To bring joy and hope to our young people, we hold free community events focused on art, activism and healing, bringing our community together with food, music, dancing and give-aways. We partner with Black and BIPOC vendors and entrepreneurs to invest in our economic development and integrate local healers and organizations.
Read more about our first-ever gala and youth-led fashion show in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder!
Upcoming events
Join us on May 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. for our first Independent Living Skills Workshop! This month, Faith Dietz will be our community host and lead us in creating our own cleaning supplies! This workshop is open to youth aged 16 to 24 and attendees will received a $50 stipend for participating — and leave with their own cleaning supplies! RSVP here!
Stay tuned to Instagram and Facebook for updates!
Past events
2025 Glow Up Conference: Reclaiming our Energy!
Hosted by Love First Community Engagement, the Annual Glow Up Conference builds Black girls’ identities through active workshops centered on creativity, wellness, and healing. This year, sessions will focus on reclaiming our energy and girls are encouraged to invite their mothers, aunties or other adult women in their lives to join them for the first half of the day. The conference will include a keynote address from Kinshasha Kambui, a healer and founder of the Wellness Paradigm in Minneapolis, food and more!
June Revive & Thrive Training and Community Dinner
June 6 | Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Watch a video reel from the event!
May Community Dinner & Conversation
May 19 | Indigenous Roots
April Community Dinner
April 12 | Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Watch a video reel from the event!
February Community Dinner
February 18 | Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
MLK Day Community Dinner
Jan 14, 2024 | Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center
In honor of MLK Day, Love First hosted a Community Dinner with free food, fellowship and a showing of the biopic “Rustin.” Following the film, we had a discussion about the film and how to organize with our youth facilitated by civil rights leader and youth advocate, Chauntyll Allen.
