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Building Solidarity: A LinkingLeaders Conversation with LatinoLEAD

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 ...
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From Harm to Healing: CMEJ Aims to Transform Former Industrial Site in North Minneapolis

Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ) is leading a movement to reclaim and heal neighborhoods recovering from environmental racism in the Twin Cities. Based in ...
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Building Solidarity: A LinkingLeaders Conversation with the African American Leadership Forum

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 ...
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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 ...
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Our Commitment to Community 

Mortenson Family Foundation is guided by its mission to build partnerships to strengthen community-driven approaches that advance equity, opportunity, and sustainable systems. In this time ...
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Women Leading Change: How OneVillage Partners is Modeling Change and Driving Community-Led Development in Sierra Leone

OneVillage Partners (OVP) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to empowering rural communities in Sierra Leone through a community-led approach. The organization believes that sustainable progress ...
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Mortenson Family Foundation Welcomes Sara Boedecker-Johnston as New Organizational Development Director

Minneapolis, MN [December 5, 2024]—Mortenson Family Foundation is pleased toannounce that Sara Boedecker-Johnston has joined the Foundation as Organizational Development Director. Sara brings over 20 ...
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Reviving Nature and Community: Wakaŋ Tipi’s Phalen Creek Daylighting Project

Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi, which means “those who care for Wakaŋ Tipi” in Dakota, is a Native-led environmental stewardship nonprofit in Saint Paul. Wakaŋ Tipi is ...
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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 ...
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