We co-create more liberated communities

by strengthening leaders, cultivating community wealth, and stewarding the just distribution of resources.

Our Programs

Boards & Commissions Leadership Institute

BCLI supports, trains and helps place BIPOC and other shut out community members on city and county publicly appointed boards and commissions.

North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship

The North Star brings worker-owners of Black co-ops together to get rooted in Black cooperative history and thought to build a future of Black wealth.

Open Road Fund

ORF is a community resource gifting $50 million to Black folks in MN, ND, and SD in order to create tangible pathways to liberation, prosperity, and healing on our own terms. 

Shared Ownership Center @ Nexus (SOC@N)

Change the way business changes hands. Plan your succession on your terms through worker ownership.

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We honor our responsibility for each other, knowing that we are all connected.

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News & Events

May 27, 2026

Our Open Road Fund Info Sessions Return!

May 21, 2026

Meet the St. Paul Co-ops Transforming Ownership with the LOCAL Fund

May 11, 2026

Evolving Local Ecosystems for Community Ownership

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