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May E-Newsletter

* 2nd Wave of Communities First Fund Grant Recipients
* The Work Continues at Headwaters: a note from Director of Individual Giving Mary Delorié
* Community Events and Calls to Action





2nd Wave of Communities First Fund Grant Recipients

We recently announced <[link removed]> that nine more HFJ grantee organizations have received Communities First Fund grants:

* Appetite for Change <[link removed]>
* CloseKnit <[link removed]>
* Exposed Brick Theatre <[link removed]>
* Leaders of Color Collective
* Nokomis East Neighborhood Association <[link removed]>
* Isuroon <[link removed]>
* The SEAD Project <[link removed]>
* Somali American Women Action Center <[link removed]>
* Upstream Arts, Inc. <[link removed]>
* Urban Homeworks, Inc <[link removed]>

The Fund prioritizes support for BIPOC organizations and invests in their ongoing coronavirus-related response work. We’ll have news to share about the 3rd wave of grant recipients soon.

We're thankful to the community of donors who helped make these grants possible.





The Work Continues at Headwaters

Spring is here in full bloom, summer will come. Through these changing seasons, please remember that Headwaters is here with you. Our commitment to be a responsive and community-centered foundation remains strong.

And the work, just like the changing seasons, continues.

Headwaters leads with four core values: advance equity, demand inclusion, transform power, and trust in community. We are grateful to dedicated volunteers and donors like you who share those values.

Please visit www.headwatersfoundation.org/give　 <[link removed]>to keep our work moving forward. While you're on our website, I’d also love for you to share a message of inspiration or hope with me <[link removed]>…let me know how you’re staying connected to the friends and family you’re currently physically distanced from. I'm interested in hearing from you.

In solidarity,
Mary Delorié
Director of Individual Giving






















Community Events and Calls to Action

Greater Than Fear Video Series <[link removed]>

Dates throughout May and June; check Facebook page in the link above for details
COVID-19 reminds us that no matter the circumstances, our lives are better when we work together across race, place, gender, and issue. To that end, over a dozen (and more every day!) progressive organizations are hosting a twice weekly video series, sharing insight into Minnesota’s COVID responses across the issues you care about, and ways that you can help!

Wellness Wednesday Focus Group 1 <[link removed]>

Wednesday, May 13th starting at 6 p.m.
Come to discuss how COVID-19 is impacting our community. This will be the first of three focus groups, each independent from the others, and this conversation will discuss support for health care workers and families.

RSVP <[link removed]> to receive the Zoom link. Due to the nature of these conversations, there is a limit on how many can attend.

#RentStrike to #CancelRent Statewide Organizing Meeting <[link removed]>

Thursday, May 14th at 6:30 p.m.
Zoom Conference Registraion <[link removed]>

We have tremendous power when we’re organized and fighting for our collective interests - and the strike is our most powerful tool. But as in any strike, the key to victory is how well organized we are across the state, in every city, in every neighborhood, and in every building. Invite your roommates and family, bring your neighbors, and join us on this call to discuss strategies to win and how you can plug in! Learn from organizations that have organized buildings democratically, stopped evictions and foreclosures, and organized solidarity actions for tenants and workers facing retaliation and landlord pressure!
We can’t afford to wait for politics as usual. While some elected officials are making big promises, the big banks, landlords, and real-estate lobbyists use their wealth and power to stop any policies that threaten their profits. This is why millions of people across the country have pledged to go on a

#RentStrike <[link removed]>, and are organizing to #CancelRent <[link removed]> across the country.

Day of Action: Call Your Legislator <[link removed]>

Thursday, May 14th starting at 7 a.m.
We know that jails, prisons, and ICE detention facilities are not safe even under normal circumstances – and these are not normal circumstances. Leaving people locked up in large numbers inside cages is the equivalent of a death sentence. We know from first-hand testimony from people inside that there is no space for social distancing, hygiene supplies are scarce, medical care is woefully inadequate, and people’s immune systems are already compromised due to ongoing lack of clean water, fresh food, contact with loved ones, and time outside.

Join ReleaseMN8 and several other organizations for a day of action targeting legislators. Click the link above for details.

Wild Foods and Early Gardens Online Workshop via Zoom Conference <[link removed]>

Saturday, May 16th at 10 a.m.
Dream of Wild Health is excited to share teachings from Community Outreach and Culture Teacher, Hope Flanagan, Seed keeper and Farm Manager, Jessika Greendeer, and Distributions and Operations Supervisor, Ashley Monk.
Topics include: wild foods and spring ephemerals that are currently available, potting and vertical gardening techniques, and soil health.
10am: Welcome & Wild Foods presentation by Hope Flanagan
11am: Early Gardens presentation by Jessika Greendeer and Ashley Monk
To register for the event, please email your name to [email protected], and we will send you a Zoom link with info on how to sign into the meeting.
This workshop will be recorded and shared with the community.

Stop the Spread at Lino Lakes! COVID-19 Release Honk-In <[link removed]>

Saturday, May 16th starting at 1 p.m.
There are now nine confirmed COVID-19 cases at Lino Lakes - seven prisoners and two staff - yet no significant release of prisoners, be they on technical violations, near the end of their sentence, nor medical release.
Lino Lakes is a medium- and minimum-security prison, with many prisoners near the end of their sentences. More than 100 inmates are there on technical violations, non-criminal petty violations of parole. Wisconsin has released 1,600 such prisoners. Minnesota has released a negligible amount.

To get involved message us at facebook.com/tciwoc <[link removed]>. To help contact the Governor: [link removed] <[link removed]>

Sisterhood At Home: Ramadan Edition! <[link removed]>

Tuesday, May 19th starting at 6 p.m.
Join Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment for "Sisterhood at Home: Ramadan Edition" with Ustadha Amal Abdifatah on Tuesday 5/19 at 6pm! Born in Virginia, raised in Minnesota, Ustadha Amal Abdifatah has her bachelors in Religious Studies with a concentration on Islam from the University of Minnesota. She is a current senior student of knowledge at Qalam institute’s five-year Alimiyah program in Dallas, Texas studying various Islamic sciences with a passion for Hadith. This session will focus on spiritual self-care and reconnecting with our Creator during the month of Ramadan.

Register <[link removed]> for the Zoom link.




















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