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Creative community development grows well in Northeast Minnesota

Creative community development grows well in Northeast Minnesota
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A journey in the woods with Leech Lake Early Childhood Development s Megwayaak Project

Outdoor play gives children unique opportunities to explore, problem solve and engage their minds, bodies and imaginations. A team at Leech Lake Early Childhood Development is drawing on this knowledge and exploring how to connect children in the community to nature with support from the University of Minnesota. Waase Paulson, Leech Lake Early Childhood’s Ojibwemowin mentor, and Claire Chase, Leech Lake SNAP-ED coordinator, began envisioning how to activate the 3-acre wooded area outside of the Aabinoojii Oshkii Bimadiziiwin Center and Maajiigin building in Cass Lake several years ago. They hoped to nurture cultural traditions and connections to nature among the organization’s children and teachers.

Digital engagement strategies grow sustainable connections in Southwest Minnesota

Previous Next By leveraging technology in creative and thoughtful ways, recent projects in Southwest Minnesota are cultivating valuable connections to people, place and sustainability through digital engagement strategies. Supported by the University of Minnesota Extension Southwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership (Southwest RSDP), two teams embarked on projects this year with goals to produce digital assets and virtually showcase local sustainability perspectives. This work is helping introduce new audiences to sustainability in the region and share local knowledge and stories about water, soil health and resilience. “Like a lot of other things over the past year, these projects adapted to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this case, they created videos and webinars rather than activities that might otherwise have been in-person. It’s interesting to explore what they learned and what will be carried forward from these digital products,” said Anne

Humphrey School Student Works to ​​​​​​​Connect Rural Women Leaders  | Hubert H Humphrey School of Public Affairs

April 19, 2021 Humphrey School student Kate Stower has been researching barriers preventing rural Minnesota women from becoming leaders in their communities. Photo: UMN Extension by Marie Donahue After the challenges of the pandemic over the past year, the importance of connecting and empowering women leaders across Greater Minnesota has perhaps never been so evident as it is today. “Women’s leadership is not just a ‘nice-to-have,’ we are finding it’s a matter of survival for our small towns,” said Kate Stower, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning student at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs who will graduate next month.

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