Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Did you know KFNA is Hiring?

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With our neighboring neighborhood, Lyndale, KFNA is looking for a full-time Equity and Justice Organizer! Read more about the position here. 

Lyndale is also seeking a part time ESL Evening Teacher, with optional additional hours to assist students to prepare resumes and achieve their career goals by helping them prepare for interviews or apply for career path training. Read the details on the ESL Teacher position here.

Both positions offer a local focus, good pay, and a new way to connect to your community. The Equity and Justice Organizer position covers a wide variety of events and tasks and offers a very flexible schedule. Both positions really require someone with a comfortable grasp of the Spanish language.

If you would like to have a conversation about either position before you decide to submit your resume simply contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Director at .

KFNA & LNA are Hiring an Equity & Justice Organizer!

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Title: Equity and Justice Organizer

Classification: Full time, nonexempt, 32-40 hours/week, shared position between two nonprofit neighborhood associations

Salary: $18.00-22.00 per hour paid bi-weekly, depending on experience / 90-day probation period

Benefits: generous PTO accrual (13 days per year/pro-rated based on hours worked) 8 paid holidays, optional pre-tax employee-paid group Dental & Vison plans, optional 3% Simple IRA employer match

Schedule: Flexible hours. Some nights and weekends required.

Location: Co-working office in the Lyndale neighborhood in South Minneapolis at 35th and Nicollet

How to Apply: Send resume, cover letter, and 3 references by email to

 

Position Overview

The most important aspects of the Community Organizer position are skilled communication, empathy, and relationship-building. The primary task is to increase – and retain existing – volunteer neighbor participation at both organizations. The Community Organizer will accomplish this through sustained, coordinated effort of volunteer recruitment and retention, and close work with the Executive Director and neighbor-leadership. The position reports directly to the Executive Directors of both organizations.

Requirements:

  • Languages: comfortable with both spoken and written Spanish + English.
  • Organizing Experience: time invested by living or working in a diverse community: direct organizing training or lived-experience preferred.
  • Computer skills: basic data entry and graphic design, experience with email, What’s Ap, Excel, and Word
  • Communication Skills: Strong writing ability; comfortable giving presentations and leading meetings. Social Media skills or willingness to learn.
  • Proof provided of being fully vaccinated by start date.

The person hired for this position will work full-time (expected at 32 hours per week but could work up to 40 especially during spring and summer) split between the two organizations (we will consider part time employment if necessary to find the correct employee). This position will offer a broad variety of activities. Projects, tasks, and outreach activities will be determined in bi-weekly staff meetings. Flexibility in work hours is a must, nights and weekends are common. Time will be tracked by organization and work area. See below for a description of specific activities this position may be asked to participate in. KFNA and LNA are equal opportunity employers. [Read more…]

Team up with KFNA as we Tackle Hunger at our Annual Kingfield Empty Bowls event!

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Sunday February 12, 10:30 AM-2:00 PM

4101 Harriet Ave. S, Judson Church

Visit and share the Facebook event with your neighbors and friends!

Join us for SOUPer Bowl Sunday pregame event on Sunday February 12th at Judson Church. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup, bread, and desserts from local restaurants including Apoy, The LowBrow, Butter Bakery Café, Clancey’s, Petit Leon, Patisserie 46, Victor’s 1959 Café, Kyatchi, and more!

Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith Housing and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association.

Want to volunteer? Visit here!

Want to support this event as a sponsor? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director.

Calling All Volunteers to Come Grow Food and Connections in Our Community Gardens!

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Both Kingfield and Lyndale Neighborhood Associations support communal growing land where volunteers work together to share knowledge, build community, and grow food for our local food shelves. Contact to get involved with either Pillsbury Farm, at 31st and Pillsbury, or The Donator Garden at MLK Park, at 40th and Nicollet in 2023.

Both neighborhoods will also be helping to organize volunteers to plant native pollinator gardens at multiple other sites in each neighborhood as part of the Pollinator Pathway Project. You can see the garden maps for each of these sites in the windows of Butter Bakery Café, 3700 Nicollet, through the end of this year. If you are interested in getting involved in this project fill out the contact form found here!

Calling All Volunteers to Support Lyndale’s Adult Education Program!

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Start your year off on the right foot and give back to your community! Lyndale’s Education Program is in need of volunteer support for our English as a Second Language (ESL) and Digital Literacy (DL) classes.

Volunteers are needed for morning and evening ESL classes, and afternoon Digital Literacy classes. You could volunteer 1 day per week, or more. In this role you can expect to lead a small group of students and provide 1-on-1 student support. We are also seeking one additional morning and evening volunteer that will be in charge of weekly registration and testing of ESL students; for this role, some conversational Spanish is a necessity.

Our program will be starting to use a new curriculum called “English Unlocked”, created by Literacy Minnesota in January. LNA will be organizing trainings for volunteers in January including a curriculum overview and instructions on how to use it to extend learning and engagement with students. Please contact , LNA’s ESL Teacher & Volunteer Coordinator, to be notified of upcoming training dates and to discuss how you might like to be involved in this program. She will be happy to follow up with you separately to discuss your availability, skills, and interests and get you scheduled, and trained!, as a volunteer for 2023!