Imagine Deliver
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Minnesota, USA
Joined January 2017
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A great big thank you to the Payne-Phalen community for their wonderful insights and ideas ✨✨✨! #geniussurroundsus
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The Imagine Deliver team is in the Payne-Phalen area today diving deep into discussions about creating inclusive communities and lively public spaces!! Shoutout to our amazing team!!🦄🦄🦄
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📢 We are thrilled to announce that our Founder and CEO, Kate Downing Khaled, was recently appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Advisory Board! #Leadership #CommunityAdvisoryBoard #FederalReserveBank
https://t.co/NohasjgbTW
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✨ Inspiring read by @allen_tonya & @BremerBank's Jeanne Crain — check out their op-ed! Together, we're working to build Black wealth in MN & beyond. We're proud to be part of the GroundBreak Coalition as equitable strategy & design partners. @McKnightFdn
https://t.co/QYUbuczZfK
startribune.com
Our effort could, in the next 10 years, dramatically shrink regional racial wealth gaps.
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⚡Are you independently proactive? Do you have meticulous project management skills? Are you guided by an equity lens? You might just be our new Business Operations and Administrative Lead! Apply by June 30. https://t.co/MP4VfMoWrE
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We are thrilled to have made the 2022 Impact List, put together by @SocEntMSP & powered by the @BushFoundation. The annual list highlights MN-based #socialenterprises, recognizing their commitment to positive social & environmental impact. Full list > https://t.co/mU8IVTe88x
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If we took every job that came across our desks...our paychecks might grow, but our mission wouldn't. When we plan our yearly goals, we ground ourselves by imagining the problems we want to solve, so we can pursue them. How do you plan your yearly goals?
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Q: If a major education system abolishes a racist and ineffective test, will they more effectively serve the new majority of students? A: 100% yes https://t.co/6HkCV14LrU
kqed.org
After doing away with the SAT and ACT in 2020, the University of California said Thursday it would no longer consider using any tests as part of its undergraduate admissions process.
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Did you know, Imagine Deliver is actively taking steps to create a four-day work week? Read more from @NPR about the cultural shifts we need to make this happen, and DM us if you're working on this too! https://t.co/pnJpw2Oa6A
npr.org
The five-day workweek can feel as preordained as the number of minutes in an hour, but it hasn't always been the norm. Workers fought for a Monday-to-Friday schedule before it became standard in the...
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In case you missed it: our founder and CEO @PerpetuallyKate was featured in @MinneInnovation! Curious about what we've been up to lately? This article has some answers. https://t.co/juOyYVyLPJ
bizjournals.com
Since its founding in 2017, Downing Khaled and the 10-person team at the Minneapolis-based firm, have worked to make traditionally underrepresented voices heard by combining a community-driven...
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The @CityofAtlanta implemented a new policy to allow urban farms to sell fresh & affordable food. They also approved a controversial police and fire training facility. Equitable outcomes demand that the community have power at every decision-making table. We must improve!
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"[Indigenous] values, practices, and policies can show us the way to heal and reclaim the health of our earth and humanity." This is essential reading about the power of designing WITH, not FOR, by @RWJF Director @KarabiGlobal: https://t.co/eKPerfJzN9
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A myth is just a story, but a myth can be extremely powerful and dangerous. Read more about a myth that we hear all the time in the community development space:
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@JXTA_ARTS @IndigenousRoot2 The Community Design Team is NOT the same group of people who are responsible for designing our final reports and deliverables. But we make an effort to produce beautiful deliverables with local talent, too.
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@JXTA_ARTS @IndigenousRoot2 We transform community engagement insights into actionable solutions by assembling a Community Design Team of BIPOC community experts that are artists or industry futurists.
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@JXTA_ARTS @IndigenousRoot2 And our community engagement process doesn't end once we've gathered insights.
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@JXTA_ARTS @IndigenousRoot2 Working in this way is less extractive and helps to 1) affirm community trust, 2) deliver engagement across numerous language and 3) cultural barriers, bolster social infrastructures that already supports communities.
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Instead of hiring solo contractors as "organizers" for community engagement efforts, partner with art-based organizations who already have deep roots in the communities we hope to engage with. @JXTA_ARTS @IndigenousRoot2
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