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From YouTube: January 10, 2022 Workplace Advisory Committee
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A
I'm
going
to
do
intros
for
people
to
say
their
name
and
their
organization
is
for
me
to
read
through
the
list
of
names
on
the
on
the
list
here,
and
I
might
do
our
new
folks
last
just
so.
They
can
give
a
couple
more
sentences
about
their
background
and
their
organization.
So
anna.
B
C
A
D
A
A
E
Hang
on
sorry
there
there
was
a
couple
of
fast
clicking
going
on
elise
diedrick
with
target
government
affairs.
D
F
Hi
merle
payne
with
I'm
the
co-director
of
st
welcome
to
the
two
new
folks.
A
A
G
H
Brian
walsh,
from
indianapolis
department
of
civil
rights
and
echo,
a
big
welcome
to
sarah
and
lucas.
A
So
we
have
sarah
and
lucas
joining
us
for
the
first
time
as
our
new
appointees
approved
by
the
city
council,
were
they
approved
by
the
new
city
council
or
the
old
city
council.
Technically,
obviously,
the.
A
Yes,
technically
the
outgoing.
So
if
you
could
each
just
introduce
yourself
with
your
name
and
organization,
but
also
just
give
us
a
sentence
or
two
about
why
you
applied,
or
your
background
and
interest,
we'd
love
to
hear
that
too.
Sarah.
I
Hi
everybody,
my
name
is
sarah
maxwell.
I'm
president
of
ask
me
local
nine,
so
I
represent
the
workers
of
minneapolis,
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
it's
about
a
little
over
800
workers.
I
I
also
work
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
I'm
a
fire
inspector
with
the
city,
so
a
couple
different
angles
to
which
I
come
at
this
committee,
and
I
I
I'm
doing
this
because
it
I
find
it
interesting-
and
I
know
maybe
you
don't
know,
but
aspie
has
always
tried
to
have
the
attitude
of
when
you're
on
the
ladder
you
bring
people
up,
you
don't
kick
them
down,
and
so
I
hope
that
this
is
something
that
we
can
kind
of
work
on
everybody.
I
You
know
it's
aspie's,
not
just
about
afscme
we're
about
all
workers
and
when
we
move
up,
we
pull
people
up
with
us.
So
I'm
interested
in
working
on
things
that
will
do
that.
J
Yeah
hi
everybody,
my
name
is
lucas
franco,
I'm
the
research
manager
with
the
laborers
union
represent
construction.
Laborers
do
all
kinds
of
work
from
you
know
wind
turbines
in
southern
minnesota
to
multi-family
housing
projects
in
the
metro.
I've
been
with
the
laborers
for
about
four
years
before
that
I
was
did
a
phd
program
at
the
university
of
minnesota
in
political
science,
but
a
real
focus
on
labor
studies.
J
It's
really
where
my
passion
lies,
and
then
many
years
ago,
when
I
lived
out
in
seattle,
worked
with
unite
here:
wade's,
fantastic
organization
in
hotel
worker
advocacy
and
organizing,
and
just
a
couple
words
about
why
I'm
you
know,
joined
this
and
I'm
incredibly
excited
to
learn
from
this
group
of
people
just
different
ways
in
which
we
can
creatively
improve
conditions
for
workers
in
in
minneapolis.
I
love
minneapolis.
I
live
in
south
minneapolis
and
really
want
to
work
with
this
amazing
group
of
people
to
figure
out.
J
A
Well,
welcome
both
sarah
and
lucas.
You
have
joined
during
a
very
important
time
for
the
work
of
this
committee.
As
you
all
know,
we
took
up
some
of
the
early
banner
issues
around
workplace
standards
early
on
and
continue
to
advocate
for
workplace
regulate,
just
the
increase
of
labor
standards,
but
also
education.
A
So
you
know
we're
not
just
talking
about
enforcement
in
this
space
and
I
think
we
get
into
the
habit
of
saying
enforcement
in
terms
of
like
citations
and
legal
action,
but
for
this
group
enforcement
really
means
education
both
for
businesses
and
workers,
and
you
know
just
sort
of
like
raising
those
standards
across
the
bar,
and
I
see
the
director
joined
us
alberto
did.
I
say
it
right
this
time.
Finally,.
K
A
You
want
to
just
do
yourself,
a
quick
intro
for
everybody.
We
had.
We
just
welcomed
our
two
new
board
members.
Well,
hello,.
K
I'm
probably
not
much
older
than
you
in
terms
of
being
here
in
civil
rights.
I've
been
here
for
a
little
over
60
something
days
and
I
am
alberta
gillespie
and
I
am
the
interim
director
for
the
civil
rights
office,
so
I'm
really
glad
to
be
sitting
in
and
learning.
I
love
that
idea
about
like
it's
about
education
and
not
just
enforcement.
So
I
did
get
to
hear
that.
A
H
Yeah
make
it
really
quick.
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
things
and
and
everyone's
dealing
with
illnesses
and
and
a
lot
of
other
stuff
going
on
who
I
froze?
Can
I
there
we
go?
The
only
thing
I
was
going
to
mention
is
the
labor
standards
enforcement
division
and
civil
rights
is
going
to
be
visited
tomorrow
for
a
training
by
nancy
leping.
H
And
I'm
excited
about
that,
we
will
also
be
joined
by
janice
fine.
Some
of
you
may
have
known
of
or
may
have
met
before
from
rutgers
university
and
and
her
colleague
jen
round,
who,
I
think
not
that
it's
super
important,
but
I
think
she
used
to
operate
the
labor
center
at
ucla
and
has
now
moved
to
rutgers.
