Explore local organizations focused on building more connected communities, addressing housing inequalities, or creating opportunities for marginalized communities.
Through initiatives like the North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship and the Black Community Trust Fund, Nexus seeks to build a stronger foundation for financial prosperity, land cooperatives, and resources for communities of color.
The Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing strives to support and advocate for affordable housing through rehabilitating and building housing developments and units, connecting with community leaders, and serving as a resource on equitable housing and preventing homelessness.
Community members can participate in decision making, discussions, and goal setting for the community by connecting with the Mac-Groveland Community Council.
The Alliance is a coalition of Twin Cities organizations and advocacy groups working to ensure that resource allocation and public policy decisions are benefitting every part of the community through regional equity. Their definition of regional equity is "the complex interplay of racial justice, environmental justice, economic justice, and health equity."
Minnesota Council of Churches' Respectful Conversations are structured, facilitated conversations designed to encourage sharing of different perspectives on social, political, and local topics in a safe, respectful space. Congregations, educational institutions and community groups throughout Minnesota facilitate and participate in these conversations and all are welcome to join.
Just Deed is an organization whose mission is to bring knowledge and addresses systemic racism housing in MN. Community members can get involved by attending events, educating themselves on the topic and by volunteering.
The Mapping Prejudice can teach community members about racial covenants, view a map and data on it. Community members can also learn about how to directly volunteer with this project, learn about how to get rid of covenant deeds, donate or attend events.
St. Catherine University collaborates with Mapping Prejudice to bring community members student and staff/faculty research project information on racial covenants. The community has opportunities to sign up and get involved with this project.