Visit us
The Sabo Center is located in the Oren Gateway Center on Augsburg University’s Campus. Our offices face Riverside Avenue and are across from Nabo Cafe on the main floor of the building. Accessible entrances at the main entrance on 22nd Avenue and through the rear parking lot on 21st Avenue. Please send an email to any one one of our staff to set up a meeting or ask a question, or just stop by! View a campus map.
Staff
For 15 years, Alex has developed youth civic leadership programs locally and internationally. As a professor of Social Work and Youth Studies at Augsburg, his teaching and scholarship centers on community data justice, community-driven programs, and shared decision-making, particularly with young people and human service organizations. At the Sabo Center, he supports students, staff, and faculty to strengthen community engaged relationships and the commitments of Augsburg as a neighbor.
Anderson Hall, Office 40
Jenean Gilmer, Community Engaged Learning Program Manager
Jenean Gilmer holds a B.A. in Cultural Studies and a Master of Public History from the University of Minnesota. She has lived and worked in Minneapolis and Saint Paul since 2003 and has been at Augsburg University since 2022. Her work seeks to deepen our understanding of one another, the communities we live in, and the land that we live on.
Anderson Hall, Office 39
Steve Peacock, Community Relations Director
Steve joined Augsburg in 2008 with nearly 20 years’ experience in community development. As Director of Community Relations, Steve identifies and facilitates opportunities for Augsburg to strengthen its engagement as an anchor institution and community member in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.
peacock@augsburg.edu
612.330.1583
Coral Ramos, Bonner Community Leaders Program Manager
Zinnia Koy, Food Initiatives Program Manager