Building Healthier Communities: How Sahan Journal, COPAL, and Civic Bridgers Are Tackling Air Pollution in Minnesota
Across the Twin Cities, immigrant families are building vibrant neighborhoods, launching businesses, and advocating for healthier futures for their children. But many immigrants and communities of color in Minnesota continue to face disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards, including poor air quality linked to industrial activity and transportation corridors. In the Twin Cities, the highest estimated […]
Mortenson Family Foundation’s First Partner Convening: Reflecting on the Past, Grounding in the Present & Planning for the Future
The Mortenson Family Foundation hosted our first-ever partner convening in partnership with the Carlson Family Foundation on December 11, 2025, at the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center. The event brought together representatives from the Foundation’s partner organizations to engage in important discussions about how to be both responsive and responsible. These conversations focused on […]
Building Solidarity: A LinkingLeaders Conversation with the Coalition of Asian-American Leaders
The LinkingLeaders Partnership is a coalition strengthening solidarity for racial justice and equity through a cross-racial, cross-cultural partnership in the Twin Cities. Bringing together more than 5,500 leaders in the region’s Black, Asian, Latinx, and Indigenous communities, LinkingLeaders seeks to identify strategies and best practice models to create connections and strengthen ties amongst leaders of […]
Transforming Early Childhood Education: MAICC’s Approach to Culturally Rooted Learning
The Montessori American Indian Childcare Center (MAICC) is tucked away in a brown brick building in St. Paul’s Southern Hayden Heights neighborhood. It is the only culturally based Montessori-credentialed preschool in the city serving American Indian children. MAICC is a testament to the importance of multi-generational learning rooted in Indigenous practices, linking cultural and language […]
Metro Blooms: Cultivating Resilient Landscapes for Sustainable Communities in Minneapolis
Based in South Minneapolis, Metro Blooms is a community-based nonprofit rooted in environmental justice and stewardship. It engages diverse communities across the city to create resilient landscapes. With its commitment to solving environmental challenges with equity and inclusion, Metro Blooms has evolved alongside the neighborhoods it serves. The Mortenson Family Foundation began its partnership with […]