You're Invited: Citizens League Summer Policy Series

In the heat of the summertime and the heart of the election cycle, the Citizens League Summer Policy Series offers a refreshing take on addressing meaningful policy topics without the political partisanship. Session topics range from taxes, energy, health, and other areas where Citizens League members are making a difference for Minnesotans. Attend one or all of the morning sessions for a look at innovative ideas at work and a take on civic policymaking that's sure to keep you awake (perhaps aided by coffee)!

Register now for the Summer Policy Series

Doors 7:30 a.m. | Program 8-9:30 a.m.

Aloft Minneapolis

900 Washington Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55415

$10 for Citizens League Members, $15 for non-members.

Escape the partisanship of this election year and explore policy topics important to the health of our state. Join us for our Summer Policy Series. A series of morning events that offer opportunities to learn about our work in areas that make a difference for Minnesotans.  

You can attend any - or all - of the sessions!

• Friday, July 20 - Savings Innovation to Support Prosperity: Register 
• Tuesday, July 31 - Regional tax base sharing: Register 
• Wednesday, Aug 8 - Pathways to Prosperity: Family Independence Register 
• Wednesday, Aug 22 - Health Insurance Exchanges: Register 

You're Invited: 2012 Road to Equality Tour

While the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's 2012 Road to Equality Tour is well underway (check out lunches slated for July 18th and 19th if you're in Grand Rapids or Duluth), their research from the 2012 Status of Women & Girls in Minnesota is still gaining traction. Check out their work below, including current research across Minnesota communities, the GENDER EQUALITY Explorer tool, and the MN Girls Are Not For Sale campaign, and consider getting on board with where they're going!

In June and July, the Women's Foundation of Minnesota will embark on its third biennial Road to Equality Tour since 2008.

We’ll share the latest findings from our 2012 Status of Women & Girls in Minnesota research and learn from residents how well the new data represents what’s happening for women and girls in their community. We’ll also talk about our statewide campaign to end the prostitution of Minnesota girls and show you how to use our new online research tool, GENDER EQUALITY Explorer (from 1-1:30PM, for those who can stick around).

The community presentations are free and we’ll treat you to lunch ‑‑‑ all you have to do is RSVP to Nicole@wfmn.org!

Click on a 2012 Road to Equality Tour city (below) for more information:

JUNE

12 - Willmar

13 - Marshall

14 - Rochester

18 - St. Cloud

19 - Twin Cities

JULY

17 - Moorhead

18 - Grand Rapids

19 - Duluth

We hope to see you there!

You're Invited: Fourth Generation Summer Happy Hour!

After giving away $33,000 for nutrition and food justice work in the past year, Fourth Generation is toasting to their fine efforts at tonight's Summer Happy Hour at the 1029 Bar. Join them for beer, BINGO, and lobster rolls to celebrate! If you can't make it tonight, book August 8th and 14th for their Volunteer Day and Pick the Topic gatherings, respectively. Good food, good work, and good times with Fourth Generation are on the horizon! 

Fourth Generation Summer Happy Hour at the 1029 Bar

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

6:00pm
1029 Bar


Come meet and socialize with other people interested in the Minneapolis Foundation's Fourth Generation program, whose volunteer members annually identify a community need, find organizations that meet that need, raise funds and then make grants that make a difference. Bingo begins at 6:30 PM!

For more information about Fourth Generation, visit http://www.fourthgenfund.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/FourthGenerationTMF.

The only life you could save

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“...there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do - determined to save the only life you could save.” 

-Mary Oliver

You're Invited: 2012 Dragon Festival!

My Dragon Boat Race team won the Champion Trophy in the Purple Division in 2006 and, fully appreciating knowing when to quit, I promptly retired from the sport thereafter. Even still, Minnesota's largest pan-Asian Pacific Islander community event, the Dragon Festival, is worth returning to again and again. With cultural heritage events and cuisine representing the broad swath of Asian communities in our state, it's both educational and delicious. In this year of the Dragon, be sure to check out the arts and crafts, martial arts demonstrations, and of course, the Dragon Boat races!

Saint Paul, Minn. – The 2012 Dragon Festival will be the weekend of July 14 & 15, at Phalen Lake Park, 1530 Phalen Drive, St. Paul, MN 55106. Free Admission - Free Parking - Free Performances Lake Phalen Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, comes alive with two days of colorful, traditional dances and music to showcase the performance arts of Asia. Dances from the ceremonial to the theatrical and are as varied as the colours on the performers' authentic costumes! The two-day event is free and showcases cultural heritage, entertainment, cuisine and all types of ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community activities. Minnesota's largest pan-Asian Pacific Islander community event is an effort to increase cross-cultural understanding among the several ethnic groups and with the greater mainstream community. Each Asian country has its own indelible sound even though the instruments are rather similar. From the mesmerizing sound of the Chinese flute to the energetic Taiko drumming, Asian music with its pentatonic melody sounds exotic. Attracting more than 12,000 people over two days the Dragon Festival is a children, family, and community friendly event that is much beloved in the Asian American and Pacific Islander and eastside St. Paul communities. It is one of the major highlights and attractions in the Twin Cities, so don't miss out! Join us! For more information, please visit the website: http://www.dragonfestival.org/