Claim Our Space commits to curating events that are:
Highly collaborative: We believe our clients hold the "secret sauce" that will lead to meaningful engagements. We encourage our clients to be highly collaborative throughout the experiential design process. We prefer to meet regularly with your team in-person or via video conferencing throughout the curation process. We will create and manage a project work plan after we meet with your team for an initial event visioning. We will co-work with your team using your project management tools of choice. We have experience with the following tools: Asana, Trello, Google Suite, Slack, and Basecamp.
Supportive of local economies: We commit to partnering with vendors who live and work in the communities where your engagements are held. We partner with a community of preferred vendors from historically underserved communities to assist with your event logistics.
Fully inclusive: We support engagement projects and events that uphold your organization’s commitment to community-building, and social justice. We are committed to curating events that meet the needs of your guests. Areas to consider include:
Culturally-responsive programming
Dietary needs
Space for spiritual reflection and nursing
Gender neutral restrooms
Trauma-informed speakers or warnings
ADA accessibility
Activities that address varying learning-styles
Quality: We are committed to curating engagements that are high-quality and innovative while remaining cost effective to your organization. We will work with your team ensure your budget expectations are fully understood and met throughout the curation of your event.
Fun: We believe dynamic spaces that lead to deepened relationships should foster joy. We incorporate joy-creating elements into our engagements.
Our Past Experiences
We have worked with the following organizations to curate events. Please contact us with any questions about particular events.
VoteRunLead, #RunAsYouAre, 2017, 2019
Northside Achievement Zone, Path to College Walk, 2018
GREATER MSP- BE MSP, Getting Real on Workplace Inclusion, 2018
Northside Achievement Zone, Family Academy Graduation, 2018, 2019
Northside Achievement Zone, One Future Luncheon, 2018, 2019
Minnesota Council on Foundations, Annual Meeting, January 2019
Minnesota Department of Health, Health Equity Summit, March 2019
Cookie Cart, Take the Lead Breakfast, April 2019
Center for Economic Inclusion, Powering Inclusion Summit, 2019, 2020 (Virtual)
Cookie Cart, More Than A Mixer, 2019, 2020 (Virtual)
Center for Economic Inclusion, Fall Speaker Series, Fall 2019
Cookie Cart, Chefs’ Dinner, 2019, 2020 (Virtual)
Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Immigrant Justice Retreat, December 2019
Minnesota Council on Foundations, BIPOC Member Networking Hour, February 2020
Borealis Philanthropy, Racial Equity in Philanthropy Grantee Convening, February 2020, Summer 2021 (Virtual)
Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Giving Project Grantee Panel, March 2020, April 2021 (Virtual)
Northside Achievement Zone, Northside Institute (Virtual), August 2020, August 2021
WoMN ACT, WoMN’s Virtual Policy Summit (Virtual), September 2020
African Economic Development Solutions, Virtual Little Africa Fest, September 2020
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, Legacy & Leadership Luncheon (Virtual), October 2020, September 2021
African Economic Development Solutions, National African Immigrant Leadership Conference (Virtual), December 2020, December 2021
Inter Faculty Organization, 2021 Delegate Assembly (Virtual), April 2021
Activate Network, Money Flow Month (Virtual), April 2021
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, Equity Summit (Virtual), May 2021
Reproductive Health Equity Project, Annual Conference (Virtual), August 2021
Borealis Philanthropy, Disability Inclusion Fund Grantee Convening Series, Summer 2021
Certified Access, 10x10x10 Summit (Virtual), August 2021
American Composers Forum, Equity Symposium (Virtual), September 2021
Institute on Environment- University of Minnesota, Annual Meeting (Virtual), September 2021
Fearless Commerce, Volume IV Book Release, September 2021
Board Repair, Board Recruitment Fair (Virtual), October 2021
Minnesota Justice Research Center, Re-Imagining Justice Regional Conference (Virtual), November 2021
Photo Gallery
Getting Real on
Workplace Inclusion
GREATER MSP- BE MSP
Location: McNamara Alumni Center Memorial Hall (Minneapolis, MN)
A Few Ways We Met Our Commitments:
Photography, graphic facilitation services provided by people of color-owned businesses based in Twin Cities metro area
Gender-neutral restrooms
Activities provided for all eight learning styles
2018 Path to college
WALK
Northside Achievement Zone
Locations: West Broadway Avenue Corridor & Minneapolis College (Minneapolis, MN)
A Few Ways We Met Our Commitments:
Project plan managed on Google Drive with NAZ working group
DJ services provided by woman of color-owned business based in Twin Cities metro area
Age-appropriate programming and activities provided for participants ages 4 to 18
2019 MCF Annual Meeting
Minnesota Council on Foundations
Location: Minneapolis Marriott Northwest (Minneapolis, MN)
A Few Ways We Met Our Commitments:
Printing and visual recording services provided by people of color-owned businesses based in the Twin Cities metro area
Space for Spiritual Reflection
Gender neutral restrooms
Powering Inclusion Summit
Center for Economic Inclusion
Location: The Depot (Minneapolis, MN)
A Few Ways We Met Our Commitments:
Photography, musical, edible favors, and printing services provided by people of color-owned businesses based in the Twin Cities metro area
Activities provided for all eight learning styles
Speakers representative of varying racial/ethnic backgrounds, areas of expertise, age, and geographies