Nexus Community Partners is proud to announce the graduation of our inaugural fellows from the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI)! Over 40 friends, family members, knowledge partners and supporters joined the celebration on Thursday, April 10th at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. We honored our twelve graduates as they move beyond the seven-month training
Year: 2014
Engaging around Health Equity: The Last 2013-2014 BCLI Issue Series
The 2013-2014 Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) Issue Series came to a close with our final Issue Series on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Over 30 community members gathered at the Rondo Library in Saint Paul to discuss Health Equity in the Twin Cities with our panelists Antonia Wilcoxon, Director of Community Relations at the
Mar 2014: Health Equity in the Twin Cities
Health Equity in the Twin Cities Click here to read more about the March Thursday Night Issue Series, and click on the links below to hear the audio recordings of our panelists. View the photo gallery here. Antonia Wilcoxon and Joo Hee Pomplun
Please join us at the Building the Field of Community Engagement: Engaged Learning Series
“Community Engagement Matters: Stories of Success” Mark your calendar! Wednesday, March 26th from 9:00am to 11:00am at First Lutheran Church, 463 Maria Avenue, St. Paul, MN (community building) Join the momentum generated at the Knight/Nexus Forum on Community Engagement by participating in the first of a series of conversations on critical issues related to community
Minneapolis: Listening to community conversations in Lyndale
Lyndale Neighborhood Association is a partner in Nexus’ Building the Field of Community Engagement Initiative. Their “Community Conversations” is one way LNA is deepening their community engagement work and demonstrating what it means to be a responsive, engaged organization. “During the past year LNA began a new strategy to engage Lyndale’s diverse community members
The Intersection of Equity, Transit & Housing: Engaging at All Levels Toward an Equitable Region
On February 6th, over 65 community members packed the BCLI Issue Series at the McKnight Foundation to engage in learning and honest discussion about the “Intersection of Equity, Transit and Affordable Housing in the Twin Cities.” The panel included Owen Duckworth, Coalition Organizer for the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, Margaret Kaplan, Community Development Director of
Feb 2014: Transit, Equity, & Housing
The Intersection of Equity, Transit & Housing Click here to read more about the February Thursday Night Issue Series, and click on the links below to hear the audio recordings of our panelists. View the photo gallery here. Owen Duckworth Margaret Kaplan Wynfred Russell
Nexus Community Partners: Cultivating Leaders and Agents of Change
“Nexus Community Partners believes that a competitive and inclusive region is one in which members of all racial, ethnic and income groups have opportunities to live and work in all parts of the region; have access to living wage jobs; and equitably benefit from local and regional opportunities.” Click here to read more (Minnesota Council
Addressing Racial Disparities Will Reap Big Benefits for Twin Cities Metro Area
Metropolitan Council Chair Susan Haigh, in her annual State of the Region address, challenged the Council and all its partners in the Twin Cities metro area to address the significant disparities in school achievement, employment and poverty between the region’s people of color and its white population. read more
Minnesota’s changing workforce: How will leaders of color capitalize on shifting demographics?
On Thursday, January 9th, 2014, over 60 community members gathered at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center in St. Paul to discuss the shifting demographics in Minnesota’s workforce. Together, attendees explored how local government, employers, and community members are ensuring that communities and leaders of color will capitalize on these demographic shifts in the Twin
Spotlight: City of Lakes Community Land Trust ensures perpetually affordable home ownership in Minneapolis
Since 2001, Nexus’ partner City of Lakes Community Land Trust (CLCLT) has been fostering stewardship of perpetually affordable home ownership for low- and moderate-income families throughout Minneapolis. Part of this process includes purchasing and rehabilitating tax-forfeited, vacant properties that will remain perpetually affordable through the Community Land Trust. Check out this video about one of the properties
Jan 2014: Demographic Shifts
Engaging for the Future: Demographic Shifts & the Call to Action Click here to read more about the January Thursday Night Issue Series, and click on the links below to hear the audio recordings of our guest speaker from Minnesota Compass, and our three panelists. View the photo gallery here. Jane Tigan Karen Francois Debbi