You're Invited: Annual YNPN Twin Cities Ugly Sweater Happy Hour!

It's that time of year again - for snow boots, winter jackets, and of course, ugly sweaters! YNPN Twin Cities invites you to attend The Annual Ugly Sweater Happy Hour at the Red Stag. Prizes will be awarded, so give it your best and ugliest shot!

YNPN Twin Cities invites you to attend: The Annual Ugly Sweater Happy Hour Tuesday, December 9, 2014 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Red Stag Supperclub, 509 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 RSVP now What better way to usher in the holidays than with an Ugly Holiday Sweater Happy Hour with YNPN-TC!  Join your fellow YNPN-TC members at the hip NE Minneapolis restaurant Red Stag to discuss 2014, compare ugly sweaters and more! And don't forget to come prepared to compete with your own ugly sweater. This year we will have four categories to compete in the for best sweater:  "Cutest" ugly holiday sweater Best DIY-project sweater Most "glitter and glam" sweater  and Overall "ugliest" holiday sweater Category winners will receive awesome (and hilarious) White Elephant gifts, and bragging rights, of course! All are welcome! RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends and peers to join us!  RSVP now photo credit

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You're Invited | BCLI Thursday Night Issue Series: Equitable Neighborhood Change

Nexus Community Partners invites you to participate tonight in the next installment of their their Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) Thursday Night Issue Series. At issue is Equitable Neighborhood Change, to be discussed by local leaders working to advance equitable development in Twin Cities neighborhoods. See below for more details and to register!

You're Invited! Join us this Thursday to explore:   Equitable Neighborhood Change How do neighborhoods define what equitable change looks like? How do communities of color benefit from development and prevent gentrification and displacement? Join us to hear from local leaders working to advance equitable development in Twin Cities' neighborhoods! Speakers Include: Staci Horwitz, Program Director, City of Lakes Community Land Trust Shauen Pierce, Executive Director, Harrison Neighborhood Association Caty Royce, Director, Frogtown Neighborhood Association When: Thursday, December 4, 2014: 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.           Appetizers & Networking: 5:30-6:00 p.m.           Program Begins: 6:00 p.m. Where: Goodwill Easter Seals           553 Fairview Ave N, St Paul   RSVP Here

About the BCLI Thursday Night Issue Series:  As part of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI), Nexus hosts five Thursday Night Issue Series to bring together dynamic, collaborative, cross-sector events designed to build shared knowledge on broader equity issues in the Twin Cities. The BCLI is a 7-month leadership program that trains, supports and places people of color and other underrepresented community members on city boards and commissions to advance a regional equity agenda. For more information about the BCLI, contact Angie Brown at abrown@nexuscp.org.   All BCLI Thursday Night Issue Series are FREE and open to the public. Copyright © 2014 Nexus Community Partners, All rights reserved.

2014 Un/Conference Content Curation | Trista Harris - Keynote: "The Future Started Yesterday"

The Minnesota Rising 2014 Un/Conference: The Future Is How was held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 10:00AM – 4:30PM at DLR Group offices in Minneapolis, MN. Hosted by and for emerging leaders, the Un/Conference engaged emerging leaders across Minnesota in an energizing day of innovative learning and dialogue, skill-building, and network-building with their peers!

Minnesota Rising is pleased to feature content as well as continued opportunities to learn from our insightful and engaging breakout session speakers. In our Content Curation series, we highlight the ideas of and ways to connect with our 2014 Un/Conference presenters! See Trista Harris' opening keynote, "The Future Started Yesterday," below. Thanks again to Hlee Lee for lending her great videography skills!

 

Minnesota Rising 2014 Un/Conference Keynote - Trista Harris from Minnesota Rising on Vimeo.

Seeds

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 "Quisieron enterrarnos, pero no sabían que éramos semillas."

 "They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds."

-#Ayotzinapa protest sign in Guerrero, Mexico

[Minnesota Rising Dispatch] November 2014

[#mnrising Dispatch] November 2014 There is much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving month, including the release of insightful findings from the second round of the Cascading Conversations Tour, the energizing pilot of the #mnrising Inquiry Lab: The Future in the Form of a Question (the fourth in our series of Collaborative Competence Learning Labs), and our fifth annualUn/Conference: The Future Is How! We're indebted to an amazing team crew of speakers, sponsors, volunteers, attendees, and of course, all of you. Thanks for your partnership in this work to build relationships, trust, and a shared vision for the future of our state!  To continue inquiring into what's next for this network, we invite you to join us at our annual year-in-review conversation and celebration. RSVPs appreciated to minnesotarising[at]gmail.com. Hope to see you there! Minnesota Rising 2014 December Debrief Thursday, December 4, 2014 6:00pm - 8:00pm Grassroots Solutions 2014 U/C Content Curation The Future Is How Hosted by and for emerging leaders, the Minnesota Rising 2014 Un/Conference engaged emerging leaders from across the state (including Brained, Winona, Rochester, and Collegeville) in an energizing day of innovative learning and network-building! Check out event photos by Jaded Blue, keynote video by Hlee Lee, and some of the inspiring content curated from the talented thinkers, doers, and presenters in attendance!  Cultural Agility Collaboration Cohort Applications Minnesota Campus Compact Are you interested in developing more inclusive, collaborative leaders and community-campus partnerships in Minnesota? Then consider joining a racially diverse cohort of students, community members, and campus staff and faculty for a unique learning and leadership experience. Between January 2015 and August 2016, participants will envision and move towards new models for campus and community engagement, experiential learning, and institutional change. [Read more.] Targeting talent Sarah McKenzie, Southwest Journal The economic development group Greater MSP has launched a new campaign to recruit and retain top talent as a skilled workforce shortage looms on the horizon for the Twin Cities region. The region has about 55,000 job openings and about 100,000 people looking for work in the state, said Greater MSP CEO Michael Langley. The challenge, however, is that the people looking for work don't have the skills needed for those spots. [Read more.] [Open Space] Professional -ism Today Eric Sannerud What is the prevailing image of a professional in society? Close your eyes and create a mental image of that professional. At the Minnesota Rising 2014 Un/Conference on Saturday, November 15th at DLR Group in downtown Minneapolis, this is exactly what an inspired group of attendees did. Our shared energy fueled a meaningful conversation that led to important conclusions and even more important questions. First, we drew what we imagined. Some highlights:  Serious White, male College educated "Put together" Touch of gray hair color [Read more.]  Friend on Facebook  Follow on Twitter  Forward to a Friend News from the Network Updates and events with our esteemed partners and collaborators! The Annual Ugly Sweater Happy Hour YNPN Twin Cities Tuesday, December 9 5:30pm - 8:30pm Red Stag Supperclub YPOTC Annual Holiday Party Toys for Tots Toy Drive Tuesday, December 9 5:30pm - 9:00pm The Pourhouse Book Signing: The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice with Dr. Artika Tyner Friday, December 12 7:00pm SubText: a Bookstore Inspire your Employees & Customers to Become Online Advocates SMBMSP #73 Wednesday, December 19 8:00am - 10:00am 514 Studios Innove Deux Colonial Church $250,000 available Proposals due January 5   Making Our #MNRising Mark! Don't forget to tag your upcoming emerging leader events, thoughts, musings, and more, #mnrising, on Twitter and Facebook. Let's aggregate and organize ourselves for increased interaction and potential for collaboration!

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