Good Riddance
Good Riddance is a Consulting company focused on social impact initiatives. Getting it’s start within the Twin cities of Minnesota and neighboring cities. Our work ranges from project management, policy advocacy within areas such as Youth and family homelessness, affordable housing and education reform. we look at the systemic barriers and issues that create vicious cycles. And when you look close enough, it tells us about the system's health and ways that we can combat it.
We also have youth ( ages 13-25) focused life skills curriculum developed called a Hero’s Journey : Turning L’s into Lessons. Our talents have experience with youth programing, creative arts, writing , storytelling, acting, professional speaking, culturally relative curriculum building and much more.
Our mission is to empower and amplify the voices of marginalzied communities , especially those who need us the most, Youth. With a Data driven - Human centered perspective of how we accomplish our work.
Our Founder
Khalique Rogers
Khalique, founder of Good Riddance Consulting, is a social entrepreneur driving impact in the Twin Cities. With a focus on elevating community, youth, and business voices, he turns good into great using a data-driven, human-centric approach. A multifaceted talent, Khalique is a community advocate, facilitator, speaker, and storyteller. His blend of youthful energy and profound experience offers a unique perspective.
Deeply committed to bridging gaps, Rogers has witnessed the shortcomings of American education. He passionately works with school ecosystems to uplift BIPOC students, inspiring them to set high expectations and become the next generation of change makers thought Service learning and civic engagement. While he's experienced the corporate sphere, Khalique chose to champion representation and became a 'Cultural Broker', forging human connections across diverse groups.
Instead of waiting for change, Khalique is the catalyst, rallying others to make a difference in their communities.
Dreams don’t work until you do. Join the movement today!
LET’s MAKE THIS MOMENT
A MOVEMENT
A Key Component of our work here at Good Riddance is to create system change by tackling tough social impact initiatives that effect the community. The issues we address are brought though a community design process that has the people who are most closely effected by the problem, be involved in each step of the way to reduce/eliminating their pain points.
“‘If only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that’s only statistics’
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Our current project is Reducing Youth and Family Homelessness a Project sponsored by Youthprise. We have been apart of rigorous public policy process to tell the real stories behind the youth and families experiencing homeless within the Twin Cities since 2018. Many dehumanize this community rather than thinking about it as a reflection of OUR community. We need to shift our lens. Rather than placing the blame on individuals, we need to look at the systemic barriers and issues that create this vicious cycle. And when you look close enough, it tells us about the system's health and ways that we can combat it.
Our community coalition named United for Action’s (UFA) most recent victory from our advocacy and research , the state allocated 20 million dollars over the next five years towards affordable housing projects within the state of Minnesota. Read more information here. While this is a huge success, we want to ensure that those funds go to the organizations and non-profits who will make the most impact towards reducing the number of homeless youth within the state. As well as having the much needed supportive services that are essential towards limiting a revolving door for those who are being helped.
Interested in reading more about our research? Check this Minnpost article where they highlighted our work.
We are always looking to collaborate and receive funding for this important system changing work. If you want to join the movement schedule a time to connect below.
Current Projects
We Roll the Dice: A Gamification of United States Housing Discrimination
Youth build application information session
Rural and Urban Youth Health Equity Advocacy Group
They say “ Anything done for us, without us , is against us.” I couldn’t agree more!
I embarked on a project that brings greater Minnesota and urban youth together to identify and help solve/reduce problems the young people identify as top priorities. These High school scholars from Grand Rapids, Mora and the Twin Cities are an example of how we can empower/create the next generation of change-makers. After all they are OUR future.
Thank you to all our sponsors and partners who helped fund this project. If this project interests you, reach out and let's discuss how you can support it.
As always , dreams don't work until you do.
#Policy #YouthAdvocacy #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Changemakers #DreamsDontWorkUntilYouDo
We are convening greater Minnesota and urban youth to identify and help solve/reduce problems the young people identify as top priorities. This builds on several recent efforts by Minnesota high school and college that, for example, helped convince the Minnesota legislature and county officials to allocate millions to help reduce homelessness, and to obtain federal funds to pay unemployment assistance to high school students who had been laid off due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
Thank you for your interest in helping young people become change makers for their community. Below we outline next steps that can help us start this journey together. The purpose of this project is to engage staff, students and community in a joint effort to critically look at the social ecosystem we live in, examines its health and find ways to combat it. Urban and rural Minnesota rarely ever coexist and we are looking to change this reality by discovering how we can bridge the gaps that divide us. By the end of this journey we will provide the next generation with tools to create a space that is anti-oppressive and reflective of the broader community they serve. Below is an outline of our plans.
