Community Events/News

Start Date	Title	Tags	Description
Mar 08, 2022 10:00 AM	RPS: March 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting	('youth', 'mental health', 'Education')	Crisis Center; Covid; Skyward 101; Internet Offerings; RPS Top 5 (mental health)
Mar 01, 2022 06:00 PM	Riverfront Talks: Sustainability + Access	('DMC', 'Diversity', 'Housing', 'access', 'sustainability')	The Riverfront Small Area Plan project will create a high-level plan for future phased redevelopment. We are looking for input to identify the Community’s vision for this site and create a plan that enhances the overall connectivity to the river. The Riverfront project is focused on the area east of Broadway, between 4th Street SE and 2nd Street SE.
Mar 01, 2022 04:30 PM	Free Vaccination Clinic for 5-11 Year Olds Sunset Terrance Elementary	('Diversity Council', 'HEALINGS', 'covid', 'Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'Covid')	Olmsted County Public Health is ready to administer the COVID-19 vaccination.
Feb 28, 2022 05:00 PM	Praying and supporting Ukraine	('compassion', 'community engagement')	Praying and supporting Ukraine
Feb 28, 2022 04:00 PM	Art Contest Submssion Deadline	('art',)
Feb 27, 2022 07:00 PM	Diversity Council and Thesis: Gracious Hosting Workshop	('Diversity', 'Diversity Council')	Diversity Council is partnering with Thesis to deliver a workshop on how we can be more welcoming to ALL in our day to day and work places.
Feb 26, 2022 01:00 PM	Town Hall with the Arabic Community	('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid', 'Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'covid')	Information related to COVID-19 data, vaccinations, and the Omicron variant to be shared.
Feb 26, 2022 11:00 AM	Black History Speaker Series - Black Art Excellence	('diversity', 'NAACP')	Celebration of Black Art
Feb 25, 2022 01:00 PM	Rochester -- The Time is Now to Minnesota Children First	('youth', 'Education', 'Diversity')	The Rochester Diversity Council and Rochester Community Initiative invite you to join them and Dr. Kent Pekel, Interim Superintendent, Rochester Public Schools, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, Minnesota Humanities Center CEO Kevin Lindsey, and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari for a community conversation about how we support our youth in Minnesota to achieve their full potential.
Feb 24, 2022 08:00 AM	Commitment to Racial Justice - Day of Learning	('Diversity', 'npc')	Sponsored by FREC, FSR Channel One and Rochester Nonprofit Consortium
Feb 23, 2022 05:00 PM	Part of a Greater Whole -- A Dialogue Series: Restorative Justice	('community engagement', 'Culture', 'Diversity', 'compassion')	This month we will be talking about restorative justice. Heard the term but never looked into further?
Feb 23, 2022 12:00 PM	MPRNews In Focus: Celebrating Intersectional Identities with Minnesota's LGBTQ+ Communities	('MPR', 'Diversity')	Join MPR News for In Focus: Celebrating Intersectional Identities within Minnesota’s LGBTQ+ Communities, a virtual community conversation, sponsored by UCare
Feb 22, 2022 05:30 PM	Diversity Council Board Education Series: Mayo's DEI and NAACP Rise Program	('youth', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council')	Inform the DC board Mayo Lab's DEI strategy and NAACP's RISE program with Mayo.
Feb 19, 2022 10:30 AM	Riverside Central Elementary Vaccination	('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid', 'Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'covid')	Riverside
Feb 19, 2022 11:00 AM	Black History Speaker Series - Let’s Take Time to Remember	('diversity', 'NAACP')	A Memorial for the Freedom Fighters and Those Lost to Violence...
Feb 17, 2022 06:00 PM	Riverfront Talks: Equity + Economy	('Housing', 'DMC', 'Diversity')
Feb 17, 2022 04:30 PM	February 2022 CMRC General Meeting	('Health', 'Diversity', 'cmrc')	Topics include: Project HEALINGS; Town Halls; City Parks
Feb 15, 2022 02:30 PM	ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) INFORMATION FORUM	('aging', 'Housing')	Age-Friendly Olmsted County presents an information forum on ADUs and the current draft of Rochester’s Unified Development Code (UDC) as related to ADUs.
Feb 12, 2022 11:00 AM	Black History Speaker Series - DMC: What’s in It for Me; Questions and Answers for the Community of Color	('diversity', 'NAACP')	Join W. C. Jordan as he moderates a panel of representatives from DMC, the City of Rochester and members of the community. Hear an update on Destination Medical Center and its impact on Rochester, most specifically the impact on the community of color
Feb 10, 2022 04:30 PM	Free Vaccination Clinic for 5-11 Year Olds Franklin Elementary School	('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid', 'Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'covid')	Franklin Elementary School

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October 2021 Activities: FORUM WITH INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DR. KENT PEKEL- October 21, 6:30 to 8:00:

In the City for Good will be presenting an online forum to give all in the community an opportuniy to hear from Rochester Public Schools Interim Superintendent Kent Pekel. Dr. Pekel will give an overview of his time so far in the district, along with more information on the strategic plan he will be proposing. Interested Rochester residents may submit questions ahead of time or during the meeting to be used in a Q&A time period after his primary presentation. The October 21 forum will be from 6:30 to 8.

Steering Committee- Tuesday, October 5, 4:00 p.m.

Topic: In the City for Good Steering Committee

Time: Oct 5, 2021 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Contact [email protected] for Zoom info.

Housing Team- Monday, October 11 7:00 p.m.

Our next In the City for Good Housing Team meeting will be on October 11 at 7 pm. We will be discussing the proposed Unified Development Code with Ryan Yetzer, Interim Deputy Director, Community Development for the City of Rochester leading the discussion along with others in the Community Development area. We will especially focus on what some of the proposed changes could mean related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the role of ADUs in addressing the concerns around the affordability of workforce and senior housing. This will be an online meeting, with the link to be sent out later this week.

Age-Friendly- Oct 12th and 26th 2:30 to 4:00

Meeting Information:

Age-Friendly Olmsted County Planning Group

Tues. Oct 12 and 26

2:30pm - 4pm

Contact [email protected] for Zoom info

Social Services/Social Justice- Watch for info of upcoming November meeting

Community Events: (Spanish) Financial Literacy; NAACP: Break The Hate – Community Forum To Activate Change; CMRC September 2024 Meeting Place Holder (Canceled); Sep 26, 2024 DMC Board Meeting; In the City for Good Rochester City Council Candidates; (Spanish) How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1); C.E.R.T. 3rd Annual Gala; Global Mayor's Challenge Update; 2024 IMAA Presents Pearl Gala; (Spanish) How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2); Community Events - More…

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