On Thursday, December 4th, nearly 40 community members gathered at Goodwill Easter Seals for our second BCLI Issue Series of the season. Together we explored how to promote equitable community development without displacing residents and gentrifying neighborhoods in the Twin Cities. Building on the first Issue Series around organizing and engagement, we discussed the following
Year: 2014
Dec 2014: Equitable Neighborhood Change
Equitable Neighborhood Change Click here to read more about the December Thursday Night Issue Series, and click the links below to hear the audio recordings of panelists. View the photo gallery here. Caty Royce Shauen Pearce Staci Horwitz Audience & Panelist Q&A
Racial Equity & Systems Change – What’s Organizing and Engagement Got to Do With It?
“Organizing is harder than brain surgery… And the reason it’s harder than brain surgery is: everyone thinks they can organize. Believe it or not…they think ‘Oh, I can do that job.’ But nobody walks into the operating room and takes the scalpel out of a brain surgeon’s hand and says ‘Hey, move over. I got this.’
Nov 2014: Organizing and Engagement
Organizing and Engagement Click here to read more about the November Thursday Night Issue Series, and click the links below to hear the audio recordings of our panelists. View the photo gallery here. Julia Freeman Jay Bad Heart Bull Janice Barbee Audience – Panel Q&A
Nexus’ President & CEO Repa Mekha Plenary Remarks from Rail-Volution Sept 21-24
Good morning everyone. I am Repa Mekha, President & CEO of Nexus Community Partners, a Community Building Intermediary committed to BUILDING MORE ENGAGED AND POWERFUL COMMUNITIES. I’d like to welcome you to the Twin Cities region. I am excited, encouraged, and challenged by the work that our region has been engaged in, as well as
Assess Your Work: Essentials of Community Engagement
Nexus Community Partners recently released “Assess Your Work: Essentials of Community Engagement” as part of its Building the Field of Community Engagement Initiative. The document answers the questions, “What is authentic community engagement and how does an organization know if it’s doing community engagement?” The document also provides a tool to help organizations, institutions and individuals
Sticks in a Bundle are Unbreakable: Nexus Launches 2014-15 Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute
On Thursday, October 9th, over 90 people gathered at the Dakota Lodge at the Division of Indian Work to celebrate power in community and to welcome the new Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) fellows into the BCLI family. These 15 fellows will be the next group of advocate commissioners advancing racial equity and social
Nexus Announces 2014-15 BCLI Cohort
Developing Leaders to Advance an Equity Agenda: Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute Announces its Second Cohort! Nexus Community Partners is pleased to announce the second cohort of the 2014-2015 Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI). The 15 cohort members come from various communities in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs and bring a wealth of experience
Welcome Nexus’ new staff member, Giselle Efon!
Nexus is excited to welcome our new Community Engagement Associate, Giselle Efon. Giselle is an AmeriCorp VISTA member joining us for a one year term beginning August 7, 2014. She will be providing support to a network of culturally and place-based community organizations along the Blue Line Extension Light Rail Corridor working to align shared
Green Line Station Designed by Local Firm 4RM+ULA African American Architects with Deep Rondo Roots
Owners of the architectural firm 4RM+ULA, located in Lowertown Saint Paul, believe the METRO Green Line has revived University Avenue and Saint Paul. “There is something awesome about feeling that you are connected again,” said the firm’s founder, James Garrett Jr. Architects James Garrett Junior (left) and Nathan Johnson designed the METRO Green Line stations.
On racial equity, Minneapolis is at the fork in the road
“When our partnership of more than 25 community organizations presented its “Vision and Agenda for Racial and Economic Justice” to Minneapolis City Council members and Mayor Betsy Hodges in January, we came in the spirit of partnership and collaboration. We know — because our communities are experiencing it — that the racial disparities in our city are destructive to our social
Nexus is now accepting BCLI applications for 2014-2015
We are now targeting seats in Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Ramsey County and Saint Paul. The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 18th by 12 midnight CST The BCLI fellowship runs from October 2014 – April 2015 “We need to be running our own folks for seats by building power that pursues