With support from Otto Bremer Trust, the Cultural Wellness Center is expanding and enhancing our model for adult basic education with the introduction of cultural-based learning modules and elder/instructor co-teaching structures. This expansion aligns with our overarching goal of establishing guidelines and a certification process for African-Centered Pedagogy and a Center for Cultural Learning.

We are now accepting applications for Cohort 2 of The Change Network Minnesota. The Change Network Minnesota is a leadership program of The Cultural Wellness Center and the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, in partnership with the Bush Foundation. This program is designed for anyone in communities, organizations, and systems who are positioned...

Atum Azzahir, Executive Director of Cultural Wellness Center, spoke of the importance of culture as a mediator for mental well-being as one of three featured panelists in a discussion on mental health hosted by MPR at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The event was recorded live and you can listen here.