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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRelationship Building Framework.ppt5 Principles/Areas of Focus The following principles focus on building relationships and communication channels. These are intended to supplement Diversity Committee recommendations and create an environment in which initiatives can be developed or refined based on continuous feedback and collaboration. • Conversation Accountability • Outreach Training Justice 1. Conversation City Council listening posts: J r� • The Council should consider holding listening posts in various locations in the communitv. • 2 rotating Councilmembers; key staff Staff Roundtables: • Small, regularly scheduled informal discussions • Local community groups (e.g. Black Voices Project, Center forWorker Justice, Coalition for Racial Justice, Human Rights Commission, etc.) • City Nlanager, Assistant CM, Police Chief, Equitv Director Expanded Coffee with a Cop: • Hold at locations more conducive to relationship building • Started in 2014, expansion recommended for 2015 Police Ride Alongs: • Excellent way for the public to see what our Police do and build relationships 2, Accountability Expand Bodv Camera Use: J • Investigate emerging technology and equip all officers with body cameras Min • Evolve our unique partnership with St. Ambrose University • Study helps to quantify racial disparities and increase transparency • Engage the public in this process with the goal of reducing disproportionate minority contact 2013 Equity Report Metrics: J • Review the metrics reported and identify new measures for which the city will be accountable Citizens Police Review Board: • Spread the use of the CPRB — there is no reason that this accountability tool should not be available across the County and State 3. Outreach Police Department Resources: • Provide financial and labor resources in the Police Department's budget to carry out recommended activities Council Participation: • Councilmembers continue to actively participate in outreach activities • Recent examples that can be expanded include elected official and staff attendance at Iowa City Mosque and the Pheasant Ridge neighborhood cookout. Expand this program to other locations. 4. Training Diver sitv Training: • Council participation in diversity training offered to all City employees Resources: • Council to ensure financial resources are made available for training opportunities Administration Involvement: • Council communication of perceived needs for training or ideas for professional development opportunities of any city employee group to J J J L the City Manager's Office Review Current Literature on Diversitv,Equ and justice: • Examples: "Race, the Police, and the Propaganda"; "WhenWill the North Face Its Racism. ; and "America After Ferguson" — PBS Town Hall Meetings with Gwen Ifill 5. Justice Community ID Program: • Provide support and resources for a regional community ID program • Intended to open access to municipal services • More frequent updates from Council representative on the committee • Regular Council review of meeting minutes • Intended to help the entire Council stay engaged with the committee and its various subcommittees Summary • Honest dialogue must take place in a number of settings with many different stakeholders with a focus on building relationships rather than a silver bullet solution • The issues are systemic and individual, national and local, long-term and immediate. A single meeting or committee will not solve all equity -related issues, nor can a single agency. • The community engagement that began with the equity report, ad hoc committee, St. Ambrose study, and other public reports should be expanded.