Please welcome our new staff member Avi Viswanathan!

  Nexus Community Partners is pleased to welcome Avi Viswanathan to our staff!  As Program Director for Nexus’ Institute for Community Engagement, Avi will lead the work of developing the Institute into a vital center for the learning and practice of community engagement, both locally and nationally.  Avi brings a long and deep history working

Nov 2016: Community Leadership

On November 3rd, 2016, The Twin Cities BCLI kicked off its first Issue Series in partnership with HOPE Community Inc., to talk about positional and community leadership. Executive Director Mary Keefe, along with Community Resilience Organizer Oduabaa and Director of Youth Leadership and Community Outreach Andrew Hopkins (Dhop) came to share their wisdom and experience about leadership. The guests

Please welcome our new staff member Annelise!

Annelise came to Nexus in the summer of 2016 as an intern through New Sector Alliance’s nonprofit summer fellowship program. Her internship focused on supporting the Better Bus Stops program to promote transit equity in the Twin Cities region. Annelise: After my fellowship ended, I was hired on as a Capacity Building Assistant. In this role,

Nexus BCLI Announces Its Fourth Cohort!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 Building More Equity Champions: The Twin Cities Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute Announces its Fourth Cohort! Nexus Community Partners is thrilled to announce the selection of 16 fellows for the 2016-2017 Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI). The BCLI is a seven-month leadership program designed to identify, train, and

Nexus is Hiring!

Nexus is looking for an energetic, innovative and strategic thinker to lead the Institute for Community Engagement both locally and nationally. Nexus Community Partners seeks a full time Program Director (40 hours a week, includes benefits) to support Nexus Community Partners’ Institute for Community Engagement (Institute). The Institute is a learning, practice, and leadership center

How is your bus stop experience?

Metro Transit wants to hear from you! In the Twin Cities region, Metro Transit riders took 85.8 million trips on buses and trains in 2015! Bus ridership accounts for the majority of these transit trips —about four out of every five trips. Metro Transit is currently investing $4M in bus stop improvements to enhance access

Join us September 14th! Nexus Community Wealth Building Learning Series: “Infusing Investments to Expand Community Wealth Building Initiatives.”

Please join us on Wednesday, September 14th for our third conversation in our Community Wealth Building Learning Series: “Infusing Investments to Expand Community Wealth Building Initiatives.” In this session, we will explore the Community Wealth Building framework and “lift up” financial models that contribute to local and broad based ownership. Presentations and discussion will focus

Engaging Community for Better Bus Stops!

In 2015, the Community Engagement Team (a partnership between Nexus Community Partners, the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, and the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs) awarded contracts to 11 community-based organizations to engage transit riders in their communities as part of Metro Transit’s Better Bus Stops program. The program is investing $4M in bus stop improvements

Engaging Community for Better Bus Stops!

In 2015, the Community Engagement Team (a partnership between Nexus Community Partners, the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, and the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs) awarded contracts to 11 community-based organizations to engage transit riders in their communities as part of Metro Transit’s Better Bus Stops program. The program is investing $4M in bus stop improvements

The BCLI application is now closed

Thank you for all who considered, applied, and helped suggest or nominate others to apply for our 2016-2017 BCLI cohort. The application is now closed as of July 2, 2016. We encourage you to attend our Issue Series which begin later this fall. Please check back at the link below for topics and locations (tbd)