Beginning in fall of 2025, the Sabo Center entered into an active collaboration with the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute to bring EPNI staff to campus to share their ways of working, knowledge, and experiences. This provides the opportunity for our campus community to learn from people actively working in their communities, offers professional development and entry points into movement work for students and others. This work supports expansive ways of teaching that bring the practices and perspectives of working community members into curriculum, creates more engagement opportunities for our campus communities to get involved in work in our neighborhoods and provides opportunities to provide meaningful support for work in our neighborhoods.
We’re hosting EPNI staff on campus in Fall 2025 for a series of talks and workshops. We will release a call for project proposals on December 1st for those that have attended events or otherwise connected with EPNI staff to bring them back to campus in Spring 2026 for events, course connections, garden and landscaping projects, and more. Limited funding will be offered to proposals that align with the principles of the Community Changemakers.
Sabo Center staff manage the project with support from the Sabo Center Community Engagement Council. Questions can be directed to Jenean Gilmer, gilmerje@augsburg.edu.
Fall 2025 Events:
Urban Ag + Community Power with Kieran Morris: Part I
Wednesday, October 29, Noon to 1:00 pm
Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
Forest Hunt: Indigenous Food Sovereignty Talk
Monday, November 3, Noon to 1:00 pm
Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
Urban Ag + Community Power with Kieran Morris: Part II
Wednesday, November 5th, Noon to 1:00 pm
Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
Political and Community Organizing with Joe Vital!
Monday, November 10th, Noon to 1:00pm
Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
Forest Hunt: Hot Stuff! Seasonal Teas and Bath Salts for Health!
Wednesday, November 12, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
The Food Lab, Hagfors 108
Sean Lim: Making Movement Art Talk
Wednesday, November 19, Noon to 1:00 pm
Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
Sean Lim: Movement Art Workshop – Banner Making
Monday, November 24, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Christensen Center, East Commons
Daniel Colten-Schmidt: Finance & Fundraising for Community Movements
Monday, December 1, Noon – 1:00 pm
Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
Sean Lim: Movement Art Workshop – Screen-printing Posters
Monday, December 1, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Christensen Center, East Commons