Update and Actions to Take Regarding the MLK Park Encampment

August 4, 2020 By Sarah

Thank you for your patience and care as our city and nation experience a housing crisis compounded by the recent COVID-19 global pandemic. The population of unhoused neighbors living in MLK Park encampments has grown 3x since June.

How can I help my unhoused neighbors? The best way you can help right now is to use your time and energy to advocate for dignified short, medium and long-term housing solutions in our city. We do not recommend individual citizens attempt direct engagement work with encampments. Those experiencing homelessness deserve social service solutions delivered by trained and trauma-informed providers. Please respect the autonomy of all encampments, including prioritizing your personal safety and boundaries. Consider a financial donation to trusted organizations serving our community: ZACAH, Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, The Link, and Park Avenue Center.

Housed neighbors stand in solidarity with unhoused neighbors prioritizing humanitarian aid, while acknowledging systems, events and health issues that can lead to short-term and chronic homelessness. Informal mutual aid efforts provide food and minimal ice to as many parks across the city as possible, this is not a sustainable solution. We demand our elected officials immediately address the current humanitarian housing crisis in Minneapolis. Please contact your elected officials, today! And then copy that email to Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz.

More information to be communicated through KFNA in the near future, stay tuned.

MLK Park Housing Advocates

Register to speak at the transportation policy plan public hearing

July 22, 2020 By Sarah

Talk with us about transportation policy in our region at our online Transportation Committee on Monday, July 27 at 4 p.m. | Register to comment during the meeting.

About the transportation policy plan

The region’s transportation plan comes together by collaborating with counties, cities and townships to create a vision for a shared transportation system. The Met Council builds these partnerships to help make a stronger system possible, serving people and connecting to places across the region. Our job is to listen to our partners and the people who live in the region to hear what they want in a transportation system. We then translate a shared vision for our region’s transportation system into investment plans and decisions that help build and maintain that system.

Comment period open until 5 PM Aug. 10

The Met Council is ready to hear from you. To comment:

Fill out this online form
Email public.info@metc.state.mn.us
Record a comment on the Public Comment Line at 651.602.1500 (TTY 651.291.0904)
Write to Metropolitan Council, Public Information at 390 Robert St. N., St. Paul, MN 55101
Check Facebook and Twitter for questions about the transportation system’s future

More information

Learn more online about the Draft 2020 Update to the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan.

Proposed Public Safety Charter Amendment: Hearings Scheduled for July 15 & 21

July 14, 2020 By Sarah

The Minneapolis Charter Commission is seeking public comments on a proposed amendment to the City charter related to the future of public safety. People can submit their comments online or provide them directly to members of the commission at a public hearing July 15 or July 21.

The proposed amendment, submitted by the City Council, proposes adding a new Community Safety & Violence Prevention Department with a Division of Law Enforcement Services within the department. Under State law, the Charter Commission is required to review and submit its recommendation(s) on the proposed amendment before a ballot question can be presented to voters.

The virtual public hearings will take place at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21. Participation instructions will be published on the City’s website. If you’re interested in speaking at either or both of the public hearings, you can pre-register using the online registration form.

Other ways to comment:

Using the online public comment form.
Emailing councilcomment@minneapolismn.gov.
Mailing comments to: Minneapolis Charter Commission City Hall – Room 304 350 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415

Join the Kingfield Walk of Gardens on Thursday July 9

July 8, 2020 By Sarah

Plan your walking/biking route! 28 gardens will be open for public viewing, hosted by their resident, passionate gardeners this Thursday 6-8 PM. Additionally at least five musical groups will also be out on their porches participating in On Thursday We Sing, and serenading you along the route.

Donations for taking part in the event be given to The Donation Garden at MLK Park. This community garden is an important source of fresh food that is used to supplement daily meals for Aliveness Project clients living with HIV/AIDS, and also to support their food shelf. Dollars raised over what the garden needs this year to rebuild their garden beds will be donated to this important Kingfield partner. Donating is as easy as texting the words ‘Garden Tour’ to 44-321, which then sends you a reply text to click on to go to the KFNA donation page AND automatically directs your donation to this project.

Both a map and the garden descriptions are now published in the event found here: https://kingfield.org/event/kingfield-walk-of-gardens/

What’s the Deal?: Housing Crisis and State Response

July 2, 2020 By Sarah

Join Beacon on Wednesday, July 8 from 4 to 5 p.m. for What’s the Deal?: Housing Crisis and State Response

Speakers: Ben Helvick Anderson, Director of Public Policy and Craig Freeman, Community Connection Manager

Ben will provide a perspective on what the current Minnesota legislature has (or hasn’t) accomplished on behalf of our neighbors who experience housing instability on a daily basis. Also discussed will be a rundown of our future political goals and how Beacon’s policy work all leads toward our vision of a world in which all people have a home.

This is a good first step to learn more about advocacy work that neighbors can do to encourage and fund more affordable housing options in our State.

To register, please email me your name and if you are a member of a congregation or a community. Once registered, I will provide a login directions for the event.

Clara Lind,

Beacon’s Donor Experience Manager

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