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CMRC March 25, 2024 Meeting

Topics: University of Minnesota Rochester Campus & Climate Action Plan; Three Rivers Community Action, BIPOC Homeownership Mentor Outreach, CMRC Updates: ACHLA and Pamoja Women actions regarding Post Secondary assists
When Mar 25, 2024
from 04:30 PM to 06:00 PM
Where Virtual on Teams
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Contents | Agenda | Meeting Slides [CMRC Updates; UMR]  | Takeaways | Video Recording || References: Late Breaking News | WDI Job Opening| SMIF Grant |


 

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 March 25, 2025 CMRC Meeting Slides

 

 

 

CMRC Updates

 

 

 

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CMRC March 25, 2024 UMR Presentation Slides

 

 

 

 

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March 25, 2024 CMRC Meeting Video Recording

 

 

 

Meeting Introduction and CMRC Updates 0:59 Recent Advocacy Actions: 2:32

UMR Campus and Climate Action Plan 8:36 Recommendations 19:14

Q/A Student Mobility and Parking Downtown (at least 150 student with cars downtown and lack of grocery stores) 27:27 Off-site parking Vibrant Community (under utilized space utilization) 29:55 Affordable Childcare availability 30:58 Research Study 1K childcare space shortage UMR reaching out to other orgs with the mission to partner land use UMR Black Student Union engagement 34:31 Journie engagement with UMR BSU 37:30 Student free bus rides and/or parking 38:40 Bike club ACHLA 39:38 Public space usage for cultural groups 40:10

CMRC groups working with Arc to Philanthropy 46:34 

Three Rivers Community Action Homeownership Mentoring 49:52 looking for BIPOC mentees interested in homebuying mentoring Mentoring action came from Homeownership co-design 54:12 Credit score prep 55:14 Associated Bank Credit Score Success 1:00:38

Misc CMRC Announcements 1:03:43:03

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  Meeting Takeaways

 

CMRC Updates

Future meeting ideas:

Invite City rep to talk about DEI action passed by City Council and discuss what role CMRC can play

Invite One Olmsted to work with CMRC on Community Council collaboration 

 

UMR Campus and Climate Action Plan

Contact to explore more the ideas raised at the meeting: 

Virginia Wright-Peters [email protected] 

Further collaboration/connection with UMR Black Student Union eg  Journie' s April 16, 2024 Open Road Workshop  

Three Rivers Community Action BIPOC Homeownership mentoring program seeking 2 BIPOC mentees:

Learn more about the BIPOC Homeownership Co-design Report for more info about other actions. Three Rivers Community Action's BIPOC mentoring program is an outcome action from BIPOC Homeownership Co-design  more info on Beam

Contacts:

 Magda Haji-Yusuf, [email protected]

JoseDeJesusTorres Miller,  Associated Bank, [email protected]

 

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References

 

3/27/2024 Community News 

 

March 27, 2024: Workforce Development Inc

 

Application Due April 5, 2024: Workforce Development, Inc. is seeking a friendly and professional Career Navigator to join our team.  

 

 

March 26, 2024: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

Grant Opportunities: 

 

Due April 17, 2024 Community Asset Building and Health and Wellness Priorities Grants

Due March 5, 2024 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation seeking applications for Early Literacy Grants

 

 

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