2018-19 North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship has Started Off Well!

North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship 2018/2019 cohort sessions have started off well! The first cohort meeting dug into the history of cooperatives and the society in which we live in that bread a necessity for cooperatives to exist. We also discussed how modern-day society makes it difficult for black businesses to remain afloat without systematic

What’s Your Story? How Identity & Culture Impact Community Engagement

What does it mean to center culture in community engagement? How do our cultural identities impact our relationships in community? How do we get closer to our own stories in order to move away from extractive relationships toward reciprocal relationships? On November 1st, 2018, Nexus Community Engagement Institute (NCEI) hosted the final Engaged Learning Series of 2018

Blackonomics: Building Solidarity Economy Movement

Written by Nkuli Shongwe Nexus Community Partners and Village Financial Cooperative held the first annual Blackonomics Conference. The two organizations brought together over 60 people from the Twin Cities, Denver, Oakland, and Chicago. Blackonomics is an intentional gathering of Black folks in the Twin Cities and the Midwest that are working towards Black cooperative economics

Nexus is Hiring a Finance & HR Associate!

Update 10/25/18: Deadline to apply extended to November 2, 2018.  Nexus Community Partners Seeks a Full-time Finance and HR Associate (32 hours/week). Nexus Community Partners is a community-building intermediary whose mission is to “build more engaged and powerful communities of color by supporting community-building initiatives and fostering social and human capital.” We work to make

Leadership Development that Creates Ecosystem Change: Nexus BCLI Announces 6th Cohort

For more than 15 years, Nexus Community Partners has been dedicated to building more engaged and powerful communities of color. Through the work of BCLI, Nexus has continued to build sustainable and replicable models for community engagement and community orientated leadership development that strengthens communities. The BCLI is a seven-month leadership program designed to identify, train, and support placement of dynamic leaders of color