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Headwaters Community News

  • Donor Stories: Wayne Ducheneaux
  • Our fiscal year-end approaches
  • Job opportunities from the Headwaters community
  • May community events
Wayne Ducheneaux knows a seat at the table is not enough 

In our latest installment of Donor Stories, we are excited to introduce you to Headwaters donor, Giving Project alum, and grantee partner, Wayne Ducheneaux II. 

Wayne is the Executive Director of Native Governance Center, and a powerful partner for Native leaders building power in their communities and reservations.  

In his story, Wayne shares how he got to know Headwaters as a grantee, how he’s woven lessons learned from the Giving Project into his work at Native Governance Center, and how Headwaters’ community-based philanthropy has inspired him to boldly expect more from other funders. 

We are honored to be in community with Wayne!  

Our fiscal year-end approaches 

We're witnessing new growth at Headwaters. Bilal Alkatout has been named Interim Executive Director for the coming year. We've made new hires to strengthen team capacity. And we have a healthy financial base to continue our work of funding grassroots movement organizations in our region that are doing crucial work to advance equity and justice.  

Headwaters was established to change the way philanthropy works by putting community at the center. Next year we’ll celebrate our 40th Anniversary. Today, we continue to explore building new ways of being together in this world. And with your support, the groups we fund are leading the way. 

As we close our fiscal year on June 30, we invite you to continue your commitment to Headwaters and our grantee partners.  

Job Opportunities from the Headwaters Community

Multiple Positions, American Indian Cancer Foundation
Multiple Positions, Appetite for Change
Associate Director, Asian American Organizing Project
Multiple Positions, CTUL 
Interim Executive Director, CloseKnit
Multiple Positions, Division of Indian Work
Multiple Positions, Dream of Wild Health
Multiple Positions, Family Tree Clinic
Multiple Positions, Hmong American Farmers Association
Teen Tech Center Coordinator, MIGIZI
Multiple Positions, Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance
Multiple Positions, Northwest Indian Community Development Center
Multiple Positions, Penumbra Center for Racial Healing
Mental Health Therapist, RECLAIM
Operations Manager, Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment
Multiple Opportunities, St. Paul Youth Services
Multiple Positions, The Bridge for Youth 
Multiple Positions, Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi 
Program Manager, Well Being Development 

May Community Events

We are beyond excited to invite you to the upcoming BIPOC Hub. Our monthly BIPOC Hub event promises to be an informative and interactive evening for entrepreneurs and small business owners. And we will be officially kicking off the Red Wing Port Authority Minority Loan Program! 

Urban Homeworks New Office Open House
Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 4 p.m. 

Join Urban Homeworks for an Open House at our new office space on Thursday, May 11th from 4-6:30 PM! We’ll provide refreshments and fun lawn games while you enjoy our 3rd-floor collaborative working space and 4th-floor rooftop overlooking North Minneapolis (weather-dependent)! 

Have people incarcerated in Minnesota and want to better learn how to support them? Or want to learn about how to organize with people in prison in Minnesota, directly through writing? Join the Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee for an hour and a half training. 

Join us on Zoom to cover the basics of building a business, what it takes to be a successful business owner and how to apply for a Leech Lake Financial Services Small Business loan. If you want to strengthen a current business or start your own business, join us on Friday, May 12th from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. 

You will learn the steps to starting a business. You will get connected to resources to jumpstart your business planning process. 

Join us as we celebrate spring and the beginning of the growing season! On Saturday, May 13th we will kick things off with the EPIC annual meeting (11 AM-Noon) followed by an opening prayer at the Four Sisters Urban Farm, food from Las Cuatro Milpas Food truck and Gatherings Cafe (Yazzie the Chef), and a plant giveaway. 

Celebrate with Glendale families the opening of the 70th Anniversary of Glendale Townhomes. The exhibit shows how public housing families made Glendale a vibrant and resilient community and why Glendale Townhomes is a model of what public housing communities should look like. 

We are still here. Please join in honoring our history and resistance. There will be music, food, and family activities. 

Hmoob Day 2023
Saturday, May 13 at 6 p.m. – Sunday, May 14 at 6 p.m. 

Join Trilingua Cinema, Hmong American Day, Dayton's Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services and Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center in celebrating Hmoob Day 2023! Join us for an evening of fun, including a free outdoor screening of the film Tuab los Tseg by Houa Productions. Before the film enjoy great food with Eggroll Queen and other food trucks, a multicultural night market with goods by local makers, and free Karaoke!  

New Year, Same Roots: MN8's spring fundraiser
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 5 p.m. 

After a long 5+ year journey of fighting to keep families together, we’re excited to share that MN8 is officially a 501(c)(3)! Join us for our celebration as we expand our roots and bloom into this new chapter. MN8’s roots have always been grounded in community care, people power, and shared liberation. From the very beginning, MN8’s origin was a love story about communities protecting their loved ones and fighting for freedom. Come invest in the possibilities of what’s next! 

