What is the Mosaic Partnerships Program?
- A method to create cross-cultural understanding
- A process to leverage human differences in a community or organization
- A process based on creating effective societal and individual change
How is this Program implemented?
- Through Partnerships: Sixteen one-to-one meetings over a year to create understanding
- In cluster groups: Seven to eight partnerships brought together seven times throughout the year to share experiences, explore program themes and discuss key learnings
- In large groups: Two meetings – one at the beginning of the year, and one at the end, where all participants gather
Who sponsors this program?
- Community foundations
- Business or civic diversity councils
- Corporate leadership
- Community leadership councils
What are the results of Mosaic Partnerships Programs?
In Rochester, NY:
- Three years ago, Mayor William A. Johnson began this program as Biracial Partnerships for Community Progress. Since then, over 200 community leaders have participated.
- These people come from business, government, education, health care, and various faith
- 82% of the participants completed the program.
- Many of the cluster groups still meet, and some have begun projects to improve school systems and neighborhoods
- Many partners continue to meet after the program ends
- Sharing holidays, traveling together
- Friendships extend to families
- Participants open their personal and professional networks to each other.
- Plans are in the works to kick off another phase in 2005 for 500 people, and to increase that number to 1000 in 2006.
Within the Greater Rochester, NY area:
- Nearby communities have adopted the program
- Initiated in local universities
- Targeted for youth in local neighborhoods
Outside the area:
- Greensboro, North Carolina will launch the Mosaic Partnerships Program in November 2004, with 100 community leaders and plans for more groups over the next two years.
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In 2001, Mayor of Rochester, New York William A. Johnson launched the Mosaic Partnerships Program (called "Bi-Racial Partnerships for Community Progress" in Rochester) to address race relations issues.
Over the past four years, the Program has brought together more than 500 leaders in the Rochester community from various sectors of the community, including business, government, education, religious, non-profit, etc.
In Greensboro, North Carolina 150 leaders of the community have successfully completed the first year of the Program in November 2005. At least two more years of the Program are planned for the community, which will include nearly 500 additional leaders.
Maplewood neighborhood of Rochester is bridging differences in two Mosaic Programs: neighborhood residents and students from local high schools - one predominantly African-American High School and one predominantly White High School.
Milwaukee will launch Phase I of the Program in September 2006.
Other interested communities: Philadelphia, South Hampton Roads (a five city region in southeast Virginia including Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Suffolk); Boston, South Africa, Chile, Bosnia.
For more information, please contact:
Genyne Edwards
Milwaukee Mosaic Program Director
1020 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-801-6167
414-875-0881 (fax)
eingenuity@gmail.com
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