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2. Partner with Stakeholders to Engage Local Businesses Work with the Roseville Economic Development Authority (EDA) and related agencies to identify ways to combat and address discrimination in businesses. Options may include a training for business leaders and brochures to distribute to businesses. Updates 8/30/17: Subcommittee members will do more research on potential business partners as the EDA may not be the most appropriate agency. Potential partners include the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, Twin Cities North Area Chamber of Commerce, and Rosedale Mall. 10/9/17: Subcommittee members have not identified any other partners. Based on informal conversations with businesses in the community, distributing written materials (including scenarios) may be the most fruitful. Wayne Groff will informally contact MDHR about whether they have materials for businesses or have ever done a project like this before. We would like to identify how many businesses are in Roseville before we get much farther. 3. Gather and Share Community Stories Regarding Profiling Create forums for community members to anonymously share incidents of profiling. This would supplement the data collected in item 41, serving that same purpose. In addition, it could be used as an educational tool for the community about discrimination that occurs locally. The end result would be a collection of stories similar to the Green Card Voices exhibit held at the Roseville Library that could be displayed in local places and on the City website. All identifying information, of both the reporter and location of where the incident happened, would be excluded, except the identity of the reporter with their consent. It would be framed clearly as information-gathering for educational purposes, not as a venue for filing formal complaints. Updates 8/30/17: The subcommittee would like to examine the results of the information gathered in item 41 to see if there is a way to use that information in an educational way. 10/9/17: Etienne Djevi will write an action plan for this item.