Marnita's Table

IZI 101-105 Training
2017-06-08 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | MN
Have you always wanted to be trained in the model of Intentional Social Interaction (“IZI”)? Marnita’s Table is hosting IZI 101-105 Training on June 8th, 2017 from 10:00am-4:00pm. You will learn the five foundational roots and 20 touchpoints that make up IZI. In addition, you will have the skills to host your own IZI on the issue or topic you believe is most important to your community and access to exclusive Marnita’s Table tools. Lunch appropriate from vegan to carnivore will be served.
Location
Marnita’s Table
2136 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Pricing
Marnita’s Table believes in spreading IZI to the communities that need it the most. This is why we have created a sliding scale for our training cost. The value of an IZI 101-105 course is set at $1,500 however we have created scholarship options for individuals and organizations who have an annual income below 1 million dollars. We ask that those receiving a scholarship donate $30.00 to cover food and beverage. Those looking to receive a scholarship are required to send a paragraph to Lauren@marnitastable.org about how IZI 101-105 training will impact their work or personal lives.

Annual Earnings

IZI 101 Cost

0-100k
$50

100-250k
$150

250-500k
$250

500-750k
$500

750-1 million
$1,000

1 million & above and those selling IZI
$1,500

Please send an RSVP via email to Lauren@marnitastable.org or call us at 612.928.7744
About Marnita’s Table
Marnita’s Table is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, in the past eleven years we’ve welcomed over 30,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, please visit our website at marnitastable.org.

Tea at the Table Info Session
2017-05-17 08:00 - 10:00 | Marnita’s Table Office, 2136 Penn Avenue South , Minneapolis, MN, 55419, United States
It’s that time again! Marnita’s Table is having our bimonthly “Tea Time at the Table” info session.
Have you been to an IZI or the Building Resilience conference and left wanting to know more about Marnita’s Table? Is your community, organization, church, or school in need of Intentional Social Interaction? We invite you to join us for Tea at the Table on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 from 8:00-10:00AM – a fun and informative session to get your questions answered!
These info sessions will be held every two months, so don’t worry if you can’t make it to this one! We look forward to welcoming you in the future.
Location:
Marnita’s Table Office
2136 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405
Yes! This event is free to participants.
Yes! This session is open to the public.
Please RSVP via email to Lauren@marnitastable.org or give us a call at 612.928.7744

Table at St. Olaf I Have a Dream Graduation Party
2017-05-13 15:00 - 18:00 | Table at St. Olaf, 1212 Saint Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057
We hope you will join the Table at St. Olaf and Marnita’s Table on Saturday, May 13th from 3-6 p.m. for I Have a Dream Graduation Party! This IZI feast and dialogue is a vibrant opportunity to celebrate and support students who plan to go onto college, those who are in college and are graduating, as well as to encourage and inspire high school and middle school to finish high school and access higher education. Everyone has a dream for themselves for the future. Come share yours!
We’d love for you to share this information with your friends, students with whom you work, as well as to discuss with you the possibility of bringing a group of the students with whom you work to participate and share in this amazing day. There is no charge to your organization for students to participate or attend! And, if you let us know at least a week in advance, we’ll even put the names of your graduating students on the celebration cakes!

Location:
Table at St. Olaf
1304 Saint Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

RSVP to Lauren@marnitastable.org or give us a call at (612) 928-7744.

If you are receiving this invitation, you have been identified as someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through your participation in this conversation. We are specifically seeking a vibrant cross-cultural mixing of individuals for this engaged and supportive conversation. If you know someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through their participation feel free to reach out to someone across race, class, culture or age and invite them to join you!
Yes! This event is free!
Yes! Children and especially teens are welcome!
Yes! We will help you find transportation!
Bring your friends and family!
No uniforms! Dress comfortably and casually!
What to Expect
An engaging community conversation that helps catalyze your own cross-cultural competency and understanding while centering the unique and varied voices and experiences of all participants equally! Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary concern from vegan to carnivore using the Marnita’s Table model of Intentional Social Interaction (“IZI”). You are our guest for the feast!
Space is limited and demand is high. We will try to accommodate as many participants as possible, so please let us know if you plan to be with us!
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, go to marnitastable.org.

Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools Community Dinner and Conversation
2017-05-09 18:00 - 21:00 | MN
Please join Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools on Tuesday, May 9th from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. for a community dinner and conversation. Come give your feedback on the school district’s educational and facilities needs over a delicious meal! Drop by for a bit or stay for the whole time. Your voices are valuable and we want your input!
Yes, this event is free!
Yes, teenagers are welcome!
Yes, children are welcome!
Yes, please invite other members of our community!
Transportation provided if needed.
Call 218-214-2389 right away to arrange a ride!
Location:
Cass Lake-Bena Elementary
15 4th St NE,
Cass Lake, MN 56633
Day-of contact:
Sammie Ardito Rivera
(218) 214-2389
What to Expect:
Expect to be engaged and to have fun as we share a delicious meal in the Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of Intentional Social Interaction! Dress comfortably and be prepared to learn and share thoughts on the educational and facilities needs in our Cass Lake Public schools.
Cass Lake area board, administrators, teachers and students are all inviting community members to this conversation. You may receive more than one invitation. We want to ensure we have enough food for all so please let us know if you plan to be with us by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org. If you have any questions or would like to RSVP via please phone call us at (218) 214-2389.
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. We look forward to having you join us!

YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities Include Me!
2017-05-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Progressive Baptist Church, 1505 Burns Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55106, United States
We hope you will join the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities and Marnita’s Table on Thursday, May 4th from 6-9 p.m. for Include Me! This IZI feast and dialogue is a vibrant opportunity to engage with others from the community and the YMCA on the intersections between inclusion, leadership and youth development!
Location:
Progressive Baptist Church
1505 Burns Ave
St. Paul, MN 55106
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
RSVP to elexis@marnitastable.org or give us a call at 612-928-7744.
If you are receiving this invitation, you have been identified as someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through your participation in this conversation. We are specifically seeking a vibrant cross-cultural mixing of individuals for this engaged and supportive conversation. If you know someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through their participation feel free to reach out to someone across race, class, culture or age and invite them to join you!
Yes! This event is free!
Yes! Children and especially teens are welcome!
Yes! We will help you find transportation!
Bring your friends and family!
No uniforms! Dress comfortably and casually!
What to Expect
An engaging community conversation that helps catalyze your own cross-cultural competency and understanding while centering the unique and varied voices and experiences of all participants equally! Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary concern from vegan to carnivore using the Marnita’s Table model of Intentional Social Interaction (“IZI”). You are our guest for the feast!
Space is limited and demand is high. We will try to accommodate as many participants as possible, so please let us know if you plan to be with us via e-mail: elexis@marnitastable.org or call: 612.928.7744.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, go to marnitastable.org.

Deer River Schools Visioning
2017-04-20 18:00 - 21:00 | MN
Deer River School District and Marnita’s Table invites you to join us for a community feast and dialogue for Visioning Full Service Community Schools in Deer River on Thursday, April 20th from 6 – 9 p.m.

During our time together, we will explore the feedback received in our first three community engagement meetings and develop shared priorities for the next steps in realizing the Full Service School model in our community.
Yes! This is event is free!
Yes! Children and teenagers welcome.
Yes! We will help with transportation.
Community Location:
Deer River High School Commons
RSVP via e-mail to chadevans@isd317.org or call 218-398-2046 to arrange transportation and let us know you will be coming!
What to Expect:
Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share a delicious and abundant meal, served with consideration for any diet, using the Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of Intentional Social Interaction! Dress comfortably and be prepared to learn and share thoughts on how we can work together to create full service schools in the Deer River School District. You are our guest and there is no charge to participate.
About Marnita’s Table
Marnita’s Table seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, in the past ten years we’ve welcomed over 27,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, go to marnitastable.org.

Creating a Compassionate Community: Tips & Techniques for Holistic Wellness
2017-04-01 11:00 - 14:00 | Cotter Schools Gymnasium
Please join the community of Winona, the Catalyst Initiative of the George Family Foundation and Marnita’s Table on Saturday, April 1st 2017 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a brunch feast and exploration of Creating a Compassionate Community: Tips & Techniques for Holistic Wellness.
Location:
Cotter Schools Gymnasium
360 Vila Street
Winona, MN
Yes, this event is free to attend!
Yes, kids and teenagers are welcome!
Winona has come together to improve the health and well-being of our community in this work with the Catalyst Initiative of the George Family Foundation and Marnita’s Table. This gathering has been inspired by a number of important opportunities identified by community members through a community needs assessment, many agency partnerships, and the 2016 Engage Winona convenings. The human spirit benefits from a sense of community and social support, which in-turn helps us to be more resilient and generates compassion for both ourselves and others.
What to Expect:
Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to expand your understanding of integrative healing and wellness, as we explore what it means to create compassionate communities and build our collective capacity for resilience. Together we will capitalize on existing energy, make new connections and build momentum as we share an abundant feast.
If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through your participation in this critical conversation. We are specifically seeking a vibrant cross-cultural mix of participants. If you know someone who will add and/or receive extraordinary value through their participation feel free to reach out to someone across race, class, culture or age and invite them to join you!
Our Intentional Social Interaction (IZI) is an inclusive forum to exchange ideas and build relationships across age, ethnicity and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze positive action toward building community resilience. You will learn actionable ideas about how to improve health outcomes and explore new tips and techniques for holistic self-care and building individual capacity for health and healing.
A complete feast is served with abundance to allay any dietary concern from vegan to halal to carnivore using the Marnita’s Table model (www.marnitastable.org) of a resource abundant environment where all can eat their fill! You are the guest of the Catalyst Initiative of the George Family Foundation and there is no charge to participate. Please dress comfortably.
Please let us know if you plan to be with us by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org.
We look forward to welcoming you. If you have any questions you may call Marnita’s Table at 612.928.7744.

Deer River Schools Community Feast and Dialogue
2017-03-30 18:00 - 21:00 | MN
Please join Deer River Schools on March 30th from 6-9pm for a community feast and dialogue. Come give your feedback on how we can bring the full service community school model to our families! Drop by for a bit or stay the whole time – but you won’t want to miss this exciting and important conversation.
Yes, you are our guest!
Yes, this event is free!
Yes, teenagers are welcome!
Yes, children are welcome!
Location: Ball Club Community Center
Day-of-contact:
Chad Evans
(218)398-2046
(218)246-8241 ext 60223
What to Expect:
Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share a delicious and abundant meal, served with consideration or any diet, using the Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of Intentional Social Interaction! Dress comfortably and be prepared to learn and share thoughts on how we can work together to create full service schools in the Deer River School District. You are our guest and there is no charge to participate.
Please let us know if you plan to be with us (not required) by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org or leaving a message for Chad Evans at (218)-398-2046. Or e-mail Chad at chadevans@isd317.org
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions you may call Marnita’s Table at (218)214-2389. We look forward to having you join us!

Deer River Schools Community Feast and Dialogue
2017-03-25 10:00 - 13:00 | MN
Please join Deer River Schools on March 25th from 1-4pm for a community feast and dialogue. Come give your feedback on how we can bring the full service community school model to our families! Drop by for a bit or stay the whole time – but you won’t want to miss this exciting and important conversation.
Yes, you are our guest!
Yes, this event is free!
Yes, teenagers are welcome!
Yes, children are welcome!
Location: Inger Community Center
Day-of-contact:
Chad Evans
(218)398-2046
(218)246-8241 ext 60223
What to Expect:
Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share a delicious and abundant meal, served with consideration or any diet, using the Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of Intentional Social Interaction! Dress comfortably and be prepared to learn and share thoughts on how we can work together to create full service schools in the Deer River School District. You are our guest and there is no charge to participate.
Please let us know if you plan to be with us (not required) by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org or leaving a message for Chad Evans at (218)-398-2046. Or e-mail Chad at chadevans@isd317.org
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions you may call Marnita’s Table at (218)214-2389. We look forward to having you join us!
More dates and venues for this event include: March 30 from 6:00-9:00 in Ball Club at the Ball Club Community Center. Come to one, two or all three of these fun engaging events!

