This piece was originally published by Pollen. It is posted here with full permission. The COVID-19 pandemic placed inequity into inescapable view, forcing more of us to ask how we can address the persistent and systemic divisions that leave too many outside of the circle of human concern. Community leaders with diverse lived experiences are …
Honoring our Culture Bearers Indigenous Roots and the McKnight Foundation are thrilled to announce the recipients of the first-ever McKnight Artist Fellowship for Culture Bearers. The McKnight Culture Bearers Fellowship supports four Culture Bearers who practice sacred and healing lifeways and share cultural art practices across generations. Fellows receive public recognition and a $25,000 unrestricted …
Four Minnesotans are being recognized for their outstanding, largely unrecognized contributions to our state’s high quality of life as recipients of the 2020 Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Award from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) and the McKnight Foundation. Patti Ballan (Rainer), Lisa Bellanger (Minneapolis), Desralynn Cole (Minneapolis), and Hani Jacobson (Saint Cloud) are unsung …
የ McKnight ፋውንዴሽን እና ሚኔሶታ የካውካማ ምክር ቤት (ኤም ሲ ሲ) የጆሴፍ ባሜዲን, ማሊ ጉርድ ግኒ ሜኒካ ጋኒ, ኤሎል ካሮል ኦርባን እና የዛሬው ቨርጂኒያ ማክኪንት ቢንግ ቬንግ ጀርባን ተሸላሚዎች የ ብሩክሊን ፓርክን ዊንፍሬል ራስል መርጠዋል. እ.አ.አ. የ 2018 ተሸላሚዎች, ከ McKnight ላይ 10,000 ዶላር የገንዘብ ሽልማት ይቀበላሉ.
The McKnight Foundation is pleased to welcome DeAnna Cummings as its new Arts program director.
በአመስጋኝነት እና በትምህርቶች የተሞላ ሙሉ ልብ ይዘው መተው እንደሚቻለው ብዙዎ እንደምታውቁት የማክኬይን ፋውንዴሽን የ ሚሲሲፒ ወንዝ ፕሮግራማችንን ከሌሎች ስትራቴጂካዊ ጉዳዮች ቅድሚያ እየሰጠች ነው ፡፡ ለ 27 ዓመታት ይህ መርሃግብር የውሃ ጥራቱን ለማሻሻል እና…
Agriculture is a major part of the culture, livability, and vitality of rural communities in the Midwest. As a sector, it also accounts for 10% of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and even more in states like Minnesota and Iowa, where 25% and 30% of emissions come from agriculture. What role can agriculture play …
እባክዎን ያስተውሉ-ይህ ጽሑፍ ተልዕኳችንን ወደ ፊት ለማራመድ ስለሚመጣው የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ለውጦች ስለ ሚያስተር ፕሬዝዳንት ካት ወልድፎርድ እና የቦርድ ሊቀመንበር ዴቢ ላሴማን የሰጡትን ማስታወቂያ ይከተላል ፡፡ ፍትህ በማኪኪየም ፋውንዴሽን የስትራቴጂክ ማዕቀፍ ውስጥ ከአራት ዋና እሴቶች አንዱ ነው ፡፡ በውስጣችን ፖሊሲዎቻችንን እና ልምዶቻችንን ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ እራሳችንን የምንታገልበት እሴት ነው ፣…
ባለፈው ግንቦት ግንቦት ፣ የማክኬይ ፋውንዴሽን ቦርድ ለ ‹ፋይበር› አርቲስቶች ፣ የመፅሀፍ አርቲስቶች እና ለማህበረሰቡ ተሳታፊ የሆኑ የኪነ-ጥበብ አርቲስቶች ጓደኞችን ለማካተት በሚቀጥሉት በማኪኬቪንግ አርቲስት ፍሪፕሺፕ መርሃግብር ሶስት አዳዲስ አጋሮች እንዲጨምሩ አፀደቀ ፡፡ እነዚህ አዳዲስ ጓደኞቻቸው ለሚኖሩ እና ለአደጋ ለሚጋለጡ የኪነ-ጥበባት አርቲስቶች አስፈላጊ ጥበባዊ እና ሙያዊ ዕውቅና እና የልማት ዕድሎችን ይሰጣሉ ፡፡
The McKnight Foundation will say farewell to a beloved colleague at the end of July. After 10 years of extraordinary service and leadership, Aimee Witteman, program director for the Midwest Climate & Energy program, has decided to step down from her position. “Aimee has brought immense talent and skills to McKnight’s mission,” said Debby Landesman, …