| From | Headwaters Foundation for Justice <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Shared Leadership in the Fight for Justice & Liberation |
| Date | February 12, 2025 3:01 PM |
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A slightly blurred collage of community photos. A march with yellow signs, two people hugging, a meeting, and a person talking on a megaphone are visible. There is a transparent blue overlay and a semi-transparent lighter blue box with the words "Headwaters Foundation for Justice e-newsletter" in black.<[link removed]>
What's New this Month?
One day left to apply for the Justice & Liberation Fund
Meet February's Featured Artist, Ashley!
Join our Shared Leadership Team
ICYMI: Our 2024 Annual Report
February community events
Job opportunities from the Headwaters community
<[link removed]>
One day left to apply for the Justice & Liberation Fund
Applications for the first round of the Justice & Liberation Fund close tomorrow for Black-led groups working on the frontlines of justice. Completed applications are due by 5 p.m. CT on February 13th, 2025. Organizations selected for the Justice & Liberation Fund grant will receive unrestricted, general operating grants of $50,000 paid out over two years, $25,000 per year. Get your applications in today!
🔗 About the Justice & Liberation Fund<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Meet February's Featured Artist, Ashley!
Our February featured artist is
Ashley Koudou<[link removed]>, an Ivorian-American digital illustrator based in Northeast Minneapolis. Ashely's work merges traditional craftsmanship with contemporary concepts through her exploration of West African design. Her artwork delves into the nuances of culture and identity, reflecting the diverse perspectives of her life as a Black woman. She is also the founder of Mango Day, a hybrid design agency and retail space focused on branding for small businesses, nonprofits, and artist initiatives, primarily serving communities of color.
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?"
🔗 About the 2025 Headwaters Artist Calendar<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Join our Shared Leadership Team
Headwaters is accepting applications for a second Co-Executive Director to join Bilal Alkatout! We are looking for a leader who shares our passion for supporting grassroots organizing, demanding inclusion, and transforming power. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about this opportunity, please visit our website for details on the role and how to apply. To be considered in our first round of screening, interested candidates should apply by February 28, 2025 at 5 p.m.
🔗 Learn more<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
ICYMI: Our 2024 Annual Report
In case you missed it, here's our 2024 Annual Report! In our 40th year, Headwaters distributed a historic $4 million in community grantmaking. Milestones like this were not achieved overnight; they are the result of decades of intentional relationship-building and trust in the leadership of frontline community organizers and movement builders. We invite you to explore the 2024 Annual Report and celebrate the work we’ve accomplished together this year!
🔗 Check it out<[link removed]>
Community Events
🕊️ Palestine Night<[link removed]>
Friday, February 14 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Join Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for a fundraising event at Coffman Great Hall. All proceeds will be donated to the families in Gaza! A night filled with social hour, silent auctions, phenomenal guest speakers, wonderful food, and of course amazing entertainment by Palestinian artists.
❄️ Snow Snake Making Workshop<[link removed]>
Friday, February 14 through Sunday, February 16
Join Manidoo Ogitigaan for our 4th annual Snow Snake making workshop. Learn about the different kinds of Snowsnakes, and make your own at the Railriver Folk School in Bemidji. Send them a message on Facebook if you're interested so they can get an idea of how many are interested! Miigwech.
💡 Strategy Hours with The Healthcare Reparations Cooperative<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 20 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Meets first and third Thursday of the month.
The Healthcare Reparations Cooperative is opening a series of virtual strategy hours for members, non-members, and partner organizations to have a working space together to share updates and help us understand our roles in this moment. We work to actualize the values of abolition within the context of healthcare, meaningfully redistribute resources to mitigate the present harmful healthcare landscape, and offer community-driven and collectively owned health scholarship as a means to challenge the status quo of research.
❤️‍🩹 Healing Streets Grief Circle for Ramsey County<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Meets every other Thursday.
Join Standard Edition Women for an evening of support and healing. This in-person event will be held at 732 Holly Ave, St. Paul MN. We will provide childcare, snacks and participants can enter into a raffle for a 42 inch television. Come together with others who are experiencing grief and loss in a safe and welcoming space. Share your story, listen to others, and find comfort in community.