Tea at the Table
2017-03-23 08:00 - 10:00 | Marnita’s Table Office, 2136 Penn Avenue South , Minneapolis, MN, 55419, United States
It’s that time again! Marnita’s Table is having our bimonthly “Tea Time at the Table” info session.
Have you been to an IZI or the Building Resilience conference and left wanting to know more about Marnita’s Table? Is your community, organization, church, or school in need of Intentional Social Interaction? We invite you to join us for Tea at the Table – a fun and informative session to get your questions answered!
These info sessions will be held every two months, so don’t worry if you can’t make it to this one! We look forward to welcoming you in the future.
This session is open to the public. Please RSVP to Lauren@marnitastable.org or give us a call at 612-928-7744.

Deer River Schools Community Feast and Dialogue
2017-03-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Deer River High School
Please join Deer River Schools on March 16th from 6-9pm for a community feast and dialogue. Come give your feedback on how we can bring the full service community school model to our families! Drop by for a bit or stay the whole time – but you won’t want to miss this exciting and important conversation.
Yes, you are our guest!
Yes, this event is free!
Yes, teenagers are welcome!
Yes, children are welcome!
Location: Deer River High School, Commons Area right through the front doors
Day-of-contact:
Chad Evans
(218)398-2046
(218)246-8241 ext 60223
What to Expect:
Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share a delicious and abundant meal, served with consideration or any diet, using the Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of Intentional Social Interaction! Dress comfortably and be prepared to learn and share thoughts on how we can work together to create full service schools in the Deer River School District. You are our guest and there is no charge to participate.
Please let us know if you plan to be with us (not required) by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org or leaving a message for Chad Evans at (218)-398-2046. Or e-mail Chad at chadevans@isd317.org
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions you may call Marnita’s Table at (218)214-2389. We look forward to having you join us!
More dates and venues for this event include: Saturday, March 25 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm in Inger at the Inger Community Center and Thursday, March 30 from 6:00-9:00 in Ball Club at the Ball Club Community Center. Come to one, two or all three of these fun engaging events!

What’s the Difference: A Dialogue on Diversity
2017-03-09 18:00 - 21:00 | St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Avenue South, Minneaposli , MN, 55408, United States
We hope you will join the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities and Marnita’s Table on Thursday, March 9 from 6-9 p.m. for What’s the Difference: A Dialogue on Diversity. If you care about increasing either your understanding or relationships across race, class, culture and other means of self-identity, please join us!
Location:
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church
3450 Irving Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Thursday, March 6-9 p.m.
If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through your participation in this conversation. We are specifically seeking a vibrant cross-cultural mixing of individuals for this engaged and supportive conversation. If you know someone who will add and receive extraordinary value through their participation feel free to reach out to someone across race, class, culture or age and invite them to join you!
Yes! This event is free!
Yes! Children and especially teens are welcome!
Yes! We will help you find transportation!
Bring your friends and family!
No uniforms! Dress comfortably and casually!
What to Expect
An engaged and memorable community conversation that helps catalyze your own cross-cultural competency and understanding! Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary concern from vegan to carnivore using the Marnita’s Table model of Intentional Social Interaction (“IZI”). You are our guest for the feast!
Space is limited and demand is high. We will try to accommodate as many participants as possible, so please let us know if you plan to be with us via e-mail: elexis@marnitastable.org or call: 612.928.7744.
At the youth summit, they talked about the business selling drugs approved by the FDA via the Internet, one of the best sites on this subject is

