• Conversation about Climate and Rural Community Resiliency

    Join Minnesota Farmers Union and West Central Initiative for a Conversation about Climate and Rural Community Resiliency. The discussion will focus on our changing climate and mental health concerns in west central Minnesota. WHEN: 5:30-7:30 p.m. October 30. WHERE: Outstate Brewing Company, 309 S. Vine St., Fergus Falls. SPEAKERS: Ariel Kagan, MFU Climate and Working...

  • Join or Die Screening – Morris

    Join or Die – an award-winning documentary - centers on America’s civic unraveling through the journey of social scientist Robert Putnam, whose decades-long research on the decline in community connections lights a path out of our democracy’s present crisis. Join us for an engaging evening of discovery, discussion, and community building as we explore what...

  • Minnesota Cooperative Summit: Cooperatively Building a Better World

    Presented by CoMinnesota, Minnesota Farmers Union, University of Minnesota Morris, and West Central Initiative. Co-ops have the power to build a better world that includes everyone. Co-ops have been and will continue to be key for economic development in our state, from succession planning to incorporating marginalized groups to solving challenges that cannot be done...