It's
actually
just
a
it's
just
my
division.
H
Just
welcoming
these
folks
in
to
have
a
meeting
and
a
training
we're
just
going
to
kind
of
talk
shop
and
former
commissioner
lepen
is
being
really
generous
with
her
time
and
expertise.
So
certainly
anyone
here
is
welcome
to
join
us
tomorrow
feel
free
to
send
me
an
email.
If
you
want
to
hear
former
commissioner
leping's
kind
of
her
thoughts
and
thoughts
and
some
of
the
trainings
that
she
has
has
that
she
did
previously
at
the
minnesota
department
of
labor
you're
welcome
to
join
us.
A
H
I
think
that's
good
for
now,
unless
director
gillespie
wants
to
add
anything,
but
what
time
will
it
be
merle,
I
believe
one
o'clock.
Let
me
double
check.
D
A
Then
the
next
thing
on
the
agenda
is
also
for
you,
brian
welch,
the
minneapolis
fed
the
regional
economic
conditions
conference.
Oh.
H
Yeah
real
real
quick,
I
promised
our
friend
eric
garcia
luna
at
the
federal
reserve
bank
of
minneapolis
that
I
will
put
a
quick
plug
in
for
the
2022
regional
economic
conditions
conference
that
is
january
14th
from
nine
to
noon
and
the
federal
reserve
bank
of
minneapolis.
H
This
will
be
its
fifth
annual
conference
on
this
particular
topic:
the
regional
economic
conditions
conference.
This
half
this
half
day
conference
will
focus
on
the
fed's
recent
efforts
to
diversify.
It's
an
economic
intelligence
gathering
with
an
emphasis
on
workers
and
minority
and
women
on
business
enterprises.
H
A
All
right,
thank
you,
brian
I'm
assuming
this
is
over
zoom.
A
A
On
the
agenda
is
general
updates
from
committee
members
about
things
that
are
happening
in
their
industries
or
in
their
workplaces,
and
so
it's
sort
of
just
like
anyone
who
wants
to
for
those
that
are
new.
Anyone
who
wants
to
jump
in
they
can
jump
in.
So
if
anyone
has
any
news
or
updates
from
within
their
industry
or
issues
that
are
arising,
that
they
would
like
to
bring
up
we'd
love
to
hear
it.
A
Folks,
aren't
usually
silent
on
this
part.
I
think
it's
just
because
of
everything
going
on
just
sarah
and
lucas
there's
usually
some
updates.
A
I
guess
one
update
is,
and
I
think
people
might
be
seeing
this
in
their
microsoft
teams
gia
her
last
day
in
the
mayor's
office
was
today
and
she
had
been
our
conduit
to
the
mayor's
office,
so
we're
working
on
making
sure
that
michael
or
another
representative
stays
engaged
with
this
committee
going
forward
advisory
council,
other
updates
from
industry,
folks
or
people
in
this
group.
I
Might
be
off
of
what
you
used
to
talk
about,
but
I
mean
things
I'm
dealing
with
is
back
to
work
when
when
will
it
be
safe,
that
kind
of
stuff,
a
lot
of
apprehension
from
my
members
and
also
retention
and
trying
to
figure
out
some
good
ideas
on
non-money.
I
B
I
emailed
brian
about
this
too,
and
he
was
kind
enough
to
connect
me
with
zoe
at
the
city,
but
one
thing
that
we've
been
trying
to
figure
out
is
just
it
seems
like
there
are
these,
like
city
resources
for
businesses
to
get
masks
and
rapid
tests,
but
there
doesn't
seem
to
be
a
great
way
of
either
like
advertising
that
or
like
making
clear
what
the
system
is
and
kind
of
what's
available,
and
so
the
the
response
that
we
got
from
zoe
was
basically
just
that,
like
we
can
email,
just
like
the
generic
health
department,
email
at
the
city,
to
ask
for
rapid
tests.
B
B
Can
we
get
them
regularly
and
just
you
know,
this
is
maybe
less
of
an
issue
for
for
larger
businesses,
but
for
us,
the
having
a
stock
of
tests
that
is
adequate
for
our
workforce
actually
represents
like
a
fairly
significant
cost,
and
if
it
is
possible
to
get
those
for
free,
we
would
love
to
be
able
to
get
them
for
free.
But
it's
just
not
very
clear
what
kind
of
resources
are
available.
I
B
Yeah,
it
seems
like
they
kind
of
do
I
mean,
and
it
my
interest
or
kind
of
curiosity
was
peak,
because
I
saw
a
tech
or
a
tweet
from
cappy
the
center
for
asian
stuff
islanders,
where
they
were
talking
about
their
part
of
a
program
to
like
distribute,
rapid
tests
to
folks
kind
of
who
they
serve
and
that
they
have
like
a
hotline
number
that
folks
can
call-
and
so
I
was
wondering
like-
is
there
something
similar
for
small
businesses
or
for
kind
of
business
communities
in
general?
B
Just
in
terms
of
I
think
that
nonprofits
aren't
always
like
they're
they're
different
ways
of
reaching
people,
and
I
think
reaching
people
at
work
is
a
very
effective
way
of
reaching
people.
So
we
would,
we
would
love
to
be
able
to
help
with
that
and
also
have
those
resources
ourselves.
A
This
is
just
like
an
ongoing
saga
here
and
we
had
somebody
from
her
team
on
probably
six
months
ago,
maybe
even
like
nine
months
ago.
Would
it
make
sense
to
have
someone
on
next
month.
I
mean
three
weeks
from
now.
