Minnesota Promise:
A Grounding Vision for the Foster Movement in MN
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The MN Promise Report will be released in May 2025!
We are asking everyone in our network to engage in this report, which lays out a clear vision for a Foster Movement in Minnesota. Can you set aside time in early May to dive in? What do you need to take care of yourself as you move through both the harms and hopes this report holds? Can you share this news with THREE people who should know about the report and get them to sign up for our listserv to learn more?
What would it look like if Minnesota fulfilled its promise to Fosters?
Minnesota makes Fosters a promise when the state removes us from our homes, promising that we’ll be better taken care of in state care than we would be in our families of origin. But for so many of our Foster leaders, this promise has not been met individually, even related to their most basic needs. Data shows it is not being met for our broader community, as Fosters face deep system injustices and are not afforded the same economic, educational, and work outcomes as our peers.
How do we address these challenges? To achieve a shift in imagination and outcomes, we must listen to Fosters.
Please watch the videos below!
MN Promise by the numbers:
Sessions held: 13
Counties represented: 50+
Fosters engaged: 123
Giant Poster Sheets: 200+
Community Partners contacted: 280+
Words in session transcripts: 250,000+
From 2022-2024, we traveled the state hosting listening and design sessions with Fosters to gather their BOLD ideas for systems change. We’ve spent the summer and fall analyzing all this data, reviewing drafts with our Foster leaders, and preparing for the next stage of our MN Promise campaign.
Thank you to our funders!
Interested in supporting our MN Promise launch and movement building?
We’d love to partner with you for event and network sponsorship opportunities! Reach out to elena@fosteradvocates.org for more information.
A big thank you to:
2025 Launch and Movement Building Sponsors: John and Denise Graves Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Sauer Family Foundation
Listening Session Sponsors: American Indian Community Specific Board, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Ordean Foundation, Ramsey County Social Services , Sauer Family Foundation, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
Listening Session Hosts: 180 Degrees, American Indian Community Housing Organization , Cultivate Mankato, Headwaters Music and Arts, Indigenous Roots, Metro State University, Quarry Hill Nature Center, Minnesota State University Moorhead, St. Cloud State University, University YMCA