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Posted at 4:03 PM on June 9, 2020
With a monumental social uprising coming during a global health crisis, there’s no doubt the last few weeks have been some of...
Blake MacKenzie
Recent Posts
Answers to your Questions about our Virtual Gala
Posted at 1:14 PM on April 27, 2020
Are you ready to create homes from the comfort of yours? Our (virtual) Hard Hat & Black Tie Gala is coming up on Saturday, May...
Juanita's Family Weathers COVID-19 in their Habitat Home
Posted at 3:57 PM on April 7, 2020
“It shouldn’t take a crisis to show how important housing is.”-Juanita, Habitat homeowner since 1995
In 1995, Juanita,...
Top 5 Reasons to Join AmeriCorps
Posted at 3:52 PM on March 12, 2020
Post by Kristal Sawatzke and Blake MacKenzie, Twin Cities Habitat Staff
March 8-14, 2020, is National AmeriCorps Week! Here at...
Race and Housing Series: Rondo and I-94—A Conversation with Nick Khaliq
Posted at 11:18 AM on February 14, 2020
Twin Cities Habitat has a core value of Equity and Inclusion which states: “We promote racial equity and strive to increase...
Turning Impossible into Possible with Habitat
Posted at 10:00 AM on January 7, 2020
“I didn’t think it was a possibility—owning a home felt so far out of reach.”
Ikram had spent years moving from apartment to...
Race and Housing Series: Redlining and Resistance – An Interview with Dr. Brittany Lewis
Posted at 1:39 PM on December 26, 2019
Twin Cities Habitat has a core value of Equity and Inclusion which states: “We promote racial equity and strive to increase...
You Help the Seed of Homeownership Bloom
Posted at 9:54 AM on November 13, 2019
Receiving the key to your home is a profound moment. Especially for LeAndra. When the key to her Habitat home was placed in...
Following in His Father's Footsteps
Posted at 1:33 PM on November 4, 2019
As a child growing up in Jamaica, Garfield Bowen watched his dad, Eric, build homes for others. Today, Garfield finds himself...
Race and Housing Series: Government's Role in Housing Segregation
Posted at 4:18 PM on October 16, 2019
Twin Cities Habitat has a core value of Equity and Inclusion which states: “We promote racial equity and strive to increase...
