Community care and sustainability are deeply connected, and community development expert Felix Larbi Appiah explains how First Educators can teach children to build a more just and resilient future together.
Community care
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Tracey’s Keepin’ It Real: Women’s Health, Access and Community Care with Dr. Rahshana Price-Isuk
The Tracey’s Keepin It Real podcast explores women’s health, access to care and community wellness in Minneapolis.
Posted inBlack History
Attendees find solidarity, solace at Black History MarketÂ
A Black History Month market at Arbeiter Brewing created space for community reflection, support of Black-owned businesses, and collective care.
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Trump threats to MN cause widespread confusion
Community organizations across Minnesota are preparing for increased demand as threats to sanctuary city funding create fear and disrupt access to services.
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Rosalyn Smaller on Survival, Service, and Building Community Care
Former athlete Rosalyn Smaller reflects on survival, service, and building community care in a new episode of Blacklight On Sports.
Posted inLocal & State
Sweet Potato Comfort Pie Hosts 11th Annual MLK Holiday of Service in Golden Valley
Sweet Potato Comfort Pie’s 11th annual MLK Holiday of Service brought community members together in Golden Valley for food, reflection, awards, and shared acts of care honoring Dr. King’s legacy.
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In the Heart of Minneapolis’ Urban Indian Community, a Warming Center Becomes a Lifeline
As dangerously cold temperatures grip Minnesota, Indigenous-led organizations in Minneapolis are responding to heightened ICE enforcement and life-threatening winter conditions by opening a culturally grounded warming shelter for unsheltered Native relatives.
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Minneapolis woman’s split-second heroism recognizedÂ
A Minneapolis social worker honored for saving a toddler at Bde Maka Ska received national recognition for a heroic lifesaving act.
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Where help is always open: MARI Safe Station
The MARI Safe Station in Minneapolis provides a walk-in, low-barrier space where people struggling with addiction can receive support, recovery connections, and harm-reduction resources.
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Lutunji’s Palate Bakery and Cafe to Host Free Gourmet Meal Event
Lutunji’s Palate Bakery and Cafe will host 365 Days of Love, a free gourmet community meal event in Minneapolis on December 20.
Posted inEvents
Art, Activism, and Appreciation: Blackbird Revolt Announces Two November Events
Resist & Reclaim brings together 20 Black and Indigenous women and femme artists who transformed second-hand denim into stories of identity and liberation.
Posted inBlack Business Spotlight
ProVisionAry Childcare
ProVisionAry Childcare in North Minneapolis brings cultural pride and community care together. Founder Danielle Tucker’s Afro-centric, home-based program focuses on faith, inclusion, and affirming every child’s identity.
Posted inOpinion
Many feel conflicted mourning Charlie Kirk’s death
Charlie Kirk’s killing is a tragedy—and for many, it brings conflicted mourning. A marriage and family therapist outlines how to hold compassion for a life lost while rejecting harmful rhetoric, and offers three practical steps to process grief, avoid false binaries, and lower the temperature in our public life.
Posted inLocal & State
These doulas are working to end lonely, unsupported births in prison
The Minnesota Prison Doula Project recently hosted a national training in Minneapolis to help doulas expand their support for incarcerated parents. The program is changing lives and restoring dignity to birth behind bars.
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Anything Helps builds trust through simple acts of care
At Anything Helps in North Minneapolis, recovery starts with radical care: food, showers, and no judgment. Peer-led support and trust are the focus.
Posted inBlack Business Spotlight
The Coven
The Coven, founded by Alex West Steinman and her co-founders, offers a coworking space that centers women, nonbinary and trans people while remaining open to all, and that grounds itself in reciprocity, community care, and transformative access.