• 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 […]

  • Safer With Home: A Conversation with Carver County Legislators on Housing – 4/21/20

    We invite you to join us for a virtual meeting: Safer With Home: A Conversation with Carver County Legislators on Housing. The meeting has been planned and will be led by leaders from Beacon congregations. We will be talking with Carver County legislators about how no one should lose their home during this public health […]

  • Safer With Home: A Conversation with Scott County Legislators on Housing – 4/23/20

    We invite you to join us for a virtual meeting: Safer With Home: A Conversation with Scott County Legislators on Housing. The meeting has been planned and will be led by leaders from Beacon congregations. We will be talking with Scott County legislators about how no one should lose their home during this public health […]

  • Great River Landing: Grand Opening – 4/30/20

    Great River Landing 813 N 5th St, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    In taking guidance from public health officials seriously, this event has been postponed. Stay tuned to our website and social media for a new date in the future. window.bboxInit = function () { bbox.showForm('d78d9a9b-d5f9-45a7-a4ea-1bfef1f2bc8f'); }; (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 Hosting Weeks Scheduling Meeting – 5/6/20

    Please join us for a Hosting Weeks Scheduling Meeting as we share the new, streamlined scheduling process for the upcoming 2021 calendar year.   window.bboxInit = function () { bbox.showForm('ee4651b8-a89b-4fdd-bfb0-8387f8035524'); […]

  • The 1-1 Visit: Building Relationships – 5/7/20

    Practice building relationships and organizing power to create change. Relationships are the building blocks to our collective power. Connecting with new leaders is essential, whether you’re hosting Families Moving Forward, supporting a new housing development, or engaging in a policy campaign. Learn the purpose and application of one-to-ones, and practice your new skill with leaders […]

  • Prairie Pointe: Planning Commission Vote – 5/7/20

    Shakopee City Hall 485 Gorman St, Shakopee, United States

    For Prairie Pointe to keep moving forward we need to make sure our elected officials see us and hear from us. That is why Shakopee residents and folks from across the entire collaborative need to show up and demonstrate to the Shakopee Planning Commission how much our communities support Prairie Pointe! Show up wearing red […]

  • 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 the real opportunities we have to house over 50 families in Scott and Carver Counties and how the Synod and Beacon’s shared faith values call […]

  • 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 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 […]