Reminder: Monday March 22, 7:00-8:00 PM
Online, Register Here
Also, if you want to serve as a Block Contact for your street, please sign up here.
Kingfield Block Contacts are invited gather and share ideas and strategies around KFNA’s 100 Days of Community Campaign! Kingfield Block Contacts are invited gather and share ideas and strategies around KFNA’s 100 Days of Community Campaign! [Read more…]
TODAY Monday, March 1, at 10 AM City staff will provide a public briefing about plans and preparations being made to ensure community safety for the upcoming trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
That briefing can be watched live on the City’s website at minneapolismn.gov/counciltv or on Comcast channels 14 or 799. Following the live broadcast, a recording of the presentation will be available on the City’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/cityofminneapolis.
Kingfield will be launching 100 Days of Community on March 1!! Fill out this google form to express your interest in helping to plan and participate in this campaign! You can also check out notes from the planning meeting last week with block contacts.
100 Days of Community is envisioned as a way to get neighbors connected, have conversations about safety, and come together as a neighborhood to take action for safety beyond policing. This campaign takes us through the rest of COVID winter, the start of the Chauvin trial, and leads up to the 1-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by MPD and the subsequent Black Lives Matter uprisings across our city and world. This is a campaign made up of 100 days of events and actions neighbors can plug into, both on an individual and group level.
We have shared a list of safety concerns that we have been consistently hearing from residents across neighborhoods throughout the ward for MPD to address and respond to while providing an opportunity for residents to share additional concerns.
We will be joined by 3rd Precinct Inspector Sean McGinty, 5th Precinct Inspector Katie Blackwell and area crime prevention specialists Jennifer Neale (3rd precinct) and Jennifer Waisanen (5th Precinct) for this meeting.
How to Participate: Join this virtual event on Monday, Feb. 22nd at 5 pm via Microsoft Teams using the instructions below. You access this meeting online or by phone.
Join on your computer or mobile app: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTgwOTQzOWItZWEwZC00NjU1LWE1ZDgtZjJkOWQ2ZGQyMzgy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220bfb3f5a-e8ea-4d54-b021-2b2f910c715f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22cba4738a-6221-4fda-8c61-e66ee2987599%22%7d
Join by Phone: +1 612-276-6670, Phone Conference ID: 681 742 887#
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/279876910144618 – please share as you are able!
Thank you to the six community members that threw their hats (and their hearts!) into the ring for a chance to serve their community as one of the thirteen volunteers that serves the Kingfield Neighborhood as a volunteer leader on the Board of Directors. It is truly heart-warming to see the passion of service and breadth of skills and experience that comes from members of our community. Two residents were selected due to their personal commitments, as well as their experiences in volunteering and leadership.
Katie Blanchard is an experienced organizer, and has been active in organizing her Kingfield neighbors around issues of safety and justice. Her experience will be invaluable to KFNA, as the organization continues its shift toward an organizing model. She has a deep understanding of people power, racial equity and anti-racism, and of the strength that organizations can find when they are willing to reach across lines of difference.
Lorial Roballo is a young woman of color, and holds identities that have been underrepresented on the KFNA board. But beyond that, she has a deep commitment to the values of equity and inclusiveness — values the KFNA Board centers in its work. She is on the Student Senate at Bemidji State University, serving on the Inclusivity and Diversity committee, and is an avid volunteer for projects around the community.
If you are interested in serving on the KFNA board, whether you recently applied or have never heard of this group until this moment, please note that we will have an election for seven additional seats this spring, most likely in early May. To learn more about this opportunity and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association please contact Executive Director Sarah Linnes-Robinson at or 612-823-5980.
