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December, 4, 2014
DeAnna Cummings
Bush Foundation
101 Fifth Street East, Suite 2400
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
Tel 651-227-0891
info@bushfoundation.org
Dear Ms. Cummings,
Rapid City, South Dakota is a small community facing a divide amongst its population
resembling that of Ferguson, Missouri. A recent shooting revived long-standing racial tensions
between the Native American, non-native population and local police department resulting in
online hate speech, protests and fortunately no violence, yet.
Rural American Initiatives (RAI) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit social services agency
targeting low-income Native American families. Founded in 1986, we are the largest, non-profit,
continuously operating Native American organization in Rapid City. We serve our families
through programs for children from pre-natal through high school, and employ over 100 full time
staff; seventy-five percent are Native American. Through our programs and community
interaction we strive to uphold the Seven Lakota values:
Respect (Wauonihan)
Generosity (Wacante Ognake)
Wisdom (Woksape)
Humility (Wahwala)
Compassion (Waunshila)
Service: "helps the last one"
(Wawoihakikte)
Honesty (Wowicake)
The recent shooting involves three Police Officers and one young Lakota man has
unsewn the delicate fabric holding this community together. Enduring cultural
misunderstandings have plagued this region since the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie in
1868. More currently, the Second Wounded Knee involved Oglala and AIM activists disputing
against FBI agents that cordoned off the area. Incidents of police stops without reasonable
suspicion and attacks on homeless Native Americans have become too common to warrant
media attention in Rapid City.
RAI, in cooperation with various City entities, local non-profits and the Southern Poverty
Law Center plan on launching: Solidarity in the Paha Sapa community; “strengthening the
relations of Black Hills residents and Rapid City Police.” This campaign includes a series of
community dinners, informative art exhibit, march in solidarity and speakers all facilitated by the
guidance of SPLC to foster a constructive cultural shift within the community. Surveys will be
used to gauge the short-term effect of the campaign but the larger goal is to have history mark
this event as the long awaited catalyst that creates a unified Paha Sapa community.
Sincerely yours,
Eric Schlimgen, Project Manager
Rural American Initiative
Applicant Organization:
 Applicant Organization
Rural American Initiatives
628 1/2 6TH Street
Suite 201
Rapid City, SD 57701
Telephone: 605.341.3339
Fax: 605.341.2314
info@ruralamericainitiatives.org
 Organization Primary Contact
Eric Schlimgen (Community Outreach Organizer)
628 1/2 6TH Street
Suite 201
Rapid City, SD 57701
Telephone: 605.341.3339
Questions:
 (YES) Rural American Initiatives is a 503(c)(3) public charity.
 (NO) our organization is not a public/unit of government or Indian tribal government
under section 7871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
 Current Fiscal Year Operating Budget: $50,000 - $99,000.
 (NO) our organization has not previously applied for a Community Innovation grant.
 (NO) our organization has not received a community Innovation Grant.
Sponsored Organizations
 Lakota People’s Law Project
Charles Abourezk
P.O. Box 9460
Rapid City, SD 57709
 Rapid City Police Department
Community Outreach
300 Kansas City St, Suite 200,
Rapid City, SD 57701-2890
Non-Emergency: 605-394-4131
 Rotary Club of Rapid City
Rapidcityrotary@gmail.com
www.rapidcityrotary.org
 Dahl Arts Center
713 7th Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
 Southern Poverty Law Center
ATTN: Teaching Tolerance
400 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 956-8200 or Toll-Free at (888)
414-7752
 City of Rapid City, SD municipal
government
ATTN: Community Resources
Department
300 Sixth Street Rapid City, SD
57701
Phone: (605) 394-4136
Fax: (605) 394-6621
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Except Designated City Holidays)
 One Spirit
Jeri Baker, Director
Jbaker@nativeprogress.org
570-460-6567
www.nativeprogress.org
 Native American Heritage
Association
P.O. Box 512
Rapid City, SD 57709
The Basics:
 Solidarity in the Paha Sapa community; strengthening the relations of Black Hills
residents and Rapid City Police.
 The grant term starts 1/1/15-9/15/15. Nine Months.
 Total Amount Requested: $17,550.
 Locations:
o South Dakota: Rapid City.
o Oglala Sioux tribe
o Rosebud Sioux Tribe
 The proposed work will take place in South Dakota and the Native nations that share the
same geography.
 The issues that will be addressed in the project include:
o Arts, Culture and Humanities
o Education
o Public and Societal Benefit
 The community served is best described as a town or city—population over 50,000.
