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Home My WebLink AboutIR 10118 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10055 s/b 10118 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 20, 2018 Page 1 of 3 �i {i7 Y •a SUBJECT: LEADERSHIP TRAINING ON RACE AND CULTURE #qrF rn Yg7'3 The purpose of this Informal Report is to provide information on the leadership training that is to be provided to City officials, community leaders, and interested citizens as part of the City's Initiative on Race and Culture. On August 1, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 4817-08-2017, appointing a 23-member Task Force on Race and Culture to advise the City Council about various issues relating to race and culture. In addition to the appointment of the Task Force, the City hired two consultants, the National League of Cities (NLC) and Estrus Tucker, to assist the Task Force with the following three tasks: 1. Community conversations 2. Assessment of disparities 3. Leadership training In regard to the leadership training, the consultants have been contracted to provide leadership training targeting City officials, community leaders, and interested citizens. Training for City Officials The leadership training to be provided to City officials will be focused on several objectives: understanding promising practices in local government to advance racial and cultural equity; developing a shared understanding and common definitions for advancing racial and cultural equity; identifying opportunities to use a racial and cultural equity tool and data to drive results; and building an internal infrastructure for racial and cultural equity that includes opportunities to partner with the community. NLC will conduct a three-part leadership development training series on racial and cultural equity with Fort Worth elected and appointed officials, assistant city managers, department heads, and assistant directors. The content for each of the three full-day training sessions, subject to modifications based on new learning or developments from previous sessions, is summarized as follows: • Leadership 101 REAL Fundamentals: Understanding Racial and Cultural Equity in Local Government— This session provides an introductory overview for City officials on the history of institutional and structural racism in America. This training will equip leaders with a shared language for racial and cultural equity, examine existing racial and cultural disparities in the city and their implication for advancing racial and cultural equity, and introduce important concepts and tools for organizing and operationalizing racial and cultural equity. Key learning topics for this session include: equity versus equality, implicit and explicit bias, individual and institutional bias, levels of racism, racial and cultural equity tools, disaggregating data, and community engagement strategies. • Leadership 201 REAL Intermediate:Advancing Racial and Cultural Equity in Local Government—This session will explore the implications and impacts of institutional and structural racism for the City. City officials will spend a significant amount of time learning about how to use a racial and cultural equity tool as they explore structural changes to daily operations, budgeting, communications, community engagement and decision-making. Key learning topics for this session include: institutional and structural racism, racial and cultural equity tools, racial and cultural equity goals, community engagement strategies, head versus heart strategies, inside versus outside strategies, and communication tools for talking about race and culture. ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10055 s/b 10118 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 20, 2018 Page 2 of 3 �i {i7 Y •a SUBJECT: LEADERSHIP TRAINING ON RACE AND CULTURE #qrF rn Yg7'3 • Leadership 301 REAL Action: Taking an Operational Approach to Advancing Racial and Cultural Equity —This final session will be an opportunity for City officials to review the subject matter identified from the past Community Conversations and current issues shared from the Task Force. City officials will learn and apply the racial and cultural equity tool to these priorities and determine an approach for advancing racial and cultural equity in the city that aligns with the Task Force and could include the development of a racial and cultural equity plan. Key learning topics include: racial and cultural equity tools, racial and cultural equity goals, and case studies. Training for Community Leaders and Interested Citizens The leadership training targeting community leaders is intended to assist leaders with developing and practicing respectful, honest and often transformational dialogues. The training is intended to create a safe space to nurture personal and professional integrity and the courage to act on it; develop an understanding that we are all in this together; develop an appreciation of the value of"otherness"; develop an ability to hold tension in life-giving ways; develop a sense of personal voice and agency; and develop a capacity to create community. Additionally, the community leadership training will appropriately align with key sessions from the City leadership training to support and facilitate collaboration and cooperation. Estrus Tucker will conduct the leadership training, targeting a combination of Task Force members, a diversity of faith leaders, community organization/group leaders and neighborhood leaders. The training will utilize the Center for Courage & Renewal's Circle of Trust® guidelines and Touchstones®, as well as the practices of Parker J. Palmer's Habits of the Heart& The training will include: • Narrative Change: Examine ways to create and distribute new narratives in communication, digital and social media, in a way that can influence people's perspectives, perceptions and behaviors about and toward one another. Explore the efficacy of our diverse stories as resources for advancing civic engagement and positive community change. • Racial and Cultural Healing and Relationship Building: Focus on ways to heal from the wounds of the past, to build mutually respectful relationships across racial and ethnic lines that honor and value each person's humanity, and to build trusting intergenerational and diverse community relationships that better reflect our common humanity. • Other: Appropriate integration of NLC REAL learning topics The selection of participants for the community leadership training will involve a process of nomination, invitation, and selection. Community Leaders The Mayor and each Council member will be invited to nominate five community leaders, while the Task Force members will each be invited to nominate three community leaders.—Individuals nominated will receive an invitation from the Mayor that will include a list of training dates. Nominees will be invited to select their first and second choice(s) for training — presented either in one full-day or two half-day training sessions. Also included in the invitation will be a brief description of the training objectives, outcomes, and intentions. ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10055 s/b 10118 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 20, 2018 Page 3 of 3 �i {i7 Y •a SUBJECT: LEADERSHIP TRAINING ON RACE AND CULTURE #qrF rn Yg7'3 Interested Citizens An invitation will be extended to the general public without a nomination. The invitation will provide an offering of three training dates, presented either in one full-day or two half-day training sessions. Training and Times Times The training sessions for City officials, community leaders, and interested citizens will be held between April and June 2018 as follows. Training for City Officials Audience Training Series Dates Time Location Leadership 101 Tuesday, April 24 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex City Council,Appointed Leadership 201 Tuesday, May 29 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Officials, Asst. City Managers Leadership 301 Thursday, June 14 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Botanic Garden—Azalea Room Leadership 101 Wednesday,April 25 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Department Heads Leadership 201 Thursday, May 31 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Botanic Garden -Azalea Room Leadership 301 Friday, June 15 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Leadership 101 Monday,April 23 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Assistant Directors Leadership 201 Wednesday, May 30 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Leadership 301 Wednesday, June 13 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Training for Community Leaders and Interested Citizens Audience Training Series Dates Times Location Parts 1 and 2 Tuesday, April 24 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Botanic Garden—Azalea Room Parts 1 and 2 Thursday, April 26 1 p.m.—8 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Part 1 only Friday,April 27 1 p.m.—5 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Parts 1 and 2 Saturday, April 28 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Community Leaders Part 1 only Thursday, May 3 5:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Parts 1 and 2 Friday, May 4 1 p.m.—8 p.m. Botanic Garden—Azalea Room Part 2 only Friday, May 18 1 p.m.—5 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Part 2 only Tuesday, May 22 5:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Parts 1 and 2 Tuesday, May 29 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Botanic Garden -Azalea Room Parts 1 and 2 Friday, June 29 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Botanic Garden -Azalea Room Parts 1 and 2 Saturday, May 19 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center Interested Citizens Parts 1 and 2 Tuesday, June 19 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Botanic Garden—Rose Room Part 2 only Thursda , June 28 i 5:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. Hazel Harvey Peace Center If you have any questions about this information, please contact Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager, at 817-392-6122. David Cooke City Manager ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS