Meet BCLI Alumna HwaJeong Kim

When we founded Nexus Community Partners 20 years ago, we did something simple yet powerful—we turned to community to reclaim our strength and to reimagine what power looks like when it is rooted in truth and relationships. We are unique because of how we’re positioned and how we work: We take the long view, and

Our Favorite Memories from 2024

Life moves fast. Let’s take time to reflect and appreciate where we have been! From cohorts to conferences, we worked together to build engaged and powerful communities of color this year. In 2024, we… Launched ROOT (Reclaiming Our Own Time) All people deserve joyful and abundant lives filled with the rest that our bodies, minds,

Open Road Fund Update: Closing Out 2024

By the end of 2024, the Open Road Fund will have invested $9,950,000 in Black-wealth gifts, impacting 199 individuals and families across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Saying YES to 199 folks is an honor! We are deeply encouraged by the tremendous impact this resource is having on these communities and the positive transformations

What Does Nexus Mean to You?

20th Celebration Story Submission What does Nexus mean to you?Maybe you were part of Payne-Lake Community Partners at the very beginning. Perhaps you made a deep connection through one of our fellowship cohorts. Or Nexus supported you on your journey to get a seat at the table and lift your voice for your community. However

Recap: St. Paul Shared Ownership Equity Summit

In October, the City of Saint Paul, Nexus Community Partners, Project Equity, and Living Cities convened local leaders from cooperatives, government, nonprofits, and philanthropy, alongside national partners, for the Saint Paul Shared Ownership Equity Summit. The day was filled with panels, networking, a workshop, and a rousing conversation between Mayor Melvin Carter and Living Cities’

Meet Our 2024-25 North Stars

Our eighth North Star cohort is in full swing! The 2024-25 North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship is participating in a few hybrid sessions this fall and spring and gathering virtually for the remaining sessions. Our 24 fellows represent 10 cooperatives, with missions focused on housing, community wealth building, solidarity and connection, life skills, empowerment, art, healing,

Register for the Heal the Healers Convening!

You’re invited to our Heal the Healers Convening, Feb. 27 – March 1! This pivotal, three-day event will be a transformative sanctuary of rest, reflection, and rejuvenation amidst workshops on holistic care and professional growth. As an act of revolution and movement building, attendees will immerse themselves in sessions advocating the necessity of self-care, from

North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship: The Journey So Far

At Nexus Community Partners, we nurture the prosperity of our communities — and in this prosperity, our health, joy, peace, love, safety and the needs of future generations come first. To dismantle the rigged rules that amass wealth and power in fewer and whiter hands, we must approach community wealth-building from a reparative framework rooted

Celebrate Kwanzaa at Our Black Study Session

Join our North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship for a Black Study Session on the solidarity economy and Kwanzaa! Wednesday, Dec. 4 5-7 p.m. CST Zoom (virtual) This Black Study Session will introduce the solidarity economy, explore connections between the solidarity economy and Kwanzaa, and engage in an observance of Kwanzaa through different practices. New Economy