Being Minneapolis

When a Forest Comes Home, a Collective Win for Minnesota and the Future

When a Forest Comes Home, a Collective Win for Minnesota and the Future

While much of the world's attention has focused on Minneapolis as a city seeking healing from deep division, another story has been quietly unfolding just a few hours north. This spring, Minnesota approved the return of 3,400 acres of forest. But this is not simply a land transfer. It is a commitment to work together.  The  Fond du Lac Band  regains stewardship of ancestral forest, while the  University of Minnesota  continues in partnership,...

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Being Minneapolis: When a City Becomes a System of Care

Being Minneapolis: When a City Becomes a System of Care

How neighbors are transforming grief, fear, and injustice into courage, connection, and compassionate action—and inviting the world to learn alongside them. “We’ve been waiting for you for a long time.” That is how Matthew Cobb describes the welcome awaiting those who come to Minneapolis this August. It is not an invitation to visit the city as a spectator. It is an invitation to arrive with humility—to walk through places marked by grief, witness the work of healing, listen to those who have...

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