Work like this doesn't stay quiet for long. Open Path Resources' partnerships and programs have been covered by local newsrooms, cited by researchers, and recognized with statewide awards for community-based care. Here's where that story has been told.
A simple bag of apples can spark joy and hope. See how providing nutritious food empowers children and strengthens our community.
Behind every jar is a choice to care. Discover how small-scale food sharing fosters dignity, nourishment, and human connection.
A year ago, Open Path Resources and Hennepin Healthcare partnered to place qibla stickers in Emergency Department rooms, so Muslim patients would know the direction...
Not long after she graduated high school, Vivian Anugwom and her mother began traveling to their family homeland of Nigeria to do medical mission work,...
Suzanne Koepplinger, director of the Catalyst Initiative at the Minneapolis Foundation, straddles worlds. The world of philanthropy, with its paperwork, processes and tidy benchmarks, can...
Suzanne Koepplinger, director of the Catalyst Initiative at the Minneapolis Foundation, straddles worlds. The world of philanthropy, with its paperwork, processes and tidy benchmarks, can...
Muslims getting care at Hennepin Healthcare’s HCMC will no longer scramble to locate the right direction for prayer. The hospital and Muslim leaders on Tuesday...
Health care organizations are increasingly seeking to meaningfully partner with community members to better address community needs and priorities, especially for patients with complex health...
Many of the most complex decisions we face in life come in times of crisis. These decisions often take place in hospitals, where people are...
Van Keulen, M., Meuers, A., Mohamed, S., Diri, W., & Wegner, M., “Fostering Identity and Civic Engagement Among Muslim Youths,” in Discourses of Human Rights Education (Springer, 2025) — co-authored by OPR’s Mike Van Keulen and Imam Sharif Mohamed — https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-88615-7_5
Pratt, R. et al., “Views of Somali women and men on the use of faith-based messages…” (peer-reviewed study affiliated with OPR board member Dr. Rebekah Pratt), 2017, PubMed/NIH — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28320350/
Pratt, R. et al., “Community Voices for Health: Developing Methods of Engagement in Somali Immigrant Communities in the Era of COVID-19,” Annals of Family Medicine, 2022 (affiliated with OPR board member Dr. Rebekah Pratt) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36706376/
Hall, S. & Padela, A.I., “Engaging Muslim Americans for Research on Community Health (E-MARCH): Results and Lessons Learned from a PCOR Capacity-Building Program,” Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 2021 (national PCORI-funded program; a direct OPR affiliation could not be confirmed) — https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2021.0040
Pratt, R. et al., “Views of Somali women and men on the use of faith-based messages…” (peer-reviewed study affiliated with OPR board member Dr. Rebekah Pratt), 2017, PubMed/NIH — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28320350/
Pratt, R. et al., “Testing a Religiously Tailored Intervention with Somali American Muslim Women and Imams to Increase Participation in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening,” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22(1), 87–95, 2020 (affiliated with OPR board member Dr. Rebekah Pratt; published volume/issue differs from originally supplied citation) — https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-019-00881-x
