July E-Newsletter

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Announcing the 2020 Giving Project Grant Recipients and Cohort Participants
* Here are the Summer 2020 HFJ Community Innovation Grant Recipients
* Events, Calls to Action, and Resources from our Grantee Community





We gave 14 Minnesota-based grassroots organizations Giving Project grants. A 19-member Giving Project Program volunteer cohort made the general operating investments possible.

The cohort started meeting at the Headwaters office starting in January 2020. Given concerns about the coronavirus, they moved to online meetings —a major program shift. They built the first-ever Giving Project virtual community at Headwaters, developing a shared understanding of race, class, and societal power through workshops and trainings. Participants then made a personally meaningful gift while they raised money from their friends and families. They used that money to support organizations committed to social change:

Asian American Organizing Project <[link removed]>

The Awood Center <[link removed]>

Black Visions Collective <[link removed]>

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha <[link removed]>

Dream of Wild Health <[link removed]>

Frogtown Neighborhood Association <[link removed]>

Hmong American Farmers Association <[link removed]>

InquilinXs UndiXs por Justicia <[link removed]>

Manidoo Ogitigaan <[link removed]>

ReleaseMN8 <[link removed]>

Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment <[link removed]>

The SEAD Project <[link removed]>

Voices for Racial Justice <[link removed]>

White Earth Land Recovery Project <[link removed]>

Grantee organizations are led by and serve Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color. Each one excels at bringing people together to build power; and working for justice and equity. They are on the front lines of making real, lasting change across Minnesota.

Participants of the 2020 Giving Project cohort are: Donte Curtis, Mia Divecha, Wayne Ducheneaux, Graham Earley, Joy Elizabeth, Alice Geglio, Jillian Gross Fortgang, Sarah Gruidl, Zach Johnson, Jouapag Lee, Maria Lee, Nimisha Nagalia, Kia Pankey, Tahnee Trenberth, David Wang, Kabao Xiong, Serena Xiong, Xia Xiong, and Maishia Yang.

We will share details about how people can apply for a spot in the 2021 Giving Project cohort <[link removed]> and how organizations can apply for a 2021 Giving Project grant <[link removed]> later this year. Please visit the program pages on our website for updates starting in late 2020 for both opportunities.





Here are the Summer 2020 HFJ Community Innovation Grantee Recipients

We recently awarded Community Innovation grants, totaling $ 303,500, to 21 organizations. An ongoing partnership with Saint Paul-based Bush Foundation made the grants possible.

African Career and Education Resource, Inc. <[link removed]>

Afro American Development Association <[link removed]>

Autism Society of Minnesota <[link removed]>

City of Lakes Community Land Trust <[link removed]>

Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc. <[link removed]>

Envision Community <[link removed]>

Frogtown Neighborhood Association <[link removed]>

Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia <[link removed]>

InquilinXs UndiXs por Justicia <[link removed]>

Manidoo Ogitigaan <[link removed]>

Midwest Mixed <[link removed]>

Minnesota Voice <[link removed]>

Native American Community Development Institute <[link removed]>

Native Governance Center <[link removed]>

Navigate MN <[link removed]>

Penumbra Theatre <[link removed]>

Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment <[link removed]>

Philando Castile Peace Garden <[link removed]>

Unite Cloud <[link removed]>

WaterLegacy <[link removed]>

West Side Community Organization <[link removed]>

We accept Community Innovation Grant applications online. Please visit the program page on our website <[link removed]> for updates about the next grant cycle, tentatively scheduled for early 2021.

Organizations that are interested in larger grants should apply for a Community Innovation Grant through our partners at the Bush Foundation <[link removed]>.






















Events, Calls to Action, and Resources from the HFJ Grantee Community

Apply to be a Poder Fellow <[link removed]>

Poder Fellows 2020 is an immersive paid fellowship for Latinx young adults who want to develop skills and experience to start or continue community organizing, build political power in the 2020 elections, and advance immigration, education, and environmental justice in Minnesota.

Poder Fellows gives you the support you need to become an organizer. Unidos MN is building a team of motivated, resilient, dedicated Latinx young adults to work on the 2020 general elections, build relationships, and win big policies in the 2021 Legislative session. No formal or prior experience in organizing is needed; bring your passion and they’ll provide the tools and support: relational organizing, run effective meetings, lead community-centered research, voter registration, and turnout, learn power mapping, gain experience in base-building and mobilization, and advance public policy through a race, class, gender & sexuality lens.

ReleaseMN8 Anti-Deportation Workshop <[link removed]>

Saturday, July 11th starting at 3 p.m.
Free and open to the public

Are you or your loved one facing possible detention or deportation due to a prior conviction? Back in 2016, we were too. Several of us came together because our husbands, brothers, sons, and uncles were facing deportation to Cambodia. We formed ReleaseMN8 to fight to bring them home.
After months of legal cases, organizing, and advocacy, three of our loved ones were released back to their families, while five of our dear brothers were deported. While we can’t guarantee success, we can help you learn some tools and strategies to fight your case.

Please join ReleaseMN8 and the Southeast Asian Anti-Deportation Strategy Team for a workshop on fighting back when at risk of deportation on Facebook Live.

Please register here:

tinyurl.com/RMN8Clinic <[link removed]>

Click here to join the live event: [link removed] <[link removed]>

Fund Our Communities—Not Cops <[link removed]>

Tuesday, July 14th starting at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, July 22nd starting at 10 a.m.

We need to protect and fund the things that really keep us safe - affordable housing, mental health services, youth programming and more. Minneapolis has to revise its budget due to COVID19 costs and needs to make cuts to the City's 2020 budget - we know a department that needs its budget slashed. Minneapolis must continue to fund the things that our communities need most!
Join Reclaim the Block and Black Visions Collective in demanding that City Council make cuts to MPD's budget in their 2020 Revised Budget Public Hearings.
The City Council will hold two meetings with public comment - Tuesday, July 14th at 6PM and Wednesday July 22nd at 10AM.
In the midst of a pandemic and an economic crisis, it’s more critical than ever to fully fund affordable housing, healthcare, real solutions to violence, and addiction services. As our communities are experiencing widespread housing and job insecurity, rising rates of domestic violence, and healthcare systems pushed to a breaking point, we can’t afford to keep pouring resources into an unaccountable police department.

This event will be updated with more information about how to attend the public meetings, talking points, and opportunities to submit comments.
Information about how to participate in virtual City Council meetings here: [link removed] <[link removed]>

Hennepin County District 1 Candidate Forum <[link removed]>

Tuesday, July 14th starting at 6:30 p.m.

Listen in and ask your candidates questions! Hosted by African Career, Education and Resource Inc.

Four Sisters Farmers Market 2020 Season <[link removed]>

Thursdays beginning July 16th

11 - 12 PM is for Elders, First Responders & Immunocompromised
12 - 3 PM is open for everyone

1414 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis

Four Sisters Farmers Market is an Indigenous-centered food market, focused on both Indigenous and hyper-local foods from Phillips and surrounding neighborhoods. The market is a program of the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI). Working with native-run farms and food producers, we will help develop a healthy, Indigenous food system that is accessible and welcoming to people in the American Indian Cultural Corridor.

**2020 Market Rules & Guidelines
-Stay home if you or someone in your home are sick
-Maintain six-foot distance from others
-No dogs
-Wear a facemask or covering
-Limit shoppers to one if possible
-No eating. Takeout is available from Pow Wow Grounds Coffee
-Don't touch and let vendors serve you
-Limit socializing
-Plan to use the restroom at home because our public restrooms are closed
-Shop efficiently and shop with a grocery list if you can




















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