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Remembrance and Reflection
By Kisten Thompson on behalf of the Racial Justice Working Group
This May 25 marks the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. His murder triggered a series of protests across the nation and around the world and spurred a widespread grappling with systemic racism, white privilege and white supremacy. Within an extraordinarily short space of time, we saw symbols of the confederacy and slavery being removed from the public sphere and white people reading, studying and acting to better understand the systems that had been built into the fabric of this country to maintain white privilege and make it harder for people of color to live with full privilege and equality. . . . CONTINUE READING
By Kisten Thompson on behalf of the Racial Justice Working Group
This May 25 marks the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. His murder triggered a series of protests across the nation and around the world and spurred a widespread grappling with systemic racism, white privilege and white supremacy. Within an extraordinarily short space of time, we saw symbols of the confederacy and slavery being removed from the public sphere and white people reading, studying and acting to better understand the systems that had been built into the fabric of this country to maintain white privilege and make it harder for people of color to live with full privilege and equality. . . . CONTINUE READING
Donate used and broken bikes (also children's bikes) for our Local Mission Partner, Venture North (Search Venture North Minneapolis) by June 6.
Contact Vern Rice, vernrice2000@yahoo.com, 612-226-0993 |
Community Garden
A new season has begun for the Community Garden! On Saturday volunteers officially kicked off a new year with planting lots of seeds, putting up the sign, planting the herbs, etc. Tomatoes and other plants will be planted in the next couple of weeks. We invite you to join us on Tuesday evenings, 6:30 pm for weekly weeding and gardening. You may discover that you have a green thumb! Email Trish at trish-blomquist@comcast.net for more information. |
"Lutheran Disaster Response is accompanying our companions in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, as well as such ecumenical partners as Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service, in their humanitarian responses to the [Eastern European]crisis."
Click to find out more and learn what you can do to help. |
The Elders in Action group is once again hosting a monthly coffee session; all are invited.
These coffee sessions will be the last Wednesday of each month, at 10:00 AM, in the Fireside Room. Each month will feature a speaker on a relevant topic however, the May session will be just for socializing and getting reacquainted with each other. We look forward to seeing you at coffee time! |