Narrative Context:
Context
 Rural America Initiatives (RAI) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in Rapid City,
South Dakota. It was founded in 1986 to partner with at-risk and low-income Native
American families to strengthen the development of healthy, sober, self-sufficient
lifestyles. Our goal is to develop a new society of Indian men and women, "Ikce wicasa
na winyan" (Common Man and Woman) who work within the community to strengthen
families by practicing the values of respect, honesty, language, generosity and courage.
RAI accomplishes this through Early Head Start and Head Start programs, and the
Ateyapi role-modeling mentorship program in elementary, middle and high schools in
Rapid City. We also operate Early Head Start and Head Start programs on the Crow
Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota. RAI seeks to lead the unifying movement of
the Paha Sapa community divided by a tragedy.
RAI’s goals of fostering a healthy Native American community aligns with the necessity
of resolving the racial tension between the Native American and non-native community
through a collaborative series of inclusive community events partnering with relevant
community and national organizations.
 The Problem: On August 2, 2011, Daniel Tiger, a member of the Lakota Indian Tribe
deceased after a routine traffic stop with Rapid City Police Department officers. RCPD
Officer McCandless was killed, Officer Armstrong was in critical condition and Officer
Doyle was injured.
This unfortunate shootout was the catalyst which unearthed years of cultural mistrust
between the Native American and Non-Native community. Cross-cultural quarrels
originate with the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1968) where the Great Sioux Reservation was
set aside. More recently, the Wounded Knee incident in 1973 re-opened old wounds but
failed to resolve disputes.
This recent incident has spawned hatred amongst the Native American community as
well as the Non-Native residents culminating in rallies and volatile online hate speech.
RAI seeks to use this recent incident as a cross-cultural healing experience to foster
solidarity between the two communities occupying Paha Sapa.
The problem is apparent and rivals the tensions of Ferguson, Missouri but fails to receive
the same amount of attention. Community Leaders, City officials, Tribal Leaders and the
general public have rallied and the saliency of this issue requires the unifying of the
community to overcome the racial tensions of the Paha Sapa community.
 “Status Quo”: Racial tensions remain volatile in Rapid City; the recent event re-opened a
long history of mistrust in the community, here are a few testimonial accounts:
o Robin Martin (Standing Rock) said he was frequently harassed by police while
walking in the city, drunk or sober. He said one officer asked him, “Why can’t
you Indians stay sober?” “These cops will stop you for no reason,” Martin said.
o “I’m tired of it. We’re tired of it,” James Swan, from the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe said, as he spoke about Rapid City’s history of disproportionate violence
and negative representations of Native people in local media.
o Natives make up approximately 12 percent of the city’s total population of
68,000, but are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. According to a
2013 Pennington County Sheriff’s office report, Natives made up almost 48
percent of the total county jail population.
 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/09/05/racist-city-sd-
rapid-city-where-life-violent-and-often-deadly-156754?page=0%2C1
The Problem-Solving Process
 An inclusive summer long series of collaborative community unifying events including
speeches, dinners and dialogues will be conducted to rectify community tension. The
knowledge of the local organizations, leaders and activists collaborated with the outside
expertise of the South Poverty Law Center will facilitate and direct the series of events.
o Planning: upon approval of funding one RAI staff with a new hire will coordinate
with the multiple community organizations and SPCL to begin finalizing the
locations, dates and topics of the summer series.
o Kick-off community dinner (5/22/15): SPCL’s Teaching Tolerance campaign
has agreed to partner with local leaders and facilitate this event, as well as the
others. This dinner will provide an opportunity for community members to break
bread with unknown neighbors before completing a survey drafted by local
leaders in conjunction with SPLC staff about the current status of the community,
the evening will conclude with a speaker chosen by SPCL and community
leaders. Special attention will be paid to provide inclusive cuisine items that will
double as a foundation for progressive dialogue.
o “I never knew that” (6/13/15): This event is an opportunity to explain cultural
norms that might be unknown to individuals not part of that culture. For example;
eye contact is considered rude when talking to a Native American Elder. This
event is designed to debunk stereotypes and foster commonalities.
o The Art of Understanding (6/27/15--7/17/15): SPLC, Community Leaders (City
of Rapid City, RCPD) will display an exhibit at the Dahl Fine Arts center
detailing the history of Rapid City, Native American culture, and will have a
survey of participants as well as a banquet on the last evening on the display
featuring a panel on community leaders and SPLC staff to facilitate a progressive
conversation.
o March of Solidarity (8/01/15): On the anniversary of the incident a march will
begin downtown Rapid City at Main Street Square to Canyon Lake Park. Along
the march displays will detail individual’s reasons why they love the Black Hills
to unify all residents regardless of their ancestry. The March will conclude with a
speaker.
o Last of Many Firsts Dinner (8/22/15): This dinner will conclude the summer
series of events designed to foster cross-cultural understanding and better improve
community and police relations. A post survey will be given, additionally dinner
will be provided and a speaker will outline the improvements in community
relations and detail how further improvements can be reached by the community.
