• Beacon Clergy and Religious Leaders Gathering: Minneapolis – 3/12/20

    University Lutheran Church of Hope 601 13th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Clergy and religious leaders on staff at Beacon congregations will gather at their choice of two dates and locations. We will continue exploring the leadership opportunities and challenges as our congregations organize for housing and policy and strive to be inclusive shelter hosts. Let’s support and learn from one another in the unique roles clergy […]

  • Minneapolis Beacon Leadership Team Check-in with Emily – 4/20/20

    Please join Emily Goldthwaite-Fries for a meeting of Minneapolis Beacon Leadership Teams on Monday, April 20. Your registration confirmation email will have instructions for how to access the online meeting. window.bboxInit = function () { bbox.showForm('58886855-eed2-4a91-9aef-b3ec988b79bd'); }; (function () { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true; e.src = 'https://bbox.blackbaudhosting.com/webforms/bbox-min.js'; document.getElementsByTagName('head').appendChild(e); } ());

  • FMF Host Coordinator Virtual Update – 4/21/20

    Join Beacon's CEO/President, Lee Blons, and Families Moving Forward staff for a shelter program update. There will be time to submit questions during the meeting, but you can also do so in the registration form below. Instructions for how to access the online meeting will be in your registration confirmation email.   window.bboxInit = function […]

  • St. Paul Leaders Gathering and Check-In – 4/30/20

    Please join Elizabeth Tannen for a meeting of St. Paul Beacon Leaders – new, experienced, and all in between – from 4-5 on Thursday, April 30. As we face new challenges and new opportunities in our organizing, we’ll take a moment to orient around our ongoing work to build power in St. Paul, and how […]

  • Clergy Pointing The Way Home – 5/12/20

    On Tuesday May 12,  join Minneapolis Area Synod Bishop Rev. Ann M. Svennungsen and Beacon’s CEO/President Lee Blons for a conversation with clergy across the Southwest Metro Area. Hear about […]

  • Beacon Town Hall Webcast – 5/12/20

    In this time of disruption, people in our shelters and housing are facing particularly big challenges when it comes to staying healthy and employed. Lee Blons, CEO/President, will be hosting […]

  • Beacon Leadership Team Assembly – 5/19/20

    Each member of your Beacon Leadership Team is invited to our May 19th Assembly.  This time to gather is even more important now as we are all physical distancing from […]

  • Beacon Leadership Team Assembly – 6/23/20

    Join us from 4:00 – 6:00 PM for this virtual leadership assembly focusing on the special session and Beacon’s bold policy initiative, Bring It Home Minnesota. Ben Helvick Anderson, Beacon’s […]

  • Evicted: Reading Group

    3 Tuesdays: July 7, 13, and 21 at 4 p.m. As racial injustice consumes our local and global attention, Beacon leaders in St. Paul will take read and discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning book Evicted, by Matthew Desmond. Desmond uses narrative nonfiction and a close lens on another Midwestern city with extreme racial inequality, Milwaukee, […]