They
say
everything's
gonna
be
a
little
calmer,
but
brian.
Would
you
be
willing
to
at
least
see
if
zoe
or
whoever
from
the
department
of
health
could
just
give
our
folks
a
email
update.
B
H
B
B
B
H
Will
I
will
dig
around,
I
will
dig
around
and
try
to
get
some
answers,
and
I
I
agree.
I
I
certainly
it's
certainly
one
of
my
great
frustrations
that
government
does
not
communicate
well
generally
or
like
you
know,
advertising
market
itself,
and
I
think
that's
also
of
the
city
for
for
small
businesses
and
I'll
I'll
include
this.
H
When
I
send
information
around
zoe
and
her
team,
you
kind
of
have
to
like
pay
attention
to
the
website
or
find
resources
on
the
website,
or
definitely
like
sign
up
for
different
e-news
letters
whatever
and
for
small
business.
This
small
business
team
actually
has
a
pretty
good
and
informative
e
newsletter,
so
I'll
send
a
link
along
for
for
subscribing
to
that.
K
I
just
want
to
chime
in
and
say
heidi
richie
is
the
interim
commissioner
of
health,
so
she's
takes
filling
and
she's
now
in
that
position
that
gretchen
was
in
so
that
might
be
someone
else
that
you
might
want
to
reach
out
to.
K
F
It's
a
very
quick
organizational
update
veronica.
The
co-director
at
cedual
has
been
out
on
sabbatical
and
she
comes
back
next
week,
so
she
will
be
transitioning
back
to
the
workplace,
advisory
committee
and
I'll
be
stepping
out
after
that.
A
The
next
thing
on
the
agenda
is
the
arp
budget
letter
I'll
just
give
a
little
background.
Since
the
beginning
of
time
of
this
committee,
we've
asked
for
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
funding
for
enforcement
and
co-enforcement
for
funding
and
co-enforcement
of
labor
standards.
A
A
H
I
think
I
think
I
put
myself,
but
anyone
can
chime
in
here.
I
don't
know
how
we
want
maybe
share
the
I
think
ashley.
I
think
you
put
the
letter
in
the
is
it
in
the
chat
or
in
the
conversation.
H
H
There
we
go
sorry,
thank
you,
ashley.
The
the
letter
is
already
in
the
chat,
so
please
everyone
feel
free
to
scroll
up
to
the
beginning
of
the
the
chat
for
this
meeting
and
click
on
the
arpa
budget
letter.
If
you
want
to
kind
of
check
it
out
word
for
word,
I.
H
H
All
right
and
chelsea,
you
know
sometimes
we've
we
have
occasionally
kind
of
taken
official
votes
or
sort
of
informal
votes.
I
don't
know
if
we
want
to
do
that.
H
A
It's
not
a
new
ask,
it's
the
same.
Ask
but
just
looking
at
arp
funding,
specifically.
E
E
So
brian
and
I
had
a
good
conversation
and
I'm
sorry
I
missed
these-
I
think
I
might
have
missed
2-1.
I
was
out
with
my
surgery
and
then
I
had
a
conflict.
We
had
a
good
conversation,
just
a
reminder
about
these
requests
and
great
reminder,
good
conversation
and
really
appreciate
sort
of
walking
backwards
through
the
budget.
E
The
last
couple
years,
in
terms
of
where
we
are
at
for
fdes
for
the
civil
rights
office
and
labor
enforcement,
and
then
wanted
to
get
an
update
on
and
we've
talked
about
it
a
little
bit,
and
I
just
wasn't
clear
or
remembering
what
exactly
that
co-enforcement
piece
was.
If
that
was
in
place,
it
sounds
like
that.
E
Maybe
got
up
and
running
in
2021
after
getting
through
the
city
approvals,
so
just
had
more
a
little
more
questions,
a
couple
more
questions
about
that,
and
you
know
in
terms
of
where
we
were
at
how
that
is
working.
If
there
was
any
feedback
coming
back
on
that
process
in
those
groups
that
are
actually
doing
that
on
the
ground.
E
You
know
I
know,
there's
been
a
real
need
brine,
especially
with
the
new
laws
that
are
put
in
place,
just
with
the
number
of
investigators
or
folks
in
your
office
to
be
able
to
not
only
just
carry
out
an
investigation,
but
to
also
sort
of
continue
that
education
work,
and
so
you
know-
and
we
also
agree
that
continuing
to
build
those
relationships
with
other
groups
in
the
community
is
important.
E
However,
just
given
sort
of
where
we're
at
you
know,
this
is
one
letter
until
we
know
a
little
bit
more
about
how
the
co-enforcement
efforts
are
going
and
you
know
going
forward
what
that
looks
like
and
how
that's
playing
out
we
may
have.
I
know
this
is
signed
from
the
whack
target.
May
leave
their
name
off
of
this
letter,
specifically
just
for
the
federal
dollars
and
then
continuing
as
we
go
through
on
budget
conversations
going
forward.
E
We
don't
oppose
a
letter.
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear
in
terms
of
what
it's
getting
at
and
the
support
for
the
office,
but
just
this
letter
in
particular
for
these
additional
federal
dollars
going
in
we'll
just
I
know,
there's
a
long
list
of
everyone
else
on
the
whack
on
here.
Target
will
probably
would
like
to
be
left
off
this
letter
and
then,
as
budget
letters
go
forward,
continue
to
just
look
at
those
going
forward.
