WeAdvise! Building a Sustainable, Inclusive Community Advisory Board for Hennepin County Community Corrections

Hennepin County DOCCR and Marnita’s Table invite you to join us on Tuesday, March 5th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for a community conversation and engaged planning session to develop an advisory board for all of us! Who’s invited? Anyone who lives in Hennepin County – including youth and elders of all ages. We want you! Make sure that we are truly inclusive in developing a board that accurately reflects our diverse community. During our time together, we will explore individual and shared definitions of sustainable community engagement as we collectively strategize the creation of this community advisory board – all over a delicious feast!

Date | Tuesday, March 5th 2019

Time | 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Location | Westminster Presbyterian Church
1200 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403

RSVP via email to elexis@marnitastable.org. You may also call us at 612.928.7744.

Yes! We are seeking members for a new advisory board!
Yes! Join us for one night or stay engaged in the project on an ongoing basis!
Yes! Children and teenagers are welcome!
Yes! It is free to participate!
Yes! Transportation support can be arranged as needed! (Call or email for details.)

Day-of Contact | 401.871.5641(Elexis)

Complementary Parking for cars and bicycles is available in the underground Westminster Parking Garage.
– Entrance to the parking structure is off Alice Rainville Place (13th St) between Nicollet Mall and Marquette Avenue.
– Access to Alice Rainville Place only can be made from the south via Marquette Avenue or Nicollet Mall. There is no driving entrance to Nicollet Mall from 12th Street and Marquette Avenue is a one-way street south of 12th.

What to Expect:
A night of great engagement where we listen to your voices as you share with us what you think about who should be on a community advisory board for corrections and what shape the board should take. Expect to be enlivened and engaged as we develop shared definitions of sustainable community engagement and explore community-sourced priorities and feedback on shaping an advisory board to help guide the work, policies and practices of the Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Together we will capitalize on existing energy, make new connections and build momentum as we share an abundant feast. If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through your participation in this critical conversation. We are specifically seeking a vibrant cross-cultural mix of participants from every sector. If you know someone who will add and/or receive extraordinary value through their participation feel free to reach out to someone across race, class, culture, professional affiliation or age and invite them to join you!

A complete feast is served with abundance to allay any dietary concern from vegan to halal to carnivore using the Marnita’s Table model (www.marnitastable.org) of a resource-abundant environment. You are the guest of the Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation and there is no charge to participate. Please dress comfortably. Children, elders and other community members of all ages welcome!

We look forward to welcoming you. If you have any questions you may call Marnita’s Table at 612.928.7744.

About Hennepin County DOCCR: Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (DOCCR) mission is to promote community safety, community restoration, and reduce the risk of re‐offense. The department operates correctional institutions, a treatment center, adult and juvenile probation, supervised release, provides mediation in parenting custody disputes, and administers alternative sentencing programs. It is the largest community corrections organization in Minnesota.

About Marnita’s Table: Marnita’s Table seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, over the past fourteen years we’ve welcomed nearly 50,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.