE. RealTime Talent. October 2016, Erin Olson, https://www.realtimetalent.org/research-2/mnlaborshortage/
- 6. 6 Minnesota’s labor shortage MINNESOTA’S LABOR SHORTAGE. RealTime Talent. October 2016, Erin Olson, https://www.realtimetalent.org/research-2/mnlaborshortage/
- 7. 7 Partners
- 8. 8 St. James MN ○ Railroad town ○ 150 years old in 2020 ○ Rural ○ Industry – Food processing ○ Settled by northern european immigrants ○ Shift in demographics last 35-40 years - Mainly Latinx
- 9. Demographics 9 ○ City population – 4,750 ○ Stable population due to immigration ○ Nearly 38% non-white ○ School 51% non-white ○ Free and reduced lunch 56%
- 10. Latinx Community White Community Late 90s: The Spirit of St. James Unity / Unidad Mid 2000s: Horizons – Poverty Reduction Leadership Plenty, Study Circles Latinx Leadership: Convivencia Hispana 2016 Presidential Election Next Steps for Action Joint Meeting 10 Past Community Efforts to Address Changing Demographics Region 9 Forum on Race Spring 2017 S C H O O L
- 11. 11 IT’S TIME TO TALK: FORUM ON RACE Region Nine Development Commission Greater Mankato Diversity Council and the YWCA
- 12. 12 “This process can feel awkward and somewhat painful. It might be not the conversation people want to have. It’s not going to be the answer for everything, but with it has come an intentional space for people to work together, and work on themselves, for a better community.” – Julio Zelaya
- 13. UNITING CULTURES UNIENDO CULTURAS August 2017 13 Past History New Efforts Community ready for action
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- 15. 15 Mission Statement To create community where acceptance and belonging, community pride and ownership, and celebration of diversity are the way we are together ○ To celebrate the cultural and ethnic diversity in St. James ○ To get to know one another’s story ○ To educate ourselves and others about the diverse cultural heritage in the community ○ To facilitate community dialogue with local law enforcement
- 16. 16 Efforts in the past four years Community Efforts ◦ Education and celebration of cultural and ethnic diversity ◦ Building bridges through trusting relationships ◦ Support of Convivencia Hispana ◦ Equity work Organizational Development ◦ Intercultural competency ◦ Sustainability ◦ Building capacity for increasing social capital
- 17. Education and Celebration of cultural and ethnic diversity Multicultural Fiesta
- 18. “One of the beautiful things for people is to show their kids, grandkids, where they come from. We don’t want our ancestors to die.”
- 19. “Before [these events] we felt excluded... Now we can say that we feel included.” ~Julieta
- 20. 20 Education and Celebration of cultural and ethnic diversity Culture Through Cuisine
- 21. Salvadoran Mexican Guatemalan Scandinavian Culture Through Cuisine
- 22. 22 Learning one another’s stories Community Conversations
- 23. 23 Learning one another’s stories Your Story, My Story, Our Story
- 24. 24 Your Story, My Story, Our Story “This puts a face on the word immigrant.” “Each of us has a story.” “Each story is unique, there isn’t only “one” immigration story.”
