Who We Are

The Root: Our Story

From the outset, the organization has offered services that honor African American caregiving traditions and community‐centered healing. Programs include support for stable housing, benefit navigation, direct financial assistance, maternal health education, and reentry assistance for parents returning from incarceration. These services are delivered through relational, non‐invasive approaches that prioritize dignity, trust, and collaboration, avoiding deficit‐based models and reflecting both cultural history and current family challenges.

Seeds Worth Sowing has coordinated multi‐component programs that integrate culturally responsive mental health supports, parent coaching, housing, benefit navigation, and culturally grounded activities. Implementation emphasizes coordination across service areas, so families receive comprehensive, aligned support rather than fragmented interventions.

Since 2020, the organization has supported more than 400 families across Minnesota, including 35 parents who reunited with their children after incarceration. 

Our Focal Values

1. Radical Accessibility

We believe that care should not be a hurdle. We work to dismantle the barriers—bureaucratic, financial, and social—that prevent marginalized families from accessing housing stability and maternal health equity.

2. Mutual Stewardship

We aren’t a "charity" providing "services." We are neighbors practicing stewardship. We believe in horizontal power, where resources flow to where they are needed most, rooted in mutual respect and shared dignity.

3. Sustainable Infrastructure

Crisis-response is vital, but permanence is the goal. We are committed to building a "skeleton" of care—systems and networks that are resilient enough to weather political storms and economic shifts.

4. Centering the Margin

We focus our energy on those who have been historically and systematically pushed to the edges. By centering those at the margins— low-income workers, and those navigating housing instability—we create a blueprint for a more just Minnesota for everyone.

We are interested in being a permanent, trusted fixture in the community. We are building the soil so that every seed planted in our neighborhood has the chance to thrive. Find images of our space and learn how to get involved here.