Sunday's Minneapolis Star Tribune featured the following front page article: Few Get A Path Out of Trouble. The article highlights the very different outcomes for two teens, one whose case goes through the traditional court system, and the other who goes through a restorative justice program. The article helps illustrate the difference restorative justice and related diversion programs can make in

Neighborhood organizations can play an important role in communication during crises. The Minneapolis City Council recently accepted the Hillard Heintze After-Incident report, an analysis of "City departments’ and assisting agencies’ responses to events occurring within the city directly following George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020 and through June 3, 2020" (page 5). The report found, among

"“Good morning, I am your new Chief Surgeon. No I am not a doctor, but I did run a successful tech company for 32 years.” The Nonprofit AF blog has a great post on an ongoing headache for those of us who have lived in the nonprofit world: https://nonprofitaf.com/2019/01/imagine-if-we-talked-to-other-professionals-the-way-people-talk-to-nonprofit-folks/#disqus_thread

Nonprofit Quarterly shared this amusing video by New York's Human Services Council, "Everyone Deserves a Fair Slice." Is this the future of funding for neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis?

Many of us who worked as community organizers during the days of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) were well versed in the concept of Asset Based Community Development, or ABCD. Asset Based Community Development is based on the simple idea that local assets are the basic building blocks of a sustainable community. This includes residents with skills, interest and local knowledge