Join Upstream Arts for our annual celebration and fundraiser! Connect IN PERSON or ONLINE as we gather together to raise funds for another year of groundbreaking work at the intersection of art, disability, and learning. 
 
Reconnect with old friends and make new ones as you paint, drum, and dance your way through classic Upstream Arts activities. 
 
Together we affirm the many ways we are all connected. 

Join us for "A Toast to Broadway: Writing the Future of West Broadway Together." At this year's annual meeting dinner, we'll share the work West Broadway Business and Area Coalition does to support small businesses on West Broadway Avenue. Plus we'll hold board elections to help shape the future of our community. Come and connect with fellow business owners and community members, learn about our initiatives, and play a role in our vision for a thriving West Broadway. 

May 19, 2023 marks NINETEEN YEARS Marvin Haynes has been WRONGFULLY incarcerated. Hennepin County Mary Moriarty has the power to exonerate Marvin and vacate his sentence. How long must Marvin pay for a crime he did NOT commit? Show solidarity with Marvin and his family and all wrongfully convicted people by joining us. 

SWAP MEET: Art A Whirl at Public Functionary!
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 5 p.m. - Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 5 p.m. 

Public Functionary and Tangible Collective are collaborating for the second year to bring back SWAP MEET an artist market and projection installation, activating both PF spaces (144 & 247). All PF Studios will be open throughout the weekend. Stop by Swap Meet to pick-up "Greenbook" a curated guide to our network within the Northrup King Building  

REP May Pod Study Hall
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 5 p.m. 

A radical study hall for all things related to "pods", networks of care that support people without police or other harmful systems. 

AICHO Galleries is honored to bring together acrylic paintings and textile arts by contemporary artist Kent Estey, a White Earth of Ojibwe tribal member, and textile artist Ramona Morrow, a Lac Courte Oreilles tribal member and Yankton Sioux descendant in the group art exhibition “Birchbark & Cattails: An Homage to Land that Creates Art.” This art exhibition celebrates the multiplicity of gifts nature gives including inspirations and mediums for art through generations. 

Northside Fresh Seed & Plant Distribution
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 10 a.m. 

Join our Northside Fresh Coalition partners for the annual Seed & Plant Distribution to start your garden and grow your own food! Please bring a box or container for your seedlings! 

Family Fun Day
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11 a.m. 

ACER, in partnership with Brooklyn Center and WellShare International, is hosting yet another Family Fun Day. Family Fun Day is an annual resource fair filled with free food, community activities, giveaways, and resources for all community members. Bring your family and friends for a great start to summer. 

Created by Public Policy Project, The Learning Table provides the “learning water”; a place to ask critical questions and develop the “learning glue”; a place to develop relationships, create partnership, share ideas, and make commitments, to explore for incorporation in the 38th & Chicago Re-Envisioned Project. At the Learning Table, we Learn Together; Create a Shared Approach; Coordinate Efforts; and Ensure Community Benefit. 

Imam Makram El-Amins 25th Anniversary
Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6 p.m. 

Please Join Al-Maa'uun and Masjid An-Nur as we celebrate 25 years of Imam El-Amin living his faith out loud! Through his service over the last 25 years, he has touched countless lives. This is our opportunity to show our appreciation as a community. The night will be filled with food, laughter faith and joy! 

Helping Incarcerated People with Grievances
Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 7 p.m. 

Have people incarcerated and want to better learn how to support them? Or want to learn about or help change the prison system by supporting incarcerated people, directly? Join the Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee for an hour and a half training on responding to grievances in prison. 

AICHO's 3rd Annual Garden Plant Sale
Friday, May 26, 2023 at 3 p.m. 

AICHO, along with our Giinawiind Giginitaawigi'gomin (Together We Grow) Youth Entrepreneur Program, will be hosting our 3rd Annual Garden Plant Sale on May 26 from 3-6 pm at Niiwin Market (102 E. 4th Street in Duluth). We will have for sale many different varieties of plants grown from North Circle brand seeds by AICHO staff and Giinawiind youth. 

SEA Us Bloom: Mekong Stars
Friday, May 26, 2023 at 6 p.m. 

The SEAD Project invites you to our spring fundraiser, SEA Us Bloom: Mekong Stars. This night to remember is a karaoke contest on Friday, May 26th from 6:00 - 10:30 p.m. at Four Seasons Dance Studio. Your participation will benefit SEAD’s critical work in language, storytelling, and creative community building. Come and see Southeast Asian talent and vote their way to the top! Experience a night of fun entertainment, laughter, community, and more! Tickets start at $35 and include food and a donation drink bar. The event is open to the general public and all are welcome. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the program starts promptly at 6:45 p.m. Attire is bold styles. 

Double Dutch: a night of MUSIC and DIALOGUE
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 6 p.m.

Come experience musical artists you love as they try new things, then share your feedback and insight with them. Double Dutch is an opportunity for you to get close to artists you love and become a part of their process. It’s a sharing and a hang, not a show. Come catch the vibe. Double Dutch is a three-month limited series of informal and intimate collaborative sharings between program creator Vie Boheme and a different guest performer each month.

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