| From | Headwaters Foundation for Justice <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Black Radiance, new staff, radical acts, and more! |
| Date | July 16, 2025 2:00 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?
Be a part of the Black Radiance Network
Welcome, Migdalia!
Meet Maiya, July's Featured Artist
A Sweet Little Reunion
Upcoming community events
Job opportunities from the Headwaters community
<[link removed]>
Be a part of the Black Radiance Network
The Black Radiance Network BBQ was full of vibrant community connection. Minnesota's Black-led organizing continues to thrive and grow and we're grateful to be a part of sustaining this ecosystem. Ready to keep the energy going? The Black Radiance Network will be launching a quarterly newsletter starting in September. This newsletter is specifically for organizations and individuals that are engaged in work to strengthen the Black movement ecosystem here in Minnesota.
Sign up here<[link removed]> to join!
🔗 Black Radiance Network Newsletter<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Welcome, Migdalia!
We recently welcomed Migdalia Loyola Meléndez to our Co-Executive team. As Co-Executive Director, Migdalia joins Bilal to co-lead the work of Headwaters. Together, they will continue to build out our shared leadership model in partnership with our staff, board, grantee partners, and the broader community. We are excited to welcome the vision, experience, and energy Migdalia brings. If you haven't gotten the chance yet, check out our introduction to Migdalia.
🔗 Announcing Migdalia<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Meet Maiya, July's Featured Artist
Maiya Lea Hartman is a Queer self-taught artist born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. Hartman’s interdisciplinary practice employs methods of drawing, painting, sculpture and movement as interwoven modalities for understanding, discovering, and uncovering memories and the way that we experience them. In addition to their studio practice, Maiya is the Director of Artist Development for Public Functionary’s emerging artist program, PF Studios.
🔗 Learn more about Maiya<[link removed]>
A group photo of Giving Project cohort 9, with people cheesing, making funny faces, and some bunny ears.<[link removed]>
A Sweet Little Reunion
We recently hosted a Giving Project Reunion, inviting people from all nine of our past cohorts to come together. Pictured above is our most recent group, cohort 9! We're so proud of how these multiracial, cross-class cohorts embody collective liberation. Our Giving Projects run every other year, with the next one scheduled for 2026. Want to be the first to know about our next Giving Project? Sign up here at our interest form!
🔗 I'm interested in a future Giving Project<[link removed]>
Community Events
🌱 From Public Health to Public Healing: Justice and Disability Futurity<[link removed]>Wednesday, July 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Join Healthcare Reparations Cooperative for July's 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.
🎨 Community Painting Day<[link removed]>Saturday, July 26-28 from 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Calling all young artists and community champions! Join Native Youth Arts Collective for an incredible painting event. We are looking for passionate participants to help beautify 18th Ave S with street art and assist with crosswalk traffic monitoring. This is a fantastic opportunity for our youth to make a positive impact in our community, gain artistic experience, and have fun while giving back. Let's come together to craft vibrant street art that tells our collective story.
❤️‍🔥 MIRAC Immigration Rapid Response Training<[link removed]>Saturday, August 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Join Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee’s training for bystanders to ICE activity. The goal of this training is to provide accurate information on what immigration enforcement looks like, and what are the best practices for responding in an organized, effective way, based on experience.
🤗 Oped Workshop and Foster Get Together<[link removed]>Friday, August 8 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Save the Date (hybrid, 16+): Foster Advocates is excited to partner with
Youth Voices Rising<[link removed]> at the
Imprint<[link removed]> again for a paid oped workshop, followed by a Foster Get Together at our office at Equaspace including dinner and the launch of our clothing closet! Open for any MN Foster (anyone who experienced out of home care regardless of how they exited foster care). There will be transportation support provided for those in the Twin Cities, and virtual options for those in Greater MN. Dinner provided for all.
🔟 Credit to Our Community<[link removed]>Thursday, August 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Come celebrate a decade of making a difference with Exodus Lending at our in-person fundraiser! Join us at The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge for a night of celebration, community, and envisioning the next 10 years together. Your support over the years has helped countless individuals break free from the cycle of payday loan debt. Let's come together to continue this important work and celebrate our achievements.
📚 Foster Advocates Peer Learning<[link removed]>Wednesday, August 27 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Join Foster Advocates for Peer Learning (virtual, 14+). We'll have discussions to prep for college scheduling and time management for the fall! Sign up details released in July.