 The following best describe our grant proposal: Increase collective understanding of the
issue, Test and implement solutions.
 WHO: RAI has established connections with the community and non-profits which allow
RAI to initiate this campaign. One Spirit and The Native American Heritage Association
both share goals of bolstering the livelihood of Native Americans in the community and
have connections to the Reservation and Rapid City community. These organizations
have not previously worked with the Rapid City Police Department but are committed to
advancing a productive dialogue. RCPD as well as the City of Rapid City agreed to work
with the local organizations as well as SPLC to demonstrate how a community can foster
relations before the community breaks down. The members of all the organizations have
agreed to participate in all of the five events and an aggressive advertising campaign with
the likely help of local religious groups and news organizations the entire community is
invited and the spaces selected are in neutral community areas.
o Additional community organizations; Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce,
Chiesman Center for Democracy, Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota,
John. T. Vucurevich Foundation, Safeway of Rapid City and Rapid City Summer
Nights have stated an interest contingent on the grant.
 HOW: The summer long series of events based on the collaboration of the listed
stakeholders will improve community relations. RCPD officers will gain knowledge of
Native American cultural norms while they are able to share their training and goals of
improving relations. RAI, One Spirit and NAHA have leaders in the Native American
community eager to partner with local government and SPLC officials to decorously
facilitate a constructive atmosphere where individuals in the community have an
opportunity to gain understanding. The dinners will allow individuals to sit with people
they do not know and share a meal. The March will provide an emotional practice of
sharing and used to find common ground of why the residents of the Black Hills love this
home. SPLC will lead the discussions and facilitate planning between the organizations;
the organizations agree the outside assistance and expertise of SPLC is required.
 WHAT: This campaign to foster an inclusive community requires the unifying of
community leaders, community spaces, outside expertise and the awarding of funding.
The Dahl Fine Arts Center has agreed to waive the normal fee associated with hosting a
4-week long exhibit ($5,000) as a commitment to community involvement. Additionally,
the time of RCPD, City officials and non-profit leaders will be volunteered to
cooperatively facilitate this initiative. The network is in place, the need is present and the
outside expertise is available to transform this tragedy into a story of healing instead of
continued violence contingent on the funding. Additionally, if funding is secured more
community organizations (listed above) strongly indicated a desire to participate,
including providing food, space, and monetary support which could potentially reduce
the amount of grant funding used. The community network organizing together make this
campaign possible, the grant is the catalyst.
Outcomes and Innovations
Intermediate progress:
 Increase solidarity/unity within the community amongst the population by facilitating a
series of dinners, discussions and exhibits. Surveys at the initial dinner, last dinner and
online at the conclusion of the event will detail the effectiveness of the campaign.
o Example Survey questions:
 Length of residency in the Black Hills
 (1-10) level of fear of racially motivated violence.
 (1-10) level of trust in the Rapid City Police Department.
 Suggestions for improving community relations.
 [End of series] Effectiveness of this series.
 Constructively harness the passions of the community in light of the recent tragedy. The
series will provide an outlet for the community to constructively vent their emotions and
encourage solidarity as opposed to separation. This can be monitored by watching
message boards that currently cultivate hate speech.
o SPLC HateWatch staff will monitor local blogs/chatrooms to monitor speech that
includes; speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color,
religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits.
(Americanbar.org). Monitoring will be limited to the Black Hills geographic
region, police threats, threats based on race, and threats of inflicting violence.
 Decrease violence against the Native American homeless population. The series of events
will bring to light the unnoted community and encourage empathy as the community will
be able to see self in the other. This can be measured by past police reports of violence
against homeless, though the homeless are historically a difficult demographic to
observe.
 Increase the awareness of cultural differences amongst the community and police force.
The discussions will bring to light cultural differences such as Native Americans
avoiding eye contact which can be misinterpreted as evasiveness instead of a sign of
respect. This will be measured by the survey.
 Negate any violence related to the shooting or cross-cultural feuds. Safety will be the
most important priority as this event will be an example of a pro-active resolution the
exact opposite of what occurred in Ferguson; we are highlighting community awareness.
