Join us monthly as we explore important topics and issues and work to hear the needs of the community. Registration is encouraged, but is not required. You can register here on Eventbrite.

All are welcome. Dinner will be provided at all sessions. We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for full participation in this event. ASL and Spanish and Somali translation services will be available if requested and the meeting location is wheelchair accessible.

Please contact Sharice McCain at mccain@neoopartners.com or 651-212-5129, if you have any other accessibility needs or if you have any additional questions.

Visit the 38th and Chicago Re-Envisined project website for project updates and background information on this project.

From the Roof Depot to the Atlanta Forest, to Line 5: Solidarity with land defenders & water protectors.

Bring zines to trade & wear a mask.

Join Marcie Rendon and Susan Raffo as they share, and invite others to join the conversation, about the power of claiming, remembering and recreating stories. Friends for over 20 years, Rendon and Raffo will talk about their current books, Sinister Graves, Rendon’s  fiction, and Liberated to the Bone, Raffo’s non-fiction respectively. Both works offer insight into stories as a form of power and community healing. 

Register here for in-person or online!

Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers.

Join playwrights and screenwriters Carlyle Brown and David Grant in a conversation about how they see Black artists in theater and film doing powerful and necessary work that responds to our current socio-political moment – not just here, but around the world. What do they see going on around us that takes them to a dark and pessimistic place? Conversely, what do they see that gives them hope? How is their own work responding to the world as they see it at this moment? What personal passion project is closest to their hearts right now, and why?

Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Carlyle Brown is a playwright/performer, curator and artistic director of Carlyle Brown & Company based in Minneapolis.

David Grant has written plays for the Science Museum of Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, Mixed Blood Theatre, VocalEssence and the History Theatre.

The Zoom link to the live online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance. If you’re new to Zoom, check Getting Started with Zoom.

Join us for a Learning Table facilitated by Elder Atum from the Cultural Wellness Center.

All are welcome. Dinner will be provided at all sessions. We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for full participation in this event. ASL and Spanish and Somali translation services will be available if requested and the meeting location is wheelchair accessible.

Please contact Sharice McCain at mccain@neoopartners.com or 651-212-5129, if you have any other accessibility needs or if you have any additional questions.

Visit the 38th and Chicago Re-Envisioned project website for project updates and background information on this project: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/.../projects/38th-chicago-ave/

Created by Public Policy Project, The Learning Table provides the “learning water”; a place to ask critical questions and develop the “learning glue”; a place to develop relationships, create partnership, share ideas, and make commitments, to explore for incorporation in the 38th & Chicago Re-Envisioned Project. At the Learning Table, we Learn Together; Create a Shared Approach; Coordinate Efforts; and Ensure Community Benefit.

Community control of police is not a new idea. Join us to learn about its history from Reconstruction in the 1860s, to the Black Power movement in the 1970s, and to folks making history in this fight today. High profile police murders and massive protests against show that right now is the time to bring community control to Minneapolis and other cities across the country.

A panel of local leaders from the fight against police crimes and other movements will be joined via zoom by Chicago's Frank Chapman (from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Freedom Road Socialist Organization) to discuss the fight for police accountability today.

Lunch provided (donation requested)

Created by Public Policy Project, The Learning Table provides the “learning water”; a place to ask critical questions and develop the “learning glue”; a place to develop relationships, create partnership, share ideas, and make commitments, to explore for incorporation in the 38th & Chicago Re-Envisioned Project.

At the Learning Table:

• We Learn Together

• Create a Shared Approach

• Coordinate Efforts

• Ensure Community Benefit

Join us monthly as we explore important topics and issues and work to hear the needs of the community.

January 2023 Topic is Learning Table Recap. Registration is encouraged, but is not required. You can register here on Eventbrite.

All are welcome. Dinner will be provided at all sessions. We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for full participation in this event. ASL and Spanish and Somali translation services will be available if requested and the meeting location is wheelchair accessible.

