GreenLight Fund Twin Cities

08/25/2026

This Saturday! Join Irth at Boom Island for the Milk Crawl - a community stroller walk created specifically for Black and Brown families to connect, move together, and build community!

Bring your little ones in their strollers and meet local lactation consultants, doulas, and birth workers ready to answer your questions, share vital resources, and support your journey in a joy-filled, intentional space. Participants will also receive a free tote bag.

We hope to see you there!

Join us for a stroller walk in the Twin Cities! Fun activities, lactation tips & community bonding for Black Breastfeeding Week!

08/20/2026

This week we're celebrating Executive Director Simone Hardeman-Jones' six years as the leader of GreenLight Fund Twin Cities! Join us in congratulating Simone on her anniversary!

08/14/2026

Irth's Power Moms Minneapolis hosted by Naturi Naughton Lewis has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 27th, 12pm-4pm!

More information to come!

08/07/2026

The latest GreenLight Fund inFocus campaign highlights two focus areas that are top of mind for many communities: housing and community safety. Read more in the blog below about how GreenLight is investing in powerful and innovative solutions, including the Twin Cities' own Let Everyone Advance with Dignity!

GreenLight Fund’s inFocus campaign highlights the challenges shaping family and community well-being—and the locally driven solutions helping communities respond.

The latest installment focuses on housing and community safety, exploring how GreenLight portfolio organizations are helping families remain securely housed, prevent violence and build the stability needed to thrive.

Read the latest inFocus: https://greenlightfund.org/infocus-housing-and-community-safety/

07/31/2026

Join Irth’s Milk Crawl: A Stroller Walk for Black & Brown Families!

In celebration of Black Breastfeeding Week, join Irth for the Milk Crawl - a community stroller walk created specifically for Black and Brown families to connect, move together, and build community!

Bring your little ones in their strollers and meet local lactation consultants, doulas, and birth workers ready to answer your questions, share vital resources, and support your journey in a joy-filled, intentional space. Participants will also receive a free tote bag.

Date: Saturday, August 29th

Time: 10am-12pm

Location: Boom Island Park, MN

Register below:

Join us for a stroller walk in the Twin Cities! Fun activities, lactation tips & community bonding for Black Breastfeeding Week!

07/23/2026

07/15/2026

This Saturday! July 18 11:00-3:00. Join Irth for the Power Moms Brunch featuring special guest Naturi Naughton-Lewis! A live panel will discuss the awareness and engagement around the state of Black maternal health in Minnesota.

Get tickets below!

A celebration of motherhood, wellness, and community — powered by Irth.

07/14/2026

This Friday, July 17 from 6:00-8:00pm! Join Irth's Twin Cities Mixer for BIPOC Birth Workers! Enjoy light bites, drinks, music, and lots of passionate people who care for Black and Brown birthing families.

Learn more and get tickets below:

Calling all BIPOC birth workers in Twin Cities ! Join Kimberly Seals Allers & the Irth Team for a night of light bites, drinks and music.

07/09/2026

Laura Bakosh, Inner Explorer Co-Founder, recently published an op-ed on how the effects of AI on student learning and how mindfulness can be a solution. Read more below!

AI is accelerating. What schools must do to support student attention and judgment now.

07/07/2026

Dr. Rachel Hardeman recently published a powerful reflection on the Black maternal health crisis in America.

"Black women will die in childbirth at more than three times the rate of White women, from causes the CDC has told us are more than 80% preventable."

Read the op-ed below:

I am standing at a podium in a room full of hundreds of people, giving a keynote on the Black maternal mortality crisis. I share data. I share stories. I read aloud from the memoir of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved Black mother. “I had prayed for his death, but never so earnestly as I now […]