The Community Innovation:
 The breakthrough goal is that this inclusive series will be the catalytic event ending seven
generations of community misunderstanding. This event parallels the communal
breakdown unfolding in Ferguson. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in response to the shooting
stated, "[t]his feels a little like an old wound that has been hit again." "The key to this is
... ultimately getting to some of these deeper problems. These are deep and existing
problems not only in Missouri but in America….” (CNN: Michal Brown shooting,
protests highlight racial divide).
This event is looking at the larger picture of healing old wounds; open scars passed on
seven generations. In response to an alleged carving of “KKK” into a blind Native
American hospital patent a year after the shooting American Indian Movement founder
Dennis Banks said to a roaring crowd before leading the supporters on a more than two-
mile long march. "Rapid City ... we understand you have been carving up our people.
This is going to end today…." (Fox News: Surgical Scars some see as racist provoke SD
march).
Additionally, events such as “The Unity Concert” designed to align the Black Hills and
Great Sioux Nation have not engaged the community in a way this campaign is seeking
to do. (http://www.upliftconnect.com/watch-web-stream-unity-concert-black-hills-south-
dakota/)
Many recent community interventions— particularly those that target risk factors and
introduce protective factors to prevent antisocial behavior—have been heavily influenced
by public health approaches (Hyndman et al., 1992; Perry, Klepp, and Sillers, 1989).
(https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul9910-1/comm.html) According to the studies and
evaluations of these interventions examined by the Study Group, prevention strategies
that cross multiple domains and that are mutually reinforcing and maintained for several
years produce the greatest impact. Comprehensive community interventions hold promise
because they address multiple risk factors in the community, schools, family, and the
media by mounting a coordinated set of mutually reinforcing preventive interventions
throughout the community.
Class of 1989 study: A comprehensive community intervention to prevent adolescent
smoking and alcohol use in Minnesota also was. The Class of 1989 study was part of the
Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), a research and demonstration project carried
out between 1980 and 1993 that was designed to reduce cardiovascular disease in three
communities. The finding suggests that the combined school and community
interventions produced a significant reduction in smoking among middle and high school
youth.
Ferguson marks the likely result of this community without intervention. Past marches
and concerts highlight the emotional investment of the community but have negated to
foster a constructive unifying dialogue which can here be accomplished by the network
of community leaders and expertise of the SPLC staff.
 (YES) This proposed work seeks to reduce structural and systemic gaps in access,
outcomes, opportunities and treatment based on a person’s ethnicity.
Attachments:
 Project Budget
 GANTT Chart
 Logic Model
Months 1 - 4 Months 4 – 9 Notes
SOURCES OFSUPPORT
Bush Foundation $7,000 $10,550
In-kind contributions $5,000
$4,000
$7,500
Dahl Arts Center exhibit fee waiver built into proposal.
Safeway food donation (contingent of funding).
Donated time of SPLC
Total in-kinddonations
Registration fees $0.00 $0.00
Other Funding $? Potential donors listed above.
TOTAL $7,000 $10,550
EXPENSES
Planning $7,000 $3,748 Planning Total
2 P/T $6,500 $3,248 RAI wage half covered plus additional P/T staff for
development of entire series in connection with SPLC.
Months 1-4:Estimated 400 hours of preparation;$8.12
hourly wage.
Months 4-9:Estimated 200 hours of
preparation/calculating survey data: $8.12 hourly wage.
Office $0.00 $0.00 Able to utilize RAI space. Eliminating
overhead/operating expenses.
Marketing $500.00 $500.00 Posters, social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram), local radio (discounted rate), News coverage
(earned).
Events
Kick-off Dinner $900 Kick-off Dinner total
Space $100 Knights of Columbus Hall discounted rate
Speaker $350 Money used to offset travel/lodging cost of speaker TBD.
Food $1,000 Estimated 300 guests, expected donations from local
grocers upon grant approval.
Surveys $50 Printing costs.
“I never knew that” $0 “I never knew that”total
Space $0 Main Street Square spacepaid for by City.
Speakers $0 Community leaders volunteering time in connection with
SPLC.
The Art of Understanding $250 The Art of Understanding total
Space $0 $5,000 donation by Dahl Fine Arts Center
Art/exhibits $0 Loaned from local artists.
Speaker $200 To offset travel and lodging
Survey/comment $50 Print costs.
March of Solidarity $900 March of solidarity
Venue $300 Rapid City Bandshell.