Please contact Sharice McCain at mccain@neoopartners.com or 651-212-5129, if you have any other accessibility needs or if you have any additional questions.

Visit the 38th and Chicago Re-Envisined project website for project updates and background information on this project.

Created by Public Policy Project, The Learning Table provides the “learning water”; a place to ask critical questions and develop the “learning glue”; a place to develop relationships, create partnership, share ideas, and make commitments, to explore for incorporation in the 38th & Chicago Re-Envisioned Project.

At the Learning Table:

• We Learn Together

• Create a Shared Approach

• Coordinate Efforts

• Ensure Community Benefit

Join us monthly (no session in December 2022) as we explore important topics and issues and work to hear the needs of the community. Registration is encouraged, but is not required. You can register here on Eventbrite.

All are welcome. Dinner will be provided at all sessions. We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for full participation in this event. ASL and Spanish and Somali translation services will be available if requested and the meeting location is wheelchair accessible.

Please contact Sharice McCain at mccain@neoopartners.com or 651-212-5129, if you have any other accessibility needs or if you have any additional questions.

Visit the 38th and Chicago Re-Envisined project website for project updates and background information on this project.

Join us for an evening of seasonally-inspired cuisine and nostalgic holiday music from Penumbra Theatre’s Black Nativity, performed by Jamela Pettiford. Not only will you have the opportunity to experience music from this legacy jewel in Rondo, you may be blessed with tickets to the live performance of Black Nativity.

After the performance, the team developing the master plan will share their role to create an African American cultural enterprise district connected by a community land bridge. The team will also seek additional guidance about community aspirations and priorities. So don’t miss your opportunity to rejoice, reimagine and help build a bridge to better.

REGISTER HERE

MN Healing Justice Network presents this moderated discussion as part of its summit. Founder of Amani Counseling, Consulting and Healing Services, Kamisha Johnson’s (LGSW/Moderator) lens is racial healing and justice work. Join in to discuss what reimagining mental health actually looks like.

As 2022 comes to a close, the MN Healing Justice Network realizes and acknowledges the trauma of the last few years. Because of this, we are hosting our first Mental Health Summit: Reimagining the Stigma Around Mental Health & Healing.

Join us as our panelists, dive into how mental health is affecting our community, youth and families. We have a diverse panel of people who serve the community in different ways. We will end our day discussing tangible ways to process our everyday situations and with a breath practice. We are excited to have Heal provide lunch.

Tickets

Despite the challenges of the last few years, our communities have always found reasons to celebrate. Join notable chefs and food writers Sean Sherman, Yia Vang, Mecca Bos and Natalia Mendez in a conversation about their communities and the historical and contemporary ways food serves as a backdrop for cultural celebrations.

Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Register Here: http://bit.ly/3uaDIjO

Minneapolis people’s coalition budget, what is the city budget, its impact on service delivery. Register Here: https://forms.gle/495g12ZrweAd1PcM9

Eco Justice South is a multifaceted program that includes community conversations, trainings and more. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements.

Questions? Contact Hindolo Pokawa, PPNA Environmental Justice Coordinator at hindolo@ppna.org or 612-722-4817

Reframe is an opportunity for local communities to learn about wellness practices from local artists and wellness practitioners. This in-person gathering focuses on bringing community healers and art in conversation with medical students from the University of Minnesota.

For 30 minutes, a medical student and a local artist/practitioner will interact with each other to inspire people to engage holistic wellness practices. Then, the community will be invited to engage in conversation with our special guests to provide feedback and thoughts on how we stay well.

The featured guests for October 29, 2022 are Tamiko French, an artist and community practitioner, and Boraan Abdulkarim, an artist and medical student. Using their experiences, they will participate in Reframe to address sustainable wellness practices and promote self-care as a healthy form of resistance to injustice.

