Annual community building events and programs, including the Alley Garden Awards in the summer and MacGrove Fest in the fall. Various smaller events are put on throughout the year.

Black urban farms designed to be both a gathering space and increase food access. Offers free produce pick up, gardening and food preparation classes, community events, skills-building workshops, and environmentally conscious workshops for community members of all ages. Program includes weekly Conversations and Coffee (C&C), a cross generational gathering event focussed on relationship building and storytelling. Conversations and Coffee (C&C) brings in Black and BIPOC elders from the community to share stories with youth and adults about the history of people of color in Duluth. Locations include: Freedom Farms Central Hillside and Lincoln Park Freedom Farms.

- Events and festivals - Retreats and retreat facilities - Summer camp - Weekend camps

The program builds bridges, allowing those living with a disability access to activities and events they would not normally have. Program developers create a calendar of activities that provide social, physical, and mental benefits for all ages, levels of disability, and their families/caregivers. The Inclusive Community Program also advocates for - Inclusive community areas - Accessibility rights - Education assistance for students living with a disability This program also manages the fundraising events for UCP of Central MN. These events bring those with disabilities together with family and community members to raise funds for UCP programs. Inclusive Community Program activities can include: - Annual Halloween party - Art camps - Educational programs - Super Strikers bowling league

- Annual Danish Day celebration - Danish cultural events and functions ??- Genealogy studies - Language classes, folk dance lessons - Pancake breakfasts and special brunches ???- Sommerfest celebration

The program builds bridges, allowing those living with a disability access to activities and events they would not normally have. Program developers create a calendar of activities that provide social, physical, and mental benefits for all ages, levels of disability, and their families/caregivers. The Inclusive Community Program also advocates for - Inclusive community areas - Accessibility rights - Education assistance for students living with a disability This program also manages the fundraising events for UCP of Central MN. These events bring those with disabilities together with family and community members to raise funds for UCP programs. Inclusive Community Program activities can include: - Annual Halloween party - Art camps - Educational programs - Super Strikers bowling league

The Urban Offices offer: - Band hunting and fishing licenses - Computer use - CPR/AED and First Aid classes - Educational/Ojibwe language cultural arts and crafts classes - Elder outings and meetings - Monthly community meetings on issues, programs, and services for urban area and on the reservation - Referrals to Band services including Indian Child Welfare Act Social Workers, legal services, traditional healing, and other services - Smoke alarms - Special and family events including a holiday party and community picnic - Star award for youth in grades Kindergarten - 12 - Transportation to major Mille Lacs Band events - Tribal updates - Twin cities voting site for Mille Lacs Band Tribal elections - Urban Honoring Our Pre-Schoolers - UHOPS: Celebrates the success of students in Head Start or early education for Kindergarten preparation - Urban update supplement to the Band Ojibwe Innaiimowin newspaper - Volunteer appreciation

Offers youth and family programs, including the following: - Active Family and Community Engagement: Engages family at school-based community events, which build bridges between school and home. - Collaborative Leadership and Practices: Include professional learning communities, site-based teams charged with improving school policy and classroom teaching and learning, labor-management collaborations, and teacher development strategies such as peer assistance and review. - Expanded and Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities: Collaborates with community partners to provide learning activities during out-of-school time and summer, using school facilities and other community spaces. Programs vary depending on community priorities and include arts, physical activity, small group and individualized academic support, and hands-on learning activities. - Integrated Student Supports: Coordinates on-site services to support students in overcoming a range of barriers to educational and life success. Services are unique to each school based on the specific needs of the students and community, and may include access to medical, dental, and mental health care services, tutoring, and other academic supports. Schools are also developing restorative practices to reduce punitive disciplinary actions such as suspensions.

The program builds bridges, allowing those living with a disability access to activities and events they would not normally have. Program developers create a calendar of activities that provide social, physical, and mental benefits for all ages, levels of disability, and their families/caregivers. The Inclusive Community Program also advocates for - Inclusive community areas - Accessibility rights - Education assistance for students living with a disability This program also manages the fundraising events for UCP of Central MN. These events bring those with disabilities together with family and community members to raise funds for UCP programs. Inclusive Community Program activities can include: - Annual Halloween party - Art camps - Educational programs - Super Strikers bowling league