Job Opportunities from the Headwaters Community
Urban Farm and Garden Alliance (UFGA)
🔸 Administrative Assistant (Part Time)<[link removed]>Hourly Pay: $20/hour for 15-20 hours a week
The Urban Farm and Garden Alliance (UFGA) is a grassroots coalition of community gardens and backyard gardeners in the Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods of St. Paul. Our journey began in 2014 with a vision to cultivate food, hope, justice, and unity in the heart of our city. Over a decade later, our alliance continues to share resources, knowledge, co-host educational events, and leverage funding opportunities while promoting reconciliation and community healing.
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
🔸 Administrative Specialist<[link removed]>Salary: Unlisted
🔸 Interpretive Programs Manager<[link removed]>Salary: $60,000 - $80,000
Formerly known as Lower Phalen Creek Project, Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi is a Native-Led, East Side environmental stewardship nonprofit centered in Dakota values. Our name means “those who take care of Wakan Tipi”. Founded in 1997 by community activists, our project area stretches from Lake Phalen to the Mississippi River and throughout the East Side River District. Our work is powered by a dedicated board, staff, and community of volunteers.
QUEERSPACE Collective
🔸 Youth Development Specialist (Full Time)<[link removed]>Salary: $50,000
<[link removed]>
🔸 Youth Development Specialist (Part Time)<[link removed]>Hourly Pay: $24/hour for 20 hours a week
QUEERSPACE collective works with 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, the broader 2SLGBTQIA+ community and local organizations to create a strengthened support network and safer spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
MIGIZI Communications
🔸 Part Time Youth Worker<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $19/hour for 20 hours a week
MIGIZI provides a strong circle of support that nurtures the educational, social, economic and cultural development of American Indian youth. MIGIZI was founded in 1977 as Migizi Communications, Inc. with a goal of countering the misrepresentations and inaccuracies about Native people in the media.
Niibi Center
🔸 Co-Executive Director, Operations and Development<[link removed]>
Salary: $70,000
The Niibi Center is a repository of Anishinaabe culture and knowledge to protect and advance our prophecy, sovereignty, and cultural survival. The Niibi Center is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization, based at the White Earth Reservation and serving all Anishinaabe people.
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?
Be a part of the Black Radiance Network
Welcome, Migdalia!
Meet Maiya, July's Featured Artist
A Sweet Little Reunion
Upcoming community events
Job opportunities from the Headwaters community
<[link removed]>
Be a part of the Black Radiance Network
The Black Radiance Network BBQ was full of vibrant community connection. Minnesota's Black-led organizing continues to thrive and grow and we're grateful to be a part of sustaining this ecosystem. Ready to keep the energy going? The Black Radiance Network will be launching a quarterly newsletter starting in September. This newsletter is specifically for organizations and individuals that are engaged in work to strengthen the Black movement ecosystem here in Minnesota.
Sign up here<[link removed]> to join!
🔗 Black Radiance Network Newsletter<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Welcome, Migdalia!
We recently welcomed Migdalia Loyola Meléndez to our Co-Executive team. As Co-Executive Director, Migdalia joins Bilal to co-lead the work of Headwaters. Together, they will continue to build out our shared leadership model in partnership with our staff, board, grantee partners, and the broader community. We are excited to welcome the vision, experience, and energy Migdalia brings. If you haven't gotten the chance yet, check out our introduction to Migdalia.
🔗 Announcing Migdalia<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
Meet Maiya, July's Featured Artist
Maiya Lea Hartman is a Queer self-taught artist born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. Hartman’s interdisciplinary practice employs methods of drawing, painting, sculpture and movement as interwoven modalities for understanding, discovering, and uncovering memories and the way that we experience them. In addition to their studio practice, Maiya is the Director of Artist Development for Public Functionary’s emerging artist program, PF Studios.
🔗 Learn more about Maiya<[link removed]>
A group photo of Giving Project cohort 9, with people cheesing, making funny faces, and some bunny ears.<[link removed]>
A Sweet Little Reunion
We recently hosted a Giving Project Reunion, inviting people from all nine of our past cohorts to come together. Pictured above is our most recent group, cohort 9! We're so proud of how these multiracial, cross-class cohorts embody collective liberation. Our Giving Projects run every other year, with the next one scheduled for 2026. Want to be the first to know about our next Giving Project? Sign up here at our interest form!