🍲 Community Dinner- Ending Slavery in MN<[link removed]>
Saturday, February 22nd from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Did you know that slavery is legal in MN right now? Join Love First Community Engagement for a free dinner, screening, and discussion about ending slavery in Minnesota. All are welcome.
🌿 Heal the Healers Convening<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 27 through Saturday, March 1
Hosted by the ROOT project at Nexus Community Partners, this pivotal, three-day event will be a transformative sanctuary of rest, reflection, and rejuvenation amidst workshops on holistic care and professional growth. As an act of revolution and movement building, attendees will immerse themselves in sessions advocating the necessity of self-care, from meditation techniques to stress management. Experts will share insights on how creating portals of rest and nourishing rest practices prevents burnout, fosters resilience, and nurtures mental health.
Job Opportunities from the Headwaters Community
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
🔸 Development Manager<[link removed]>
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.
Exodus Lending
🔸 Development Director<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $65,343 - $87,124
Exodus Lending is a nonprofit founded in 2014 that works with financially excluded Minnesotans to advance economic justice through consumer lending, community organizing, and advocacy. We envision a financial system where everyone - particularly those who’ve been historically and systemically excluded - can access, protect, and build wealth.
Healthcare Reparations Cooperative
🔸 Resource Redistribution Steward<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000
🔸 Reparations Project - Director of Operations<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000
The Healthcare Reparations Cooperative is a strategic system change organization whose work is to dismantle dominant narratives and oppressive structures related to the medical industrial complex while expanding the possibilities for what health, healing, medicine, and public health can be.
HOME Line
🔸 RFP: Seeking Host Sites for 2025-26 AmeriCorps VISTA Tenant Organizer Cohort<[link removed]>
HOME Line, in partnership with AmeriCorps, seeks proposals from organizations interested in hosting a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA Tenant Organizer during the fall 2025-26 program year.
Share your events and jobs in our newsletter
Submitting your event or job posting is easy! Use the link below to fill out our 60-second form. Our newsletters go out on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This link (
bit.ly/HFJnews<[link removed]>) will be active for all future newsletters - so keep it handy!
🔗 Submission Form<[link removed]>
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Donate<[link removed]>
Unsubscribe<[link removed]>
Headwaters Foundation for Justice<[link removed]>
2801 21st Ave S, Ste 132B | Minneapolis, MN 55407
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What's New this Month?
One day left to apply for the Justice & Liberation Fund
Meet February's Featured Artist, Ashley!
Join our Shared Leadership Team
ICYMI: Our 2024 Annual Report
February community events
Job opportunities from the Headwaters community
<[link removed]>
One day left to apply for the Justice & Liberation Fund
Applications for the first round of the Justice & Liberation Fund close tomorrow for Black-led groups working on the frontlines of justice. Completed applications are due by 5 p.m. CT on February 13th, 2025. Organizations selected for the Justice & Liberation Fund grant will receive unrestricted, general operating grants of $50,000 paid out over two years, $25,000 per year. Get your applications in today!
🔗 About the Justice & Liberation Fund<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Meet February's Featured Artist, Ashley!
Our February featured artist is
Ashley Koudou<[link removed]>, an Ivorian-American digital illustrator based in Northeast Minneapolis. Ashely's work merges traditional craftsmanship with contemporary concepts through her exploration of West African design. Her artwork delves into the nuances of culture and identity, reflecting the diverse perspectives of her life as a Black woman. She is also the founder of Mango Day, a hybrid design agency and retail space focused on branding for small businesses, nonprofits, and artist initiatives, primarily serving communities of color.
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?"
🔗 About the 2025 Headwaters Artist Calendar<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Join our Shared Leadership Team
Headwaters is accepting applications for a second Co-Executive Director to join Bilal Alkatout! We are looking for a leader who shares our passion for supporting grassroots organizing, demanding inclusion, and transforming power. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about this opportunity, please visit our website for details on the role and how to apply. To be considered in our first round of screening, interested candidates should apply by February 28, 2025 at 5 p.m.
🔗 Learn more<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
ICYMI: Our 2024 Annual Report
In case you missed it, here's our 2024 Annual Report! In our 40th year, Headwaters distributed a historic $4 million in community grantmaking. Milestones like this were not achieved overnight; they are the result of decades of intentional relationship-building and trust in the leadership of frontline community organizers and movement builders. We invite you to explore the 2024 Annual Report and celebrate the work we’ve accomplished together this year!