DEED and Workforce Leadership Statewide Visioning
2017-03-07 10:00 - 14:00 | St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Avenue South, Minneaposli , MN, 55408, United States
This Visioning will provide an engaging opportunity for Regional Workforce Leadership & Planning Teams/Boards to come together following the regional events in order to collaboratively evaluate the community feedback on equity and inclusion in the workforce. Together we will walk through a guided process for incorporating the tools learned in training and the input gathered from community members into coherent, actionable strategic plans for increasing equity and inclusion and engaging more meaningfully across difference in every region of Minnesota. This is also an excellent time to connect with DEED and Workforce leadership across the state to learn more about how the process of community engagement around equity has been unfolding in other regions.
Save the Date
March 7, 2017
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church
3450 Irving Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
RSVP via email: elexis@marnitastable.org
Who’s Invited?
DEED & Regional Workforce Leadership & Planning Teams/Boards
More About the March 7th Statewide Visioning
During our time together we will engage in a one-to-one, two-to-two, four-to-four and eight-to-eight guided planning session, where teams consisting of the regionally based leadership and planning boards will walk through the process of establishing priorities and actionable steps for their plans, first individually, then in gradually increasing steps until everyone has had a chance to give their input and connect their visions into a cohesive whole.
Following this Visioning session, we will engage in a critical conversation about barriers and concerns in order to nail down practical strategies for implementation and address any potential obstacles to the group visions at the outset. At the end of this process, each planning region will have its own coherent draft of a sustainable equity plan as informed by the community conversations and determined collectively by the regional leadership and planning teams.
An inclusive vegan-to-carnivore feast will be provided; children & partners/spouses welcome.
At the youth summit, they talked about the business selling drugs approved by the FDA via the Internet, one of the best sites on this subject is

DEED SE Minnesota Equity in the Workforce Conversation
2017-03-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Heintz Center Commons, 2070 College View Road East, Rochester, MN, 55904, United States
We hope you will join us on Thursday, March 2nd from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. for an extraordinary dinner and community conversation on equity and inclusion in the workplace. These engaging conversations will be held regionally across the state, as we gather to explore practical tools for combating implicit bias and increasing equity in the workplace and catalyze new relationships and collaborations across difference. Hosted by the Southeast Minnesota Regional Workforce Alliance and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
DEED, Regional Workforce Leadership & Planning Teams, as well as partners and partner staff are invited to come early from 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for an engaging training in the model of IZI on anti-racism and how to handle implicit bias and micro-aggressions in the workplace.
What to Expect
If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who is a leader capable of catalyzing positive change in our community. Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share an abundant feast and discuss what we can do together to make a more equitable community for all. Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary or cultural concern from vegan to carnivore using Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of a resource abundant environment where all can eat their fill!
In addition to a great meal, there will be opportunities to exchange ideas and build relationships across age, ethnicity and other means of self-identity as we explore practical ways to make workforce development in Metropolitan Minnesota more inclusive and equitable. Dress comfortably. You are our guest for dinner. There is no charge to participate.
Yes! This event is free to participants.
Yes! Children and youth of all ages are welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions, you may call Marnita’s Table at 612.928.7744. We look forward to having you join us!
About Marnita’s Table
Marnita’s Table is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, in the past eleven years we’ve welcomed over 30,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, please visit our website at marnitastable.org.

At the youth summit, they talked about the business selling drugs approved by the FDA via the Internet, one of the best sites on this subject is

DEED NE Minnesota Equity in the Workforce Conversation
2017-02-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Community Action Duluth, 2424 W 5th Street, Duluth, MN, 55806, United States
We hope you will join us on Tuesday, February 28th from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. for an extraordinary dinner and community conversation on equity and inclusion in the workplace. These engaging conversations will be held regionally across the state, as we gather to explore practical tools for combating implicit bias and increasing equity in the workplace and catalyze new relationships and collaborations across difference. Hosted by the Northeast Minnesota Regional Workforce Alliance and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
DEED, Regional Workforce Leadership & Planning Teams, as well as partners and partner staff are invited to come early from 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for an engaging training in the model of IZI on anti-racism and how to handle implicit bias and micro-aggressions in the workplace.
What to Expect
If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who is a leader capable of catalyzing positive change in our community. Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share an abundant feast and discuss what we can do together to make a more equitable community for all. Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary or cultural concern from vegan to carnivore using Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of a resource abundant environment where all can eat their fill!
In addition to a great meal, there will be opportunities to exchange ideas and build relationships across age, ethnicity and other means of self-identity as we explore practical ways to make workforce development in Metropolitan Minnesota more inclusive and equitable. Dress comfortably. You are our guest for dinner. There is no charge to participate.
Yes! This event is free to participants.
Yes! Children and youth of all ages are welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions, you may call Marnita’s Table at 612.928.7744. We look forward to having you join us!
About Marnita’s Table
Marnita’s Table is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, in the past eleven years we’ve welcomed over 30,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, please visit our website at marnitastable.org.
At the youth summit, they talked about the business selling drugs approved by the FDA via the Internet, one of the best sites on this subject is

