About LSS Financial Counseling:

At LSS Financial Counseling, we equip people to take control of their finances with tangible steps and personal guidance that are the key to confidence and success. Our goal is to provide helpful, nonjudgmental support to assist you on your journey to financial wellness. We believe people can overcome debt, build assets and achieve financial wellness.

About Our Speaker:

Kim Miller was drawn to LSS Financial Counseling in 2004 because of her passion for financial education and helping people manage their budgets. She graduated from Bethel University with a B.A. in business and finance. In her years as a financial counselor, Kim has worked for various non-profit agencies in different parts of the United States. She has listened to and worked with many wonderful people of all different backgrounds as they figured out their next steps to move their financial life forward.

Kim rejoined LSS Financial Counseling in 2020 after returning to Minnesota. As a Partner Relations Specialist, she enjoys working with our faith-based Financial Choice partners and local community-based financial institutions. Her goal is to provide financial wellness encouragement in a holistic manner.

When she lived in other states, Kim volunteered her time at summer camps for children and worked full time for a few years as a youth coordinator.

·This is a hybrid event! We will be hosting a virtual component over Zoom and an in-person component at the Carondelet Center in St. Paul. Please RSVP for whichever one you would like to attend at the relevant link above.

How to find YNPN: we will be posted up in the space with a sign that says "YNPN" so you will know who your people are!

Register here to join us on April 18.

Want to make a change within the workspace and your community but worried about overextending? Then RSVP to explore core concepts to establish and lead change with Anil Hurkadli on March 28, from 6-7pm virtually or in person! At this FREE opportunity, review how to establish a shared purpose with your coworkers and your community, and navigate adaptive leadership, liberatory consciousness, the 4 'I's of oppression, and forms of power. 

About Anil

Anil Hurkadli (he/him/his) considers it his life's work to ensure people are equipped with the knowledge, skills, mindsets, and relationships necessary to thrive. Anil has had the privilege of doing that work across multiple sectors throughout his career and sees his commitment to educational, economic, and racial equity as deeply rooted in his family's immigration story.

Throughout his career, he has advised mayors, nonprofit leaders, corporate executives, and superintendents on how to achieve equity for their stakeholders. Prior to joining the Foundation, Anil applied his experience to national change efforts through the Aspen Institute’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative and the Asian American and Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Fund. He was also a lecturer on the topics of management and leadership at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Anil first joined the philanthropy sector as the Learning and Strategy Officer for the Thrivent Foundation, where he was responsible for ensuring equity in every foundation policy and practice led to equity in its strategic outcome areas of family-sustaining employment and financial health. Prior to that, Anil served as the executive director for Teach For America in Minnesota and the interim executive director for Minneapolis Public Schools’ Office of New Schools.

Anil has degrees from Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a passionate advocate for students and works to improve opportunities for young people as a research fellow for the Kennedy School's Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and board member for the Coalition of Asian American Leaders, New Vision Foundation, World Savvy, and Achieve Twin Cities.

This is a hybrid event! We will be hosting a virtual component over Zoom and an in-person component at the Carondelet Center in St. Paul. Please RSVP for whichever one you would like to attend at the relevant link below.

Join us for another YNPN-TC member meetup! We will gather at La Dona Cerveceria on October 12 from 4:30-6:30p. Come on by to meet other young nonprofit professionals and have a great time!

The next day, we will also have space to meet at the MCN Fundraising Conference networking event. If you’re planning on going, just look for our sign!

Please join us for our summer member meetup on August 10th at Sociable Cider Werks!

Bring a friend and get to know your fellow young nonprofit professionals and YNPN board members at this casual networking event.

A necessary part of maintaining productive working relationships with coworkers and external stakeholders is knowing how to address conflict in the workplace. But addressing conflict is hard! Throw in the extra factor of workplace power dynamics and sadly small conflicts can quickly balloon into major issues if those involved are unaware, unwilling, or unable to engage. But by understanding what strategy you (or those you work with) normally take to approach conflict and how to navigate high emotion conflicts, workplace conflicts can feel less scary. All are welcome to this conversation to discuss challenges and best practices related to addressing workplace conflict.

Tired of "deep dives," "circling back," and "touching base"? How can we communicate effectively and stay grounded, without an overreliance on professional jargon? Bring your biggest workplace language pet peeves, and join as we discuss how the language we use might create barriers to authentic connection and effective changemaking.

Brittany Deleon-Buckley, Meg Reid, Courtney Castleberry, and Amy Yoelin are members of YNPN Twin Cities' Membership Committee.

As the lines blur between sectors, complicated feelings can arise. Whether you work for a nonprofit that feels almost “corporate”, a business that feels very nonprofity but (obviously) isn’t, the public sector, or anything in between, we’ll discuss our work identities and why you might sometimes feel like you don’t belong. Come and meet with others working to come to grips with their work identities. No conversation is off the table as we create this space to learn and grow together.

Many leaders in organizations across all industries understand the impact of health and wellness on their employee well-being and performance. Some researchers suggest that for many individuals, a positive workplace experience is the most essential and fundamental component of a happy and fulfilled life. There is data to suggest that by incorporating well-being practices into the workplace, organizations will benefit by better performance from the employee and the organization at large

As an individual self care has been hard for me and I want to do better. I want to take care of myself and others too. Self care is a necessity for individuals and as communities we need self care to feel better from the global pandemic. This session will focus on discussions about why self care got harder in the pandemic and what can be done to get better. Self Care is self healing and healing is necessary. Working from home is a bit hard because people are isolated and not leaving their houses.

About the Leadership Breakfast Series:

Looking to get to the next level in your nonprofit career? At YNPN Twin Cities' Leadership Breakfast series, nonprofit leaders will share with you exactly how they did it, what they learned and what they're looking for in a rising nonprofit leader.

A little bit about Quentin Moore, Vice President of Advancement at Ascension Catholic Academy:

From the Penumbra Theater in St. Paul, where he developed his fundraising expertise, to his time with the YMCA of the North, to serving as the Director of Development at Project for Pride in Living, Quentin Moore has spent close to a decade in the non-profit sector driving fundraising results for organizations. Hailing from North Minneapolis, Quentin and his two younger siblings all graduated from Ascension Catholic School and then attended and graduated from DeLaSalle High School.

He crossed the Mississippi River to get his degree from the University of Saint Thomas. With the exception of being with his family, his lovely wife Janae and new baby Charlotte, Quentin loves nothing more than spending his day developing fundraising strategies and working with volunteers and major donors on meaningful gifts that fulfill their personal values and meet their philanthropic goals. He currently serves on the board of Association of Fundraising Professionals – (AFP-MN) and is the Vice-President of its Resource Development Committee. He also serves as a Vice-Chair for the Aquatennial Ambassador Organization, and he serves as a mentor with SAFEMN. Quentin spent the last two and a half years serving on the Ascension Catholic Academy board of directors and its Advancement Committee before beginning his tenure as Vice President of Advancement for the organization.

What you need to know:

• The virtual leadership breakfast will be held through Zoom, confirmed guests will receive meeting link from facilitator.