Our first Cultural Conclave on February 19, 2019 featured the learning and accomplishments of the Cultural Wellness Center’s fellows. It also marked an opportunity for new scholars to become engaged with us through a Year of Learning. This individualized leadership development process is framed around Cultural Self-Study and the Moving from Race to Culture curriculum but...
Register Now! What will happen at the Conclave? The Cultural Wellness Center has hosted fellows and scholars over our 23-year history. This event was developed to formally honor the work of these students, recognize their contributions, and provide a forum for them to share with potential future scholars the ways in which Cultural Self-Study has deepened,...
Cultural Wellness Center staff provide parent engagement, cultural education (such as African Drum and Dance, Rites of Passage, and Sports Science), educational navigation, and Elder coaching in four schools in the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood. In late 2017, school staff talked to our navigator about a second grader at Benjamin E. Mays Elementary who had been suspended...
The second cohort of Minnesota Change Network leaders began their year of learning with a two day retreat in late October. These twenty-one leaders share courage and a desire to transform their work, organizations, and community. Meet the members of Cohort 2!
Anthony Taylor talks about Cultural Wellness Center’s Slow Roll project, along with his many other health promotion efforts, and answers the question, “Why is Health So Difficult” in this compelling article by Kirk Waltenbaugh.
With support from Otto Bremer Trust, the Cultural Wellness Center is expanding and enhancing our model for adult basic education with the introduction of cultural-based learning modules and elder/instructor co-teaching structures. This expansion aligns with our overarching goal of establishing guidelines and a certification process for African-Centered Pedagogy and a Center for Cultural Learning.
We are now accepting applications for Cohort 2 of The Change Network Minnesota. The Change Network Minnesota is a leadership program of The Cultural Wellness Center and the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, in partnership with the Bush Foundation. This program is designed for anyone in communities, organizations, and systems who are positioned...
Atum Azzahir, Executive Director of Cultural Wellness Center, spoke of the importance of culture as a mediator for mental well-being as one of three featured panelists in a discussion on mental health hosted by MPR at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The event was recorded live and you can listen here.
The May 2010 issue of The Alley featured a four-page insert on the community needs assessment with insights from Allina Health staff and community residents.
