Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention Strategic Planning Update Sasha Cotton - Director, Office of Violence Prevention Staff from Cities United Presented to Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee of the Minneapolis City Council February 24, 2020
Discussion Items • Office of Violence Prevention organizational chart • Strategic planning data collection process • Projected timeline Cities United Technical Assistance Team • Organizational overview • Minneapolis technical assistance plan
Organizational Chart City of Minneapolis
Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention Erin Sikkink, MPH Ellen Sheehy Public Health Specialist AmeriCorps VISTA Mikayla Ferg Josh Peterson Manager Gretchen Musicant Commissioner of Health Sasha Cotton Director Jean Sawyer April Graves Program Assistant Public Health Specialist
Data Collection Process City of Minneapolis
Data Collection Process – Online Survey • Fast, easy way to capture the opinions of those who live, work, or play in Minneapolis on the issue of violence prevention and intervention • Over 200 survey responses to date • Available online through the end of April 2020 • Live at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M8879YY
Data Collection Process – Focus Groups • Goal of 35+ focus groups engaging a wide cross-section of Minneapolis stakeholders • People who live, work, or regularly spend time in Minneapolis • Leverage existing groups where trust is already established • Between 7-12 people per group (larger groups can be broken into two smaller focus groups)
Data Collection Process – Focus Groups To understand violence What violence-related in your community, issues are not getting what do we/the City of Minneapolis need to enough attention? know? What forms of violence impact you/your community the most?
Data Collection Process - Reflection Sessions • All from community encouraged to attend • Organized by Council Ward • Share information gathered through the survey/focus group data collection and provide a venue to validate that prior data collection • Gather further feedback from community to inform the plan • What does community want the OVP to focus on? • What does community see as the biggest issues related to violence • How should the OVP be responding to violence? • How should the OVP be relating to the community?
Strategic Plan Timeline City of Minneapolis
Strategic Plan Timeline - 2019 December December 2019 2018 July 2019 Josh Peterson Office of Sasha Cotton named Violence named Manager of Prevention Director of Office of established in Office of Violence City Code of Violence Prevention Ordinances Prevention June 2019 September 2019 December 2019 Minneapolis Beginning of Data Collection to Office of official strategic inform the Office of Violence planning process Violence Prevention Prevention between Cities began Fund grantees United and new received OVP Director awards
Strategic Plan Timeline - 2020 April - May April – June January Office of Strategic Plan Online Office of Violence development Violence Prevention Prevention public reflection survey released sessions hosted February – April April/YVP Week Summer Office of Soft launch of Launch of Office Violence Office of of Violence Prevention focus Violence Prevention groups Prevention logo strategic plan conducted and key plan elements
Strategic Planning from Cities United • Presented by Cities United staff City of Minneapolis
Minneapolis & Cities United Partnership 2/24/20
OVERVIEW OF CITIES UNITED VISION Creating safe, healthy and hopeful communities for Black young men and boys and their families. MISSION Cities United supports a national network of mayors who are committed to reducing the epidemic of homicides & shootings among Black men and boys ages 14-24 by 50% by 2025. CORE VALUES Social Justice, Equity, Youth Voice, Collaboration, Innovative PRIMARY OBJECTIVES National Movement & Field Building Coaching & Capacity Building Mayors leading the way. Creating safe, healthy, hopeful communities. Ending the violence against Black men and boys.
CITIES UNITED PROGRAMS & SERVICES PROGRAMS Roadmap Young Leader Annual Academy Fellowship Convening Monthly Policy & Partner City Programs Roll Call Webinar Series SERVICES Comprehensive Strategy City Assessment & Public Safety Development & Recommendations Planning Implementation Community Youth-Adult Collaborative Meeting Planning Partnership Building & Facilitation Development Mayors leading the way. Creating safe, healthy, hopeful communities. Ending the violence against Black men and boys.
OVERVIEW OF PARTNERSHIP The City of Minneapolis joined Cities United as a partner city in 2015 and hosted the 2017 Cities United annual convening. Cities United and the City of Minneapolis deepened its relationship in 2019 to develop the Office of Violence Prevention. Cities United serves in a consultation role to the OVP; Cities United Provides Training and Technical Assistance focused on the following: Strategic Marketing & Planning Promotions Community Measuring Crisis Response Success Protocol
CITIES UNITED & MINNEAPOLIS PARTNERSHIP Community Crisis Strategic Marketing & Measuring Response Planning Support Promotions Success Protocol OVP Strategic Plan w/focus City Site Visits Social Determinants of on developing & sustaining Awareness Campaign (Neighborhood Resiliency Health internal infrastructure Project & Life Camp) City-Wide Comprehensive Public Safety Plan w/focus Multi-Sector Engagement National Community Individual and Systems on Elevating Voices of w/ focus on Youth Homicide Response Level of Change Communities Most Leadership Planning Committee Impacted by Violence
FOR MORE INFORMATION Quaniqua Carthan Director of Planning & Programs Quaniqua.carthan@citiesunited.org 832-633-7108
Thank you. Sasha Cotton Director, Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention Sasha.Cotton@minneapolismn.gov City of Minneapolis
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