P.A. system $300
Speaker $300 To offset travel and lodging costs.
Last of Many Firsts Dinner
Venue $650 Civic Center discounted rate by City of Rapid City.
Speaker $500 To offset travel and lodging costs
Survey $50 Print costs.
Food $3,002 Estimated 400-500 guests with donations and discounted
prices from local grocers.
TOTAL $17,550

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MPA Analytical GRANT

  • 1. December, 4, 2014 DeAnna Cummings Bush Foundation 101 Fifth Street East, Suite 2400 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Tel 651-227-0891 info@bushfoundation.org Dear Ms. Cummings, Rapid City, South Dakota is a small community facing a divide amongst its population resembling that of Ferguson, Missouri. A recent shooting revived long-standing racial tensions between the Native American, non-native population and local police department resulting in online hate speech, protests and fortunately no violence, yet. Rural American Initiatives (RAI) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit social services agency targeting low-income Native American families. Founded in 1986, we are the largest, non-profit, continuously operating Native American organization in Rapid City. We serve our families through programs for children from pre-natal through high school, and employ over 100 full time staff; seventy-five percent are Native American. Through our programs and community interaction we strive to uphold the Seven Lakota values: Respect (Wauonihan) Generosity (Wacante Ognake) Wisdom (Woksape) Humility (Wahwala) Compassion (Waunshila) Service: "helps the last one" (Wawoihakikte) Honesty (Wowicake) The recent shooting involves three Police Officers and one young Lakota man has unsewn the delicate fabric holding this community together. Enduring cultural misunderstandings have plagued this region since the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. More currently, the Second Wounded Knee involved Oglala and AIM activists disputing against FBI agents that cordoned off the area. Incidents of police stops without reasonable suspicion and attacks on homeless Native Americans have become too common to warrant media attention in Rapid City. RAI, in cooperation with various City entities, local non-profits and the Southern Poverty Law Center plan on launching: Solidarity in the Paha Sapa community; “strengthening the relations of Black Hills residents and Rapid City Police.” This campaign includes a series of community dinners, informative art exhibit, march in solidarity and speakers all facilitated by the guidance of SPLC to foster a constructive cultural shift within the community. Surveys will be used to gauge the short-term effect of the campaign but the larger goal is to have history mark this event as the long awaited catalyst that creates a unified Paha Sapa community. Sincerely yours, Eric Schlimgen, Project Manager Rural American Initiative
  • 2. Applicant Organization:  Applicant Organization Rural American Initiatives 628 1/2 6TH Street Suite 201 Rapid City, SD 57701 Telephone: 605.341.3339 Fax: 605.341.2314 info@ruralamericainitiatives.org  Organization Primary Contact Eric Schlimgen (Community Outreach Organizer) 628 1/2 6TH Street Suite 201 Rapid City, SD 57701 Telephone: 605.341.3339 Questions:  (YES) Rural American Initiatives is a 503(c)(3) public charity.  (NO) our organization is not a public/unit of government or Indian tribal government under section 7871 of the Internal Revenue Code.  Current Fiscal Year Operating Budget: $50,000 - $99,000.  (NO) our organization has not previously applied for a Community Innovation grant.  (NO) our organization has not received a community Innovation Grant. Sponsored Organizations  Lakota People’s Law Project Charles Abourezk P.O. Box 9460 Rapid City, SD 57709  Rapid City Police Department Community Outreach 300 Kansas City St, Suite 200, Rapid City, SD 57701-2890 Non-Emergency: 605-394-4131  Rotary Club of Rapid City Rapidcityrotary@gmail.com www.rapidcityrotary.org  Dahl Arts Center 713 7th Street Rapid City, SD 57701  Southern Poverty Law Center ATTN: Teaching Tolerance 400 Washington Ave. Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 956-8200 or Toll-Free at (888) 414-7752  City of Rapid City, SD municipal government ATTN: Community Resources Department 300 Sixth Street Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-4136 Fax: (605) 394-6621 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Except Designated City Holidays)
  • 3.  One Spirit Jeri Baker, Director Jbaker@nativeprogress.org 570-460-6567 www.nativeprogress.org  Native American Heritage Association P.O. Box 512 Rapid City, SD 57709 The Basics:  Solidarity in the Paha Sapa community; strengthening the relations of Black Hills residents and Rapid City Police.  The grant term starts 1/1/15-9/15/15. Nine Months.  Total Amount Requested: $17,550.  Locations: o South Dakota: Rapid City. o Oglala Sioux tribe o Rosebud Sioux Tribe  The proposed work will take place in South Dakota and the Native nations that share the same geography.  The issues that will be addressed in the project include: o Arts, Culture and Humanities o Education o Public and Societal Benefit  The community served is best described as a town or city—population over 50,000. Narrative Context: Context  Rural America Initiatives (RAI) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was founded in 1986 to partner with at-risk and low-income Native American families to strengthen the development of healthy, sober, self-sufficient lifestyles. Our goal is to develop a new society of Indian men and women, "Ikce wicasa na winyan" (Common Man and Woman) who work within the community to strengthen families by practicing the values of respect, honesty, language, generosity and courage. RAI accomplishes this through Early Head Start and Head Start programs, and the Ateyapi role-modeling mentorship program in elementary, middle and high schools in Rapid City. We also operate Early Head Start and Head Start programs on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota. RAI seeks to lead the unifying movement of the Paha Sapa community divided by a tragedy. RAI’s goals of fostering a healthy Native American community aligns with the necessity of resolving the racial tension between the Native American and non-native community through a collaborative series of inclusive community events partnering with relevant community and national organizations.
