PROJECTS, PROGRAM
and INITIATIVES
Education and Outreach
Understanding others also takes understanding of self. Developing cultural agility is a journey that takes intention and a deep understanding of our own values and beliefs and how they shape our world view.
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The Sowing Room offers workshops and hands on activities designed to fit your needs.
CURRENT PROJECT:
Minnesotans for the American Community Survey and Census 2030 Rural Advocacy Committee 2024
Bridging Differences Engagement Opportunities
Storytelling and Creating Places of Belonging
Storytelling and placemaking inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent public spaces as the heart of every community. Strengthening the connection between people and the places they share, placemaking refers to a collaborative process by which we can shape our public realm to maximize shared value. Thinking about space differently facilitates creative patterns of use, paying particular attention to the physical, cultural, and social identities that define a place and support its ongoing evolution.
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CURRENT PROJECTS:
Wadena Creative Communities Plan 2025
The Prairie Homeless Companion
Indigenous and Local Foods Fellowship Story
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Intercultural Development Inventory
The Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) a theory-based, developmental psychometric instrument grounded in a comprehensive, cross-culturally validated theory of intercultural competence
– the Intercultural Development Continuum.
The IDI provides in-depth insights on individuals’ and group’s levels of intercultural competence. This is accomplished through customized IDI Individual Profile Reports and IDI Group Profile Reports, which present valid quantitative and qualitative information about how individuals and groups engage cultural difference in their day-to-day interactions with others.
PRICING AND INFORMATION:
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CURRENT CLIENTS:
Northern Pines Mental Health
Regional Food Business Centers (MN, ND, SD)
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Physical and Psychological Safety Initiatives
In partnership with the Nonviolent Peaceforce, and funded by The Bush Foundation, The Sowing Room is engaging with community members to ensure all feel safe in our rural places.
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES:
October 2024 Nonviolent Peaceforce Who's At Your Table?
November 2024 Nonviolent Peaceforce Who's At Your Table?
Spring 2025 Nonviolent Peaceforce Who's At Your Table?
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consulting
Changing demographics are diversifying our rural communities at a faster rate than ever before. How are we ensuring that our communities, employers, businesses, health care systems, childcare and more are respoding to these shifts in culturally appropriate ways?
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CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS:
Communities of Excellence Social Cohesion
DEED Inclusive Workplace Employer Designation
NADO Vermont DEI Assessment
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