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Ensuring Women Survive and Thrive
The WCA Foundation awarded grants to 18 organizations focused on meeting the fundamental needs of women through economic stability, education, shelter, safety, and health programs and initiatives.
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We wanted to be closer to community, we wanted to get more money out, and we wanted to deepen our relationships with nonprofit organizations so we could better support their work.- Erin Elliott
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An Investment in Healing and Self-Care for Local Educators
See how the Phillips Foundation worked with a Northside Black-owned wellness company called Zen Bin to offer restorative yoga, massages, and healing touch therapy to educators and school staff.
Explore our resources to better understand the importance of self-care, trauma healing, and wellness.
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Sowing Seeds of Healing
The Catalyst Initiative creates sustainable systems change by giving communities what they say they need. Catalyst focuses on building resilience, healing trauma, and contributing to positive health outcomes at the individual, organizational, and community levels. Learn more about this innovative work in this article from the Bush Foundation.
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Educational Transformation and Collective Healing
The Catalyst Initiative is connected to a UNESCO effort to build collective healing that addresses the legacy of the international slave trade. Watch UNESCO’s video to learn more about their process and goals.
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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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Stewarding Resources to Advance Healing
This report digs into work being done in Minnesota to study non-narcotic, integrative healing therapies as an opioid preventative strategy.
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Micro Grants during Chauvin Trial
$111,000 in micro grants will be given to 25 local organizations that are working to address community trauma and promote wellness in a season that marks the anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
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Waging Peace
To be effective warriors for peace, we must intentionally nurture our bodies, minds, and spirits. Being grounded in radical self-care is required if we are to move beyond simply surviving and step fully into thriving.
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Jim Bear Jacobs
The Director of Community Engagement and Racial Justice for the Minnesota Council of Churches discusses how storytelling can spark consciousness and how trauma can resurface in unexpected ways.
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Partner Spotlight
During the pandemic, our community partner Rebeka Ndosi pivoted her healing work to a virtual setting while expanding our community’s network of BIPOC healers.
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What is the Catalyst Initiative?
Check out this infographic to learn more about how the Catalyst Initiative supports community-based, culturally grounded integrative health and healing practices.
VisitFund for Safe Communities
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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