Healing from Trauma North

On March 5, 2015 community members from North Minneapolis enjoyed a very unique ISI. This free community event featured an abundant healing feast catered by Breaking Bread Restaurant, an open mic, in-depth conversations on healing from trauma, and community healing...

Seed Grantee Convening

On February 23, 2016, the Catalyst Initiative hosted its first convening of all seed grantees from 2015. This was a chance for our community partners to share lessons learned and begin to explore how their networks can be enhanced and communities of practice built....

You Should Meet: Marnita Schroedl

  Spend a few hours with Marnita Schroedl, and you’ll start thinking that if we could get five million people into her Minneapolis home, the state soon wouldn’t have a problem left to solve. Schroedl and her husband, Carl Goldstein, run an organization —...