Allies & Advocates
Description: Allies & Advocates is a community response program that nurtures and supports individuals experiencing heightened anxiety, uncertainty, or incidents of hate/bias in this challenging social and cultural climate. We have been receiving communications regularly and increasingly from individuals deeply affected by what is transpiring here in Rochester, in our state, nationally, even globally. We want to be able to field these calls with empathy and wisdom. We decided to tap our greatest resource – compassionate people.
Impacting :
Caring Relationship
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Civic Engagement
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Immigration
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Public Safety
Led by : Diversity Council
Be Smart for Kids
Description: The Be SMART campaign was launched to raise awareness that secure gun storage—storing guns locked, unloaded and separate from ammunition—can save children’s lives. Be SMART emphasizes that it’s an adult responsibility to keep kids from accessing guns, and that every adult can play a role in keeping kids and communities safer.
There are thousands of Be SMART volunteers in your communities and neighborhoods that are delivering the Be SMART message across the country in all 50 states.
Impacting :
Public Safety
Led by : A program of © 2022 Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
Bystander to Upstander
Description: Bystander to Upstander Sessions are participatory scenario-based sessions that provide opportunities for individuals to learn about and practice responses to incidents they might encounter
in business, on campus, and in their daily lives. Unlike traditional diversity training, these activity-based workshops focus on real-time interventions. The sessions include general instruction in courageous listening and observing, as well as culturally-specific insights and role-playing exercises with tips and tactics for de-escalation, respectful intervention, and accountability.
Impacting :
Diversity and Inclusion
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Public Safety
Led by : Diversity Council
Community Engagement Response Team - Rochester, MN
Description: C.E.R.T (Community Engagement Response Team) is raising money to help keep downtown Rochester safe. Donations will be used to increase patrols of downtown Rochester.
Right now C.E.R.T has six volunteer patrol team members that will be patrolling the streets every weekend from 12 am until 3 am. While the six patrol team members are volunteers right now, our goal is to be able to provide a small stipend for their time in helping keep the streets of Rochester safe.
Impacting :
Best Practice
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Mentoring
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Parenthood
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Public Safety
Led by : Barbershop & Social Services
Mobil Video Recorder Policy
Description: TBD
Impacting :
Best Practice
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Governance/Public Policy
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Public Safety
Led by : Police Policy Oversight Commission of City of Rochester
Police Assisted Recovery (PAR Program)
Description: Police find new pathways to treatment and recovery
Drug addiction is a public health concern that can become a public safety concern when addiction drives criminal behavior. Police officers are first responders to emergencies on the street, but they’re also first responders to people in crisis, whether that crisis be a mental health concern or someone whose behavior is fueled by addiction.
Impacting :
Addiction
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Mental Health
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Public Safety
Led by : Rochester Police Department
Project Legacy
Description: The philosophy of Project Legacy derives from a recognition of the historical context of people of color in this country. It is founded on a belief in the necessity of rekindling a sense of hope and possibilities. In order to accomplish this, the connections, access, legacy paradigm needs to be translated into the reality of life for the youth who are served. In other words, a group of adults who genuinely care and commit to the mission and philosophy of the program must create connections to ideas, information and opportunities. They must advocate on behalf of the youth to guarantee access to those opportunities and resources that support and sustain the belief in the possibility of a positive future. With hope comes a belief in one’s ability to control one’s destiny. Armed with a sense of empowerment, youth will be emotionally and socially prepared to embark on a path to making dreams a reality and thereby creating their own legacy for the future.
Impacting :
Basic Needs
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Best Practice
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Children & Youth
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Public Safety
Led by : Project Legacy
RPD Accountability Dashboard
Description: The Rochester Police Department (RPD) is committed to fostering a culture of transparency and accountability throughout the Department, in order to improve and maintain the trust of the community we serve.
The dashboard is an initiative which was proposed by community members at the “Proposed Actions for Justice” Virtual Town Hall on June 11, 2020. RPD was pleased to embrace the idea and committed to producing the first dashboard within 30 days.
Impacting :
Commitment
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Governance/Public Policy
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Legal Services
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Public Safety
Led by : Rochester Police Department
Rochester Police Department Expansion (More Space and Staff)
Description: The needs of the Rochester Police Department are growing while the department itself is faced with increasing response times and staffing challenges, said Police Chief Roger Peterson.
To meet these challenges, one thing is certain — the department will need to grow, either in its current space or in new space, he said. Today at the Rochester City Council meeting, he'll present options for future expansion in the downtown area and for a new precinct station in northeast Rochester.
Impacting :
Public Safety
Led by : Rochester Police Department
