“Generations ago, one of my grandfathers was a tribal historian for my people, the Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Amos Bad Heart Bull was a ledger artist who depicted many events that happened in the lives of my people and it is through those paintings that I have the ability to connect to
Nexus Community Partners is proud to announce the graduation of the 2014-2015 Fellows of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI)! On Thursday, April 9th at the International Institute of Minnesota, we honored our fourteen graduates for not only their completion of the BCLI, but also for their continued commitment and leadership in driving equity
The National Research Council defines a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as “a systematic process that uses an array of data sources and analytic methods, and considers input from stakeholders to determine the potential effects of a proposed policy, plan, program, or project on the health of a population and the distribution of those effects within
Nexus offers our biggest and proudest congratulations to our very own Elena Gaarder who is a 2015 Bush Fellow! Her incredible hard work that is rooted firmly with people in the communities that she works will only blossom and grow. “In her community-based work, Elena Gaarder finds herself returning over and over to the same
Click here to read more about the March Thursday Night Issue Series, and click the links below to hear the audio recordings of panelists. View the photo gallery here Larry Hiscock Click here for his PowerPoint presentation. Karen Nikolai Ebony Ruhland Dr. Cecilia Martinez
Join Us for Our Upcoming Webinar: Building A National Network of Regional Leaders: Replicating the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute Tuesday March 3, 2015| 11-12pm PST | 1-2 CST (Corrected Time) Presenters: Uma Viswanathan, Urban Habitat and Terri Thao, Nexus Community The Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) is a six-month fellowship that trains and places advocates
“Investing in relationships for authentic community engagement. Go ahead, Google it. “Community engagement” is there, and it’s attached to everything from sports teams to businesses to libraries to universities. With all those associations out there, it can be difficult to identify “authentic community engagement” and to understand its power and potential for meaningful and sustainable
With sub-zero temperatures and an intense wind chill, a small group of community members heated up together on Thursday, February 12th at the Northeast Bank Community Room by digging into the spicy subject of… Budgets. And why, you may ask, is this topic so steamy? Because, as all four panelists agreed, budgets reflect values and
Click here to read more about the February Thursday Night Issue Series, and click the links below to hear the audio recordings of panelists. View the photo gallery here. Brett Buckner Leah Gardner Lynnea Atlas-Ingebretson Jim Erkel Audience & Panelist Q & A
Over 40 community members braved the cold and snow on Thursday, January 8th, to gather at Phillips Community Center for our third BCLI Issue Series of the season. Co-hosted with the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED), we brought together a panel of environmental justice and housing advocates to explore the question: How do
Housing & Energy Equity Click here to read more about the January Thursday Night Issue Series, and click the links below to hear the audio recordings of panelists. View the photo gallery here. Shalini Gupta – click here for her PowerPoint presentation. ThaoMee Xiong (:02); Council Member Elizabeth Glidden (7:28); Kathy Wetzel-Mastel (16:44) Audience &