by Madison McConnell, Project Specialist at City of Lakes Community Land Trust One of my main goals as the VISTA at the City of Lakes Community Land Trust is increasing…
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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…
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I don’t know about you, but once the long, sunny days of summer slip away and are replaced by the dark, gloomy chill of fall, I can easily slide into…
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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…
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Reporting in North Minneapolis never looks the same, day-to-day. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend an event at New Rules, the Phillips Foundation had hosted an…
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Hello, world! My name is Max and I am the VISTA Leader for this year's new C3 TwinCities cohort. Last year I served in C3 Twin Cities at the Eastside…
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BY: Calvin Littlejohn, CEO, TRI-Construction; Lester Royal, COO, TRI-Construction; Chris Webley, CEO, New Rules; and Patrick Troska President, The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota There’s a pretty…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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