Join us in giving a warm welcome to our 2025 BCLI Cohort! For the next seven months, these 11 changemakers will be equipped to serve on city, county, metro, and state boards and commissions, walking alongside one another in power-building and leadership. Together, they are working to advance equity across economic development, health, housing, transit,
Join our North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship for a Black Study Session on April 30! The session will hold space for participants to experience self-care and community care, with guest speakers guiding participants in different practices. Meet Our Facilitators Alanna Morris Alanna Morris is a dancer-choreographer, educator, and artist organizer. After a 10-year career with
Building Black wealth allows us to forge paths toward liberation on our terms. It’s the key to rebuilding our communities and reclaiming our right to self-determination. When we have access to an abundance of resources, we can foster collective healing, safety, care, and mutual aid. Since 2023, the Open Road Fund has been helping create
Our Shared Ownership Center is hosting a free business planning webinar series for cooperatives this April through June! Sessions will take place (almost) every other Thursday, 3-4:30 pm CT, on Zoom. Each webinar builds upon the last and is aligned with the LOCAL Fund application. By the end of the series, if the LOCAL Fund
Our March Open Road Fund Community Education Session will focus on single-family homeownership. Jeff Wills, Economic Services Manager and Housing Counselor of Model Cities Inc., will offer resources and information to help first-time homebuyers on their journey to buying and maintaining a home. Fill out the form below to register! Jeff Wills, a native of
The disconnect between our bodies and their innate power has persisted through generations, fueled by societal disempowerment and a gap in education about female body health. Many people who menstruate have endured prolonged struggles with hormonal imbalances, menstrual discomfort, and emotional ailment. When a person gains a comprehensive understanding of the intricate workings of their
On Feb. 27, our friends at Ignite Business Women Investment Group hosted “The Power of Wealth-Building through Cooperatives,” an evening of networking and info sessions to celebrate Black History Month and the economic impact of cooperative investments. The event brought together cooperative experts and advisors—including Nexus’ Nonkululeko (Nkuli) Shongwe—to guide attendees through actionable strategies for
The Shared Ownership Center @ Nexus is hosting a free business planning webinar series for cooperatives April through June! Sessions will take place (almost) every other Thursday, 3:00 – 4:30 pm CT, on Zoom. Each webinar builds upon the last and is aligned with the LOCAL Fund application. By the end of the series, if
Black Futures Month is “a visionary, forward-looking spin on celebrations of Blackness in February; a time to consider and celebrate our radical Black history and to dream and imagine a world in which all Black people are free.” — The Movement for Black Lives Extracting wealth from Black people has been the foundation of
For generations, community healers have supported us through times of joy and times of grief by holding and teaching rest practices. And at Nexus, we are committed to supporting them. Our ROOT (Reclaiming Our Own Time) team recently sat down with Rev. Shewon McGee, LMT, BS, to learn more about her work as a healer.
Last year, we introduced the ROOT Continuous Sabbatical Fellowship: three-month sabbaticals for 10 BIPOC movement leaders in Minnesota. Now, we’re excited to offer the Rhythmic Sabbatical Fellowship, designed from community input and geared toward those who cannot take a continuous block of time off. The Rhythmic Sabbatical is a six-month program running May to November
On Feb. 7, May Day Cafe reopened as a worker-cooperative with the help of Nexus Community Partners and Platform CRE! With five worker-owners, the May Day Cafe Workers Cooperative is Minneapolis’ newest worker co-op. The new owners are excited to welcome you back into this beloved and longstanding neighborhood establishment with a new vision of