Black Abolition School will be a space for Black and brown folks to come together who want to change their communities and fight for Black Liberation. Participants will walk away ready to practice community organizing that centers all of our struggles and is set up for the long term.

We envision neighborhoods & communities where people are organized to IDENTIFY & TACKLE local issues, building vital communities that value full participation and EMBODY racial equity & economic justice. Our mission is to SUPPORT place-based organizations to SUCCESSFULLY take on local issues by developing the skills of COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS & LEADERS.

Poems and colorful graphic design by some of the Twin Cities’ leading visual and literary artists will wrap the historic Coliseum Building on East Lake and 27th Street, marking the completion of its Phase One redevelopment by Redesign, Inc.

The purpose of the LISC Twin Cities Developers of Color Capacity Building Initiative aims to go beyond training to providing implementation capacity support to help developers of color get their projects over the finish line.

Opportunities for engagement in July 2022 in neighborhoods across Minneapolis to address race-based policing and inform policy.

Commissioned topic experts present analysis, commentary and proposals in seven key metrics of Black life: Black health and wellness, criminal justice, generational wealth, education disparities, Black business, arts and culture, and Black faith.

48 affordable apartment homes designed for people 55+

a list of links I’m collecting and adding to on the topic of addressing race and ethnicity in a responsible way in the creative writing class or workshop, in creative writing programs as a whole, and also within publishing. If you have suggestions to add, please let me know.

So, to Keyes, buying the bank is more than an investment; it’s a reclamation of land. “The idea is that we take over that corner,” says Keyes. “We keep taking up space. We keep collecting it and taking care of it and allowing folks that typically don’t see the value to get with the program.”

The redevelopment will provide 85,000 sq. ft of commercial/retail/office space and incubator space for local BIPOC professionals and BIPOC-led firms. It will serve as a retail and commercial hub for the East Lake Street community and catalyze future adjacent development.

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Roundel Media Fund to award more than $25 million in media to diverse-owned and founded brands

In 2021, Target pledged to invest $2 billion with Black-owned businesses by the end of 2025, including adding products across its multi-category assortment. Since then, the retailer has increased investments with Black-owned brands, companies and suppliers by more than 50% compared to 2020 and more than doubled Black-owned brand product offerings, with representation across every major product category.

This newest bank, located at 3430 University Ave. SE, is significant as it is the very first Black-owned bank located in the Twin Cities.

Support goes both ways. Industry leaders need to support students seeking higher education, as they will be the company’s future workforce, she says. As worker shortages have hit many industries since the pandemic began, partnerships between industry and higher education have become increasingly important, Lauritsen notes.

Recently, we changed Mia’s Native Art galleries. In our hearts and minds, as curators during this time of reckoning for museums all over the globe, we knew that our responsibility was to upend the typical narratives. We set out for nothing less.

Acquisition to provide local BIPOC businesses with the opportunity to purposefully invest in the South Minneapolis community through the catalytic redevelopment of the 7-Sigma manufacturing facility.