Archive for December, 2022
December Events
Julmarknad Holiday Market December 2 - 4 American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Avenue $15 (preview night $30) Registration required One of the region’s largest handcraft markets returns this holiday season in time for all your shopping needs! The market kicks off on December 2nd for a preview night featuring live music and food and drink from FIKA Café (6 - 8:30pm), and will be open on December 3rd and 4th from 10am to 4pm. Register at https://asimn.org/experience/festivals/julmarknad/. Edible Boulevards Cooking Class with Derek Nicholas Saturday, December 3, 11AM - 12 PM Online Free Join us for our next Minneapolis Edible Boulevards cooking class with the Division of Indian Work and Wiisinig LLC's Derek Nicholas. Derek will show us how to make warm & tasty wild rice porridge for these cold winter days. Pick up the ingredients ahead of time and cook alongside us! To register and get an ingredients list, see the facebook event page: [...]
Phillips Area Local Election Results
Compiled by Lindsey Fenner from preliminary election results from the Minnesota Secretary of State MN State Legislature: MN Senate District 62: Incumbent DFL Senator Omar Fateh defeated Republican challenger Andrew Schmitz with 90.28% of the vote.MN House District 62A: DFL Representative Aisha Gomez ran unopposedMN House District 62B DFL Representative Hodan Hassan defeated Republican challenger Taylor Hammond with 90.28% of the vote.Representatives Gomez and Hassan are incumbents who swapped districts due to redistricting. Hennepin County: County Commissioner District 4: Incumbent Commissioner Angela Conley ran unopposedHennepin County Sheriff: Dawanna Witt defeated Joseph Banks with 63.99% of the vote. Incumbent Sheriff David “Hutch” Hutchinson did not run for reelection.Hennepin County Attorney: Mary Moriarty defeated Martha Holton Dimick with 57.59% of the vote. Longtime incumbent County Attorney Mike Freeman did not run for reelection. Minneapolis School [...]
Giving Back
A short list of community organizations with volunteer opportunities working in the Phillips neighborhood and beyond. Centro Guadalupano: Support for immigrant families in South Minneapolis. https://www.guadcenter.org/ Meals on Wheels/ Open Arms Minnesota: The Kitchen of Opportunities is where volunteers can help with meal prep.https://meals-on-wheels.com/blog/new-volunteer-opportunitieskitchen-opportunities/ Simpson Housing Services: Housing and support for those experiencing homelessness. https://simpsonhousing.org/ Sisters Camelot: Focused on food justice and distribution of free organic food. https://sisterscamelot.org/ Southside Harm Reduction. Harm reduction for those who use substances. https://southsideharmreduction.org/ And of course, you can always reach out to neighborhoodassociations for volunteer opportunities.In Phillips these are as follows:Midtown Phillips Neighborhood AssociationEast Phillips Improvement CoalitionThe Ventura Village Neighborhood [...]