A
F
I
think,
if
it's
helpful,
we
would
be
happy
at
a
future
workplace
advisory
committee
meeting
to
talk
about
the
co-enforcement
work
that
wood
and
rock
have
been
leading
and
is
like
why
why
that
work
is
important
and
how
it's
played
a
role
in
building
a
strong
enforcement
structure?
So
we
could
give
a
presentation
with
an
upcoming
meeting,
just
to
give
some
grounding
there.
F
The
the
basic
concept,
especially
for
folks
who
are
new,
is
that
when
we
pass
and
when
we
originally
passed
the
15
minimum
wage
ordinance
as
well
as
earn
second
safe
time,
our
base
at
our
organization,
as
well
as
several
other
community
organizations,
were
of
course
excited
about
passing
that.
But
a
lot
of
our
base
said
we
don't
get
paid
the
minimum
wage
right
now
we
face
wage
theft
all
the
time.
F
F
So
the
this
co-enforcement
relationship
and
the
outreach
and
education
is
to
build
partnerships
with
community
organizations
that
have
the
no,
the
trust
of
the
most
vulnerable
communities
to
be
able
to
really
make
sure
that
people
know
what
their
rights
are
and
how
to
defend
their
rights.
But
then,
again
in
a
future
presentation,
we
would
love
to
give
more
details.
E
That'd
be
really
helpful,
bro
and
just
to
see
it
particularly,
I
think
you
mentioned
you
know
ctul
and
rock,
and
is
it
a
woot?
Was
that
the
other
group
that
was
perhaps
getting
better
as
well
just
sort
of?
What
does
that
looked
like
you
know
that
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
to
hear
and
just
understand,
reactions
overall
and
from
the
communities
and
the
workers
you're
working
with,
in
addition
to
potentially
sort
of
forming
in
those
relationships
depending
where
that
is
with
businesses.
E
Sometimes
maybe
there
isn't
a
relationship
there,
so
it
needs
to
be
built
and
education,
as
you
say,
given
the
workers
who
are
clearly
looking
for
an
opportunity
to
build
or
to
know
their
rights,
you
know
even
the
minimum
there.
So
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
at
least
to
understand
how
that's
going.
I
appreciate
that.
A
Yeah-
and
I
think
brian
has
some
documentation.
Brian
walsh
also
has
some
documentation
about
the
source
of
complaints
coming
in
into
the
office.
So
sarah.
I
As
somebody
who's
been
with
the
city
for
28
years,
I've
seen
many
times
great
programs
come
and
they've
been
failed
to
be
supported
by
ftes.
So
I
support
this
100.
It's
good
to
see
another
group
other
than
ask
me
saying
you
got
to
fund
it,
so
I'm
in
support.
A
I'm
wondering
about
if
we
change
the
signature
line
to
be
just
from
the
workplace
advisory
committee.
Would
we
have
broad
consensus
of
the
group
rather
than
individual
names.
A
I
guess
I
would
I
don't.
I
don't
know
that
we
need
like
a
motion
or
anything
on
that,
but
would.
A
I
guess
I
could
take
one.
Do
you
want
me
to
just
do
a
vote?
All
those
in
favor
of
the
arp
funding
letter
with
the
amendment
that
it's
signed
by
the
workplace
advisory
committee
versus
the
individuals
on
the
workplace
advisory
committee?
Can
you
either
say
I
or
give
a
thumbs
up
at
this
time?
I
think.
D
E
Oh
you're,
putting
me
a
spot
here,
and
I
only
say
that
again
I
am
in,
for
we
are
definitely
in
favor
of
the
ftes.
I
just
wanted
to
understand
the
co-enforcement
how
it's
working
before
that
was
signed,
but
I
do
understand
it's
not
an
individual
signature
on
there
so,
as
I
assume
the
majority
of
the
whack
in
favor
of
the
enforcement
process
and
supporting
more
ftes,
with
the
caveat,
as
merle
indicated,
having
more
education
on
how
this
is
going
with
co-enforcement
in
a
future
meeting,
I
will
say
yes
thank
you.
A
J
A
Sarah,
yes
merle
though
I
don't.
I
don't
know
that
you
get
a
vote
so
actually
I'm
going
to
pass
over
you
wade.
Yes,
all
right!
Thank
you,
everybody!
I
do
think
we're
at
a
point
of
consensus
on
it.
It's
just
sort
of
the
mechanism.
So
thanks
for
going
through
that
we
don't
usually
have
votes
lucas
and
sarah,
so
that's
not
a
normal
activity
for
us
here.
A
I
did
see
that
we
had
a
guest
here,
so
I
was
wondering
if
we
should
take
a
pause
on
the
regular
agenda
and
welcome
the
guest
for
a
moment.
Michelle.
H
Yeah,
if
you
don't
mind,
hi
michelle
thanks
for
being
here,
I
don't
know
who's
met
michelle
before
and
obviously
you
can
introduce
yourself.
But
I
was
also
just
gonna
mentioned
to
the
group
that
michelle
rivera
was
from
the
city's
office
of
immigrant
affairs
and
has
graciously
agreed
to
just
come
and
give
everybody
a
little
overview
and
look
into
her
work
at
the
city.
L
I
really
appreciate
being
here
I'll,
be
as
brief
as
I
can.
I
know
you
have
a
lot
of
other
business,
it's
so
exciting
to
see
democracy
in
action.
So
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
witness
your
vote.
As
brian
indicated,
I'm
the
I'm
with
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs
for
the
city
of
minneapolis.
It's
an
office,
that's
been
in
existence
here
at
the
city
since
2018,
I'm
very
grateful
to
the
minneapolis
workplace
advisory
committee.
