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Celebrating 10 Years of Impact in the Community and at the Capitol!

Community Equity Programming is a catalyst for transformative change, empowering community members to lead, advocate, and reimagine Minnesota’s legislative landscape. Through immersive experiences like the 9-month Community Equity Program and the accelerated Community Equity Crash Course, individuals gain the tools, knowledge, and networks to influence policy, challenge systemic inequities, and build lasting community power. Our graduates are reshaping the future as legislators, mayors, nonprofit leaders, and trailblazing advocates. 

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Your Support Powers the Next Decade of Change

We are celebrating a decade of empowering changemakers. In this time, we've worked hand-in-hand with partners to address systemic barriers, uplift marginalized voices, and create lasting change. As we look to the future, we need your support to continue this vital work. Your gift today will ensure that everyone in our community has the opportunity to thrive. 

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Meet the Public Policy Team

Dan Buck

Public Policy Associate Program Manager

Michelle Koffa Dormoh

Community Equity Program Manager

Adrián Rafael Magaña

Director of Public Policy & Community Relations

Mikayla Smith

Public Policy and Community Relations Manager

It’s a great learning experience to help anyone who wants to make change actually do it, and give them the confidence and the tools to actually do it.

Lindberg Chambliss, 2021-22 Community Equity Program Alum

Courageous Stories

Priscilla Villa-Watt, Wilder Community Equity Program participant 2020-2021

Priscilla Villa-Watt Used the Community Equity Program to Enhance her Public Policy Skills While Building a Community

After working to strengthen environmental protections in Texas, Priscilla Villa-Watt moved to Minnesota in 2019 to become the advocacy and public policy manager for Eureka Recycling, a nonprofit zero waste organization and social enterpr...More about this story »