DEED Metro Equity in the Workplace Conversation
2017-02-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Parkway North, St Paul, MN, 55104, United States
We hope you will join us on Thursday, February 23rd from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. for an extraordinary dinner and community conversation on equity and inclusion in the workplace. These engaging conversations will be held regionally across the state, as we gather to explore practical tools for combating implicit bias and increasing equity in the workplace and catalyze new relationships and collaborations to inform a new regional approach to workforce development. Hosted by the six metro area workforce development boards and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
What to Expect
If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who is a leader capable of catalyzing positive change in our community. Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share an abundant feast and discuss what we can do together to make a more equitable community for all. Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary or cultural concern from vegan to carnivore using Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of a resource abundant environment where all can eat their fill!
In addition to a great meal, there will be opportunities to exchange ideas and build relationships across age, ethnicity and other means of self-identity as we explore practical ways to make workforce development in Metropolitan Minnesota more inclusive and equitable. Dress comfortably. You are our guest for dinner. There is no charge to participate.
Yes! This event is free to participants.
Yes! Children and youth of all ages are welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions, you may call Marnita’s Table at 612.928.7744. We look forward to having you join us!
About Marnita’s Table
Marnita’s Table is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, in the past eleven years we’ve welcomed over 30,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, please visit our website at marnitastable.org.

Additional IZI Training
DEED, Regional Workforce Leadership & Planning Teams, as well as partners and partner staff are invited to come early from 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for an engaging training in the model of IZI featuring tools you can use to combat implicit bias and make the workforce more inclusive and welcoming in Metropolitan Minnesota. This training will be held at the Wilder Foundation, room 2610.
At the youth summit, they talked about the business selling drugs approved by the FDA via the Internet, one of the best sites on this subject is

DEED SW Minnesota Equity in the Workforce Conversation
2017-02-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota, 224 Lamm Street , Mankato, MN, 56001, United States
We hope you will join us on Tuesday, February 21st from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. for an extraordinary dinner and dialogue on equity and inclusion in the workplace and community. These engaging conversations will be held regionally across the state, as we gather to explore practical tools for combating implicit bias and increasing equity in the workplace and catalyze new relationships and collaborations across difference. Hosted by the Southwest Regional Workforce Alliance and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
Community Location
Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota
224 Lamm Street
Mankato, MN 56001
Please let us know if you plan to be with us by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org.
What to Expect
If you are receiving this invitation you have been identified as someone who is a leader capable of catalyzing positive change in our community. Expect to be enlivened, engaged and to have fun as we share an abundant feast and discuss what we can do together to make a more equitable community for all. Dinner is served in abundance to allay any dietary or cultural concern from vegan to carnivore using Marnita’s Table model (marnitastable.org) of a resource abundant environment where all can eat their fill!
In addition to a great meal, there will be opportunities to exchange ideas and build relationships across age, ethnicity and other means of self-identity as we explore practical ways to make workforce development in Southwest Minnesota more inclusive and equitable. Dress comfortably. You are our guest for dinner. There is no charge to participate.
Yes! This event is free to participants.
Yes! Children and youth of all ages are welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you for this community conversation. If you have any questions, you may call Marnita’s Table at 612.928.7744. We look forward to having you join us!
About Marnita’s Table
Marnita’s Table is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that seeks to measurably increase social capital across race, class, culture, gender and other means of self-identity in order to catalyze transformational change where racial and cultural differences are not viewed as deficits or merely tolerated, but instead viewed as assets. Experts at social capital building, in the past eleven years we’ve welcomed over 30,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread.
If you would like to learn more about Marnita’s Table, please visit our website at marnitastable.org.
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