by Nkuli Shongwe, Community Wealth Building Coordinator at Nexus Community Partners Last month, Nexus Community Partners and Village Financial Cooperative held the first annual Blackonomics Conference. Blackonomics is an intentional…
Read More
by Joseph Miranda, Program and Engagement Coordinator at Patrick Henry High School I never really enjoyed my educational experiences. Textbooks, readings, quizzes, tests, and essays. As a high school student…
By Robbin Olsen Molnar Historically, clothes and specifically “professional” dress have been surefire ways for the (generally) cisgender, heterosexual men of the world to control and punish the women that...
Read More
By Clark Goldenrod, Nan Madden, and Sarah Orange, Minnesota Budget Project Each year the Foundation invites a nonpartisan organization to provide an analysis of the Minnesota Legislative Session and the…
By Raquel Arismendez Serving as the Youth Engagement Coordinator for almost two VISTA years now, I have a few thoughts about youth engagement. “Youth engagement” and “youth voice” are very...
Read More
By Eden Teller On day nine of living alone for the first time, I stepped out of bed into the sunlit living space and groaned. The three square feet of...
Read More
By Adam Kolb “It’s all about who you know!” Throughout the course of my college career that was the common response I would get in reply to any professional...
Read More
By Madison McConnell Earlier this month, Olivia posted a story of success. Her blog, 'When Everything Falls Into Place', celebrated the blogging program Friendship Academy had implemented. As a fellow...
Read More
By Olivia Hanson When I first started my VISTA journey, I was a new college grad looking for a professional opportunity that would allow me to gain experience in a...
Read More
