In May, our VISTA Cohort participated in two important trainings to support their work. Our friends at Arc Northland Duluth facilitated a Disability Justice Training for the Cohort during our monthly cohort retreat, teaching us about the history, intersectionality, and principles of disability justice, and provided activities to help us better understand how we can […]
HOME Line VISTA Cohort April Highlights
In April, our VISTA Cohort Members started preparing and brainstorming together about what life looks like after their VISTA year – Another VISTA year? Staying on at their host sites full time? Further education? Moving onto a full-time job or apprenticeship? Our April cohort retreat got this conversation started, and we’ll keep it going through […]
HOME Line VISTA Program March Highlights
The HOME Line VISTA Members had a busy March, as you’ll see in the Member Highlights on our website. We had successful midyear site visits, a shared training with MN Alliance with Youth about Youth Voice and Youth & Adult Partnerships, and reconnected at a midyear retreat, where we mapped our mycelial networks to see […]
HOME Line VISTA Cohort February Highlights
The VISTA Members marked their halfway point of their service year at the end of February, and their work continues to become more connected to each other. Collectively this month, our VISTA Members focused on resource mobilization and grantwriting training to help their organizations build capacity via resources. In addition, our VISTA friends at LiteracyMN […]
HOME Line VISTA Cohort January Highlights
The Cohort members have really hit the ground running at the beginning of this year, putting more work into action with their various projects including facilitation tenant rights trainings, supporting local tenant associations, and building out organizational capacity to begin tenant support programs. In January, the VISTA Cohort completed their third training share experience with four […]