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Start Date Title Description Tags
Nov 05, 2022 08:00 AM Winter Market ('food', 'Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship')
Nov 03, 2022 04:30 PM Women Magazine: Friendship Party ('Diversity', 'community')
Oct 23, 2022 11:00 AM Taste of Asia ('Culture', 'Diversity', 'social services')
Oct 21, 2022 05:30 PM IMAA Presents Pearl Gala ('imaa', 'diversity', 'community', 'immigrant')
Oct 20, 2022 04:30 PM October, 2022 CMRC General Meeting Topics include: Updates from City, County and RPS ('Culture', 'Diversity', 'CMRC', 'openbeam')
Oct 11, 2022 12:00 PM NPC - October 2022 Commitment to racial justice ('Diversity', 'npc')
Oct 11, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: October 11 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting Gage Gator Night; Elton Hills: Belonging and Aspirations; Lindsey Riess-Wilson: Student Services; National Hispanic American Heritage Month ('rps', 'education', 'diversity', 'youth', 'openbeam', 'Education', 'cmrc')
Oct 04, 2022 10:00 AM Cradle to Career (C2C) Annual Education Summit ('youth', 'education', 'diversity', 'community')
Oct 01, 2022 12:00 PM Latino Fest 2022 ('culture', 'Diversity')
Sep 30, 2022 10:00 AM September 2022 Rochester Area Foundation: Fall DEI Practitioner Convening and Luncheon (By Invitation) Using Design Lab to frame the conversations ('RAF', 'Diversity')
Sep 29, 2022 04:00 PM Network & Connect Happy Hour with Jounie Celebrating 10 years of service ('youth', 'social services', 'Diversity', 'community')
Sep 28, 2022 05:00 PM DMC Community Co-Design Celebration DMC will be hosting the celebration of the launch of our Community Co-Design Toolkit. ('dmc', 'diversity')
Sep 22, 2022 10:00 AM LATINX SUMMIT 2022 For Social Entrepreneurs Open to all college students and recent graduates in Greater Minnesota that are interested in learning about social entrepreneurship in the Latinx community! ('Education', 'diversity', 'Entrepreneurship')
Sep 20, 2022 05:00 PM UMR & Mayo Clinic Present Kern Center Connects: Diversity Science Exploring projects, concepts, and structure ('Education', 'Diversity')
Sep 19, 2022 05:30 PM Human Library - Mayo Clinic Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ('diversity', 'Human Library')
Sep 17, 2022 10:00 AM Rochester Welcomes You! A Welcoming Week Festival ('welcoming', 'Diversity')
Sep 17, 2022 09:00 AM Can you dig it? Destination Medical Center, Knutson Construction, and the City of Rochester MN invite community families to The Big Dig — learn about the Discovery Walk project in downtown Rochester MN! ('welcoming', 'DMC', 'Diversity')
Sep 17, 2022 08:00 AM CAAL: 2022 Leadership Summit: Creating Community Constellations ('Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'leadership', 'Asian', 'education')
Sep 16, 2022 06:00 PM C.E.R.T. 1st Annual Awards Banquet ('public safety', 'Diversity', 'civic engagement')
Sep 16, 2022 04:00 PM Welcoming Week 2022 : You are invited to a citizenship celebration! ('community engagement', 'Diversity', 'welcoming', 'community')
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Two types of event information being shared in the following:

1. A list of Beam aware upcoming community events of all types. 

2. A list of noteworthy past events that have one or more of the following contents: presentation slides, video recordings as well as takeaways. 

Upcoming Events
Winter Salt Week: Promoting Sustainable Winter Maintenance and Protecting Freshwater Resources Jan 24, 2025 - Jan 31, 2025 — Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda, 151 4th St SE, Rochester (Enter through Door C)
2025 Lunar New Year Celebration Jan 25, 2025 - Jan 26, 2025 — Asian Mall, 12160 Technology Dr., Eden Prairie, MN
ZVMS Street Medicine Eye Care Clinic on January 25 Jan 25, 2025 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM — at Christ United Methodist Church (400 5th Ave SW, Rochester, MN)
Certification Workshops Feb 01, 2025 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM — Zoom
UMR Black Student Union: Ebony Night Feb 15, 2025 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM — Chateau Theatre
History Center: Seeking A New Understanding of MN's Role in the Underground Railroad Feb 20, 2025 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM — History Center
The Sound of Gospel Music Feb 28, 2025 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM — Mayo Civic Center
United Way of Olmsted County Centennial Gala Mar 15, 2025 06:00 PM - 08:30 PM — J. Powers at the Hilton in Downtown Rochester
Upcoming events…
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