  • 4.  The Problem: On August 2, 2011, Daniel Tiger, a member of the Lakota Indian Tribe deceased after a routine traffic stop with Rapid City Police Department officers. RCPD Officer McCandless was killed, Officer Armstrong was in critical condition and Officer Doyle was injured. This unfortunate shootout was the catalyst which unearthed years of cultural mistrust between the Native American and Non-Native community. Cross-cultural quarrels originate with the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1968) where the Great Sioux Reservation was set aside. More recently, the Wounded Knee incident in 1973 re-opened old wounds but failed to resolve disputes. This recent incident has spawned hatred amongst the Native American community as well as the Non-Native residents culminating in rallies and volatile online hate speech. RAI seeks to use this recent incident as a cross-cultural healing experience to foster solidarity between the two communities occupying Paha Sapa. The problem is apparent and rivals the tensions of Ferguson, Missouri but fails to receive the same amount of attention. Community Leaders, City officials, Tribal Leaders and the general public have rallied and the saliency of this issue requires the unifying of the community to overcome the racial tensions of the Paha Sapa community.  “Status Quo”: Racial tensions remain volatile in Rapid City; the recent event re-opened a long history of mistrust in the community, here are a few testimonial accounts: o Robin Martin (Standing Rock) said he was frequently harassed by police while walking in the city, drunk or sober. He said one officer asked him, “Why can’t you Indians stay sober?” “These cops will stop you for no reason,” Martin said. o “I’m tired of it. We’re tired of it,” James Swan, from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe said, as he spoke about Rapid City’s history of disproportionate violence and negative representations of Native people in local media. o Natives make up approximately 12 percent of the city’s total population of 68,000, but are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. According to a 2013 Pennington County Sheriff’s office report, Natives made up almost 48 percent of the total county jail population.  http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/09/05/racist-city-sd- rapid-city-where-life-violent-and-often-deadly-156754?page=0%2C1 The Problem-Solving Process  An inclusive summer long series of collaborative community unifying events including speeches, dinners and dialogues will be conducted to rectify community tension. The knowledge of the local organizations, leaders and activists collaborated with the outside expertise of the South Poverty Law Center will facilitate and direct the series of events. o Planning: upon approval of funding one RAI staff with a new hire will coordinate with the multiple community organizations and SPCL to begin finalizing the locations, dates and topics of the summer series.
