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Community Outreach and Education is a core element of the Faribault Diversity Coalition mission. To promote an inclusive community where all are welcome and respected. Working with new residents to mentor them in the life skills needed to become active and integrated participants in the community.
" Those who smile release their beauty, those who don't hide it." Ron Flack
Faribault Diversity Coalition President
Content and Opinions on this Blog are from myself the Editor and Publisher and not necessarily those of the Faribault Diversity Coalition.
Faribault Diversity Coalition: The Welcome Center
Healthy Together Case Study
By Nan Kari with Rose Hamerlinck and David Scheie
Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry
December 18, 2008
Healthy Together Case Study
By Nan Kari with Rose Hamerlinck and David Scheie
Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry
December 18, 2008
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Greek Poet Euripides said, "When good men die their goodness does not perish, /But lives though they are gone.
As for the bad,/All that was theirs dies and is buried with them."
PROTEST
My protest shall be:
To act with kindness when faced with hatred,
To plant a flower, raising beauty as my shield against the ugliness,
To act with kindness when faced with hatred,
To plant a flower, raising beauty as my shield against the ugliness,
To share my food, because others are hungry,
To write a letter, instead of wringing my hands helplessly,
To cry tears of grief and anger, so numbness cannot overtake my heart,
To write a letter, instead of wringing my hands helplessly,
To cry tears of grief and anger, so numbness cannot overtake my heart,
To refuse to fall for false reassurances and the tempting comforts of ignorance,
To contribute my voice in outrage, when others are forced into silence,
To immerse myself in the courage of others, when mine fails me,
To speak the truth as I find it, humbly aware that it is
not the whole truth,
And, when I do not know how to love my enemies, to find a way to love their children.
And, when I do not know how to love my enemies, to find a way to love their children.
Reverend Lynn James
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
Quote from Morrie Schwartz, in "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Quote from Morrie Schwartz, in "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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Diversity Coalitions in Rural Minnesota Communities
by Tamara Downs Schwei and Katherine Fennelly
Faribault Diversity Coalition 2008 Projects/Fundraising Campaign
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Community Garden Yielding a Harvest
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LEADERSHIP ATTITUDES, by Harlan Cleveland
In his book Nobody in Charge, Harlan Cleveland suggests the steepest part of the leadership learning curve and the management of complexity is not skills but attitudes..............
1. Intellectual curiosity, an interest in everything because all things really are related.................
2. Interest in what other people think and why they think that way...............
3. A sense of responsibility for envisioning a future that is different from a straight-line projection of the present. ("Trends are not destiny.")............
4. A hunch that most risks are there to be taken..........
5. A mindset that crises are normal, tensions can be promising, and complexity is fun...........
6. A realization that paranoia and self-pity are for people who don't want to lead.............
7. A sense of personal responsibility for the general outcome of your efforts..........
8. "Unwarranted optimism"--the conviction that there must be some more upbeat outcome than would result from adding up all the available expert advice
1. Intellectual curiosity, an interest in everything because all things really are related.................
2. Interest in what other people think and why they think that way...............
3. A sense of responsibility for envisioning a future that is different from a straight-line projection of the present. ("Trends are not destiny.")............
4. A hunch that most risks are there to be taken..........
5. A mindset that crises are normal, tensions can be promising, and complexity is fun...........
6. A realization that paranoia and self-pity are for people who don't want to lead.............
7. A sense of personal responsibility for the general outcome of your efforts..........
8. "Unwarranted optimism"--the conviction that there must be some more upbeat outcome than would result from adding up all the available expert advice
“History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.”....
Hubert H. Humphrey
Faribault/Northfield Census - 2004-2006
(Information can be sought at "http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/datanetweb" www.lmic.state.mn.us/datanetweb, the state demographers office, the Education MN website, etc.)
The four largest immigrant communities in Faribault are: Latino, Somali, Cambodian, and Sudanese. There are smaller numbers from an additional 12 language groups represented in the schools.
