Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Public can post comments online about proposed charter amendment creating new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention

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Members of the public interested in commenting on the proposed charter amendment establishing a new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention and removing the Police Department as a charter department can submit comments online.

The Minneapolis Charter Commission will hold a special meeting 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 to review the proposed amendment and discuss next steps. The City Council voted June 26 to advance the proposal as a ballot measure to be considered by Minneapolis voters.

Under state law, the Charter Commission has at least 60 days to complete its review and submit its recommendation to the City Council. The statutory deadline for submitting questions on the Nov. 3 general election ballot is Friday, Aug. 21. If approved by voters, the changes would become effective May 1, 2021.

The city charter is the constitution of the City of Minneapolis. Legally, it is a delegation of a portion of the State’s central governing authority exercised at the local level. Find the online comment form at minneapolismn.gov.

Let’s Get Uncomfortable; a Space to Talk About Race and Being Anti-Racist | June 28 at 1 PM in MLK Park

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Sunday June 28, 1 PM, MLK Park (outdoors, north side of building)

Registration Required (limited to 25 participants)

Led by Danger Boat Productions, co-hosted by KFNA

More info and registration here.

Looking for a place to start? Join us on June 23 (SOLD OUT) and June 25 via Zoom at 7pm Central Time and June 28 at MLK Park (with COVID-19 precautions taken) in Minneapolis at 1pm CT 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.

That ends now. It’s well past time for white people to do more of their own learning, growing, and dismantling. We want to help. Let’s do our part. [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 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

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