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What's New this Month?
That's a wrap for the Giving Project!
Meet March's Featured Artist, Whitney!
All of the “little things” happening at Headwaters
March community events
Job opportunities from the Headwaters community
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That's a wrap for the Giving Project!
A few weeks ago, our cohort of 20 fiercely dedicated Giving Project cohort members wrapped up their SIX-MONTH program! A major shoutout to this cohort, who collectively fundraised beyond their initial goal and ultimately moved $500,000 to gender justice organizing across Minnesota. If you know anyone who was in the cohort, please join us in congratulating them and our amazing Giving Project team (Sierra, Chris, and Angela!) for pulling off a huge accomplishment. Stay tuned next month for our official announcement and celebration of the selected grantee organizations.
🔗 The 2024-25 Giving Project Cohort<[link removed]>
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Meet March's Featured Artist, Whitney!
March's featured artist is Whitney Terrill (she/her), a Minnesota multimedia artist working primarily in printmaking, photography, and painting. She also maintains a public art practice which includes mural painting, banners, and protest art. Whitney has created multiple murals to raise social and environmental justice awareness in North and South Minneapolis. Learn more
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Curated by
Sati Varghese Mac<[link removed]>, our 2025 artist calendar features 12 visionary and revolutionary BIPOC artists from Minnesota. Each artist connects their works to the fight for collective liberation, responding to the prompt, "What is your vision for your community in the next 40 years?"
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All of the “little things” happening at Headwaters
In case you missed it, Bilal recently shared an update on what's been going on at Headwaters. As we lean into change and prepare for the addition of a Co-Executive Director, we're feeling grounded in all the work we've done to prepare for this! From strengthening community-led giving through our Giving Project to building community-powered networks with our Black Radiance Network to building our community of support's own learning, Headwaters is working to embrace change as a constant.
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Community Events
🦋 Political Pedagogy<[link removed]>
Wednesday, March 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Join Healthcare Reparations Cooperative for March's "Positional Healing: Exploring Positionality and Accountability" Political Pedagogy. This is a facilitated time to hold the truth – that another world is possible. These two-hour hybrid sessions use joyful arts-based activities to tackle complex visioning in playful ways. Contrasting a classroom, sessions are curated as a collaborative workshop in the practice of a pedagogy that values the method of collective wisdom and processed learning. Each session asks participants to cultivate an action to bring back to their community as a method of dissemination and power building.
💬 Families Talk: Sexual Health<[link removed]>
Saturday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Join Health Mentors Chander & Kurt at Family Tree Clinic for an engaging day focused on families talking about sexuality openly and honestly. Linking Families and Teens (LiFT) is a family connection program for youth ages 13-19 and their supportive adult(s).
This program is designed to improve sexual health outcomes for teens by enhancing key protective factors. We will be centering the experiences of gender expansive and LGBTQIA teens, but LiFT is open to all teens and families.
🏠 African Career Education & Resource, inc Open House<[link removed]>
Thursday, April 10 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Save the date! African Career Education & Resource, inc (ACER) is hosting an open house for their new location at 6096 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN. ACER is a leading issues-based community organization working to uplift and amplify the African Diaspora to build power for systemic change that advances racial, health, and economic equity. We hope to see you there!
💃 QUEERSPACE 4th Annual Birthday Bash<[link removed]>
Friday, April 25 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
QUEERSPACE is celebrating four years of supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in Minnesota! Join us for our 4th annual Birthday Bash to celebrate our collective accomplishments this past year, including the opening of our 2SLGBTQIA+ youth center in Minneapolis. This event is our version of a gala and our biggest fundraiser of the year, providing vital funding for us to continue our mission and grow our impact to serve even more 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and families across the Midwest.
Job Opportunities from the Headwaters Community
Greater Minnesota Worker Center
🔸 Bilingual English/Spanish Organizing Director<[link removed]>
Salary: Based on Experience
The Greater Minnesota Worker Center (GMWC) is a community-based organization dedicated to empowering low-wage workers in the Greater St. Cloud area in Central Minnesota through organizing, education, advocacy, and leadership development. We work to unite workers across ethnic and cultural backgrounds to advocate for systemic changes that improve workplace conditions and strengthen communities.
QUEERSPACE collective
🔸 Development and Communications Director<[link removed]>
Salary: $85,000 - $95,000
🔸 Youth Development & Outreach Specialist<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $24/hour
QUEERSPACE collective works with LGBTQ+ youth, the broader LGBTQIA+ community and local organizations to create a strengthened support network and safer spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth. QUEERSPACE collective activities include: 1) supporting LGBTQIA+ youth through an intergenerational mentorship program focused on building healthy relationships, education and career pathing, increasing self-esteem and mental health 2) providing community events, resources, mentorship and support at a new LGBTQ+ youth center and other locations throughout MN, to increase a sense of belonging, cultural identity and pride and 3) providing LGBTQ+ inclusivity training and consulting to youth serving organizations to create space for LGBTQ+ to feel safe and empowered to be their true selves.
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL)
🔸 Construction Lead Organizer<[link removed]>
Salary: $67,980
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL) is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate, and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities. We partner with other organizations and leaders to build a movement to win racial, gender, and economic justice. We identify the root causes of injustice and work to shift the balance of power between those who have it and those who don’t to improve the lives of our communities for present and future generations.
Dream of Wild Health
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Salary Range: $65,000 - $70,000
🔸 Community Engagement Coordinator<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $47,000 - $52,000
🔸 Farm Distributions Lead (Seasonal)<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $22/hour
🔸 Farm Distributions Assistant (Seasonal)<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $20/hour
🔸 Seasonal Farmer<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $20/hour
🔸 Seed Farmer (Seasonal)<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $20/hour
Dream of Wild Health (DWH) is celebrating 26 years of working within the Twin Cities Native American community and has recently grown to a 30-acre farm in Hugo with an office in Minneapolis. DWH is a Native-led organization committed to promoting the health and well-being of Native American communities through traditional and sustainable agriculture, cultural recovery, and youth development.
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