🔗 I'm interested in a future Giving Project<[link removed]>
Community Events
🌱 From Public Health to Public Healing: Justice and Disability Futurity<[link removed]>Wednesday, July 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Join Healthcare Reparations Cooperative for July's 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.
🎨 Community Painting Day<[link removed]>Saturday, July 26-28 from 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Calling all young artists and community champions! Join Native Youth Arts Collective for an incredible painting event. We are looking for passionate participants to help beautify 18th Ave S with street art and assist with crosswalk traffic monitoring. This is a fantastic opportunity for our youth to make a positive impact in our community, gain artistic experience, and have fun while giving back. Let's come together to craft vibrant street art that tells our collective story.
❤️‍🔥 MIRAC Immigration Rapid Response Training<[link removed]>Saturday, August 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Join Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee’s training for bystanders to ICE activity. The goal of this training is to provide accurate information on what immigration enforcement looks like, and what are the best practices for responding in an organized, effective way, based on experience.
🤗 Oped Workshop and Foster Get Together<[link removed]>Friday, August 8 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Save the Date (hybrid, 16+): Foster Advocates is excited to partner with
Youth Voices Rising<[link removed]> at the
Imprint<[link removed]> again for a paid oped workshop, followed by a Foster Get Together at our office at Equaspace including dinner and the launch of our clothing closet! Open for any MN Foster (anyone who experienced out of home care regardless of how they exited foster care). There will be transportation support provided for those in the Twin Cities, and virtual options for those in Greater MN. Dinner provided for all.
🔟 Credit to Our Community<[link removed]>Thursday, August 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Come celebrate a decade of making a difference with Exodus Lending at our in-person fundraiser! Join us at The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge for a night of celebration, community, and envisioning the next 10 years together. Your support over the years has helped countless individuals break free from the cycle of payday loan debt. Let's come together to continue this important work and celebrate our achievements.
📚 Foster Advocates Peer Learning<[link removed]>Wednesday, August 27 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Join Foster Advocates for Peer Learning (virtual, 14+). We'll have discussions to prep for college scheduling and time management for the fall! Sign up details released in July.
Job Opportunities from the Headwaters Community
Urban Farm and Garden Alliance (UFGA)
🔸 Administrative Assistant (Part Time)<[link removed]>Hourly Pay: $20/hour for 15-20 hours a week
The Urban Farm and Garden Alliance (UFGA) is a grassroots coalition of community gardens and backyard gardeners in the Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods of St. Paul. Our journey began in 2014 with a vision to cultivate food, hope, justice, and unity in the heart of our city. Over a decade later, our alliance continues to share resources, knowledge, co-host educational events, and leverage funding opportunities while promoting reconciliation and community healing.
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
🔸 Administrative Specialist<[link removed]>Salary: Unlisted
🔸 Interpretive Programs Manager<[link removed]>Salary: $60,000 - $80,000
Formerly known as Lower Phalen Creek Project, Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi is a Native-Led, East Side environmental stewardship nonprofit centered in Dakota values. Our name means “those who take care of Wakan Tipi”. Founded in 1997 by community activists, our project area stretches from Lake Phalen to the Mississippi River and throughout the East Side River District. Our work is powered by a dedicated board, staff, and community of volunteers.
QUEERSPACE Collective
🔸 Youth Development Specialist (Full Time)<[link removed]>Salary: $50,000
<[link removed]>
🔸 Youth Development Specialist (Part Time)<[link removed]>Hourly Pay: $24/hour for 20 hours a week
QUEERSPACE collective works with 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, the broader 2SLGBTQIA+ community and local organizations to create a strengthened support network and safer spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
MIGIZI Communications
🔸 Part Time Youth Worker<[link removed]>
Hourly Pay: $19/hour for 20 hours a week
MIGIZI provides a strong circle of support that nurtures the educational, social, economic and cultural development of American Indian youth. MIGIZI was founded in 1977 as Migizi Communications, Inc. with a goal of countering the misrepresentations and inaccuracies about Native people in the media.
Niibi Center
🔸 Co-Executive Director, Operations and Development<[link removed]>
Salary: $70,000
The Niibi Center is a repository of Anishinaabe culture and knowledge to protect and advance our prophecy, sovereignty, and cultural survival. The Niibi Center is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization, based at the White Earth Reservation and serving all Anishinaabe people.
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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