Support Our Work on Give 8/28!

On Thursday, Aug. 28, Nexus Community Partners is joining Give 8/28, a national day of giving focused specifically on supporting Black-led and Black-benefitting organizations. Give 8/28 isn’t like other fundraising campaigns. It takes place during Black Philanthropy Month and commemorates multiple historical landmarks in Black Americans’ march toward freedom. For over 20 years, Nexus has

Cooperatively Building a Better World: MN Cooperative Summit Recap

In celebration of the International Year of Cooperatives, CoMinnesota, Minnesota Farmers Union, the University of Minnesota Morris, and West Central Initiative launched the first-ever Minnesota Cooperative Summit at the end of July! The two-day gathering uplifted Minnesota’s rich history of cooperation—and invited new voices to shape its future. The event welcomed those deeply rooted in

Applying to North Star? Watch Our Info Session!

North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship applications are open now through Aug. 25! Interested in applying? Watch our information session below, where we share a brief history of North Star, discuss fellowship requirements, provide a curriculum overview, and answer questions. North Star is a place for Black-led cooperatives, collectives, housing, commercial, and land trusts to learn

Apply to North Star Cohort 9 by Aug. 25!

Are you passionate about Black economic justice? Are you involved in a Black-led collective, cooperative, or land trust? Apply to our North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship! Together, we will learn and reclaim the history of Black cooperative economics over seven months of co-learning, storytelling, and skill-building. Cohort 9 applications are open Monday, Aug. 4 through

Catch the Reimagine Rest & Re-Verb Open Mic Mash-up on July 31!

Join us for a very special collaboration between TruArtSpeaks and Nexus Community Partners at Re-Verb Open Mic! Advancing ROOT‘s Reimagine Rest Series and our long-term partnership, we are proud to invite culture worker and wellness practitioner, Felicia Perry, to lead attendees through guided wellness work centering rest, restoration, and your creative practice. That’s not all:

Business Planning Webinar Recordings & Resources

The Shared Ownership Center @ Nexus hosted a Business Planning Webinar Series breaking down the key components in running a successful cooperative business. From concept to plan, we went over structure, finances, and fundraising, with a focus on creating and transitioning to a worker-owner cooperative business. All sessions were recorded and are available on Nexus’

Our Next Community Care Call is July 10!

We invite you to join our next Open Road Fund Community Care Call! The Care Calls are a series of three healing and learning sessions about African ancestry hosted by three Black mental health practitioners: Dr. Aja King, Dr. BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, and Dr. Cedric Weatherspoon. As folks descended from African people who were enslaved, we

The LOCAL Fund: Worker Ownership Awards its First Four Grants

Nexus Community Partners’ Shared Ownership Center awards $420,000 to four Saint Paul worker-owned cooperatives SAINT PAUL, MN—Today, the Shared Ownership Center at Nexus announced its first four grants awarded to Storehouse Grocers and Coffee Co-op, Twin Cities Impact Cooperative, Terra Firma Building and Remodeling Cooperative, and The Improve Group. The LOCAL Fund: Worker Ownership is