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Harvest Moon Block Party
All Photos Eric Ortiz The Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation’s Youth Community Journalism Institute led an intergenerational community journalism project at the Harvest Moon Block Party at Cedar Field Park on Sat., Sept. 21. Over two dozen community members created Little Earth News, a community newspaper to celebrate community victories, voices, and solutions.
October ’24 Events
Free in Color Arts, Youth Painters, Until the Color of Your Skin is the Target, 2020. CVS, 1010 W. Lake St. From the exhibit Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis Uprising, at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. Courtesy: Easton M. Green Better Things: A 5x5 Reading Event and Open MicTuesday, October 17 PMMoon Palace Books3032 Minnehaha AvenueFreePlease join Moon Palace Books and ReEntry Lab for the second 5×5 reading featuring five fantastic writers: aegor ray, Louise Waakaa’igan, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Moheb Soliman, and Paul van Dyke. The reading and open mic afterward will be hosted by Erin Sharkey and Davi Gray.ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them. You can learn more about ReEntry Lab at reentrylab.org. Find details about the Better Things series at better-things.org. Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis UprisingThrough December 7Katherine E. Nash [...]
Voting Is a Choice and a Privilege – It’s Time For Our Youth to Exercise That Right
Youth education and removing barriers to voting is crucial to democracy By LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MINNEAPOLIS In 1971 with the passage of the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the voting age was lowered from 21 years to 18. Student protests against the Vietnam War played a big part in forcing this change. The protesters argued that if 18 year-olds could fight and die for their country, they should be given the right to vote.Today, 18 – 29 year-olds are by far the lowest turnout voting bloc in the country. The question is: why, and what can be done about it? A Brief HistoryThere has always been a battle to secure the right to vote. In the 1700’s, only white male land-owners enjoyed the privilege. In 1870, following the Civil War, the 15th Amendment ensured that people couldn’t be legally denied the right to vote based on their race. Women fought hard for a place at that table, but lost the battle. It took until 1920, after a fifty year hard-fought campaign, that [...]
