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Youth-Led Solutions to Violence
Watch this video to learn more about the Fund for Safe Communities and the people working together to prevent violence in our community.
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FUND FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES AWARDS GRANTS TO FOSTER RESILIENCE
The Minneapolis Foundation today announced $526,543 in grants from the Fund for Safe Communities to 18 organizations that are doing innovative work to prevent violence and foster resilience in local communities.
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Fostering Resilience Grant Round
The Fund for Safe Communities is now accepting applications for grants that foster resilience. We will support programs and activities that offer prevention, intervention, restoration, and resilience-oriented services to people in Minneapolis, with a focus on youth and young adults.
We are committed to dismantling the pervasive racial inequities of our society’s criminal legal system. Explore the ways we are pursuing justice, equity, and healing.
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2022 Safe Communities Micro Grants
This funding opportunity is designed to support gatherings and activities to address community trauma and promote wellness among Minneapolis youth and adults.
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The Violence Project
Using data from the writers’ groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project charts new pathways to prevention and innovative ways to stop the social contagion of violence.
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Fund for Safe Communities
The Fund for Safe Communities was established in 2018 to support tangible, specific, and meaningful actions to address and prevent violence. Learn more about the fund, our recent micro grants, and our advisory committee.
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Racism and the Economy: Focus on Criminal Justice
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis hosted a virtual event focused on how racism in the criminal justice system impacts the economy. Our Chief Impact Officer, Chanda Smith Baker, was a moderator at the event.
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Giving Compass
In this article, Chanda Smith Baker talks about how Minneapolis became the epicenter of racial reckoning. She lists three core values that she believes we must all embrace in order to close the gaps that divide our communities.
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Remembering George Floyd
As our community marked the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder in May 2021, we partnered with Westminster Town Hall Forum on a special series of talks featuring nationally prominent voices in the pursuit of racial justice.
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A Day of Reflection and Mourning for George Floyd
Since May 25, 2020, it has been a long and often terrible year for Minneapolis. But no period of time has been longer than the 9 minutes and 29 seconds that George Floyd suffered as he was murdered.
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Micro Grants Support Community Gatherings, Healing Spaces
The final round of micro grants has been awarded to local groups that have been working to address community trauma and create healing spaces in the weeks leading up to the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.
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The Arc Toward Justice
Westminster Town Hall Forum presents a special series of talks by racial justice leaders, addressing social and systemic change in the year since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Established in 2018, the Fund for Safe Communities supports meaningful actions to address and prevent violence, promote healing, and address systemic inequities. This fund emphasizes the importance of work led by young people and is advised by emerging leaders who have been personally affected by gun violence.
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