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

Native American Heritage Month Community Events

It’s Native American Heritage Month! November and year-round, we affirm and celebrate the existence, rights, and sovereignty of Native nations in Mni Sóta Makọce, Turtle Island, and around the globe. Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) celebrates the cultures, deep histories, and immeasurable contributions of Indigenous people. It honors their resilience in the face of genocide,

Join ROOT for a Cozy Writing Workshop

Join us for a Reimagine Rest Writing Workshop on Thursday, Dec. 5 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm! Full-time writer and award-winning teaching artist Taiwana Shambley will lead a rest writing workshop for BIPOC trans and queer folx at Modus Locus Expansion. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from Taiwana while snacking on tea and

Present at Our Heal the Healers Convening!

Reclaiming Our Own Time (ROOT) is part of an ever-growing movement to provide resources, support, and spaces for rest and restoration for Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color movement leaders. ROOT calls for us to reclaim our humanity and return to our ancestral roots through rest and restoration. In this space, we lift up our

Introducing Our First ROOT Cohort!

We are delighted to announce the 10 fellows for our inaugural 2024 ROOT Continuous Sabbatical Fellowship! Each person will be provided resources and support to plan for an intentional three-month sabbatical. This experience includes $30,000 for their sabbatical plans, opportunities to engage with coaches, healers, and guides, and in-person sessions centering rest and reclaiming time