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Minneapolis | Saint Paul

My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge

ACTION PLAN

KeeperMy Brother’s Minneapol i s | Sai nt Paul

Community Challenge

Mayor Chris ColemanMayor Betsy Hodges

May 2015

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Table of ContentsLetters from the Mayors and Minnesota Council on Foundations 4

My Brother’s Keeper Goals 5

Accepting the My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge 6

Framework for Action 7

Twin Cities MBK Community Challenge Action Plan 8

Goals: Focus for Action 8

Principles: New Approaches for Collective Action 9

Commitments to Action: Mayors, Grantmakers & Community 11

Community Challenge Action Plan Summary and Timeline 14

Resources for Action 15

Acknowledgements 29

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3M Foundation

African American Leadership Forum

African Development Corporation

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Cities

Black Ministerial Alliance

Blue Cross and Blue Shield

of Minnesota Foundation

Bush Foundation

Carlson Family Foundation

Chicano Latino Affairs Council

City of St. Paul

Ecolab Foundation

EMERGE

Generation Next

Greater Twin Cities United Way

Grotto Foundation, Inc.

Harvest Network of Schools

Headwaters Foundation for Justice

Hennepin County Attorney’s Office

Hennepin County Commissioners’ Offices

Hennepin County Juvenile Detention

Alternatives Initiative

Hennepin County Probation

and Child Welfare

Hmong American Partnership

Karen E. Kelley-Ariwoola Fund

of The Minneapolis Foundation

Liemandt Foundation

Little Earth

Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota

Mark & Charlie’s Gay and Lesbian Fund

for Moral Values

The McKnight Foundation

The McNeely Foundation

Medica Foundation

Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office

Minneapolis Civil Rights Department

Minneapolis Community and

Technical College (MCTC)

The Minneapolis Foundation

Minneapolis Health Department

Minneapolis Mayor’s Office

Minneapolis Police Department

Minneapolis Public Schools

Minneapolis Urban League

Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board

Minneapolis Youth Violence

Prevention Initiative

Minnesota Council on Foundations

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Minnesota House of Representatives

Minnesota Minority Education

Partnership

Minnesota Office of Higher Education

Minnesota Philanthropy Partners

The Mortenson Family Foundation

Kevin J. Mossier Foundation

NAACP

Neighborhoods Organizing for Change

New Lens Mentoring Society

Nexus Community Partners

Northside Achievement Zone

Northside Funders Group

Northwest Area Foundation

Office of Congressman Keith Ellison

Office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum

Office of Senator Al Franken

Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar

Pan African Community Endowment

The Jay and Rose Phillips Family

Foundation of Minnesota

Ramsey County Administrator’s Office

Ramsey County Attorney’s Office

Ramsey County Community Corrections

Ramsey County Community Human

Services

Ramsey County Juvenile Detention

Alternatives Initiative

Ramsey County Workforce Solutions

Right Track

Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce

Saint Paul Children’s Collaborative

Thank You The Twin Cities My Brother’s Keeper Action Plan could not

have been completed without the input and dedication of

the following organizations and city departments.

Saint Paul College

The Saint Paul Foundation and

Minnesota Community Foundation

Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood

Saint Paul Public Schools

Saint Paul Public Schools Foundation

Saint Paul Youth Intervention Initiative

Saint Paul Department of Human

Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity

(HREEO)

Saint Paul Mayor’s Office

Saint Paul Parks and Recreation

Saint Paul Police Department

Saint Paul Public Library

Saint Paul Youth Commission

Sauer Children’s Renew Foundation

Sprockets

Twin Cities LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corp.)

Ujamaa Place

University of Minnesota

Urban Ventures

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota

Way to Grow

Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Xcel Energy Foundation

Youth Coordinating Board,

Minneapolis

Youthprise

youthrive

YWCA of St. Paul

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Boys and young men of color in our communities are a vast and under tapped resource. President

Obama’s call to action encouraged Minnesota’s grantmakers to consider new strategies and part-

nerships to ensure these young men have the opportunity to fully contribute to our community.

The My Brother’s Keeper Funders’ Learning Table, a group of almost 20 grantmakers, is a unified effort to explore promising strategies, build skills in culturally-competent grantmaking, leverage existing investments and reinforce a positive narrative about boys and men of color. The Minnesota

Council on Foundations is proud to host this effort.

We look forward to our continued partnership with the Mayors’ Offices, the White House and boys and men of color themselves to determine a new way forward in the Twin Cities.

Trista Harris

President, Minnesota Council on Foundations

My Brother’s Keeper Goals My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) is President Obama’s initiative to close the opportunity gaps for boys and young men of color. The MBK Community Challenge encourages cities, rural municipalities and tribal nations to develop action

plans around six goals that correspond to milestone events in a young person’s life that are especially important to

later success.

Although the factors that influence achievement of each goal are complex and interdependent, by focusing on what works and removing roadblocks, we can provide boys and young men of color the opportunities and the tools they

need to stay on track, think more broadly about their futures and achieve their full potential.

The six MBK goals are:

When we accepted President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Challenge last fall we thought it

could be a turning point for renewing our communities’ belief in boys and men of color. We knew

there were great partnerships of civic and community leaders working to create opportunities

for boys and young men of color. We knew city departments, our school districts, our counties,

organizations and neighborhoods throughout our cities were working to make a difference, often with the thoughtful support of foundations and corporations.