I Goals
Convene youth from Greater Minnesota and Twin Cities to
increase mutual understanding and
produce progress on 1-2 major issues that youth identify as important (similar to the progress that youth made on unemployment compensation for high school students state funding to reduce number of youth experiencing homelessness)
Increase knowledge and skills of high school youth in helping produce progress on issues they decide are important .
Expanding possibilities on future career paths for student body
II. Issues youth have identified as possible priorities: Sexual mis-education and teen pregnancy, lack of post-high school opportunities, sexual harassment, drug abuse, • Vaping/Drug/Alcohol Abuse • Social Media Addiction • Violence in Schools • Stress and Time Management • Social and Political Issues • Obesity • Homelessness • Hunger • Depression• Bullying • Academic Problems • Suicide
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Speaking engagements
Khalique has new and relevant content for you business needs. As a masterful cultural broker, public policy advocate, keynote speaker, facilitator and host/emcee , he uses these skills to amplify and curate solutions for the needs of the community and organizations.
Want to find out more? Look below at some of his ongoing work!
Initiating Change: A Workshop on Racial Justice
America today is more diverse than ever before. As a result many organizations and institutions have had to grapple with the ways that white supremacy interacts with their policies, practices and procedures. This presentation will allow leaders to reflect on their own racial identities and consider the ways that their organization can be more racially just.
lets make this moment a movement!
Host of Humans get Together event called let’s shape the future. Presented by Target : 'Humans Get Together Let’s Shape the Future' is a night of cross-industry networking featuring some of the most forward-thinking leaders in #retail, #technology, #fashion, and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The event features a dynamic panel rooted in the theme, "the future is closer than you think" experiential networking with immersive #art and #virtualreality, and game-changing local vendors: @blacktechtalent , @sunsett.io by @monicatdata , and @thegetdowncoffeeco by @houstonwhite.co x @dogwoodcoffee And, with myself as the MC, the energy was through the roof!
At HGT, we believe that disruptive #innovation and #economicgrowth is the natural result when private, public, and philanthropic partners work together and #connect at a human level.
Como senoir Highschool ST Paul, MN.
Facilitating a lesson plan on time management.
Summit prep ACADMY Oakland, CA
Facilitating a lesson plan on humanizing your heroes.
Homeless youth forum St. Paul, MN
We’re tired of waiting on super man!
“If not NOW than when and if not YOU then who?
Today’s hearing in the St. Paul City Council Chambers: Voices of Unaccompanied Youth, kids and Families was a great success! So many kids and families were able to share their important stories, and the City Council will take under advisement our recommendations for creating more housing for the 2000 kids currently faced with homelessness in our city.
I am proud and honored to be part of this effort
Khalique Rogers visited my spirited ninth grade class this past school year, and was that experience a success! Engaging, interactive, and educational, my students were all in that hour with the lesson-using managing their time and using it wisely! I definitely recommend incorporating the heartfelt perspective and life lessons of Khalique Rogers into any number of curriculums. - Steve Powers.
Thank you for coming in today! Meant a lot to have someone come in and motivate a lot of us. I don’t usually tell this out a lot and everyone thinks I’m that spoiled kid but really I have to work for stuff. I was becoming more depressed and this was about 2 years ago. I would sit in my room and grind my ass off on the video game, and that messed me up a lot. I lost my confidence in basketball and I get scared of wha people would think about me! You CHANGED that for me though. “I didn’t care what people thought of me, I wanted to be the first” that little sentence changed my day. Ever since 4th hour you have made a big change. You’re making a difference everyday, every hour, every minute bro. Thank you! I really mean that. Hopefully we can meet and talk sometime again. It was nice having you in!
- JAYLEN 9th grade Como Senior HS
“Dreams don’t work until you do.”
