August 31st Speaker - David Hawn
 
 
David Hawn is the President and CEO of Urban Ventures. Dave Hawn has held this position since 2016. Urban Ventures focuses its primary efforts on families living in the 25-block core area of South Minneapolis, in the Phillips neighborhood, from 26th street to 35th street, East of I-35W. The Urban Ventures Mission Statement is “Educating kids, strengthening their families and building a healthy community.”
 
The organization has one big goal: “To break the cycle of poverty by sending every child in our neighborhood to college or other post-secondary education.” The strategy is to provide a cradle to career pipeline of support for kids and their families. Dave Hawn’s office and the newly created Early Learning Center are located in the Colin Powell Center at Cristo Rey High School at 2924 4th Avenue South in Minneapolis.
 
The website for Urban Ventures is www.urbanventures.org