Sign up for a Melrose DEI Assessment Focus Group!

Below is a list of DEI focus groups who need members to join! Click a link to sign up for 1!
Scroll down to see the focus groups that were moved to February.

The DEI assessment process is designed to collect information about the racial climate in Melrose, including strengths, challenges and desired outcomes as well as to provide a chance for participants to share their experiences, interpersonally, institutionally and culturally in and around these critical matters.
 

January Focus Groups

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

• 1:00p.m. – Department Heads and Managers Focus Group
• 6:00p.m. – Melrose Newcomer Focus Group

Thursday, January 20, 2022

• 4:00p.m.  – Affordable Housing Practitioners focus group
• 5:30p.m.  – People Living in Melrose Who send their Kids out of to the City to school focus group

Friday, January 24, 2022

• 4:30pm. – Jewish focus group
• 4:30p.m.  – Muslim focus group
• 6:00p.m.  – Black/African Diaspora Men's focus group
• 6:00p.m.  – White Men's focus group

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

• 4:30p.m.  – People with Visible Disabilities focus group
• 6:00p.m.  – People with Invisible Disabilities focus group

Thursday, January 27, 2022

• 4:30p.m. – Elders focus group
• 6:00p.m. – Hispanic/Latino/a/x focus group
• 6:00p.m.  – Asian American Pacific Islander focus group

Friday, January 31, 2022

• 4:00p.m. – Portuguese Speaking focus group
• 5:00p.m.  – Middle Eastern/North African focus group
• 6:00p.m.  – Immigrants of Color focus group
• 6:00p.m. -- White Immigrants focus group
   

Februrary Focus Groups

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

• 1:00p.m. – Department of Public Works focus group
• 3:00p.m. – Police Focus group
• 5:00p.m. – Black/African Diaspora Women focus group
• 6:00p.m. – Multiracial focus group 
• 6:00p.m. – DEI task force focus group

Thursday, February 3, 2022

• 1:00p.m. – Fire Department focus group
• 2:00p.m. – Melrose Employees who have worked for Melrose five years or less focus group
• 5:00p.m. – Schools Administrators focus group
• 4:30p.m. – Interfaith Clergy focus group
• 6:00p.m. – METCO Families focus group

Monday, February 7, 2022

• 1:00p.m. – Melrose Employees who have worked for Melrose for six or more years focus group
• 4:30p.m. – Teachers & School Staff focus group 

• 6:00p.m. – Single Parents focus group

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

• 6:00p.m. – Transgender/Gender Non-conforming/Gender Non-binary focus group

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 

• 6:00p.m. – White Youth/Young Adult focus group
• 6:00p.m. – BIPOC Youth/Young Adult focus group

Additional information about the DEI focus groups:

• These focus groups are the second phase of the City of Melrose's DEI  assessment process and are run by VISIONS, Inc. (Melrose's DEI consulting firm). 
• VISION’S Inc., the City's DEI consultant, recently added a Multiracial Focus Group, taking place on 2/1/2022 at 6:00p.m.
• Your voice matters and your feedback will remain confidential; the focus groups provide residents the opportunity to anonymously share opinions and ideas.

After you sign-up for a focus group, it’s important to keep a few things in mind:

• The focus groups, which are virtual and take place on Zoom, have a limited number of slots and will take 50 minutes to complete. 
• An individual can only register for one group. The City encourages residents to register as soon as possible.
• VISIONS Inc. will send out a confirmation email to those who register prior to the date of the focus group.