In this the first episode, Jeff speaks with Bruce Ensrud (GMCC Board Chair), Gloria Lewis (Co-Chair of Masterful Collaborations, former GMCC Board Member, and former President/CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters), and Reynolds-Anthony Harris (Business Architect to GMCC and Masterful Collaborations initiative) to get an understanding of the foundational elements of the Masterful Collaborations: what’s behind it, what’s in front of it, and the people and principles that are guiding it.

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In this the second episode we will hear about Genius Labs from the four members of our founding design team. Genius Labs brings together technological access, studio learning, and youth-centered design to create opportunities to middle school youth that foster creativity, independence, critical thinking, and self-awareness.

Featured panel:
Dr. Jeremy Wang, Genius Labs Summer Guide and Director of Science Education + Teacher at St. Thomas More Catholic School
Ms. Shvonne Johnson, Genius Labs Lead Guide and African American Cultural Liaison at Roseville Area School District
Jamil Stamschror-Lott, LICSW, Co-CEO and Co-founder of Creative Kuponya
Reynolds-Anthony Harris, Business Architect Contractor with GMCC and Founder + Managing Director of Lyceum Partners + design Inc.

In this the third episode we hear about one of GMCC’s most masterful and most impactful collaborations, in the area of food, specifically food equity. Initiative Co-Leaders, Reynolds-Anthony Harris and Douglas Belton had a vision to unleash, scale, and harness the power of urban farming which has since become the initiative known as Minnesota Venture Farms.

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Read more about the Minnesota Venture Farms Initiative here!