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City updates staff racial-equity training plan, outlines repair-harm and impact-assessment rollout
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Summary
Prince Corbett, director of the Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Department, briefed the committee on plans to scale Metamorphosis leadership training and to roll out three models — Thoughtful Confrontation, Repair Harm and a Race Equity Impact Assessment — across the city.
Prince Corbett, director of the Minneapolis Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Department, presented a quarterly update on plans to expand racial-equity learning across city departments and to adapt the Metamorphosis leadership content for broader staff training.
Corbett told the committee the REIB department — established in 2022 and guided by Minneapolis City ordinance chapter 21 — is developing enterprise-wide training on three linked models: the Thoughtful Confrontation model, the Repair Harm model and a Race Equity Impact Assessment (REIA). He said the Metamorphosis leadership program (a seven-month program offered to directors and their direct reports in 2022–24) informed the content and that Good Works Consulting helped craft early materials.
The training package Corbett described will include readiness questionnaires, asynchronous e-learning, facilitator guides and a “meeting in a box” quick‑reference guide for leaders. The department plans a train‑the‑trainer series (three two-hour sessions) and anticipates beginning train‑the‑trainer activity in the third quarter of 2025, with department-by-department rollout through the end of 2025. Corbett said customized content is in development with the consultant and internal stakeholders.
On evaluation, Corbett said metrics are still being developed; staff will track attendance, post‑training surveys and, over time, changes measured by the city’s My Minneapolis employee survey. He said organizational and behavioral change takes time and that the training is one part of a broader culture-change effort with Human Resources and the Office of Performance and Management.
Council Vice President Chuck Thai and Chair Robin Wansley asked how the department will measure effectiveness and whether the work will inform updates to the city’s existing race-equity checklist used in council actions. Corbett said the REIB team is prototyping a more detailed equity impact assessment and plans to work with the clerk’s office and legislative stakeholders to align any updated forms with city definitions and operational policies.
Why it matters: Corbett framed the work as a way to give leaders and staff a common set of frameworks and tools — from confronting harm to assessing policy impacts on racialized groups — and to improve how departments identify burdens and benefits for different communities.
Discussion vs. decision: The meeting recorded an informational briefing and the chair instructed clerks to receive and file the report; no vote on ordinances or budgets was taken during this item.
What to watch next: The committee expects a fuller Metamorphosis outcomes presentation later; the REIB department said it will provide additional details about metrics, the community-facing Truth, Healing and Reconciliation work with StoryCorps, and a prototype of an updated REIA in future quarterly updates.