Faribault, 709 of 4035 students (2004-2005 school year) spoke a language other than English at home (17.6%). In Kindergarten, those numbers were closer to 25%.
In Northfield, 280 students of 3835 (7.3%)
Major languages:
Faribault: Spanish (555 students), Somali (54), Cambodian (48), Nuer (17) . 16 languages other than English are represented.
Northfield: Spanish (239), Vietnamese (8) , Russian (7). 14 languages other than English are represented..........Latino: (Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, Peru, other. Also included are Mexican-American families who identify themselves in the census as Hispanic)
While Census 2000 estimates list the Latino population in Rice County at 3117 (5.5% of total of 56,665), a closer local look suggests that the population could easily be double that. The latest information from the Chicano-Latino Affairs Council of the State records data as “within a 15 mile radius of the population center.” Under those criteria and using 2000 Census data, Faribault is listed as having the second largest Latino population cluster in the state (4,084), following Minneapolis/St Paul. Northfield follows as third (3,488). (It is unclear to what extent an overlapping of those areas affects the numbers)
Somali: The Somali community seems to be growing with new refugee families arriving. Public Health reports that between 120-125 new refugee individuals arrived in Rice County during 2006, the majority being Somali. Estimates of the number of Somali residents in Faribault is around 500.
Cambodian: The Cambodian families tend to have a longer history here, having arrived in the late 70s and early 80s for the most part. The number of Cambodian students in the school district is declining as they graduate
Sudanese: The Sudanese community seems to experience a lot of movement, with people moving to and from their communities in Nebraska. The community here is not real large at this time
Population pyramids show that while the pyramid for all races in Rice County is rather broad at the top with respect to age, the pyramid for Hispanics shows very few over 60 and a broad base of children under 10
(Prepared by Bob Kell, Welcome Center, 507-333-5036, welcome@hickorytech.net)
The four largest immigrant communities in Faribault are: Latino, Somali, Cambodian, and Sudanese. There are smaller numbers from an additional 12 language groups represented in the schools.
Faribault, 709 of 4035 students (2004-2005 school year) spoke a language other than English at home (17.6%). In Kindergarten, those numbers were closer to 25%.
In Northfield, 280 students of 3835 (7.3%)
Major languages:
Faribault: Spanish (555 students), Somali (54), Cambodian (48), Nuer (17) . 16 languages other than English are represented.
Northfield: Spanish (239), Vietnamese (8) , Russian (7). 14 languages other than English are represented..........Latino: (Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, Peru, other. Also included are Mexican-American families who identify themselves in the census as Hispanic)
While Census 2000 estimates list the Latino population in Rice County at 3117 (5.5% of total of 56,665), a closer local look suggests that the population could easily be double that. The latest information from the Chicano-Latino Affairs Council of the State records data as “within a 15 mile radius of the population center.” Under those criteria and using 2000 Census data, Faribault is listed as having the second largest Latino population cluster in the state (4,084), following Minneapolis/St Paul. Northfield follows as third (3,488). (It is unclear to what extent an overlapping of those areas affects the numbers)
Somali: The Somali community seems to be growing with new refugee families arriving. Public Health reports that between 120-125 new refugee individuals arrived in Rice County during 2006, the majority being Somali. Estimates of the number of Somali residents in Faribault is around 500.
Cambodian: The Cambodian families tend to have a longer history here, having arrived in the late 70s and early 80s for the most part. The number of Cambodian students in the school district is declining as they graduate
Sudanese: The Sudanese community seems to experience a lot of movement, with people moving to and from their communities in Nebraska. The community here is not real large at this time
Population pyramids show that while the pyramid for all races in Rice County is rather broad at the top with respect to age, the pyramid for Hispanics shows very few over 60 and a broad base of children under 10
(Prepared by Bob Kell, Welcome Center, 507-333-5036, welcome@hickorytech.net)
