Facing Race: Changing the Narrative

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1 Facing Race: Changing the Narrative The Saint Paul & Minnesota Community Foundations are seeking nominations for two awards to be given to two individuals or organizations working to eliminate racism and its effects. The awards will be presented on September 18 at the Foundation s event Facing Race: Changing the Narrative. The awards are part of the Foundation s commitment to equity and offer the chance to recognize community members who are courageously transforming our region and state. We invite you to submit a nomination in support of an adult or youth who is helping to promote racial equity. New this year, we will also be considering nominations for organizations that are doing work to eliminate racism and promote equity. To submit a nomination, please visit Please save the date for the event Monday, September 18, 2017 from 5:30-8:30. For more information or if you have any questions, please FacingRace@mnpartners.org or call To submit this nomination form, please it to FacingRace@mnpartners.org OR Mail to: Facing Race: Changing the Narrative The Saint Paul Foundation 101 Fifth Street East, Suite 2400, Saint Paul, MN All forms must be received by Friday, July 7!

2 Nominating criteria Each adult, youth or organizational nominee must: Actively engage in creating a racially equitable community. Demonstrate commitment to directly addressing issues of racism and/or tackling racial inequity in the east metro and across Minnesota. Nominees, individuals and organizations, might be working to reduce racism by changing attitudes, behaviors and practices, or by increasing access to resources at an individual, community, neighborhood, institutional, policy or systemic level. Individuals must work with or through an organization(s). An organizational nominee can be any type of entity, e.g., a nonprofit, foundation, private company. Be notified by the nominator and receive consent prior to submitting the nomination form. If your nominee is a youth under the age of 18, you must receive consent from the nominee s guardian. Not be self-nominated. Not be a former Facing Race Ambassador Award recipient. Not be staff or board members of The Saint Paul & Minnesota Community Foundations. Selection Criteria Nominees will be reviewed on the following criteria: The degree to which the nominee s work helps to eliminate racism and its effects, and promotes racial equity in Minnesota. The nominee s accomplishments in the past five years, including 2017, in any one of the Foundation s six areas of community vitality. The degree to which the nominee s accomplishments benefit the communities in either the East Metro Area that includes the City of Saint Paul, Ramsey, Dakota and Washington counties, or Statewide.

3 Facing Race: Changing the Narrative 2017 Nomination Form (All fields marked with an asterisk are required.) NOMINEE S CONTACT INFORMATION Their information! If you are nominating an Organization for an award, please list the person who is leading the efforts within the organization or best person to contact regarding the award should they be selected. Are you nominating the INDIVIDUAL or the ORGANIZATION? * (select one). Individual Organization Nominee s Contact Information * First Name Last Name Organization * Title (if applicable) Address * Phone (###) ### ####

4 Nominee s Address * Address 1 Address 2 City State Zip/Postal Code Is the nominee a youth or adult? * (select one). Youth Adult I am nominating an organization If the nominee is under the age of 18, please provide the parent or guardian s contact information: Name: Phone number: Address: Which organization (nonprofit or public entity) will the nominee designate for the cash award? This nominee should be considered for the: * (select one). East Metro Award Minnesota Award Both Awards

5 NOMINATOR S CONTACT INFORMATION Your information! Your Name * First Name Last Name Nominator s Organization * Title (if applicable) Nominator s Address * Phone (###) ### #### Nominator s Address * Address 1 Address 2 City State Zip/Postal Code

6 Briefly describe your relationship with the nominee: * I have contacted my nominee and have their permission to submit this nomination: * Yes No NARRATIVE QUESTIONS The responses to these narrative questions should be no more than 500 words (approximately 1 full page in Word Doc) per question. 1) Name the nominee (individual or organization), describe their work; if an individual, describe their role in the organization: * 2) Describe how the nominee's work helps to create a more racially equitable community: * 3) Describe the accomplishments of the nominee toward creating a racially equitable community over the last 5 years, including 2017: * If you are nominating for consideration under both geographic areas, please include information that showcases the efforts for the East Metro and how that differs from or increases impact across Minnesota. Describe the degree to which the nominee's accomplishments benefit the designated geographic area for the East Metro (Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington counties): * Describe the degree to which the nominee's accomplishments benefit a geographic area across Minnesota:*