Partnerships & Collaborations

Building alliances, partnerships, and collaborations to change systemic conditions to make Minnesota work better for everyone.

To us solidarity is not a just a philosophy; it’s a value and a practice. We embrace it, and live into the struggle of practicing it, as well as use it as a framework for developing agendas.

Asian Minnesotan Alliance for Justice

AMAJ was formed in reaction to the murder of George Floyd under police custody and the rise of anti-Asian racism due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a solidarity framework, AMAJ seeks to mend the social divides and fight the inequities that are both rooted in white supremacy and that are exacerbated by the pandemic. Learn more!

LinkingLeaders Partnership

The LinkingLeaders Partnership is a cross-racial, cross cultural partnership that brings together four networks of leaders in the Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx communities. A shared effort of the African American Leadership Forum, Coalition of Asian American Leaders, Latino LEAD, and Tiwahe Foundation, LinkingLeaders focuses on strengthening connections across our networks in order to increase our shared leadership and solidarity practices so that we can advance powerful systems change work that aims to achieve racial justice and equity. Learn more!

Advocacy Partners

As we build power with community, and address power within systems, we’ve built a broad base of Advocacy Partners on a number of issues. We’ve worked with over 100 organizations in order to advance issues and leverage opportunities that make a difference.