We could also read the numbers. For all our good efforts, the opportunity gaps for boys and young men of color remain persistent and frustrating to us all.

Since accepting the President’s challenge a little over six months ago, we have had a chance to

hear from many of you about what is working and what we can do better. More importantly,

we heard from boys and young men of color. One clear message is that we need to change the

narrative that has cloaked young men of color in deficit and disparity, hiding their genius, talent and creativity. We also need to change how we approach our collective efforts to open opportuni-ties for boys and young men of color.

We invite you to join us in realizing the vision our cities share with the President to take action with

and on behalf of boys and young men of color to help them achieve their full potential.

Mayor Chris Coleman Mayor Betsy Hodges

City of Saint Paul City of Minneapolis

KeeperMy Brother’s Minne apo l is | S aint Paul

Community Challenge

Read at Grade Level by Third Grade

Graduate from High School

Complete Post-secondary Education or Training

Gain Employment

Keep Kids Safe and Give Them a Second Chance

Get a Healthy Start and Enter School Ready to Learn

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Framework for ActionMinnesotans strive to create a great place for all people to live, work and play. We recognize our future as a region

depends upon the strength and well-being of all who live here, especially our young people.

Racial equity in economic development, education, community development, health, criminal justice and civic partic-

ipation is essential to the Twin Cities’ long-term vitality. People of color make up the fastest growing segment of our

population and hold a key to our shared future. The majority of our future parents, community leaders and innovators

will be people of color.

But persistent opportunity gaps between whites and people of color, especially boys and young men of color, contin-

ue. These gaps limit everyone’s future prospects.

While the root causes of disparities have historic precedents, many of these gaps can be explained by today’s realities

of insufficient income, unhealthy living environments, inadequate access to learning opportunities and barriers to civic participation. These are systemic issues. It is in all our best interests, and therefore, our responsibility to address them collectively.

Strong Civic CommitmentMinnesota has a robust tradition of civic leadership through public, private and nonprofit partnerships. We under-stand we are stronger together. We have brought partners around the table to work on expanding early childhood

education, improving education outcomes through comprehensive, cradle-to-career community strategies, increas-

ing employment rates among people of color, improving voter engagement, reforming the juvenile justice system

and many more community improvement initiatives.

Our capacity to work through collective action is a valued local asset that does not go without national notice. Many

of these groups for collective action, or “tables,” are highly developed. They include government officials, are fund-

ed by philanthropic partners, engage a cross-section of civic leaders and work toward meaningful, long-term results

through systems change. Some of these tables have an explicit or implicit focus on racial disparities, and some also

focus specifically on MBK goals.

We have brought together civic partnerships to act.

But the fact that racial equity gaps persist draws us to

a central question that the Mayors’ MBK Community

Advisory Group raised: “Is there still something missing in how we approach our collective action?”

Accepting the My Brother’s Keeper Community ChallengePresident Obama announced the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative (MBK) in February 2014 by delivering a call to action for foundations and business leaders to address persistent opportunity gaps and support achievement for more boys

and young men of color. A group of almost 20 Minnesota grantmakers heeded the call and joined a Twin Cities MBK

Funders’ Learning Table hosted by the Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF).

In September 2014, the President established the MBK Community Challenge. The challenge called upon local gov-

ernments and tribal leaders to build and execute robust plans to ensure that all young people reach the six challenge

goals, no matter where they come from or the circumstances into which they are born.

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman were early accepters of the challenge. They

committed to a joint Twin Cities effort to create systems change and long-term, sustainable transformation. The May-

ors hosted a community summit in November 2014, and then convened a community advisory group from January

through April 2015 to identify opportunities and challenges and provide advice to develop this action plan. The May-

ors also invited the MCF MBK Funders’ Learning Table to align its work with that of the MBK Community Challenge.

The Community Challenge Action Plan provides a framework for collective action by the Mayors and other local

government partners, grantmakers, and community and civic groups and leaders. It is a framework to make changes in the coming year to how we work with boys and young men of color as we advance the goals the President placed

before our communities and our nation.

Twin Cities My Brothers Keeper Community Challenge16 months of MBK Leadership

President Obamalaunches MBK toaddress persistentopportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure all young people reach their full potential.

Community Advisory Group meets for MBK orientation and initial recommendations for action.

MCF Learning Circle briefed on local initiatives and best practices.

The President’s MBK task force releases a report with six goals and recommendationsfor eliminating barriers in each goal area.

Community Advisory Group meets to prioritize MBK goals and identify strategies and data requirements.

MCF Learning Circle prioritizes MBK goals.

Four hundred community members attend a MBK briefing hosted by the Mayors.

The Twin Cities MBK Funders Learning Circle begin meeting; hosted by Minnesota Council on Founda-tions.

Community Advisory Group meets to get additional guidance from boys and young men of color.

The Mayors accept the President’s MBK Community Challenge.

Community Advisory Group finalizes recommendations.

MCF Learning Circle makes commitment to collaborate with Mayors’ Office in MBK Community Challenge.

Mayors present the Minneapolis/Saint Paul MBK Community Challenge Action Plan.

Initiate Year 1 of the MBK Community Challenge Action Plan implementation.