  • 5. o Kick-off community dinner (5/22/15): SPCL’s Teaching Tolerance campaign has agreed to partner with local leaders and facilitate this event, as well as the others. This dinner will provide an opportunity for community members to break bread with unknown neighbors before completing a survey drafted by local leaders in conjunction with SPLC staff about the current status of the community, the evening will conclude with a speaker chosen by SPCL and community leaders. Special attention will be paid to provide inclusive cuisine items that will double as a foundation for progressive dialogue. o “I never knew that” (6/13/15): This event is an opportunity to explain cultural norms that might be unknown to individuals not part of that culture. For example; eye contact is considered rude when talking to a Native American Elder. This event is designed to debunk stereotypes and foster commonalities. o The Art of Understanding (6/27/15--7/17/15): SPLC, Community Leaders (City of Rapid City, RCPD) will display an exhibit at the Dahl Fine Arts center detailing the history of Rapid City, Native American culture, and will have a survey of participants as well as a banquet on the last evening on the display featuring a panel on community leaders and SPLC staff to facilitate a progressive conversation. o March of Solidarity (8/01/15): On the anniversary of the incident a march will begin downtown Rapid City at Main Street Square to Canyon Lake Park. Along the march displays will detail individual’s reasons why they love the Black Hills to unify all residents regardless of their ancestry. The March will conclude with a speaker. o Last of Many Firsts Dinner (8/22/15): This dinner will conclude the summer series of events designed to foster cross-cultural understanding and better improve community and police relations. A post survey will be given, additionally dinner will be provided and a speaker will outline the improvements in community relations and detail how further improvements can be reached by the community.  The following best describe our grant proposal: Increase collective understanding of the issue, Test and implement solutions.  WHO: RAI has established connections with the community and non-profits which allow RAI to initiate this campaign. One Spirit and The Native American Heritage Association both share goals of bolstering the livelihood of Native Americans in the community and have connections to the Reservation and Rapid City community. These organizations have not previously worked with the Rapid City Police Department but are committed to advancing a productive dialogue. RCPD as well as the City of Rapid City agreed to work with the local organizations as well as SPLC to demonstrate how a community can foster relations before the community breaks down. The members of all the organizations have agreed to participate in all of the five events and an aggressive advertising campaign with
  • 6. the likely help of local religious groups and news organizations the entire community is invited and the spaces selected are in neutral community areas. o Additional community organizations; Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce, Chiesman Center for Democracy, Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota, John. T. Vucurevich Foundation, Safeway of Rapid City and Rapid City Summer Nights have stated an interest contingent on the grant.  HOW: The summer long series of events based on the collaboration of the listed stakeholders will improve community relations. RCPD officers will gain knowledge of Native American cultural norms while they are able to share their training and goals of improving relations. RAI, One Spirit and NAHA have leaders in the Native American community eager to partner with local government and SPLC officials to decorously facilitate a constructive atmosphere where individuals in the community have an opportunity to gain understanding. The dinners will allow individuals to sit with people they do not know and share a meal. The March will provide an emotional practice of sharing and used to find common ground of why the residents of the Black Hills love this home. SPLC will lead the discussions and facilitate planning between the organizations; the organizations agree the outside assistance and expertise of SPLC is required.  WHAT: This campaign to foster an inclusive community requires the unifying of community leaders, community spaces, outside expertise and the awarding of funding. The Dahl Fine Arts Center has agreed to waive the normal fee associated with hosting a 4-week long exhibit ($5,000) as a commitment to community involvement. Additionally, the time of RCPD, City officials and non-profit leaders will be volunteered to cooperatively facilitate this initiative. The network is in place, the need is present and the outside expertise is available to transform this tragedy into a story of healing instead of continued violence contingent on the funding. Additionally, if funding is secured more community organizations (listed above) strongly indicated a desire to participate, including providing food, space, and monetary support which could potentially reduce the amount of grant funding used. The community network organizing together make this campaign possible, the grant is the catalyst. Outcomes and Innovations Intermediate progress:  Increase solidarity/unity within the community amongst the population by facilitating a series of dinners, discussions and exhibits. Surveys at the initial dinner, last dinner and online at the conclusion of the event will detail the effectiveness of the campaign. o Example Survey questions:  Length of residency in the Black Hills  (1-10) level of fear of racially motivated violence.  (1-10) level of trust in the Rapid City Police Department.  Suggestions for improving community relations.  [End of series] Effectiveness of this series.  Constructively harness the passions of the community in light of the recent tragedy. The series will provide an outlet for the community to constructively vent their emotions and
  • 7. encourage solidarity as opposed to separation. This can be monitored by watching message boards that currently cultivate hate speech. o SPLC HateWatch staff will monitor local blogs/chatrooms to monitor speech that includes; speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits. (Americanbar.org). Monitoring will be limited to the Black Hills geographic region, police threats, threats based on race, and threats of inflicting violence.  Decrease violence against the Native American homeless population. The series of events will bring to light the unnoted community and encourage empathy as the community will be able to see self in the other. This can be measured by past police reports of violence against homeless, though the homeless are historically a difficult demographic to observe.  Increase the awareness of cultural differences amongst the community and police force. The discussions will bring to light cultural differences such as Native Americans avoiding eye contact which can be misinterpreted as evasiveness instead of a sign of respect. This will be measured by the survey.  Negate any violence related to the shooting or cross-cultural feuds. Safety will be the most important priority as this event will be an example of a pro-active resolution the exact opposite of what occurred in Ferguson; we are highlighting community awareness. The Community Innovation:  The breakthrough goal is that this inclusive series will be the catalytic event ending seven generations of community misunderstanding. This event parallels the communal breakdown unfolding in Ferguson. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in response to the shooting stated, "[t]his feels a little like an old wound that has been hit again." "The key to this is ... ultimately getting to some of these deeper problems. These are deep and existing problems not only in Missouri but in America….” (CNN: Michal Brown shooting, protests highlight racial divide). This event is looking at the larger picture of healing old wounds; open scars passed on seven generations. In response to an alleged carving of “KKK” into a blind Native American hospital patent a year after the shooting American Indian Movement founder Dennis Banks said to a roaring crowd before leading the supporters on a more than two- mile long march. "Rapid City ... we understand you have been carving up our people. This is going to end today…." (Fox News: Surgical Scars some see as racist provoke SD march). Additionally, events such as “The Unity Concert” designed to align the Black Hills and Great Sioux Nation have not engaged the community in a way this campaign is seeking to do. (http://www.upliftconnect.com/watch-web-stream-unity-concert-black-hills-south- dakota/) Many recent community interventions— particularly those that target risk factors and introduce protective factors to prevent antisocial behavior—have been heavily influenced by public health approaches (Hyndman et al., 1992; Perry, Klepp, and Sillers, 1989).
