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Precinct Caucuses 2017
Voting precincts are the smallest subdivisions of a city for the purposes of elections. The city of Minneapolis is made up of 13 wards, and each ward is divided into several precincts. Kingfield neighborhood is located at the west end of Ward 8 and neatly contains two precincts, 8-6 and 8-7 (that’s “ward eight, precinct six” and “ward eight, precinct seven” to be precise).
The precinct caucus is a meeting for people who live in one precinct to discuss candidates and issues, and to elect delegates to attend the ward convention at a later date, where they will vote on endorsing candidates and issues. This year, caucusers will begin the endorsement process for Minneapolis city council and mayoral contests, plus our park board and the board of estimate and taxation.
In odd-number years like 2017, each political party decides IF and WHEN to hold precinct caucuses.
- The DFL precinct caucuses for Ward 8 precincts 6 and 7 will be held this year on Tuesday, April 4th, at Lyndale School, 312 West 34th Street (between Grand and Pleasant Avenues). Registration begins at 6:30 and the caucus will be called to order at 7 PM. The DFL Ward 8 convention is on Saturday, April 29th, at Sabathani Community Center.
- At deadline, we are not able to find information about MN-GOP precinct caucuses in 2017. Call your local party office for more information. If you don’t know your party office you can get more information here.
- The Green Party usually meets by congressional district rather than by ward or precinct. For more information visit here.
Who can attend caucuses? Any Ward 8 resident who will be eligible to vote by election day can caucus. This includes 17-year-olds who will turn 18 by election day on November 7, 2017. Younger residents are welcome to observe!
It’s always a great time to get involved in politics at the neighborhood level. You can make a difference.
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Sabathani Community Showcase
Thursday, April 6th, 6:00 PM
Sabathani Community Center, the Auditorium, 310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis
RSVP: Events@sabathani.org / 612-821-2308
Witness the history and inspiring stories of civic leaders like Judge Pamela Alexander, Sharon Sayles Belton, and Wayne Glanton! Students in our youth program will portray these leaders in their youth, telling about the influences that led them on their paths of achievement.
Each leader will join the student on stage to receive the Sabathani 2017 Leadership Award and share their thoughts about Sabathani’s history, mission, and vision as it relates to the social, political, economic, and educational environment of today. Join us for a night of community fun, stories, remembering Prince, and more.
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Kingfield PorchFest Planning Team
4 Mandatory Dates (3 meetings at 7 PM+event)/ Meeting locations TBD
- 1st meeting (Monday April 17,7 PM, location TBD)
- 2nd meeting: (TBD...mid-May)
- 3rd meeting: (Tuesday May 30, 7 PM, location TBD)
- Thursday June 8—event (approx. 5-10 PM)
If you are interested in participating on the planning team contact sarah@kingfield.org.
Musicians and Host: We will update the registration form and make it available in April! At that point we will begin to match artists with sites and look for a thorough distribution of both sites and musical genres to participate this year. Stay tuned!
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Join the Kingfield Outdoor Oven Management Team!
The goal of this group is to plan the monthly KFNA oven events and begin to get our heads’ around the time, cost, and labor involved in a single event so we can begin to come up with a model for spin-of, community initiated/partner events.
Our first Oven event of the year is set for Thursday May 11 (most likely starting on site around 4:30 with the event beginning at 5:30 or 6...exact details TBD).
So...The First Oven Management Team meeting is Tuesday April 18 at 6:30 PM. Location TBD so please contact sarah@kingfield.org if you are interested in attending so we can 1) secure the right size location and 2) let you know where we will be meeting!
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Earth Day
Saturday, April 22nd, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Does Earth Day Still Matter? We Think So!
Save the Planet... Save the Park... Save the Neighborhood... Save the Date! More information coming soon about the great activities planned and wonderful resources available at this year's Earth Day MLK Park Clean Up!
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Post-Election Reflection: Actions that Neighbors Can Take to Make a Difference in Our Community
Many people have been looking for additional positive ways to engage in our community since the election, in the interest of building deeper connections and making sure all neighbors feel welcome to our neighborhood and city. KFNA continues to compile a list of actions each person can take, in case these inspire you to get involved. If you want to discuss any of these suggestions further please feel free to contact info@kingfield.org and we will be happy to get you additional information.
1) Science is a non-partisan issue. Science advances the public good and so the public must advance science. That’s why we are asking you to prepare to lace up your shoes and join the The March for Science on Earth Day, April 22nd. Marches are happening in MN as well as DC; event details are here to Join and Share for the St. Paul event.
2) Put your money where your mouth is by supporting the Sanctuary Restaurants movement. Launched earlier this month by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), a restaurant worker advocacy group, and Presente.org, a Latinx social justice organization, Sanctuary Restaurants provides resources to restaurants, enabling them to support our community, including our undocumented immigrants. We won’t swallow hate and we need to make sure that the restaurants that we are giving our money to are standing with all-of-us. Learn more about the Sanctuary Restaurant movement here.
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