Work Redux | CARE

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Machine Shop | 300 2nd St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

September 27, 2017

Work Redux brings together hundreds of women spanning diverse backgrounds to reimagine the future of the workplace. For the second Word Redux of 2017, we will hear from women leaders who have experienced the hidden and visible effects when careers and caregiving collide.

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On top of managing careers, running businesses, and leading organizations, women are caring for their families, children, and communities. It’s work that often goes unnoticed and is underappreciated. It risks their own advancement and well-being.

At Work Redux | CARE, we will hear from women leaders who have experienced the hidden and visible effects when careers and caregiving collide. Whether it’s in the form of caring for children, co-workers (who orders the birthday cakes, who clears the dishes?), aging or sick parents and family members, how—in all of these dynamics—do we preserve care for ourselves? Together, we will imagine a future of work where the burdens and joys of caregiving become visible and, even more importantly, valuable.

Speakers & Performers:

Jennifer Alstad, bswing
Venessa Fuentes, Writer & Poet
Meghan McInerny, Clockwork
Sahra Noor, People’s Center Health Services
Special performance from Mother King by Liz Gre & Sarah M. Greer

About Work Redux

As part of Pollen’s mission to invest in human connection, Work Redux is an event series (and now also a network of leaders) that inspires questions, sparks discussion, and drives action to challenge cultural assumptions behind the current, dominant work culture. Together we will better understand how we can design and change the future of work.

Ticket price includes breakfast, coffee, and juice. There is a surface lot and metered street parking nearby. Machine Shop is also accessible via public transit. Check metrotransit.org for routes and schedules.

About Mother King

Mother King is a conceptual Black opera, which premiered at Public Functionary in Northeast Minneapolis this past July, that interpreted the story of Alberta Williams King, slain activist and mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. The libretto is based on a series of poems by Venessa Fuentes; award-winning composer Dameun Strange wrote the performance score.

Program

7:30-8:30 AM – Registration, breakfast, and networking
8:30-8:45 AM – Welcome and Performance
8:45-10:30 AM – Speakers and Discussions

Special Thanks

Work Redux | CARE would not be possible without the support of the Bush Foundation.

Thanks to Machine Shop and Eat for Equity for their partnership.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS

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Jennifer Alstad

bswing

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Jennifer Alstad

bswing

By combining deep understanding of consumer needs with design that inspires and engages, Jennifer helps organizations define and create their tomorrow. She co-founded bswing, a Minneapolis-based product design and digital marketing firm in 1997, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Jennifer was named Minnesota’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Administration in 2000. She was also on Minnesota Business Magazine’s “The (Real) Power 50” list in 2013.
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Venessa Fuentes

Writer & Poet

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Venessa Fuentes

Writer & Poet

Venessa Fuentes writes poems and essays. She reads them in public from time to time. She’s one of 16 writers who is featured in A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016). Venessa and composer Dameun Strange produced “Mother King,” an opera about Alberta Williams King, activist and mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. She holds an undergraduate degree in Women’s and Gender Studies from Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. She lives in south Minneapolis with her son, her wife, and their three dogs.
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Meghan McInerny

Clockwork

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Meghan McInerny

Clockwork

Meghan is the COO of Clockwork, overseeing the agency’s operations and the execution of innovative web, mobile, and application development projects. She’s the co-author of Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process(New Riders, 2012), was named a “Woman to Watch” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and one of Minnesota Business Magazine’s “The (Real) Power 50.” She’s the founder of the Twin Cities Interactive Project Management Meetup group, co-founder of the Geek Girls Guide, founding member of the Bollywood Dance Scene board and performance team, board member of Still Kickin’, and board chair of GiveMN. She’s a frequent contributor to the internet, and a frequently awkward Bollywood dancer.
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Sahra Noor

People’s Center Health Services

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Sahra Noor

People’s Center Health Services

Sahra Noor is the CEO of People’s Center Health Services, a nationally recognized community health center based in Minneapolis. Sahra is an award-winning bilingual health care executive with 15+ years of experience leading innovative programs, developing resources, and creating collaborative work environments that cultivate trust, foster accountability, and reward excellence. Sahra enjoys working at the intersection of public health, community development, and public policy and has a reputation as an influential leader and advocate who builds power with people. She is active in the community and sits on several nonprofit boards.
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Liz Gre

Performer

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Liz Gre

Performer

Liz Lassiter, known as Liz Gre, previously known as Sankophoenix, is a vocalist, songwriter, and audiophile who finds comfort between the sides on records. She began her musical career like so many singing black girls – in the choir stand. She began studying jazz, classical, and contemporary music in middle school and focused to classical and jazz music through college. She thought of herself as an artist for the first time in August of 2014 and began embracing a life as such. With Soullower Collective (2014-2015) she performed at Arnellia’s, The Dakota Jazz Club, The Fineline, Icehouse, Bedlam Lowertown (R.I.H.), and more.

When she branched off to focus on her original works and solo performance she performed at Twin Cities Pride, May Day Celebrations, The Dakota Jazz Club, The Kitty Kat Club, The Bedlam, at many community events, and impromptu gatherings. She is currently working on learning the guitar, and writing funky folk-soul music with the Cajon and guitar.
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Sarah Greer

Performer

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Sarah Greer

Performer

Sarah M. Greer (www.sarahmgreer.com) is a singer in the Twin Cities, known for her jazz singing and improvising. She has invented vocal music on local and international stages and performs with numerous local jazz musicians, the a cappella ensemble Give Get Sistet (www.givegetsistet.com) and guests in other projects and collaborations throughout Minnesota. She is one the creators and performers of the Singers’ Scat-Off events at the 2016 and 2017 jazz festivals. Recently, Sarah sang the role of JENNIE in the new opera Mother King (Strange/Fuentes) this summer.

Sarah also teaches singing, scat singing and vocal improvisation to private and college students in the Cities. She is passionate – some might say evangelical – about every person’s right to sing and the power of singing to change the world.

Sarah is at work on an album of original jazz music due out later this year.