Minnesota Powershift a raging success!

This past weekend October 3-5, the Grand Aspirations-sponsored Minnesota Powershift brought over 150 youth, community members, and environmental leaders together at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Over the course of three days, participants listened to speakers, went to workshops, and networked with each other. We empowered ourselves by combining our knowledge and skills and developed new and lasting relationships that are the foundation for change in our society.

Grand Aspirations served as a fiscal agent for the event. We are happy to partner with such innovative people, and look forward to all of the projects and benefits that will come from Minnesota Powershift.

Summer of Solutions ends

Although I posted few updates in the last two months, much has happened. Sadly, our fantastic summer has come to a close, but with the launch of our new website, I've included a section where project members can tell their stories. Look for updates in the next month or so.

Rio Tazewell, a student from North Carolina, made this video documenting his Summer of Solutions:

Summer of Solutions begins

Our first major program, the Summer of Solutions began today. The Summer of Solutions is a two-month long activism training camp. We're very lucky to have almost twenty participants in the Twin Cities working on a number of innovative projects. Head over to the Summer of Solutions section of our website for more info.

Grand Aspirations receives fiscal agency

The San Francisco-Based Non Profit Global Exchange has granted fiscal agency to Grand Aspirations. Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Global Exchange will take Grand Aspiration's donations until we file with the IRS, and you can read more about what that means here. We are very excited to be working with such an amazing organization.

In related news, GA is now an officially incorporated non-profit organization! We recently recieved our certificate in the mail. Sweet!

Summer of Solutions intro video

Read more about it in this It's Getting Hot in Here post and then head over to the Summer of Solutions page to apply.

Summer of Solutions info is UP

Calling all climate leaders! Are you ready for an intensely fun and productive summer of working on building a climate positive vision? Check out the section on Summer of Solutions - one of our most exciting projects to date!