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PRESENTATION TO FOLLOW:
By: Tracy Jon Sargeant, Angie Jordan, V. Fixmer-Oraiz
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
(319) 356-5000
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RECONNECT
A COLLECTIVE OF EQUITY -FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS
A collective effort to address
equity in our communities
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We are a collective of Black, Latin, Indigenous, Immigrant, Asian,
People of Color nonprofit organizations and businesses committed to
facilitating economic development. that is truly inclusive and
representative.
With racial equity as our guiding star, we aim to cultivate community
connectedness, access, and prosperity for and with socioeconomically
vulnerable and underserved Johnson County residents.
We are qualified professionals, leaders, and organizations with areas of
expertise that are broad but interconnected —they include lousiness
development, STEM education, strategic planning, mentorship, food
security, civil rights, poverty reduction, community organizing, immigrant
& refugee support, youth & family services, and more.
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Why We Are Doing This
0T17ose closest to the problem are closest to the sol0hon. "
The term 'Racial Equity' has entered the mainstream consciousness and vernacular.
Organizations are scrambling to adapt DEI initiatives, but many are not having the
impact needed to make real change.
For too long, our voices and perspectives have been dismissed, tokenized, and even
co-opted by decision- makers_
Though we have had a front seat to the inequities that exist in our community, we
are rarely offered a front seat at the decision -making table,
e cannot achieve Racial Equity by doing business as usual, allowing those who have
tra d iti a n al ly held positions of power to dictate the roadmap for change. As experts and
leaders in this work, it is time for this collective to be front and canter in the pursuit for a
more equitable, inclusive, and representative local economy.
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Benefits
• Access to trusted advisors with
connections to the community
• RE I Connect members are
culturally knowledgeable and
already doing equity -focused work
• Ability to bridge the gap in
underserved communities
• Targeted outreach to socially and
economically -disadvantaged
individuals
• Efficient use of public funds with a
reduction in duplicated services
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The Ask
What we need from you
Public support of the RE I Connect
collective
Financial resources (ARPA and other
funds)
— BIPOD Business Support Infrastructure
(Estimated $41VI-$ M)phySiCal space,
youth entrepreneurial and community
center accelerator program, SSMID Pilot,
StartUp and expansion grants, etc,
— $41M towards collective programs and
Capital improvements (many aligned with
those noted above)
• Commitment to rethink public -private
partnerships
Willingness to guide and advise the
Collective
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Next Steps
• Identify public funds available for economic development and sociaa
services
• Align current programs offered by RE I Connect members with Iowa
City plans/initiatives
Opportunity to present proposal for funding request to Councilors for
further discussion
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PRESENTATION CONCLUDED
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240- [ 826
(319) 356-5000
(319) 356-5009 FAX
www.icgov.org