This event is created by community partners in collaboration with black medical students. This event is sponsored by the University of Minnesota and REACH Twin Cities.

Powderhorn, Bryant, Bancroft and CANDO neighborhoods say thank you for your insight and participation at our Anti-Racism Call to Action part I. We believe that it is through the power of community that we can erase disparities that impact our communities.

Please mark your calendar for our next call to action on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Dinner will be provided.

Use the link to register on Eventbrite: REGISTER

Created by Public Policy Project, The Learning Table provides the “learning water”; a place to ask critical questions and develop the “learning glue”; a place to develop relationships, create partnership, share ideas, and make commitments, to explore for incorporation in the 38th & Chicago Re-Envisioned Project.

At the Learning Table:

• We Learn Together

• Create a Shared Approach

• Coordinate Efforts

• Ensure Community Benefit

Join us monthly as we explore important topics and issues and work to hear the needs of the community. Registration is encouraged, but is not required. You can register here on Eventbrite.

All are welcome. Dinner will be provided at all sessions. We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for full participation in this event. ASL and Spanish and Somali translation services will be available if requested and the meeting location is wheelchair accessible.

Please contact Sharice McCain at mccain@neoopartners.com or 651-212-5129, if you have any other accessibility needs or if you have any additional questions.

Visit the 38th and Chicago Re-Envisined project website for project updates and background information on this project.

Are you an adult learner, remote worker or parent planning for your child’s upcoming school year? Are you looking for strategies and resources to stay connected online? Join Sahan Journal reporter Hibah Ansari and a panel of community experts from 4:00–5:20 pm on Thursday, September 15, 2022, for a free virtual community discussion that tackles how the landscape around digital equity and access has changed in the last two years, and how that has impacted schooling and remote work in the state of Minnesota. Learn more about the discussion and register here.

Weekly Career Training Info Session

Project for Pride in Living offers career and skills training programs designed to help you improve your employment opportunities. Attend our information session, every Monday at 10am, via Zoom. Get a link by emailing us at ccintake@ppl-inc.org.

Note: Information session days may change due to national holidays.

As part of the Lake Street Alignment process, join us at this last of three community workshops to test visions for rebuilding. You will see drawings that reflect community ideas for a more equitable future.

An opportunity via the Lake Street Alignment process to participate in creating an aligned and implementable vision for Lake Street. The discussion will focus on four areas along the corridor (Nicollet and Lake, Chicago and Lake, Bloomington and Lake, and Minnehaha and Lake)

In person, includes dinner, at Midtown Global Market.

As part of the Lake Street Alignment process, join us at one of three community workshops to test visions for rebuilding. You will see drawings that reflect community ideas for a more equitable future.

This is the next opportunity in the Lake Street Alignment process to participate in creating an aligned and implementable vision for Lake Street. The discussion will focus on four areas along the corridor (Nicollet and Lake, Chicago and Lake, Bloomington and Lake, and Minnehaha and Lake).

Join Via Zoom at https://bit.ly/LakeStreetMar8
Gift cards available for those who attend.

 What is Critical Race Theory? Building Understanding and Debunking Misinformation

Join MnEEP for an informative Zoom dialogue.

During this series, educators and school leaders will be able to deepen their understanding of what Critical Race Theory is, and what it isn’t, and take part in essential breakout groups to better understand CRT and recommit to building racial equity in education.

Register Here

Event by Racial Justice Network, WE WIN Institute, Inc. and 2 others

A virtual gathering of the Minneapolis School Board to examine disparities in educational outcomes and assess the effectiveness of district leadership through a racial justice lens.

Nekima Levy Armstrong
Civil Rights Attorney
Founder, Racial Justice Network

Kim Ellison
Minneapolis School Board Chair
At-Large

Kimberly Caprini
Minneapolis School Board Treasurer
At-Large

Sharon El-Amin
Minneapolis School Board Member
District 2

Join us Live on our Facebook page!