For
for
dedicating
time
for
me
to
speak
briefly
today,
I.
H
L
A
quickie
presentation
that
I
have
shared
with
brian
and
I
hope
that
if
it's
useful
to
you
all
he'll
share
it
with
the
group
and
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
all
can
see
my
screen.
Are
you
able
to
see
my
screen.
F
L
Super
so
I
can,
I
can't
see
everybody.
So
if
you
have
questions,
please
don't
hesitate
to
ask
me,
as
I'm
going
through
these
slides
briefly,
so
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
I'll,
provide
a
little
bit
of
a
snapshot
of
minnesota's,
welcoming
infrastructure.
L
Talk
briefly
about
the
immigrant
and
refugee
community
in
minneapolis
a
little
about
what
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs
does.
Some
current
initiatives
and
some
information
on
resource
organizations,
I'm
happy
to
take
any
of
your
questions
throughout.
L
So
the
office
of
immigrant
refugee
affairs
really
operates
within
a
broader
welcoming
infrastructure
for
welcoming
immigrant
and
refugee
residents
to
the
state
of
minnesota
and
the
infrastructure
that
touches
our
minneapolis
immigrant
and
refugee
community
includes
the
organizations
that
are
listed
on
this
slide.
The
public
school
system,
hennepin
county
office
of
multicultural
services,
our
state
department
of
human
services,
refugee
programs,
office
and
other
organizations
are
refugee,
resettlement
organizations,
community-based
organizations,
faith-based
institutions
and
legal
service
providers,
and
these
are
only
some
of
the
organizations
whose
work
touches
immigrant
and
refugee
residents.
L
We'll
talk
just
very
briefly
a
little
later
about
the
afghan
evacuee,
welcoming
operation
here
in
the
state
of
minnesota,
which
really
has
provided
an
excellent
opportunity
for
these
entities
and
more
to
work
more
closely
together
in
establishing
or
strengthening
our
welcoming
infrastructure
here
in
the
state,
so
our
immigrant
and
refugee
community.
I
know
many
of
you
are
connected
with
our
immigrant
and
refugee
residents,
the
countries
that
people
come
from,
we're
fortunate
in
that
we
have
some
demographic
demographic
information
that
highlights
the
top
15
countries
of
nationality.
L
This
information
is
available
on
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs
webpage,
but
you
can
see
here
top
15
countries
of
origin
for
immigrants
and
refugees.
Most
updated
data
from
2019
include
somalia,
mexico,
ethiopia,
ecuador,
india,
china,
laos,
kenya,
thailand,
korea,
el
salvador,
vietnam,
canada,
germany
and
guatemala.
Some
of
these
countries
may
be
sort
of
no-brainers
and-
and
some
may
be
a
little
bit
more
surprising
in
terms
of
the
percentage
composition
of
our
immigrant
and
refugee
residents
here
in
the
city,
just
to
provide
some
information
regarding
percentage
of
our
overall
population
in
minneapolis.
L
Our
immigrant
and
refugee
residents,
composed
just
under
15
of
the
population
of
the
city
or
63
300
people
on
that's
significantly
higher
than
the
the
state
level
representation
of
8.5
a
little
bit
higher
than
the
national
average.
This
this
statistical
information
came
from
2019.
L
We
have
some
2018
data
that
provides
a
little
bit
more
of
a
breakdown
indicating
different
types
of
immigration
status,
so
the
percentage
of
our
population
that
is
naturalized
u.s
citizens
is
just
under
half
about
32
individuals
of
of
individuals
are
refugee
status
and
estimated
22
undocumented
about
2.5
daca
eligible
more
detailed
information
regarding
our
immigrant
and
refugee
resident
community
is
available
on
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs
webpage.
L
D
L
Moment
so
general
information
about
what
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs
does.
We
advise
the
mayor,
the
city,
council
and
city
departments
on
immigration
related
topics,
including
offering
up-to-date
information
on
immigration,
immigration-related
policies
that
touch
immigrant
refugee
residents.
L
We
offer
consultations
on
topics
impacting
immigrant
and
refugee
residents,
including
in
the
areas
of
housing,
health
and
employment,
and
collaborate
with
city,
leadership
and
staff,
with
multi-jurisdictional
partners
and
community
stakeholders
and
advancing
a
welcoming
infrastructure
with
regard
to
information
integration
developments,
resource
specifics,
we
do
provide
information
on
immigration
developments
and
resources
in
multiple
formats,
including
a
monthly
immigration
bulletin.
That's
I'm
sorry,
a
monthly
immigration
forum,
that's
co-hosted
with
the
city
of
st
paul.
L
So
why,
and-
and
so
one
of
one
of
the
major
reasons
why
the
office
of
immigrant
refugee
affairs
was
created,
has
to
do
with
the
assault
on
immigrant
and
refugee
residents
that
had
taken
place,
beginning
with
the
the
previous
presidential
administration
and
an
indication
of
how
many
immigration
actions
really
touched.
L
Our
local
residents
is
represented
by
this
slide
and
there's
more
information
available
at
inpolicytracking.org
throughout
the
course
of
from
2017
to
2021
over
a
thousand
actions,
most
of
which
were
damaging
to
immigrant
and
refugee
residents,
including
57
presidential
orders
were
enacted
and
ensuring
that
our
immigrant
refugee
resident
community
had
access
to
information
and
resources
and
really
a
connection
that
could
be
viewed
with
trust
was
an
important
consideration
in
establishing
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs.