  • 8. (https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul9910-1/comm.html) According to the studies and evaluations of these interventions examined by the Study Group, prevention strategies that cross multiple domains and that are mutually reinforcing and maintained for several years produce the greatest impact. Comprehensive community interventions hold promise because they address multiple risk factors in the community, schools, family, and the media by mounting a coordinated set of mutually reinforcing preventive interventions throughout the community. Class of 1989 study: A comprehensive community intervention to prevent adolescent smoking and alcohol use in Minnesota also was. The Class of 1989 study was part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), a research and demonstration project carried out between 1980 and 1993 that was designed to reduce cardiovascular disease in three communities. The finding suggests that the combined school and community interventions produced a significant reduction in smoking among middle and high school youth. Ferguson marks the likely result of this community without intervention. Past marches and concerts highlight the emotional investment of the community but have negated to foster a constructive unifying dialogue which can here be accomplished by the network of community leaders and expertise of the SPLC staff.  (YES) This proposed work seeks to reduce structural and systemic gaps in access, outcomes, opportunities and treatment based on a person’s ethnicity. Attachments:  Project Budget  GANTT Chart  Logic Model
  • 9. Months 1 - 4 Months 4 – 9 Notes SOURCES OFSUPPORT Bush Foundation $7,000 $10,550 In-kind contributions $5,000 $4,000 $7,500 Dahl Arts Center exhibit fee waiver built into proposal. Safeway food donation (contingent of funding). Donated time of SPLC Total in-kinddonations Registration fees $0.00 $0.00 Other Funding $? Potential donors listed above. TOTAL $7,000 $10,550 EXPENSES Planning $7,000 $3,748 Planning Total 2 P/T $6,500 $3,248 RAI wage half covered plus additional P/T staff for development of entire series in connection with SPLC. Months 1-4:Estimated 400 hours of preparation;$8.12 hourly wage. Months 4-9:Estimated 200 hours of preparation/calculating survey data: $8.12 hourly wage. Office $0.00 $0.00 Able to utilize RAI space. Eliminating overhead/operating expenses. Marketing $500.00 $500.00 Posters, social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), local radio (discounted rate), News coverage (earned). Events Kick-off Dinner $900 Kick-off Dinner total Space $100 Knights of Columbus Hall discounted rate Speaker $350 Money used to offset travel/lodging cost of speaker TBD. Food $1,000 Estimated 300 guests, expected donations from local grocers upon grant approval. Surveys $50 Printing costs. “I never knew that” $0 “I never knew that”total Space $0 Main Street Square spacepaid for by City. Speakers $0 Community leaders volunteering time in connection with SPLC. The Art of Understanding $250 The Art of Understanding total Space $0 $5,000 donation by Dahl Fine Arts Center Art/exhibits $0 Loaned from local artists. Speaker $200 To offset travel and lodging Survey/comment $50 Print costs. March of Solidarity $900 March of solidarity Venue $300 Rapid City Bandshell. P.A. system $300 Speaker $300 To offset travel and lodging costs. Last of Many Firsts Dinner Venue $650 Civic Center discounted rate by City of Rapid City. Speaker $500 To offset travel and lodging costs Survey $50 Print costs. Food $3,002 Estimated 400-500 guests with donations and discounted prices from local grocers. TOTAL $17,550