Kingfield Neighborhood Association

“Let’s Get Uncomfortable” Sessions: 60% Uncomfortable & Being a Better Ally

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Now 60% Uncomfortable”; a Space to Talk About Race and Being Anti-Racist, August 19, 6:30-8 PM

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 “How to be a Better Ally” with Duck Washington, Wednesday August 26, 6-8 PM,

All on Zoom (online)

All events are limited to 25 participants  AND Registration is Required

Led by Danger Boat Productions; co-hosted and funded by KFNA and LNA. More info and registration here.

All donations by attendees are dedicated to Danger Boat’s Productions fund for BIPOC performing artists to develop new work; please donate generously upon registration to keep this work going and support ongoing, deeper conversations with artists of color.

Looking for a place to start talking about race and being anti-racist? Join us at any of the above events for a welcoming space to talk about race and what it means to put being anti-racist into practice. Racism is everybody’s problem. For too long, the responsibility to understand and dismantle racism has fallen on communities of color. As white people, we may have recognized the world is stacked unfairly against our BIPOC friends, but then we asked them to do all the education, footwork and problem solving on it.

A Place to Start is a facilitated space to get people (particularly white people) to talk about racism, its consequences, and how we all share the responsibility to do the work for change.

 

Now 60% More Uncomfortable dives deeper into exploring racism and being anti-racist. Having attended a previous “Let’s Get Uncomfortable” session is not required to sign up, but attendees should be prepared to talk openly about their own past shortcomings on race, reflect on the ways they benefit from a white-centered society, and what sacrifices or changes they are willing to make to address these issues.

 

How To Be A Better Ally is a two-hour training that combines facilitated lecture, interactive group work and team role play. Participants gain tools to identify the racism they see in their communities, to better understand the traits and tactics of a constructive ally, and to practice promoting safe environments for all.

These conversations are financially supported by the neighborhood associations of Kingfield and Lyndale. Please also donate generously to keep this work going and support ongoing, deeper conversations with artists of color, as detailed above.

What is one thing you are going to do to create the more equitable and just city that we all desire?

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“My commitment to a more just Minneapolis is working to ensure people don’t forget the importance of racial equity and the importance of this moment in time.  To that end I plan to be on the 38th street bridge every tuesday from 4:30-5:30 until the end of this year with banners and signs keeping my own commitment right in front of me and hopefully others as well.  Please join me. ”

–Becky Dankowski, KFNA Board Member

This week, KFNA Staff and Board of Directors have made commitments to one another to how we will, both as individuals and as an organization, create a more just Minneapolis.

We are calling on community members, to do the same and submit an audio recording of their commitments to action, over the following week, in response to the question above.

There are four ways for you to share your commitments:
1) Call and leave a message @ 612-234-1867
2) Record a “Voice Memo” on your phone and email it to messages@kingfield.org
3) Submit a written comment of (which will be read and recorded by a KFNA board member) to messages@kingfield.org
4) Send a written or voice message via the mobile Facebook messenger app to The Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Submission Length: Please keep your answers to 60 seconds or 200 words (if written)
Submission Deadline: Friday June 19th @ 9pm

What is one thing you are going to do to create the more equitable and just city that we all desire?

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“My commitment is to spend current time working with my current business to put together “coping kits” to help children affected by losses in their community. I will be spending time volunteering to assist local organizations, sitting in the discomfort of awareness and listening to people’s concerns to better understand my own neighborhood and city. ” –Mike Skinner, KFNA Board Member [Read more…]

What is one thing you are going to do to create the more equitable and just city that we all desire?

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“My commitment is to ensure that neighbors in Kingfield have ways to participate in conversations on both anti-racism and a transformed future of community safety and well-being and that these conversations move us to take urgent, collective action.”
–Sarah Tschida, Kingfield Neighborhood Association Vice President
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This week, KFNA Staff and Board of Directors have made commitments to one another to how we will, both as individuals and as an organization, create a more just Minneapolis.
 
We are calling on community members, to do the same and submit an audio recording of their commitments to action, over the following week, in response to the question above.
 
There are four ways for you to share your commitments:
1) Call and leave a message @ 612-234-1867
2) Record a “Voice Memo” on your phone and email it to messages@kingfield.org
3) Submit a written comment of (which will be read and recorded by a KFNA board member) to messages@kingfield.org
4) Send a written or voice message via the mobile Facebook messenger app to The Kingfield Neighborhood Association
 
Submission Length: Please keep your answers to 60 seconds or 200 words (if written)
Submission Deadline: Friday June 19th @ 9pm

What is one thing you are going to do to create the more equitable and just city that we all desire?

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“I love the Census slogan this year: “Everyone Counts”. It is why I work as the director, community organizer, communications-lead, and chief cook and bottle-washer for KFNA. Every person deserves to be seen, and heard, and validated as a unique human on this strange and wonderful planet that we share. I am committed to continuing to reach out and connect people to each other and other great organizations, and work to see that no one is sitting alone, in despair and hopelessness, because every person has talents and skills to share. Helping others, specifically through volunteering, builds connections and community, bolsters self-esteem, and creates a team mentality and engaging our full community is critical to creating one Minneapolis.”
–Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director
 
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This week, KFNA Staff and Board of Directors have made commitments to one another to how we will, both as individuals and as an organization, create a more just Minneapolis.
 
We are calling on community members, to do the same and submit an audio recording of their commitments to action, over the following week, in response to the question above.
 
There are four ways for you to share your commitments:
1) Call and leave a message @ 612-234-1867
2) Record a “Voice Memo” on your phone and email it to messages@kingfield.org
3) Submit a written comment of (which will be read and recorded by a KFNA board member) to messages@kingfield.org
4) Send a written or voice message via the mobile Facebook messenger app to The Kingfield Neighborhood Association
 
Submission Length: Please keep your answers to 60 seconds or 200 words (if written)
Submission Deadline: Friday June 19th @ 9pm

Kingfield Restaurants

currently open for take-out
(more info available here)

  • Tap Society
  • Sunstreet Breads
  • Royal Grounds
  • Rincon 38
  • Revival
  • Patisserie 46
  • Nighthawks
  • The Lowbrow
  • Hola Arepa
  • Grand Cafe
  • Good Times Pizza
  • Five Watt Coffee
  • Young Man
  • Dave The Pie Guy
  • Curran's
  • Cocina Latina
  • Cafe Ena
  • Butter Bakery Cafe
  • Boludo Empanadas
  • Apoy