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July 17, 2013 Item 7.a Final Report on Community Dialogues Report to the Roseville Human Rights Commission July 17, 2013 Grant Title: Interpersonal Violence and its Prevention Grant Recipient: City of Roseville, Minnesota, on behalf of its Human Rights Commission Grant Award Date: January 8, 2013 The Roseville Human Rights Commission (HRC) received a grant from the Bush Foundation through InCommons/Meadowlark Institute to host two community dialogues on the topic of interpersonal violence and its prevention. The goals were to bring the Roseville community together to a) examine the complex factors that contribute to violence, and b) identify what we, as individuals and as a community, can do to help prevent violence. Funding The HRC requested $3,500 and received $2,500. As a result, the HRC contributed $500 and several budgeted items were eliminated, such as hiring a video services vendor to create a video segment of the events. In addition, the HRC hired two additional co-facilitators to assist with facilitation. See full accounting of the use of funds in Appendix A. Planning Team Collaborators To coordinate these dialogues, the HRC recruited multiple stakeholders in order to address the issue from multiple perspectives. The collaborative planning committee consisted of representatives from the following: • Roseville Human Rights Commission (Gary Grefenberg, chair; Kris Doneen and David Singleton, members; Carolyn Curti, staff liaison to the HRC), • Roseville Police (Corey Yunke, communications officer), • Roseville School District ISD #623 (Brian Koland, student services supervisor), • An active community volunteer (Megan Dushin), and • The facilitation team (Ariella Tilsen [lead], Antonia Wilcoxon, and Tiffany Xiong). The planning team convened for several months prior to the first event. Ariella Tilsen, professional facilitator trained in the Art of Hosting facilitation techniques, played a critical role not only in facilitating the dialogues, but also in leading the planning phase. Change of Focus During the planning phase, the team decided to provide a positive format for these dialogues, and thus instead of focusing on the prevention of interpersonal violence, the team decided to focus on creating safe and connected communities as an antidote to violence. Thus, the dialogues were entitled, "Creating Safe and Connected Communities." Dialogue Events The two dialogues were held on April 30 and May 14. Both were facilitated by the team, included a light supper and gathering time, and were held from 5:30-8:30pm at the Roseville Skating Center. The dialogues went as follows: Summary of Small Groups Items�Issues pg. 1