L
L
So,
just
quickly
order
objectives,
advancing
a
welcoming
infrastructure
to
improve
immigrant
and
refugee
resident
access
to
opportunity,
increasing
naturalization
and
acquisition
of
secure
immigration
status
and
developing
opportunities
to
learn
and
understand
the
experiences,
strengths
and
contributions
of
our
immigrant
refugee
community.
Our
objectives
of
the
office
also
just
kind
of
considering
this
in
the
context
of
other
city
initiatives
impacting
immigrant
and
refugee
residents.
L
There
are
some
references
here
to
our
city
separation
ordinance,
which
indicates
that
city
employees
will
not
disclose
information
about
a
person's
immigration
test
or
collect
information
about
a
person's
immigration
status
or
connect
with
law
and
with
immigration
enforcement.
The
unt
visa
certification
ordinance
to
assist
people
who
are
victims
of
crime
or
trafficking
in
obtaining
immigration
status
and
other
initiatives
by
the
city
that
touch
immigrant
and
refugee
residents
are
listed
here.
L
So
a
couple
of
focal
areas
in
2021
and
2022.
I
mentioned
the
gateways
for
growth
initiative.
This
is
a
one-year
initiative
to
develop
strategies
that
foster
a
sense
of
belonging.
It's
an
opportunity
which
was
sponsored
by
two
organizations:
new
american
economy,
which
provides
and
collects
data
on
contributions
of
immigrant
and
refugee
residents
around
the
country.
L
So
there
are
four
thematic
areas
for
the
gateways
for
growth:
roadmap
connected
communities,
safe
communities,
equitable
access
to
education,
housing
and
healthcare,
and
economic
and
workforce
development.
If
there
are
individuals
interested
in
talking
more
about
these
thematic
areas,
I
would
be
happy
to
have
a
longer
conversation
and
and
include
representatives
from
the
minneapolis
regional
chamber.
L
The
city
of
st
paul
is
also
a
grantee
of
the
gateways
for
growth
initiative
and
part
of
our
work
has
actually
been
to
identify
and
and
have
a
joint
meetings
with
organizations
based
in
minneapolis
and
st
paul,
recognizing
that
the
impact
of
the
impact
of
a
strategic
plan
could
be
felt
by
residents
of
both
cities.
L
L
There
is
currently
a
multi-departmental
city
of
minneapolis
team
that
is
working
to
identify
and
meet
the
needs
of
this
new
community
with
regard
to
housing
and
health
care
and
employment
and
addressing
other
needs
and
concerns
as
well.
There's
a
city
webpage
that
has
links
to
more
information,
and
I
don't
know
if
many
of
you
are
connected
with
the
state
level
effort.
But
the
state
department
of
human
services
also
has
a
web
page
for
some
detailed
information
about
this
welcoming
initiative,
as
does
the
state
council
on
asia,
pacific
minnesotans.
L
So,
in
the
context
of
our
engagement
in
community,
as
I
mentioned,
we
do
host
a
regular
immigration
forum.
These
started
in
2021
after
the
beginning
of
the
biden
administration,
as
there
were
many
immigration
developments
that
were
coming
out
at
such
a
rapid
pace
that
having
a
space
where
we
could
bring
in
our
immigration
legal
service
providers
to
share
with
community
the
impact
of
these
changes
is
useful.
We
were
going
weekly
and
then
we
moved
to
bi-weekly
and
for
2022
we're
moving
to
monthly
in
these
meetings.
L
Some
of
the
issues
arose
in
include
publishing
concerns
about
worker
rights
and
employment
issues,
access
to
health
care,
including
culturally
informed
mental
health
care
trauma
and
the
impact
of
trauma
and
the
ongoing
challenges
relating
to
obtaining
and
not
being
able
to
obtain
immigration
status
and
identity
documentation.
L
Our
meetings,
as
I
indicated,
have
moved
to
monthly.
Our
next
meeting
is
tomorrow,
actually
from
4
30
to
6.
Those
meetings
are
listed
on
the
oreo
webpage
in
case
you
may
be
interested
in
attending,
and
if
you
have
information
that
you'd
like
to
bring
to
community
within
the
context
of
that
forum,
we
would
welcome
you
to
participate
in
that
forum
again,
that's
co-hosted
by
myself
and
my
counterpart
in
saint
paul,
edwundo
liho,
who
leads
the
immigrant
and
refugee
program
at
st
paul
so
I'll,
just
maybe
I'll
stop
there.
L
This
is
my
contact
information,
there's
a
link
to
the
immigration
forum,
I'll
link
to
the
website
as
well.
There
is
one
last
piece
of
information
that
I
wanted
to
share.
I
imagine
you
know.
I
know
some
of
you,
it's
very
nice
to
see
your
faces
again,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
you
all
are
aware
of
these
organizations,
I
wanted
to
make
sure
to
list
them.
These
are
organizations
serving
minneapolis's
immigrant
refugee
community
for
legal
services.
L
The
four
organizations
that
I've
listed
advocates
mid
minnesota
legal
aid,
volunteer
lawyers
network
and
the
immigrant
law
center
of
minnesota
are
the
organizations
that
our
city
has
immigration,
legal
service
partnerships
and
contracts
with
refugee
resettlement
organizations
include
rav
ministries,
the
council
of
minnesota
council
of
churches,
lutheran
social
services.
Excuse
me,
social
services
and
the
international
institute,
and
I've
just
included
a
few
community-based
organizations
that
work
with
different
cultural
communities
here
in
minneapolis,
and
with
that
maybe
I'll
just
stop
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
people
have.
I
I
have
just
one
question:
is
there
any
inkling
of
us
getting
an
influx
of
afghanistan
refugees
here
in
minneapolis
we
always
seem
to
be
a
leader
for
that
kind
of
stuff.
