Saint Paul, MN — When Tawanna Black thinks about the future of North Minneapolis, where she is director of the Northside Funder Groups, she sees possibility in the collective impact that African American leaders in the 1930s and ‘40s used to create stable communities. Her life-long commitment to asset-based community development and leadership training led her to the Bush Fellowship, which she’ll use to understand what these historical relationships and collaborations have to share with North Minneapolis today. She believes that the community can learn from and leverage the strengths of the past, and can work together today to turn those strengths into true community partnerships that will make change.