The Mayors host a community summit to gather advice for meeting the MBK Community Challenge.

The Mayors’ Offices form a Community Advisory Group to help prepare the Twin Cities MBK Community Challenge policy review and action plan.

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Principles: New Approaches for Collective Action The MBK Community Advisory Group made it clear the emphasis for our Community Challenge plan should be on

changing how we address these goals. They recognize that changing how we work will change what we do and re-

sult in strategies that are culturally-specific.

Our Community Challenge will incorporate four principles into any effort to achieve a MBK goal. The principles include changing systems, adopting culturally specific strategies, changing perceptions and making boys and young men of color visible in the data.

Change SystemsWe will accomplish our MBK goals by widening the circle of leaders from communities of color, ensuring boys and

young men of color are involved in making decisions about strategies, programs and practices. They will provide the

input we need to make the right systems changes to get the results we want.

Leaders from organizations that typically fill the seats at our collective action tables need to stay involved, but we also need people from community-based and community-led organizations where many have been doing important

work out of the civic spotlight. The fact that an organization may be small and tight on staff and time, less experi-enced with civic processes, unable to demonstrate the value of their work in conventional ways or simply hard to

reach through traditional recruitment efforts should not keep us from receiving and valuing knowledge that can change the life of a boy or young man of color.

Most importantly, we have very few collective action tables where young people have meaningful roles as decision

makers. Notable exceptions include the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board, Minneapolis Youth Violence Preven-

tion Initiative, Saint Paul Youth Commission and Sprockets. These efforts provide strong models for engaging youth as decision-makers about issues that affect their lives and futures.

Adopt Culturally-specific StrategiesWe will apply the concept of targeted universalism to our efforts to accomplish the MBK goals. The MBK Communi-ty Advisory Group observed that many of our tables for collective action or public practices and programs that are

intended to address these goals are not specifically focused on communities of color. Fewer still are focused on the particular needs of boys and men of color. The idea of targeted universalism, working toward universal goals using

focused strategies to reach marginalized communities, will improve our shared strategies. Minnesota’s late Sen. Paul

Wellstone often reminded us, “We all do better, when we all do better.” While we aspire for universal results, we need

to develop strategies, policies and practices that acknowledge that different people need different supports to “do better.”

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Twin Cities MBK Community Challenge Action PlanThe Twin Cities have what it takes to move forward on the goals of the President’s MBK challenge. There are estab-

lished and committed collective action networks or “tables” working on one or more of the MBK goals. Additionally,

community-based efforts are having impact through innovative, community-led approaches. The Minneapolis | Saint Paul Community Challenge Action Plan aims to build on what the community is already doing. While continuing to

address all of the MBK goals, the Community Challenge will work more intensively on four. We plan to apply four

principles to achieve each of these goals and to use these principles to form specific commitments to action by the Mayors’ Offices, grantmakers and community partners. We aim to change what we are able to do with and for boys and young men of color by changing how we have been approaching this work.

Goals: Focus for ActionOur Community Challenge embraces all six of the MBK goals. Thoughtful efforts are already underway to achieve each of the goals. However, leadership from the Mayors’ Offices, grantmakers and community partners will prioritize work in order to achieve four MBK goals.

• Get a healthy start and enter school ready to learn.• Graduate from high school.• Gain employment.• Keep kids safe and give them a second chance.

MBK Goals: Minneapolis | Saint Paul Community Challenge Priorities

Both the MBK Community Advisory Group and the MCF Learning Circle recommended more intensive focus on these

four MBK goals. Several considerations informed the recommendations. They included an interest in leveraging the

impact of existing initiatives so we can move quickly, complement collective action efforts that have strong communi-ty backing, and change the narrative about boys and young men of color.

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Change PerceptionsWe value boys and young men of color for their strengths, assets, and as “makers” of both their own futures and

prosperous futures for us all. This is who boys and young men of color really are. Recognizing their importance to our

communities is a principle guiding our response to the President’s MBK Community Challenge. It is also an underap-

preciated reality. We hear a lot about the disparities and gaps and we see a lot of negatives in the headline news, but

we do not do enough to recognize the accomplishments of boys and young men of color in our community. When

we change the conversation and the perceptions, we will not only be able to create opportunities that are cultural-

ly-specific and produce real results, but we will be lifted up as a community by all the newly-tapped genius and talent. Through the Community Challenge, we will share stories about the assets and capacities of our boys and young men

of color, and we will bring their knowledge to the tables and into the decision-making to shape their futures.

Make Boys and Young Men of Color Visible in the DataWe will improve data collection and reporting to support our collective efforts. Just as there are empty seats at our collective action tables, we have gaps in the data that describe boys and young men of color. Both Minnesota COM-

PASS and Generation Next have created valuable data collection systems to help us monitor key health, education,

workforce and public safety indicators. The reporting includes useful geographic and racial breakdowns. However,

as we move forward with our MBK efforts, it will be useful to report, where possible, data by race, ethnicity, gender and age. Our MBK Community Advisory Group brought to light that boys and young men of color comprise important

racial and ethnic subgroups that are invisible in the current data. We need to better “see” and understand them by

making sure they are counted. We will adjust and improve current data collection to help us understand how different communities of boys and young men of color need different supports in order to achieve our universal goals.

