[Minnesota Rising Dispatch] October 2012

[#mnrising Dispatch] October 2012 With Hurricane Sandy wreaking havoc on our nation's east coast and the election cycle at the pinnacle of its frenzy, the world seems to be in a state of near panic. Yet in the midst of weather and political systems that appear much bigger than we are, even in aggregate, it is clear that what we do have is our individual power and choice. We can choose to reach out to our loved ones on the Atlantic seaboard and we can choose to donate to recovery efforts. We can choose which candidates or referenda we support and we can choose to help get out the vote and make sure every voice is heard. In 2009, Minnesota was named the most civically engaged state in the nation, due to our storied tradition of voting and volunteering at record rates. We'll make history next Tuesday, not only for ourselves and our current political context, but for the generations of Minnesotans yet to come whose lives will be impacted by how we mark our ballots and subsequently, support our communities and state. Be sure to cast your vote for our shared future, and in so doing, demonstrate that together, we can weather whatever storms come our way.  Seeking GAPSA lunch table conversationalists! Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA), Minnesota Rising Network Partner Minnesota Rising has received an invitation from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) at the University of Minnesota to lunch with their current members and connect them to the community. We're looking for 10-15 people in the Minnesota Rising network to participate by speaking with students over the lunch hour and sharing a bit about their background and current community engagement efforts! Friday, November 9, 2012 12:00pm - 1:30pm The Great Hall, Coffman Memorial Union Please RSVP to minnesotarising[at]gmail.com by 5pm on Monday, November 5 with your name, email, and short bio (for use in matching relevant students to your table). GAPSA is hosting the first day in a series of Advocacy Workshop Seminars for graduate, professional, and undergraduate students. These workshops aim to arm students with basic tools to advocate for social issues that concern them, either for personal reasons, or on behalf of their research or the university. Un/Conference 2012 Content Curation   While the Un/Conference lasts only one day, the learning and relationships carry forward into our ongoing work and ever-growing networks. In continued curation and sharing of the content from that day, we're making available the presentations and other content from speakers and sessions at the Minnesota Rising 2012 Un/Conference: Leveraging Expansive Leadership for Our Minnesota! Feel free to peruse and pass along the insights and wisdom to your networks. Also, if you haven't yet had a chance to check out images from the daylong event (tag yourself and "like" Minnesota Rising, while you're at it), you can see photos galore on our Facebook page! Thanks, once again, to our highly talented 2012 Un/Conference planning team, industrious Network Partners, and generous sponsors, as well as to our numerous presenters, including the inspiring Solome Tibebu. To honor their contributions to creating space for connection and collaboration, we invite you, today and every day, to take part in the Minnesota Rising Cascading Conversations Tour to help in discovering our generation's shared visions and values and to simultaneously to build relationships, trust, and a shared vision for our state! Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend News from the Network Updates and events with our esteemed network partners and collaborators! MINN Global Potluck Minnesota NGOs Network Sunday, November 4, 2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm The Woodlake Nature Center Conference Room 6710 Lakeshore Drive, Richfield, MN Polls Are Closed: What Happened and What It Means for 2013 Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:00am - 10:30am Wilder Center 451 Lexinton Parkway North, St. Paul Free and open to the public Torch Event: To the Beat of Your Own Decision Pulse  Torch Community Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Mix & Mingle 5:30pm, Program 6:15pm, Networking 8:00pm The Minneapolis Club 729 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis 55402   Making Our #MNRising Mark! Don't forget to tag your upcoming emerging leader events, thoughts, musings, and more,#mnrising, on Twitter and Facebook. Let's aggregate and organize ourselves for increased interaction and potential for collaboration!  Copyright © 2012 Minnesota Rising, All rights reserved.