Focus of the group

This group will:

• Study the meaning of reconciliation.
• Research different models of truth and reconciliation commissions.

Note: this workgroup is not a truth and reconciliation commission.

Members of the group

The group's confirmed members include:

• C Terrence Anderson, director of community-based research for the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban & Regional Affairs (CURA).
• Elder Atum Azzahir, CEO of the Cultural Wellness Center.
• Dr. Kate Beane, Ph.D., Dakota historian, and a member of the Flandreau Santee Dakota tribal.
• Dr. Rose Brewer, professor of African American & African Studies at the University of Minnesota.
• Rev. Curtiss DeYoung, CEO of the Minnesota Council of Churches.
• Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs, program director for racial justice for the Minnesota Council of Churches.
• LaJune Lange, Honorary Consul of South Africa in Minnesota and former Hennepin County District Court Judge.

• Robert Lilligren, president and CEO of the Native American Community Development Institute.
• Christine Diindiisi McCleave, CEO of The National Native American Boarding School Healing.
• Rev. Shawn Moore of Living Spirit UMC.
• Melissa Olson, director of partnerships and operations for MIGIZI Communications.
• Melanie Plucinski, a policy analyst for Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
• Sandra Richardson of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond.
• Sharon Sayles-Belton, former Minneapolis mayor.

City of Minneapolis departments

• Mayor’s Office
• City Council
• Civil Rights Department
• Office of Public Service
• City Attorney’s Office
• City Clerk