L
Thanks
so
much
for
asking
that
question,
sarah
actually
from
the
approximately
600
people
who
have
re
relocated
to
minnesota
so
far
about
25
of
them
have
relocated
to
minneapolis.
So
there
is
one
location
where
everyone
comes
through
who's
working
with
a
refugee
resettlement
in
our
organization
and
from
that
one
location.
Once
the
resettlement
organizations
identify
housing,
then
they
they
secure
more
permanent
housing.
25
of
those
people
have
been
relocated
to
minneapolis.
Over
50
percent
have
been
relocated
to
hennepin
county.
So
thank
you
for
the
question.
J
I've
got
a
question
as
well,
and
thanks
for
that
presentation,
so
we've
been
doing
some
work
in
north
dakota
with
the
the
new
afghani
arrivals
trying
to
think
about
workforce
development.
You
know
we're
an
infrastructure
union.
We've
got
this
massive
federal
infrastructure
bill.
It's
great
news,
gonna
need
a
lot
of
workers
and
that
there's
a
awesome
opportunity
to
bring
new
folks
into
the
construction
industry
from
folks
that
you
know,
maybe
have
historically
been
marginalized
to
new
americans,
and
so
it's
a
great
a
great
opportunity.
J
So
just
trying
to
navigate
in
the
north
dakota
space
been
in
touch
with
some
organizations
in
fargo
and
bismarck
that
are
working
with
some
of
the
job
placement
for
new
refugees,
and
I'm
just
wondering
in
minneapolis
in
particular.
J
What
organization
would
be
a
good
organization
to
talk
to
when
it
comes
to
the
workforce
development
side
of
things
you
know,
job
opportunities
may
be
plugging
into
a
union
construction
career,
it's
a
it's!
What
our
union
was
built
off
of
and
it's
a
great
opportunity.
So
would
that
be
your
organization
or
who
would
be
some
of
the
right
people
to
talk
to?
I
guess.
L
So
one
suggestion
I
would
make
is
connecting
with
deb
barr
helgren,
who
is
another
city
of
minneapolis
employee
who
works
in
the
city's
community
planning
and
economic
development
department
and
employment
and
training,
and
I
saw
chelsea
nod,
and
so
I'm
wondering
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
planning
on
putting
contact
information-
or
I
can
put
her
contact
information
there
too.
If
that
makes
sense.
L
The
reason
I
mention
her
is
because
she's
working
very
closely
with
the
state
department
of
human
services,
refugee
programs
office
to
organize
job
fairs
that
are
taking
place
at
the
end
of
this
month
and
will
be
taking
place
in
february
as
well
like
job
fairs,
not
just
for
information
but
to
hire
like
to
hire
on
the
spot.
So
if
there
are
people
who
you
know
who
may
want
to
participate
in
those
job
fairs,
it
may
be
good
to
connect
with
deb,
and
if
it's
okay,
I
can
just
put
her
contact
information
into
the
chat.
I
I
also
know
that
there
is
a
training
program,
talk
to
tony
kelly
in
lyuna
in
minneapolis,
for
people
that
live
in
minneapolis,
so
if
somebody's
relocated
in
minneapolis,
they
might
qualify
for
that
training
program
to
get
them
in
the
union.
A
Okay,
any
other
questions
for
michelle,
or
should
we
wrap
this
up
and
move
on
to
the
final
announcements.
A
Oh
thank
yes.
Thank
you
michelle.
It
was
great
to
have
you
the
federal
vaccine
and
testing
mandate
supreme
court
hearing.
I
have
brian
walsh.
I
believe,
on
from
this.
H
Just
real
quick,
you
know:
we've
all
seen
it
in
the
news.
I
certainly
don't
have
any
special
insight,
but
this
I
don't
know
what
we're
all
referring
to
it
as
or
what
it's
referred
to
as
in
the
news,
but
the
federal
vaccine
and
ma
testing
slash
testing
mandate
at
large
employers
for
their
of
their
employees
supreme
challenge,
a
legal
challenge
than
the
supreme
court
oral
arguments
just
this
past
friday.
H
It
sounds
like
it's
really
kind
of
hanging
in
the
balance
and
that
there's
some
conservative
justices
that
could
perhaps
focus
in
on
distinguishing
a
health
emergency
or
an
emergency
that
is
specific
to
workplaces
versus
a
pandemic.
That's
sort
of
everywhere
and
maybe
use
that
sort
of
reasoning
to
attack
the
administration's
legal
authority
to
have
passed
that
mandate.
But
everyone
obviously
will
be
staying
tuned,
especially
large
employers
such
as
elise
and
our
friends
at
target.
A
Thank
you,
brian
walsh.
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
on
our
agenda
going
forward.
A
G
Sure
at
the
city
of
bloomington,
now,
nearly
two
weeks
ago,
they
presented
a
draft
of
an
earned
second
safe
time
ordinance,
and
it
was
just
put
it
on
the
table
at
the
council.
It'll
be
it'll,
there'll,
be
a
timeline
that
gets
us
probably
to
april
1st
or
mid
april.
For
final
passage,
the
draft
looks
pretty
good.
It
does
include,
I
think,
importantly,
a
private
right
of
action
for
workers
in
the
ordinance
and
already
just
kind
of
on
the
budget
side.
G
The
the
city
of
bloomington
recognizes
that
it's
going
to
need
to
actually
you
know,
include
a
new
fte
in
the
budget
for
enforcement,
and
we
still
have
a
couple
things
that
we'll
have
to
do.