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3. Commitments to Action:

Mayors, Grantmakers & Community PartnersThoughtful efforts are well underway in Minneapolis and Saint Paul that bring together community leaders, nonprofit organizations, businesses, schools, public health and others to close the opportunity gaps for boys and young men of

color throughout the age and developmental spectrum. Any group doing this work is welcome to join our Minneapo-

lis | Saint Paul MBK Community Challenge. Each of these efforts is important to meeting the challenge of advancing the MBK goals. However, the offices of the Mayors of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the MCF Funders’ Learning Circle and community partners participating in the MBK Community Advisory Network are making special commitments to

action.

The Mayors’ Commitment to ActionMayors Coleman and Hodges commit to changing how each of their cities makes decisions about programs that

affect boys and young men of color, and to using the strength of their voices and offices to change conversations and perceptions of boys and young men of color.

Objectives:• Use a racial equity lens and MBK goals in city program planning and budgeting.

• Change how we all understand and talk about the lives of boys and young men of color.

The Mayors will apply the MBK goals and a racial equity lens in their respective city’s annual program planning and

budgeting processes. This will include asking purposeful questions of relevant city departments, such as: “What do

we do that is helpful, causes harm or is not effective?” “How do we change our plans to do better?” “Have we sub-

stantively involved the community and boys and young men of color in collecting this information and making these

decisions?” and “Can we collect some program data so it is disaggregated, whenever possible, to reveal the similar-

ities and differences of dynamics facing Black, Hispanic, Native American and Asian communities and sub-popula-

tions?” While initial steps can be taken in the short term, these changes will not be fully implemented until at least

the 2017 program and budget development cycle.

The Mayors also commit to using the unique influence of their “bully pulpits” to draw attention to the strengths and talents that boys and men of color bring to the Twin Cities. When we only focus on disparities and crime stories, we

miss the skills, leadership, compassion and many other talents of boys and young men of color. The community can

support this effort by sharing stories about the positive accomplishments of boys and men of color. Currently, stories are being collected through the Mayors web sites, but other opportunities will become available in the coming year.

The Mayors will share these stories in their public appearances and through local media outlets, and they will use the

information to influence future policies, practices and programs in their cities.

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MCF Funders’ Learning Circle Commitment to ActionParticipants in the MCF MBK Funders’ Learning Circle commit to changing how they approach grantmaking to

increase impact on boys and young men of color.

Objectives• Promote use of culturally-specific grantmaking processes.

• Support system change through public policy.

• Build capacity in community-based, community-led organizations.

MCF will provide education, training and implementation tools to help grantmakers change practices to embrace

these objectives and will align its public policy advocacy efforts to advance MBK goals. It will continue convening the Funders’ Learning Circle to guide these efforts and connect Minnesota grantmakers with the Executives’ Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color, a network of national, regional and local foundations focused on

supporting boys and young men of color.

Community Advisory Network Commitment to EngagementParticipants in the MBK community advisory process commit to leveraging the impact of existing collective action ta-

bles. The Mayors’ Offices and MCF will convene a similar Community Advisory Network with support from the Minne-

apolis Youth Coordinating Board and the Saint Paul Children’s Collaborative. The Network will have an open member-

ship model, with a focus on engaging leaders from community-based organizations and boys and young men of color.

Objectives• Align the work of existing collective action tables with MBK goals.

• Increase participation at collective action tables by representatives of community-based organizations and boys and young men of color.

• Elevate the visibility and adoption of culturally-specific practices.

• Develop recommendations for policy change.

The Community Advisory Network will organize “MBK Liaisons” who will help guide the work of collective action ta-

bles around MBK goals and principles. The Network will also share information about strategies and lessons learned,

especially culturally-specific practices, identify opportunities for public policy advocacy and provide ongoing advice and consultation to the Mayors and grantmakers to advance our Community Challenge work.

We value boys and young men of color for their strengths and assets and as makers of their futures, which creates a prosperous future for us all.

Principles • Change systems • Adopt culturally specific strategies • Change perceptions • Make boys and young men of color

visible in data

Goals

Ready to Learn

Read by3rd Grade

GraduateH.S.

College or Training

Employment Safe &2nd Chance

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Alignment, wider participation, culturally specific practices and policy change

Mayors’ Offices Inform program and budget processes and use “bully pulpit” to change perceptions

Boys and Young Men of Color areCore Assets

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Mayors Offices Objectives: Change narrative and perceptions; change how decisions are made about city programs and budgetsLeadership: Offices of Mayors Hodges and Coleman

Change narrative and perceptions

Collect accomplishment stories

Develop & introduce MBK lens for programs & budget

Develop data collection reforms

Convene annual progress summit

Convene MBK Funders’ Learning Circle

Provide programs for grantmakers

Promote MBK grantmaking tool

Develop MCF 2016 advocacy agenda

Serve as Executives’ Alliance liaison

Organize MBK Advisory Network

Provide network education and support

Organize focus for public policy advocacy

Advise Mayors and grantmakers

GrantmakersObjectives: Develop skills in culturally-competent grantmaking and support systems change through public policyLeadership: Minnesota Council on Foundations

MBK Community Advisors NetworkObjectives: Align work of existing collective action tables with MBK goals; expand involvement of representatives from community-led organizations and boys and young men of colorLeadership: Mayors’ Offices and MCF with support from the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board and the Saint Paul Children’s Collaborative

Community Challenge Action Plan Summary and Timeline

Community Challenge Action Plan Summary and Timeline

Intensive Activity High Activity Lower Activity

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The OpportunityFifty-two percent of low income children are ready for kindergarten.

