Wednesday, September 30, 2020

[Minnesota Rising Dispatch] September 2020


[#mnrising Dispatch] September 2020

The leaves change color, the days grow shorter, and the temperatures drop as we mark the transition to the autumn season. The cycles of our natural environment are recognizable even as our human conditions become increasingly unfamiliar. Our country and communities are burning: from wildfires, from centuries of racialized aggression and oppression, and from the widening social distance betwixt one another as COVID and our polarized perspectives challenge our sense of collective trust. Rather than turn away, these dual pandemics call for us to turn toward one another and invest in the community fabric that remains as well as to sew together new threads. 

Activating an anti-racist lens to our historical and current challenges as a nation, casting votes for Presidential and municipal elections to advance greater civility and inclusivity within our elected leadership and culture, and supporting mutual aid and connections in our daily lives and communities are part of the key ways we can show up for ourselves and each other right now. Specifically, there are opportunities to text voters with CAAL during upcoming phone banks, write letters to voters to increase turnout, and continue learning and engaging via the opportunities within this Dispatch. Through all of this, tending to individual and communal social and emotional well-being are critical, and ultimately may result in healthy practices and ways of being we might not have otherwise developed if not for our time in quarantine. Take good care as we all make a new way.


Tapping the Potential of Community Engagement

This 4-part workshop series is designed to deepen your knowledge, broaden your perspective, and sharpen your skills as you explore the potential for community engagement to create equitable, healthy, and sustainable communities. The sessions are for anyone who is interested in learning more about community engagement, or for those who wish to deepen their work with community. Session Topics:
-Session 1: What is Community Engagement?
-Session 2: Shifting Power: Moving from Service to Engagement
-Session 3: Healing through Community Engagement
-Session 4: Moving Forward: Integrating Community Engagement Practices and Shifting Work Culture
[Learn more.]


It's Time to Talk: Forums on Race

It's Time to Talk: Forums on Race fosters a space for racial justice engagement that is open to all people, no matter where they are in their racial justice journey. Participants connect with a network of people committed to racial justice and attendees leave the event ready to advance inclusion at work, in the community and with family and friends. Given the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, YWCA Minneapolis has shifted the event to a virtual platform and expanded our event program to address the issues most impacting our community. It's Time to Talk attendees will have access to exclusive workshops and events leading up to October 21. This virtual event will feature a conversation with Khaled Beydoun, moderated by Dr. Erika Lee. [Register online.]

News from the Network

Updates and events with our esteemed partners and collaborators!

EDTalks: Championing Black Student Achievement
Citizens League
Monday, October 5
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Discovering Your Inner Board Member – Part I
Board Repair
Thursday, October 8
9:00am – 12:00 noon
Hosted via Zoom

1.5 Reimaginings: A Collision Course in Time + Dual Pandemics
The SEAD Project
Thursday, October 8
6:30pm

2020 MINN Virtual Summit: Connect, Share, Learn
Minnesota International NGO Network
Friday, October 9
9:00am - 3:30pm
Online Event

Redistricting: The Most Interesting Political Issue No One Knows Anything About
Monday, October 12
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Hosted via Zoom

Financial Well Being
NAAAP Minnesota
Wednesday, October 14
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom Webinar

Turnout: A Conversation With Joan Growe and Lori Sturdevant
Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy
Thursday, October 15
12:00pm
Hosted via Zoom

Board Social I - Networking
Board Repair
Thursday, October 15
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Hosted via Zoom

Championing Women: Real Talk Behind Sponsorship
WIN! MN
Tuesday, October 27
11:30am - 1:00pm

The 5 Voices: Discovering your signature voice
NAAAP Minnesota
Thursday, October 29
8:00am - 1:00pm
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