Some
direct
lobbying
on
one
is
whether
businesses
with
six
or
fewer
workers
are
actually
paying
for
earn.
G
So
some
of
those
some
some
of
those
issues
are
going
to
just
be
a
larger
discussion,
but
in
general
a
really
good
draft.
A
Thank
you
wade
for
serving
on
that
committee.
Thank
you.
The
next
thing
on
the
agenda
is
mayor.
Fry's
work
group,
we're
groups.
He
has
three
work
groups
that
he
like
time.
Certain
are
not
long
standing
that
he
established
for
the
transition.
He
has
the
public
safety
work
group.
He
has
the
reorganization
and
I'm
not
going
to
use
the
proper
technical
terms.
Right
now
I
apologize
the
reorganization
work
group.
A
That's
looking
at
what
does
question
one
mean
for
the
city
enterprise
and
then
he
has
an
economic
inclusion
work
group
I
serve
on
the
economic
inclusion
work
group.
I
don't
believe
anybody
else
on
this
call
serves
on
any
of
the
other
work
groups.
A
Alberto
did
you
help
out
at
all
on
that
interim
reorganization
staff
group?
I
did
not.
K
A
Yeah
so
one
of
the
biggest
things
with
the
economic
inclusion
work
group
that
I'll
share
with
you
all
is
they
they
it's
housed
out
a
cped
and
we've
always
been
looking
for
opportunities
for
the
work
of
this
group
to
work
more
closely
with
cped
and
there's
been
two
meetings
in
both
meetings.
I
have
highlighted
the
work
of
civil
rights
and
the
department
of
lab
labor
standards
as
a
place
to
talk
more
about
economic
inclusion.
A
It
is
really
focused
on
the
group
is
really
focused
on
development
and
redevelopment
and
housing.
So
this
idea
of
like
labor
standards,
you
know
and
workforce,
in
the
way
that
we're
this
committee
talks
about
workforce
is
very
different
than
how
like
cpad
views
workforce.
A
A
So
that's
you
know
I'm
in
that
space,
not
as
the
workplace
advisory
committee,
chair
hat,
but
as
the
minneapolis
rlf
hat,
but
do
know
that
I'm
bringing
the
work
of
this
committee
to
there
and
asking
them
for
inclusion
of
this
of
this
work
in
that
space.
A
So
that
would
be
my
biggest
update.
I
think
these
committees,
these
three
committees,
are
supposed
to
have
recommendations
by
february
or
throughout
the
months
of
february
to
go
to
council
and
the
mayor
at
that
time.
A
H
For
that
update
chelsea-
and
I
appreciate
you
putting
a
word
in
for
the
department
of
civil
rights
and
how
it
should
or
could,
I
should
say-
overlap
more
with
some
of
the
workers
he
paid.
A
Yeah
and
I
think
there's
definitely,
an
openness
is
like
I've
been
greeted
with
openness.
It's
just
I
I.
I
think
that
how
we
piece
that
together
is
so
important
and
with
the
like.
So
much
change
in
leadership
in
these
departments
has
just
really
made
it
challenging.
A
Last
thing
on
the
agenda
is
downtown
workers
council.
If
anyone
has
any
updates
from
that
committee.
A
H
Chelsea
is
veronica
has
been
on
sabbatical,
so
it
it
had.
You
know
it's
kind
of
been
put
a
little
bit
on
the
back
burner.
I
think
to
be
to
be
frank,
but
more
soon,
I'm
sure.
A
D
So
I
will
just
say
that
one
of
the
things
that
I
understand
from
talking
to
taylor
at
satool
recently,
as
well
as
greg
nomaker
with
fca
local
26
president
local
26,
is
that
you
know
there
is
interest
in
and
I
I
know
I've
mentioned
this
concept
previously,
but
there's
interest
in
a
minneapolis
labor
standards
board
that
could
that
could
actually
bring
together
employers,
representatives
of
employers,
representatives
and
employees.
Together
with
the
city
in
a
given
industry.
D
You
know
in
a
given
sector
of
the
economy
to
to
actually
talk
about,
increasing
or
improving
upon
the
existing
labor
standards
that
exists
with
regard
to
wages,
benefits
working
conditions
again
in
you
know,
one
industry
at
a
time,
because
I
know
that
there
is
interest
in
that
from
the
downtown
workers
council
regarding
retail
and
fast
food
work
in
downtown,
like
the
the
skyway.
A
I
think
that's
probably
another
update
that
we
should
deep
dive
in
on
february
or
march.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
you
guys
we
keep
adding
to
our
agenda
and
we
keep
adding
to
brian's
list,
which
is
good
like
this
is
a
time
like
workers
and
workplaces
are
going
through.
A
lot
like
workers
and
employers
are
going
through
a
lot
of
changes
right
now,
so
that
they
need
the
activation
of
folks,
like
us
and
for
in
the
work
of
this
committee,
because
we
all
need
to
be
successful
together.
A
Otherwise,
a
huge
welcome
to
lucas
and
sarah
welcome
to
the
committee,
and
we
will
see
you
every
second
monday,
plus
whatever
subcommittee
meetings
that
we
decide
to
establish
which
happen
pretty
regularly
and
just
a
big
thanks
to
the
rest
of
the
team.
You
know
we've
been
doing
this
now,
for
how
long
has
this
committee
been
in
existence?
And
most
of
you
have
been
here
since
the
beginning,
so
just
a
huge
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
investing
in
this
work.
It's
it's
changed
people's
lives
and
it
helps
direct
the
city.