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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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Graze 4 Good 2022 Event Series
Graze 4 Good is a three-part virtual and in-person event series that features local restaurants, innovators, and experts focused on Fourth Generation’s chosen issue of the year: Mental health justice.
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Healing Communities with Suzanne Koepplinger
Suzanne Koepplinger, Director of our Catalyst Initiative, appeared on the Synergos Cultivate the Soul: Stories of Purpose-Driven Philanthropy podcast. Listen to how Suzanne came to realize her purpose to help others by supporting their healing and growth.
Explore our resources to better understand the importance of self-care, trauma healing, and well-being.
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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.
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Virtual Healing from Trauma
This event explored holistic, integrative practices for collaboratively and individually addressing trauma and developing resilience.
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Teaching Children Key Self-Care Strategies
A partner of the Catalyst Initiative, the Irreducible Grace Foundation produced this video series to demonstrate key self-care strategies.
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In This Moment
In these times, it is more important than ever to access the spaciousness of calm on a regular basis. Here are some resources to help you connect with self-care practices.
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The Catalyst Initiative is a Minneapolis Foundation program that honors and fosters culturally authentic self-care practices to advance health and well-being.
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