The Challenge

52%

Overall kindergarten proficiency rate by household poverty status and race/ethnicity, 2010

250% of poverty guidline and under

Over 250% of poverty guidline

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Our GoalsIncrease rates of boys of color in Minneapolis and Saint Paul who:

• Receive early childhood screening before age 5

• Enter kindergarten ready to learn

Connect for Collective Action Twin Cities’ Promise Neighborhoods — The Northside Achievement Zone in

Minneapolis and the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood are working to close

the gap for low-income children of color.

www.northsidechievement.org

www.wilder.org/Community-Leadership/Saint-Paul-Promise[Neighbor-hood/Pages/default.aspx

City of Minneapolis Cradle to K Cabinet – Formed by Mayor Hodges, the

cabinet and community have developed and are implementing a plan to pre-

vent and eliminate disparities for children prenatally to age three.

www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/cradle

MinneMinds — A statewide coalition leading the campaign to increase public

funding for access to high quality early child care and education opportunities

to ensure all children are prepared to succeed in school and in life.

www.minneminds.com

Share your stories about the achievements of boys of color and information about other collective action or collaborative networks at:

Minneapolis: MBK-Mpls.com

Saint Paul: MBK-StP.com

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t for A

me

rican

Indians.

The C

hallenge

Our G

oalsIncrease rates of boys of color in M

inneapolis and Saint Paul who:

• A

chieve GradM

N on-tim

e graduation rate of 90%

Connect for C

ollective Action

Minnesota E

ducation Equity P

artnership — C

on

ven

es n

etw

ork

s to p

rom

ote

eq

uity

in

education outcomes (Race Equity &

Excellence in Education Netw

ork), end discipline disparities (Solutions N

ot Suspensions), address under-education of M

inn

eso

ta B

lack

yo

un

g m

en

(Min

ne

sota

Bla

ck M

ale

Ach

ieve

me

nt

Netw

ork), promote success for English Language Learners, and

strengthen college access efforts in high opportunity com

munities

(Minnesota College A

ccess Netw

ork).

http://ww

w.m

neep.org

Northside A

chievement Z

one –

Wo

rkin

g to

close

the

ga

p fo

r

low

-inco

me

child

ren

of co

lor u

sing

the

Pro

mise

Ne

igh

bo

rho

od

“crad

le to

care

er” m

od

el.

ww

w.northsideachievem

ent.org

Sprockets –

Wo

rks w

ith y

ou

th to

reco

gn

ize a

nd

ach

ieve

the

ir po

ten

tial

by improving quality, availability and eff

ectiveness of out-of-school tim

e le

arn

ing

for a

ll yo

uth

in S

t. Pa

ul th

rou

gh

colla

bo

rative

an

d

innovative efforts.

ww

w.sprocketssaintpaul.org

Generation N

ext — P

artn

ersh

ip o

f org

an

izatio

ns a

nd

lea

de

rs from

Min

ne

ap

olis a

nd

Sa

int P

au

l de

dica

ted

to e

du

catio

na

l exce

llen

ce a

nd

na

rrow

ing

the

ach

ieve

me

nt a

nd

op

po

rtun

ity g

ap

s. Th

e H

igh

Sch

oo

l

Gra

du

atio

n N

etw

ork

focu

ses o

n m

en

torin

g, ca

ree

r an

d co

lleg

e

rea

din

ess a

nd

ad

dre

ssing

“on

-track

” succe

ss an

d risk

ind

icato

rs.

ww

w.gennextm

sp.org

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and information about other collective action or collaborative

networks at:

Min

ne

ap

olis: M

BK

-Mp

ls.com

Sa

int P

au

l: MB

K-S

tP.com

Am

erican Asian

Hispanic African

White

Male

All Students

Indian Am

erican

American

(non Hispanic)

Graduated

51.5%

77.9%

69.4%

68.8%

83.6%

70.6%

75.6%

Am

erican Asian

Hispanic African

White

Male

All Students

Indian Am

erican

American

(non Hispanic)

Graduated

29.2%

77.6%

45.1%

47.3%

77.3%

55.7%

58.7%

Saint Paul Public Schools

Data is not available by both race and genderSource: M

innesota Report Card, Students in the Class of 2014

4-Year High School Graduation RateM

inneapolis Public Schools

2223



Comm

unity Challenge

Statistic or quote

Our G

oalsIncrease rates of young m

en of color in Minneapolis and Saint Paul w

ho:

• Earn a post-secondary degree or certificate w

ithin six years of high sch

oo

l gra

du

atio

n

• A

chieve three-year graduation or transfer rate at 2-year institutions

Connect for C

ollective Action

MS

PW

in (Minneapolis / S

aint Paul W

orkforce Innovation Netw

ork) —

A p

hila

nth

rop

ic colla

bo

rative

com

mitte

d to

dra

ma

tically

incre

asin

g th

e

nu

mb

er o

f ad

ults e

arn

ing

fam

ily-su

stain

ing

wa

ge

s, esp

ecia

lly p

eo

ple

of co

lor, in

the

seve

n-co

un

ty M

inn

ea

po

lis Sa

int P

au

l reg

ion

an

d p

rom

otin

g

statewide system

ic and policy change through its MN

WIN

initiative.

