Rochester A City of Compassion (RocCoC)

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Rochester MN A City of Compassion

Contact: Cathy Ashton ; Email: cashtonchina@charter.net ; Phone: 507-254-9618

Known/Likely Collaborators: Assisi Heights Spirituality Center (AHSC) ; Catholic Charities ; City of Rochester, MN ; Rochester Community & Technical College

Potential Collaborators: Diversity Council ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; Lutheran Social Service (LSS) in Rochester

Related Projects

Allies & Advocates ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Community Dashboard ; Community Health Assessment Process ; Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan ; Diversity Council Civic Equity Focus Area ; Diversity Council Education Equity Plan ; Health Equity: Community Health Collaboration Portal ; Improve health insurance coverage for minority groups in Southeast Minnesota ; In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth) ; Locks of Compassion ; Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Civic Engagement, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Health & Wellness

Community Health Impacts:

Mental Health

Type of Project

Planning, Programming  

3 Focus areas

 Stewardship of universal values of kindness, love and compassion

–       Honoring and supporting compassionate thought and action already existing in our community

–       Growing a culture of compassion as a binding force in our community

–       Creating opportunities for meaningful participation in compassionate actions

This space offers a number of reference materials for City of Compassion, the 2016 theme of Journey of Peace.

Support for: Drug and Alcohol Response Team (DART), CredibleMind, "Be in the Know Olmsted" Campaign

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting with 2025 Workplan Breakout

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

November 2024 Selma Film and Discussions

2024 Recognition: $1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support, Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth

C2C October 9, 2024 Summit

Presentation Slides  

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

Sept. 16^th: Workshop: Finding your First Customers and sell without being salesy; Sept 21^st: Workshop: Financial Literacy; Sept. 28^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1); Oct. 5^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2);

2022 News Next chapter, summer programming: 5-K run; Narcan training partnership with Diversity Council. 

2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

Rochester by mid-October

Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate

"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."