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 our second virtual townhall along with Mary Wheeler, Director of Service Partnerships and Shelter. Mary will share how this crisis is shaping our shelter guests […]
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 each other. At the Assembly, we will both take a look back at the things that made your work in your congregation meaningful and successful […]
An introduction to Beacon’s work to develop affordable homes. Explore the reasons homelessness exists, learn about the buckets of funding needed to create affordable homes, the housing development cycle and why we can’t build our way out of the problem of homelessness. For donors, members of Beacon congregations and members of prospective congregations. Instructions for […]
Thank you for joining together to take action for home. We are excited to join with you in this virtual action on Monday, June 1. Please register to commit to: -Joining together for a thirty-minute update video call at 8:30 a.m. -Calling your legislator during the day and reporting on it through an easy online […]
Show up for Prairie Pointe at the crucial city council vote! You are encouraged to join us either in person or on a virtual event. Our first priority is to keep everyone safe. If you're joining us in person: You must wear a face mask; Please keep a distance of at least 6 feet between […]
George Floyd was killed by a police officer in the Central neighborhood, one of the historically redlined neighborhoods of South Minneapolis. The Mapping Prejudice project at the University of Minnesota has uncovered thousands of racial covenants on properties around Minneapolis and beyond which actually created the map used to exclude Black families from home ownership […]
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 Policy Director will highlight the strategy for the summer and fall leading to the January legislative session. There is much we can do to influence […]
Please register below to join us for the July 1 Rent is Due: Day of Action. We know that hundreds of thousands of our neighbors struggle to pay their rent every first of the month. This is disproportionately true for Black, Brown, and Indigenous families due to economic inequities stemming from centuries of historical injustice. […]
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, […]
Whether you’re brand new to Beacon or have been a supporter for years, we invite you to attend a virtual “Beacon Now” session. In this session, we’ll touch on the basics of Beacon’s work, go in depth on one aspect of that work, and discuss how we can make a difference for our neighbors now. Encampments of neighbors without a home are again growing. Racial […]