To advance our mission of promoting community wellness beyond the walls of our clinics, we offer weekly nutrition and exercise classes at Cedar-Riverside Health Commons. 

Health Commons is a nurse-managed drop-in health and wellness center with two locations that is dedicated to serving those in the Cedar-Riverside area with a focus on healthy individuals and community. The center is committed to service based on respect, relationship, and collaboration that connects health and hope for all participants. 

During Ramadan and EID, Health Commons-Cedar Riverside will be closed from April 4th and will reopen May 9th.

Health Commons is open Monday through Friday 11-1pm. Services offered include 1:1 and group health education, nutrition and fitness classes, massage, Rieke, and health screenings.  

Health Commons was founded in 2011, as a response to an identified community need for preventative health services. It is  a collaborative effort between People's Center Clinics & Services, Augsburg University Department of Nursing, Fairview Health Services and East Africa Health Project. 

Thanks to generous financial support from Fairview foundation, partnership contributions and dedicated volunteers from the community, all services are FREE of charge and open to everyone. 

Through a partnership with Springboard for the Arts we are able to offer restorative and engaging programming that explores the intersection between art and health to engage the community, local artists and organizational stakeholders and to build cross-cultural connections in the neighborhood.

This program began in 2020 under the direction of local Artist, Nimo Farah. During the COVID-19 pandemic we offered virtual performances and interviews and in 2021 we were able to celebrate Spring and gather on the lawn outside People’s Center to enjoy music, dancing, and activities. This year we are continuing this programming by offering outdoor activities in collaboration with Wavelets Creative. You can read more about the Riverside Park Sound Garden by following the link below.

"Hooyo" - means mother in Somali. People’s Center Hooyo Project is a culturally inclusive group prenatal care model that integrates routine prenatal clinic visits with mindfulness-based therapies, prenatal care and childbirth education. Women more than 20 weeks of gestation are invited to participate in biweekly two-hour visits, with a goal of four to eight pregnant women at each visit. Women are free to attend the group visits in lieu of their individual prenatal visits until they give birth, and conversely, free to return to individual prenatal visits at any point during their pregnancy.

This project was co-created in partnership with Somali mothers and other community providers including Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE), prenatal yoga instructors, Women, Infant and Children (WIC), massage therapists, nutrition and pediatric providers who help us deliver these quality services. To learn more, please contact Christine Rangen at rangenc@peoples-center.org

People’s Center Clinics & Services is proud to offer comprehensive health care to the students of Augsburg University. As your neighbor in the Cedar Riverside community we are here to care for you. People’s Center is a nationally recognized non-profit community health center serving diverse communities in south Minneapolis and surrounding communities. We operate two clinics and accepts all patients regardless of their ability to pay. Our mission is to deliver affordable health care, inspire hope and promote community wellness. We achieve these three pillars by offering integrated medical, dental and behavioral health care and supportive services thereby creating a one-stop shop opportunity for all patients.

As a preferred healthcare partner to Augsburg University we offer students a wide range of care. Just an example of some services we offer with, and without, an insurance plan:

It is easy to visit People’s Center. Just give us a call and we can help you arrange for your visit. Just let us know you are an Augsburg student, bring your student ID to your appointment, be sure to have your insurance information ready, and we will take care of everything. We can often see patients within the same day and we offer telehealth visits so many times you can meet with a provider from the convenience of your bedroom.

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