- 25. 25 “We didn’t have anything. No money. We had the dream to survive...the ones after us have to know their roots. Many of us will be gone but we have to leave our legacy of pride of where we come from...our customs, our values, that fighting spirit.” “We’ve shared our stories and that’s allowed us to be more humanized” Your Story, My Story, Our Story
- 26. 26 “When I first got here I felt as a little grain of sand; no one really gave importance to myself or my culture. Maybe we come from different continents and different situations but we have something in common that has propelled us to be here, that we are immigrants. Now I feel a part of you.” ~ Marta Your Story, My Story, Our Story
- 27. Rural Equity Learning Community ○ Operating in a multicultural context - intercultural competency 27 ○ Building capacity within the community
- 28. Multicultural Context ○ Language ○ Decision Making ○ Meeting Norms 28
- 29. Building Capacity To Increase Social Capital ○ Expanding our stakeholder base ○ Supporting other community organizations 29
- 30. Convivencia Hispana ○ Scholarship Support ○ Mentoring and organizational support ○ Golden Age ○ Day of the Dead 30
- 31. 31 Edad de Oro Golden Age
- 32. 32 Day of the Dead Día de los Muertos
- 33. Equity work ○ Working Out Loud Circles: Becoming Anti- racist ○ Community Education EDI programming ○ Equity Summit ○ Social Justice Scholarship 33
- 34. Challenges ○ Cultural differences ○ Financial Resources ○ Focus and Prioritization 34
- 35. We envision a culture of inclusion where all individuals feel respected and valued, are treated fairly, and have equal opportunity and responsibility to excel in community and life. We create spaces to grow as individuals and community through sharing, learning, collaboration and action to unite people and to remove barriers to equal opportunity and responsibility in community and life. Mission Vision 35
- 36. Challenges ○ Sustainability and changing leadership ○ Pushback from within community ○ Social capital loss 36
- 37. Successes ○ Recognized as leaders in equity, diversity and inclusion efforts ○ Trusting relationships and true friendships ○ Sense of belonging in community 37 “For the first time in 25 years we feel included in this community...to feel included is the ability to contribute.”
- 38. Successes “The beautiful thing is that we’re getting together and working towards a better direction for the community. We feel like a bridge in the community. We want that bridge to widen so more people can walk across it.” ~ Everado 38
- 39. Ripple Effects 39 School District Equity Team Social Justice Club Staff Development Teachers of Color School strategic plan Fiscal host: Uniting Cultures/ Uniendo Culturas And Convivencia Hispana
- 40. “We realized that silence is not going to be acceptable or the norm anymore” ~ Briar Lenz Black Lives Matter
- 41. 41 Community Response “White Fragility” monthly discussion Local Sponsorships of Equity Summit
- 42. Community Response 42 City - Bilingual publications/ signage - Support for Equity Summit - Support for Latinx businesses and entrepreneurs - Handyman’s Certificate Broad base support for families with food insecurity: ○ Backpack - High School Food Pantry ○ Family Food Giveaway ○ Support for Food Shelf *
- 43. 43 Local Latinx group - Convivencia Hispana *Student scholarships * “Our Golden Age” *Partners in the community Art Place project and helped to design our “new” Plaza *Received Department of Health grant for Covid Education and Immunization outreach
- 44. 44 “New” Downtown Mural - A special story of Immigration in St. James
- 45. 45 Sharing our Story - Paying it forward ○ Story Map - Rural Immigration Network ○ MN Equity Map - Growth & Justice ○ Satellite host site for statewide Overcoming Racism Conference ○ Welcoming Community Project Advisory Board and TRUE Tuesdays partner ○ Spark Innovation: Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit (2023)
- 46. Lessons Learned ○ Get to know one another; build relationships ○ Work starts with individuals themselves ○ Recognize one another’s cultural lens ○ Network with others ○ Don’t wait to have “all your ducks in a row” – just start! 46 There are two ways to do this work - imperfectly, or not at
- 47. 47 HOW TO START ○ JUST DO IT ○ Don’t wait until you have all the answers and a perfect plan ○ Build on past projects Engaging community stakeholders ○ Identify, invite, listen, ask and engage Build trusting relationships ○ Listen ○ Engage community leadership and gatekeepers ○ People change positions and leadership changes ○ Keep reaching out: renew connections and nurture them
- 48. What can an RDC do?
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- 50. 50 ○ Resources ■ Technical assistance ■ Grant writing ■ Community development expertise ■ Funding sources (Regional, state and federal) ■ Data & analysis ○ Partnerships ■ Foundations, non-profits, experts, community liaisons. ○ Training and mentorship ■ Strategic planning RDC as a catalyst for equity
- 51. 51 ○ Internal training and research ■ Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualification ■ DEI toolkit and resources ○ Review and update internal policies ○ Staff buy-in & commitment ○ Board and commission makeup ■ Youth & minority commissioner Building internal capacity
- 52. 52 RESOURCES
- 53. Danielle Walchuk Regional Development Planner December 14th, 2016 Thank you! Questions? 53
- 54. Danielle Walchuk Regional Development Planner December 14th, 2016 https://tinyurl.com/2021NADO-resources 54