Nexus Community Partners

Black wealth is healing from over five centuries of labor and livelihood stolen from us on this stolen land. Black wealth is owning what we produce. Black wealth is building and inventing for our families and community. Black wealth is a creative and sovereign practice of restoration that reaffirms the excellence that has always been in us. This video series is a collection of tips and wealth-building strategies drawn from workshops offered by our Open Road Fund partner, Finance & Affirmations. These educational sessions were offered to Open Road Fund applicants free of charge and covered topics such as financial planning, asset building, and long-term wealth creation. Keep watching at https://lnkd.in/eDVTxK-Y

Planning for the unforeseen before it happens can make all the difference. This tidbit from our Open Road Fund advisory committee member, Katherine Lankford, explores budgeting for emergencies. See more emergency fund strategies at https://lnkd.in/eDVTxK-Y

Understanding the difference between wants and needs and planning for savings is crucial to maintaining a good budget. Check out these tips from our Open Road Fund partner, Finance & Affirmations! Despite numerous obstacles to economic justice, abundance and success is our birthright. See more financial tips—and apply for the Open Road Fund—at https://lnkd.in/eQnR2h2P

Is your community ready to accelerate its shared ownership or community wealth-building strategy? Join us this September for LEAP St. Paul, a five-day program where leaders travel to St. Paul to meet with the organizations, practitioners, and community leaders advancing some of the country's most innovative shared ownership models. Through site visits, masterclasses, and strategy sessions, you'll leave insights and an implementation roadmap tailored to your community. We're excited to announce some of the organizations and leaders you'll learn from, including Mayor Kaohly Her, Nexus Community Partners, the North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship, the McKnight Foundation, the City of Saint Paul's Office of Financial Empowerment, Terra Firma Cooperative, and more. Unlike our competitive, application-based LEAP programs, to attend LEAP St. Paul, simply register to reserve your spot and join us September 14–18. Registration closes August 14. Program fee: $7,500 per person. Have Questions? Contact NGIN at innovate@newgrowth.org.  #CommunityWealthBuilding #Cooperatives #EconomicDevelopment 

🗣️ IT’S THE FINAL WEEK TO APPLY FOR THE 2026 OPEN ROAD FUND (ORF)! ORF distributes $50,000 wealth-building gifts to Black descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (14 and older) in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. These gifts are not reparations, but an opportunity to redistribute resources to our communities to build Black wealth. If you haven’t yet submitted your application, we want you to know something: You are worthy of this opportunity. Who you are, as you are, is enough. We may not know one another, but you are our people. City blocks or hundreds of miles may separate us, but we are part of the same community. We want you to be successful in all your endeavors, including this application. We want you to be successful in your journey to build wealth. And we want you to be successful in any project you join to create economic justice for Black people. May this be only one of many opportunities ahead of you. 🤎 Applications close this Sunday, July 19, at 11:59 pm CT. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/gdg-M-qC

Hey, East Saint Paulers—our friends at East Side Community Investment Cooperative (ESCIC) are hosting Co-ops & Coffee this month! ESCIC is a grassroots coalition of neighbors and organizers working to preserve and shape the future of our community through collective ownership, democratic decision-making, and local investment. In a time when outside developers often dictate the fate of our neighborhoods, ESCIC empowers East Siders to take the lead—securing sites for housing, businesses, and cultural spaces that reflect our values and meet our needs. Stop by one of their coffee convos to learn more!

Are you ready to build wealth? The next clip in our latest Open Road Fund video series breaks down the three agencies that keep track of your credit habits and render your credit score. Head to nexuscp.org/open-road-fund to browse our library of tips and strategies from Katherine Lankford of Finance & Affirmations!

Applications are NOW OPEN for the Open Road Fund! Nexus Community Partners' Open Road Fund redistributes resources to descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to catalyze intergenerational Black wealth building. Through 2031, they’re disbursing $50,000 gifts to 100 people each year for housing, education, financial well-being, healing, and economic justice wealth-building projects. To apply, you must be: • At least 14 years old • A resident of Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota • A Black descendant of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, including the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America Now’s the time for us to forge paths toward liberation on roads paved by our ancestors—on our own terms. Learn more and apply by July 19, 11:59pm CT at https://lnkd.in/gdg-M-qC

This 4th of July, which falls on International Day of Cooperatives, marks our country’s 250th anniversary. Today coinciding with Co-op Day is the perfect representation of the future we want to see: one with true liberation, cooperation, abundance, joy, and freedom for all. There's a reason two of Nexus' programs are focused on co-ops: Cooperatives are a model for building wealth for the sake of people, not profits. Through collective investment, joint decision-making, and profit sharing, co-ops are a powerful tool for breaking through the exploitative status quo in which white supremacy and economic violence against folks of color are by design. In the face of systemic harm, extraction, and exclusion, our people have survived by building together and putting community first. Today and every day, we’re celebrating the Black, Indigenous, and communities of color who have been living and working cooperatively for generations—and for the next 250 years to come.

Our new "Are You Ready to Build Wealth?" series is a collection of bite-sized financial tips and wealth-building strategies from workshops by our Open Road Fund partner, Finance & Affirmations. Below, our Open Road Fund advisory committee member, Katherine Lankford, explains different types of debt. See more tips on our website! https://lnkd.in/eDVTxK-Y