Volunteers build understanding and deep relationships through learning community events.
Volunteers get to know one another, learn from nationally renowned speakers, engage in interfaith dialogue, and develop strategies to engage others in the work of creating real, systemic change in Greater Saint Paul.
2019–2020 Program Year Kick Off
Thursday, September 12, 5:30–7:30 pm
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 700 Snelling Ave S
- Enjoy a light dinner while meeting fellow volunteers
- Learn about this year’s Opportunity Saint Paul themes
- Hear inspiring words from our seven nonprofit partners
- Spend time with the leadership of each nonprofit to ask further
- questions about their work and the impact of volunteering
- Share your top three choices for your nonprofit volunteering
RSVP to Sarah Peterka, (651) 789-3853 or speterka@interfaithaction.org
2019-2020 Learning Community Events
- Thursday, October 24, 6:00–8:30 pm, Wellstone Center, home of Neighborhood House
- Thursday, December 12, 6:00–8:30 pm, Beth Jacob Congregation
- Thursday, January 16, 6:00–8:30 pm, Wilder Foundation
- Thursday, March 19, 6:00–8:30 pm
- Thursday, May 21, 6:00–8:30 pm
- Thursday, July 16, 6:00–8:30 pm
2018–2019 Learning Community Events
July 18: Impact Stories: Opportunity Saint Paul’s Impact on our Community
Year-in-review of volunteer experiences and impact on community partners
May 9: Trauma-Informed Care
Understanding trauma and its impact on brain development, cultural resilience, and new tools to help volunteers in their work with students and clients
March 14: Motivational Interviewing
Understanding how Motivational Interview can help people of differing cultures and socio-economic backgrounds learn to work together and communicate better
January 29: Building Strong Volunteer Relationships
Learning how successful volunteer experiences rely on building effective, authentic relationships between volunteers and clients
November 29: Unconscious Bias
Understanding how unconscious bias can negatively affect our thoughts and behaviors, how it manifests itself in our relationships, and how we can take steps to create more innovative, caring, and inclusive relationships
October 11: Experience Poverty—Interactive Poverty Simulation
Experiencing what it feels to like to live in poverty through an online simulation tool developed by Urban Ministries of Durham
Learn more, download resources and watch videos from 2018-2019 here.