Community safety
Violence prevention, justice, public systems and neighborhood leadership.
OUR SUPPORT
An ecosystem
built to help people
move forward.
Urban Youth Conservation’s work is strengthened by advisors, public agencies, schools, community organizations, sponsors and donors. Each plays a different role; together they help turn trusted relationships into practical support.
OFFICIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Guidance with
real-world weight.
The UYC Advisory Council meets quarterly to offer strategic counsel, strengthen partnerships, test assumptions and connect UYC with expertise and opportunity. Advisors support the mission without replacing the governance authority of UYC’s Board of Directors.
Youth opportunity
Education, athletics, workforce pathways and leadership development.
Research & health
Evaluation, public health, behavioral health, data and evidence-informed practice.
Organizational strength
Philanthropy, finance, communications, governance, lived experience and sustainable growth.
Official appointments and public listings will be added after each advisor’s role and permission to publish are confirmed.
PARTNER CATEGORIES
Different roles.
One connected mission.
Current relationships and completed collaborations are identified clearly. Proposed and in-development relationships are not included.
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Public-sector partners
Government and public-safety relationships that support intervention, referrals and coordinated community response.
UYC SUPPORTCURRENT
City of Minneapolis
Current Group Violence Intervention contract; documented Project LIFE and MinneapolUS strategic outreach work.
UYC SUPPORTCURRENT
Hennepin County
Current Youth Group Violence Intervention contract supporting youth intervention, referrals and family coordination.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Youth outreach collaboration documented for 2023.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office · CAT Team
Documented intervention-team collaboration, including support involving women affected by abuse.
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Education & youth partners
Schools and youth-serving organizations that helped UYC bring credible engagement directly to young people.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Minneapolis Public Schools · Washburn High School
School outreach and special truancy-project collaboration documented in UYC’s program history.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Saint Peter Claver Catholic School
African American history outreach for middle-school-age youth documented in UYC’s program history.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Saint Paul Public Schools
Education partnership supporting African American history outreach for middle-school-age youth.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Northside Achievement Zone
Project Take Back neighborhood-team model; partnership originated with the PEACE Foundation.
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Community & family partners
Trusted organizations that extended UYC’s reach into schools, families, neighborhoods and public advocacy.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
MAD DADS Minneapolis
School outreach and youth engagement documented in UYC’s program history.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
FATHER Project
Male outreach, peer groups and family-support collaboration documented in UYC’s program history.
UYC SUPPORTCOMPLETED
Protect Minnesota
Documented social-justice and gun-policy advocacy partnership.
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Foundation & resource partners
Funding, food and practical resources that helped ideas become direct community support.
UYC SUPPORTDOCUMENTED SUPPORT
The Minneapolis Foundation
Early organizational, youth-development and safe-community grant support.
UYC SUPPORTCURRENT / ONGOING
Local food pantries, restaurants & families
Ongoing community support for Everybody Eats™ food distribution.
SPONSORS
Put resources
behind access.
Sponsors can underwrite a program, participant cohort, community experience, transportation, meals, equipment or another defined need. Named sponsors are published after the commitment and permission to list are confirmed.
Explore sponsorship ↗DONORS
Every form of
support matters.
Donors help UYC respond with flexibility—through financial gifts, food, supplies, professional expertise and trusted introductions. Community food supporters currently help sustain Everybody Eats™.