ww

w.m

spwin.org

AchieveM

pls — P

rovid

es p

erso

na

l sup

po

rt an

d stra

teg

ic gu

ida

nce

to h

elp

Min

ne

ap

olis h

igh

scho

ol stu

de

nts p

lan

for su

ccess a

fter g

rad

ua

tion

.

ww

w.achievem

pls.org/career-college-centers

AV

ID (A

dvancement V

ia Individual Achievem

ent) — P

rovid

es a

cad

em

ic

sup

po

rts an

d m

en

torin

g to

pre

pa

re stu

de

nts, e

spe

cially

tho

se w

itho

ut a

colle

ge

-go

ing

trad

ition

, for co

lleg

e e

ligib

ility a

nd

succe

ss.

ww

w.avid.spps.org

Northside Funders G

roup — A

colla

bo

rative

of p

rivate

, pu

blic a

nd

corp

o-

rate

fun

de

rs alig

nin

g in

vestm

en

ts an

d stra

teg

ies to

cata

lyze

com

pre

he

n-

sive, su

stain

ab

le ch

an

ge

in N

orth

Min

ne

ap

olis.

ww

w.northsidefunders.org

Com

plete Post-secondary E

ducation or Training

The O

pportunityA

ll racial classifications of students in Minnesota show

ed increased college graduation rates between 2002 and 2010.

The C

hallenge G

ap

s be

twe

en

gra

du

atio

n ra

tes fro

m 2

-ye

ar a

nd

4-y

ea

r po

st-seco

nd

ary

ed

uca

tion

institu

tion

s be

twe

en

yo

un

g m

en

of

colo

r an

d w

hite

s pe

rsist.

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

American

IndianBlack

White

All Students

AsianHispanic

Two or

More

Races

3-ye

ar g

rad

ua

tion

or tra

nsfe

r rate

s from

2-y

ea

r colle

ge

s6

-ye

ar g

rad

ua

tion

rate

s from

4-y

ea

r colle

ge

s

Rate at 150% of Normal Time

Minnesota C

ollege Graduation Rates, 2012

Source: SLEDS, Minnesota Offi

ce of Higher Ed

28%

43%43%

64%

47%41%

55%

42%52%

49%57%

65%

43%

63%

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orks at:

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ne

ap

olis: M

BK

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ls.com

Sa

int P

au

l: MB

K-S

tP.com

2425



Comm

unity Challenge

Our G

oalsR

ed

uce

un

em

plo

ym

en

t rate

s for y

ou

ng

me

n o

f colo

r in M

inn

ea

po

lis an

d S

ain

t Pa

ul:

• Reverse the trend of increasing unem

ployment rates for young m

en of color

• Close the gap in unem

ployment rates betw

een Whites and young m

en of color

• Increase rates of young m

en of color who graduate from

high school with a pathw

ay plan

Connect for C

ollective Action

ST

EP

-UP

— A

pa

rtne

rship

of th

e C

ity o

f Min

ne

ap

olis, A

chie

veM

pls,

Min

ne

ap

olis P

ark

s an

d R

ecre

atio

n B

oa

rd, P

roje

ct for P

ride

in L

iving

an

d a

rea

bu

sine

sses th

at m

atch

es M

inn

ea

po

lis yo

uth

with

pa

id su

m-

me

r inte

rnsh

ips a

nd

pro

vide

s wo

rk re

ad

ine

ss train

ing

.

ww

w.m

inneapolismn.gov/cped/m

etp/step-up_home

Right Track

— A

pa

rtne

rship

of th

e C

ity o

f Sa

int P

au

l, Sa

int P

au

l Pu

b-

lic Sch

oo

ls an

d S

ain

t Pa

ul A

rea

Ch

am

be

r of C

om

me

rce th

at co

nn

ects

yo

uth

an

d y

ou

ng

ad

ults in

Sa

int P

au

l with

me

an

ing

ful tra

inin

g, w

ork

an

d ca

ree

r exp

lora

tion

op

po

rtun

ities.

ww

w.righttrack.stpaul.gov

HIR

E M

innesota —

A co

alitio

n o

f org

an

izatio

ns a

nd

activists w

ork

ing

tog

eth

er to

en

d e

mp

loy

me

nt d

ispa

rities in

Min

ne

sota

.

ww

w.hirem

n.org

Gain E

mploym

ent

The O

pportunityM

innesota’s relatively low unem

ployment rate is 3.9%

. Rates are dropping for some – but not for all young m

en of co

lor.

The C

hallenge

Minnesota U

nemploym

ent by Selected Race or Ethnicity

Source: mn.gov/deed/data/current-econ-highlights/alternative-unem

ployment.jsp

25201510502005 2006

2007 2008

2009 2010

2011 2012

2013 2014

2015

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PERCENTAGE)

BlackHispanicW

hite

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ne

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olis: M

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Sa

int P

au

l: MB

K-S

tP.com

2627



Comm

unity Challenge

The O

pportunityV

iole

nt crim

e ra

tes a

nd

incid

en

ts invo

lving

yo

uth

an

d g

un

s in M

inn

ea

po

lis an

d S

ain

t Pa

ul a

re o

n th

e d

eclin

e.

