Harvest Moon Block Party
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.
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October ’24 Events
Better Things: A 5×5 Reading Event and Open Mic
Tuesday, October 1
7 PM
Moon Palace Books
3032 Minnehaha Avenue
Free
Please 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 Uprising
Through December 7
Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Regis Center for Art (East)
405 21st Avenue S
Free
Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis Uprising, showcases murals created on boarded up windows during the 2020 unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.… Read the rest “October ’24 Events”
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 History
There 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 women finally gained the right to vote.
But in spite of legal gains, multiple forms of voter suppression – including poll taxes, literacy tests, English language requirements, and outright violence – continued to persist.… Read the rest “Voting Is a Choice and a Privilege – It’s Time For Our Youth to Exercise That Right”
