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Please join us THIS THURSDAY for a community conversation on anti-racism
In honor of Ahmaud Aubery, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, George Floyd and countless others whose lives were taken unjustly, the Waite Park Community Council is grateful to partner with Tru Ruts on a series of neighborhood conversations focused on anti-racism and transformative change.
The discussions will be held over Zoom every 2nd and 4th Thursday from April through September. They will be led by artist activists and Waite Park residents E.G.Bailey and Shá Cage, who will work with neighborhood liaison Michelle Filkins and facilitators trained in diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism work.
Sessions will integrate conversation/discussion, often using books, essays and films as points of departure. Each session will be grounded in basic principles of respect and discipline allowing for the cultivation of honesty, debate, research, action and relationship building.
REGISTER HERE on a first come first serve basis as space is available. Waite Park residents and community members will be given priority, but other participants will be allowed if space permits.
Confirmations will be sent out by March 31st.
Tru Ruts and the Waite Park Community Council hopes this forum can grow to become a city-wide model for other neighborhoods.
E.G. Bailey, recently named one of Filmmaker magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, and a McKnight Media Artist Fellow, is an Emmy and Ivey award-winning artist, filmmaker, director and producer. He has won several awards nationally and internationally and has contributed over 20 years to community organizing efforts in the Twin Cities using art to influence change.
Shá Cage is a consultant, a film and theater producer, director, writer and actress. She has been named a Changemaker by Women’s Press, Artist of the Year by City Pages and Star Tribune, a leading artist of her generation by Insight and a Mover and Maker by Mpls STP magazine with her co-conspirator E.G. Bailey. Her work and activism has garnered distinguished awards and has taken her across the U.S, to Japan, South Africa, England, France, the Netherlands, Mali, Croatia and more.
Neighborhood meeting: Learn about Waite Park's 2021 raingarden program
Please join us on Zoom Thursday, March 25, at 7 p.m. for our monthly neighborhood meeting to find out how you could qualify for a discounted raingarden consultation and installation.
The Waite Park Community Council is partnering with Metro Blooms to help up to 20 homeowners in the neighborhood plan and install raingardens this season.
A raingarden consists of native plants and flowers arranged in a shallow depression designed to capture rainwater runoff. Water that would otherwise flow down driveways, streets and sidewalks is instead absorbed into the earth, which filters pollutants and recharges groundwater.
In addition to helping to keep our water clean, rain gardens provide habitat for pollinators and other wildlife, including the endangered rusty patched bumble bee. And they help prevent local flooding and relieve pressure on storm drains, making our neighborhood more resilient!
The first come, first served program will be subsidized by the Waite Park Community Council. Participants will be responsible for half of the on-site consultation fee and the cost of plants and materials. Information about how to apply will be released after the meeting.
Other items on the agenda for Thursday's meeting:
An update on the Waite Park Community Garden and 2021 budget
Planning for upcoming neighborhood anti-racism forum
Discussion of letter supporting fruit trees on boulevards
Discussion about neighborhood COVID-19 vaccine outreach
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