The C

hallenge

Keep K

ids Safe and G

ive T

hem a S

econd Chance

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

4,949W

hite844

American

Indian

667Latino

3,322Black

226Asian

% of Population

% of Prison Population

Minnesota’s A

dult Prison Population by Ethnicity

Our G

oalsR

ed

uce

viole

nce

for b

oy

s an

d y

ou

ng

me

n o

f colo

r in M

inn

ea

po

lis an

d S

ain

t Pa

ul:

• Increase positive connections w

ith trusted adults

• Restore youth w

ho have gone wrong

• Protect youth from

violence

Connect for C

ollective Action

The M

inneapolis Blueprint for A

ction to Prevent Youth V

iolence –

Le

d b

y th

e M

inn

ea

po

lis De

pa

rtme

nt o

f He

alth

,

Minneapolis Police D

epartment, M

inneapolis Public Schools and Minneapolis M

ayor’s Offi

ce, this network organizes

com

mu

nity

-drive

n, g

rassro

ots re

spo

nse

s to y

ou

th vio

len

ce.

ww

w.m

inneapolismn.gov/health/youth/yvp/

The S

aint Paul Youth Intervention Initiative

— L

ed

by

the

YM

CA

of S

ain

t Pa

ul, S

ain

t Pa

ul P

olice

De

pa

rtme

nt a

nd

Saint Paul Mayor’s O

ffice to keep youth out of crim

e and connect them w

ith jobs and comm

unity support systems.

ww

w.stpaul.gov/index.aspx?N

ID=5457

Minnesota S

econd Chance C

oalition —

A p

artn

ersh

ip o

f ove

r 50 o

rga

niza

tion

s tha

t ad

-

voca

te fo

r fair a

nd

resp

on

sible

law

s an

d p

ractice

s

tha

t allo

w th

ose

wh

o h

ave

com

mitte

d crim

es to

red

ee

m th

em

selve

s, sup

po

rt the

mse

lves a

nd

the

ir

fam

ilies a

nd

con

tribu

te to

the

ir com

mu

nitie

s.

ww

w.m

nsecondchancecoalition.org

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boys and young men of color and inform

ation about other collective action or collaborative netw

orks at:

Min

ne

ap

olis: M

BK

-Mp

ls.com

Sa

int P

au

l: MB

K-S

tP.com

Source: Minnesota Council on Crim

e and Justice, 2012

2829



Comm

unity Challenge

Sta

r-Trib

un

e

FE

BR

UA

RY

27, 2

015

Isaiah grew up on the N

orth Side of M

inn

ea

po

lis. He

felt th

e re

spo

nsib

ilities o

f

he

lpin

g to

pro

vide

for h

is fam

ily a

s a ch

ild.

By age 10, Isaiah had a job sweeping up

ha

ir at a

ba

rbe

r sho

p to

he

lp p

ut fo

od

on

the

tab

le.

He

tried

ha

rd to

follo

w th

e rig

ht p

ath

—

ge

tting

invo

lved

in stu

de

nt co

un

cil, fo-

cusin

g o

n h

is stud

ies a

nd

ha

ving

a m

en

tor

wh

o h

elp

ed

him

de

velo

p h

is ow

n p

ote

ntia

l.

Bu

t life still p

rese

nte

d m

an

y o

bsta

cles.

Isaiah said that to stay on the right path he le

arn

ed

from

his o

lde

r siblin

gs’ m

istake

s.

Isaiah became the first in his fam

ily of sev-e

n ch

ildre

n to

gra

du

ate

from

hig

h sch

oo

l

on

time

an

d g

o to

colle

ge

. He

eve

n g

ot a

scho

larsh

ip to

Min

ne

ap

olis C

om

mu

nity

an

d T

ech

nica

l Co

lleg

e. H

e a

lso g

ot in

volve

d

with

an

afte

r-scho

ol p

rog

ram

at th

e Y

MC

A.

It was there he w

as recruited to interview

for BUILD

Leaders, a collaborative effort

tha

t targ

ets 18

- to 2

4-y

ea

r-old

s an

d tra

ins

the

m to

facilita

te g

an

g a

nd

viole

nce

pre

-

ven

tion

am

on

g th

eir p

ee

rs.

Today, Isaiah’s gifts are flourishing. As a

BUILD

leader, he works in his com

munity

to p

reve

nt y

ou

th vio

len

ce. W

hile

he

still

ha

s som

e h

urd

les to

ove

rcom

e, h

is story

of triu

mp

h is a

n e

xam

ple

of h

ow

en

ga

gin

g

old

er y

ou

ng

pe

op

le in

com

mu

nity

-ba

sed

activities and city programs can benefit

tha

t pe

rson

, oth

er y

ou

ng

pe

op

le a

nd

his

comm

unity. It is inspiring and hopeful to hear a story like Isaiah’s. W

e need to hear m

ore

ab

ou

t yo

un

g m

en

of co

lor w

ho

are

succe

ed

ing

in th

e fa

ce o

f cha

llen

ge

s an

d

ba

rriers, se

en

an

d u

nse

en

.

