by GroundBreak Coalition | Jul 17, 2023
Photo Credit: Molly Miles As a region, we have incredible prosperity, ability, and strength. We’re home to 15 Fortune 500 headquarters, and we have the 15th largest metropolitan economy in the U.S. We have enormous wealth in our region, though not everyone experiences...
by GroundBreak Coalition | Nov 30, 2022
In November, the GroundBreak Coalition caught its collective breath after the October “design sprints,” where work group members brainstormed innovative capital investment pathways that could close racial gaps in income and wealth. Those pathways are being developed...
by GroundBreak Coalition | Sep 30, 2022
The GroundBreak Coalition is committed to expanding economic opportunity in Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP). The roots of racial and cultural disparities in MSP run deep, beginning with the forced displacement of Indigenous peoples and running through to intentionally...
by GroundBreak Coalition | Jul 25, 2022
This spring, GroundBreak Coalition was launched—a group of more than 25 (and growing) corporate, civic, and philanthropic leaders committed to demonstrating that, with enough resources, a racially equitable and carbon-neutral future is possible now. Together, we aim...
by GroundBreak Coalition | May 23, 2022
“As a Black entrepreneur, I can tell you that I am over-mentored and under-funded.” These were the words that Alex West Steinman, co-founder and CEO of The Coven shared during a gathering of corporate, civic, and philanthropic leaders discussing strategies for closing...