🔗 Check it out<[link removed]>
Community Events
🕊️ Palestine Night<[link removed]>
Friday, February 14 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Join Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for a fundraising event at Coffman Great Hall. All proceeds will be donated to the families in Gaza! A night filled with social hour, silent auctions, phenomenal guest speakers, wonderful food, and of course amazing entertainment by Palestinian artists.
❄️ Snow Snake Making Workshop<[link removed]>
Friday, February 14 through Sunday, February 16
Join Manidoo Ogitigaan for our 4th annual Snow Snake making workshop. Learn about the different kinds of Snowsnakes, and make your own at the Railriver Folk School in Bemidji. Send them a message on Facebook if you're interested so they can get an idea of how many are interested! Miigwech.
💡 Strategy Hours with The Healthcare Reparations Cooperative<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 20 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Meets first and third Thursday of the month.
The Healthcare Reparations Cooperative is opening a series of virtual strategy hours for members, non-members, and partner organizations to have a working space together to share updates and help us understand our roles in this moment. We work to actualize the values of abolition within the context of healthcare, meaningfully redistribute resources to mitigate the present harmful healthcare landscape, and offer community-driven and collectively owned health scholarship as a means to challenge the status quo of research.
❤️‍🩹 Healing Streets Grief Circle for Ramsey County<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Meets every other Thursday.
Join Standard Edition Women for an evening of support and healing. This in-person event will be held at 732 Holly Ave, St. Paul MN. We will provide childcare, snacks and participants can enter into a raffle for a 42 inch television. Come together with others who are experiencing grief and loss in a safe and welcoming space. Share your story, listen to others, and find comfort in community.
🍲 Community Dinner- Ending Slavery in MN<[link removed]>
Saturday, February 22nd from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Did you know that slavery is legal in MN right now? Join Love First Community Engagement for a free dinner, screening, and discussion about ending slavery in Minnesota. All are welcome.
🌿 Heal the Healers Convening<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 27 through Saturday, March 1
Hosted by the ROOT project at Nexus Community Partners, this pivotal, three-day event will be a transformative sanctuary of rest, reflection, and rejuvenation amidst workshops on holistic care and professional growth. As an act of revolution and movement building, attendees will immerse themselves in sessions advocating the necessity of self-care, from meditation techniques to stress management. Experts will share insights on how creating portals of rest and nourishing rest practices prevents burnout, fosters resilience, and nurtures mental health.
Job Opportunities from the Headwaters Community
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
🔸 Development Manager<[link removed]>
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.
Exodus Lending
🔸 Development Director<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $65,343 - $87,124
Exodus Lending is a nonprofit founded in 2014 that works with financially excluded Minnesotans to advance economic justice through consumer lending, community organizing, and advocacy. We envision a financial system where everyone - particularly those who’ve been historically and systemically excluded - can access, protect, and build wealth.
Healthcare Reparations Cooperative
🔸 Resource Redistribution Steward<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000
🔸 Reparations Project - Director of Operations<[link removed]>
Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000
The Healthcare Reparations Cooperative is a strategic system change organization whose work is to dismantle dominant narratives and oppressive structures related to the medical industrial complex while expanding the possibilities for what health, healing, medicine, and public health can be.
HOME Line
🔸 RFP: Seeking Host Sites for 2025-26 AmeriCorps VISTA Tenant Organizer Cohort<[link removed]>
HOME Line, in partnership with AmeriCorps, seeks proposals from organizations interested in hosting a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA Tenant Organizer during the fall 2025-26 program year.
Share your events and jobs in our newsletter
Submitting your event or job posting is easy! Use the link below to fill out our 60-second form. Our newsletters go out on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This link (
bit.ly/HFJnews<[link removed]>) will be active for all future newsletters - so keep it handy!
🔗 Submission Form<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Donate<[link removed]>
Unsubscribe<[link removed]>
Headwaters Foundation for Justice<[link removed]>
2801 21st Ave S, Ste 132B | Minneapolis, MN 55407
<[link removed]>
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