Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: City of Rochester, MN

Contact: Chao Mwatela ; Email: cmwatela@rochestermn.gov ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Alliance of Chicanos, Hispanics and Latin American--Rochester ; City of Rochester, MN ; County of Olmsted, MN ; CultureBrokers, LLC ; Journey to Growth Diversity and Inclusion Committee ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Public Schools

Potential Collaborators: IMAA

Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Apply "Community of Excellence" framework to Greater Rochester ; Discovery Walk Co-designing ; Diversity Council Rochester Area Racial Attitude Survey ; Envisioning a 21st Century City: Regional Issues, Global Perspectives ; Intercultural Center, Rochester (Creating a 21st Century Community Space) ; Journey of Peace ; Journey to Growth Plan ; Locks of Compassion ; Rochester A City of Compassion (RocCoC) ; Rochester World Festival

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Diversity and Inclusion

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Business Process, Caring Relationship, Commitment, CMRC, Diversity and Inclusion, Governance/Public Policy, International, Intelligence, Mediation, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement, Vision/Identity

Level 2: Society

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Planning, Tooling  

2022 

Updating the index

Baseline 2020

2020 City Resolution

2020-09-21 City Council Approved

 City Council Discussions Recording

Description

 Per ICI website

INTERCULTURAL CITIES INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE

 City of Rochester ICI Launch Press Release

Early Information Shared with J2G

Proposal to J2G D/I Committee with ICI Consultant

Project Phases

To act on September 21, 2020 council resolutions for the city staff to develop a Intercultural City action plan.  

(1) City Council approved ICI Resolution

(2) City Council Study Session on ICI Index  

  The City of Rochester, in partnership with the Diversity Council and others, announced the release of the draft Intercultural Cities Initiative program index report and an upcoming virtual site visit. 

Met with mayor Brede and Randy Staver to discuss city participation and support

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is thrilled to announce the launch of CAAL Ignite, a new grant program offering $10,000–$15,000 to individuals, nonprofits, and small businesses in Minnesota’s Asian American community.

 Apr 2025 Mayor's YouTube Rochester Voices Channel  

Mar 2025: City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) 2025 Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C. from March 8-12, 2025.

City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) 93rd Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

"Building relationships of trust with community members"

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2025 Conference Materials

2020 Lifestyle Medicine Symposium (March 19-20)

Post Bulletin Reporting

PB Reporting:  Rochester’s nearly $4.4M seeks to grow housing opportunities; A pair of housing developments is seeking to help first-generation homebuyers start building wealth, rather than continuing a cycle tied to paying monthly rent.

PB Reporting

Results Report with links to raw data and Copilot AI analyses

City Council Study Session

DMC Updates 

Collider Cup

Collider Incubator

Mar 2025 Newsletter: End birthright citizenship?

Apr 2024 Braver Angels Newsletter: 2024 National Convention; National Debate: Should we be colorblind?

Listen to (and learn from) the other side

2. Rochester Sister City Application (Roles and Responsibilities)

3. Sister Cities Relationship Logs

4. IRC Meeting Logs