Th

e M

inn

ea

po

lis-St. P

au

l reg

ion

ha

s som

e

of th

e sta

rkest d

ispa

rities in

the

na

tion

be

twe

en

wh

ite p

eo

ple

an

d p

eo

ple

of co

lor

— in

clud

ing

disp

aritie

s in e

mp

loy

me

nt,

education and health. In Minneapolis, the

on

-time

gra

du

atio

n ra

te fo

r Africa

n-A

me

r-

ican

bo

ys is o

nly

39 p

erce

nt; in

St. P

au

l, the

tren

d lin

e is b

ette

r, with

a g

rad

ua

tion

rate

of 5

9.5

pe

rcen

t in 2

013, b

ut th

is is still far

from

wh

ere

we

ne

ed

it to b

e.

Young men like Isaiah succeed because

the

y d

ed

icate

the

ir he

arts a

nd

min

ds to

liv-

ing a different w

ay. But this isn’t the whole

story. M

ost o

ften

, the

y a

re su

pp

orte

d b

y

ind

ividu

als a

nd

org

an

izatio

ns w

ho

be

lieve

in th

eir ca

pa

city to

succe

ed

: Pa

ren

ts,

frien

ds, co

mm

un

ity w

orke

rs, faith

lea

de

rs

an

d te

ach

ers a

ll ha

ve a

role

in h

elp

ing

kid

s

an

d y

ou

ng

me

n re

cog

nize

an

d d

eve

lop

the

ir po

ten

tial. B

ut th

at su

pp

ort is m

ost

succe

ssful w

he

n w

e h

ave

reco

gn

ized

an

d

rem

ove

d th

e o

ften

-un

inte

ntio

na

l ba

rriers

of in

stitutio

na

l racism

we

ma

y p

erp

etu

ate

.

Th

at’s w

hy, a

s the

ma

yo

rs of M

inn

ea

po

-

lis an

d S

t. Pa

ul, w

e h

ave

en

thu

siastica

lly

acce

pte

d P

resid

en

t Ob

am

a’s M

y B

roth

er’s

Ke

ep

er C

om

mu

nity

Ch

alle

ng

e. M

y B

roth

-

er’s K

ee

pe

r is an

am

bitio

us in

itiative

to fu

lly

inclu

de

bo

ys a

nd

yo

un

g m

en

of co

lor in

ou

r

cities’ success and in Am

erica’s promise. Its

six go

als a

re th

at e

very

bo

y a

nd

yo

un

g m

an

of co

lor b

e re

ad

y fo

r kin

de

rga

rten

, rea

d b

y

third

gra

de

, gra

du

ate

from

hig

h sch

oo

l,

com

ple

te p

ostse

con

da

ry e

du

catio

n, b

e

fully

an

d p

rod

uctive

ly e

mp

loy

ed

, an

d live

free

from

viole

nce

.

Ou

r wo

rk o

n M

y B

roth

er’s K

ee

pe

r be

ga

n a

s

soo

n a

s Ob

am

a a

nn

ou

nce

d th

is initia

tive, a

ye

ar a

go

this w

ee

ken

d. A

t the

com

mu

nity

leve

l, we

reco

gn

ize th

at m

an

y in

ou

r cities

ha

ve b

ee

n w

ork

ing

ha

rd a

nd

for a

lon

g

time

to a

chie

ve th

e g

oa

ls of M

y B

roth

er’s

Keeper. It is not intended to create a new

infra

structu

re o

n to

p o

f the

ma

ny

initia

-

tives w

e a

lrea

dy

ha

ve, b

ut to

ha

rne

ss the

collective efforts of the partners already

do

ing

this w

ork

an

d fo

cusin

g, a

mp

lifyin

g

an

d liftin

g u

p issu

es a

s we

ll as su

ccesse

s,

wh

ile re

mo

ving

institu

tion

al p

olicie

s an

d

ba

rriers to

tha

t succe

ss.

Last summ

er, our offices hosted a briefing

for th

e co

mm

un

ity, the

n w

e b

oth

an

swe

red

the

pre

side

nt’s ca

ll to a

ction

by

ho

sting

a su

mm

it in N

ove

mb

er w

ith to

p O

ba

ma

administration offi

cials and comm

unity sta

keh

old

ers. C

urre

ntly, a

join

t pla

nn

ing

team com

prising nonprofits, education, g

ove

rnm

en

t an

d y

ou

ng

pe

op

le is d

eve

l-

op

ing

a se

ries o

f actio

na

ble

reco

mm

en

-

da

tion

s for o

ur T

win

Citie

s, bu

ildin

g o

n

existin

g stro

ng

wo

rk a

nd

colla

bo

ratio

ns,

an

d e

ng

ag

ing

the

voice

s of y

ou

ng

pe

op

le

the

mse

lves in

fram

ing

the

reco

mm

en

-

da

tion

s. La

ter th

is sprin

g, w

e’ll in

vite th

e

com

mu

nity

to jo

in u

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ledgements

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unity C

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lan Leadership Team

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rchb

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lcy

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ce of Minneapolis

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yo

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tsy H

od

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or C

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Twin C

ities MB

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unity C

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Writers:

Trista

Ha

rris, Su

san

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b T

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