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Join a Network of Caring Neighbors: Potluck Tomorrow
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Are you ready to join neighbors to deter crime and make our streets more livable? Perhaps you’re already active, and wish to share your efforts or join forces with others. Attend a gathering this Wednesday, March 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Corcoran Park (3332 20th Ave S) to share ideas about citizen crime prevention in the Corcoran neighborhood. Plug in to efforts around 34th and Cedar, join a walking patrol, hear from volunteers with Restorative Justice, start a revolution against gang graffiti, or just meet some new people and learn more. Everyone’s welcome. This is a potluck event, so please bring a food item to share. Dishes and silverware will be provided. Contact Eric at CNO with questions. |
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Learn Crime Prevention Skills at Free Training
There will be a free block leader training on Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 pm at the Minneapolis Police Department 3rd Precinct, 3000 Minnehaha Ave. Join other leaders throughout the city to develop skills for effectively working with your neighbors. Topics covered include: organizing a block/apartment club, working with your community crime prevention specialist, dealing with problem properties, and effective use of 911 and 311. RSVP required. Call 612-673-2856.
Parade Planning, 'Common Well' Continue at HOBT
Story-telling is the essence of In the Heart of the Beast Theatre (HOBT) and its annual May Day Parade. Each year, the parade's theme is developed in a two-part community meeting and then portrayed through spectacular puppets and floats created by hundreds of volunteers. Staff artists have developed storyboards around ideas discussed at the first community meeting, and these will be presented for feedback at the second meeting on Tuesday, March 27, 7:00 pm, 1500 E. Lake St. To learn more about getting involved in the May Day Parade or about HOBT's current production, 'Invigorate the Common Well,' click here.
Latinos En Acción Seeks Community Organizer
Latinos En Acción is a grassroots, relationship-building, community organizing initiative serving the Corcoran, Powderhorn Park, and Longfellow neighborhoods in south Minneapolis. Through outreach, organizing events, and identifying neighborhood-level issues of interest and concern to residents, LEA promotes leadership development and connections amongst neighbors. View a full job description here. To learn more contact Amy at CNO.
EPA Will Update Community on Arsenic Cleanup
A public meeting to provide information about cleanup efforts related to arsenic soil contamination will take place Tuesday, March 27 at 7:00 pm at the Midtown YWCA, 2121 E. Lake St. Hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Minnesota Department of Health, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, this is one of many public meetings the EPA has hosted in recent months. To learn more about arsenic soil contamination in Corcoran and other neighborhoods near the 'Heartland CMC' site, click here.