FRI/SAT. JUNE 12-13:MPLS CIVIL RIGHTS DEPT. on Chopping Block

NOTE: the Minneapolis meeting last night on Thursday was very diverse! Somali people, GLBT community, African-Americans, Muslim people, Greens, Hmong people,disabled people, Jewish activists....an all-too-rare coalition of many different people in our community is coming together to preserve the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department. Please share widely! & come to the meeting.Lydia Howell


TUNE IN, FRI.June 12, 11am KFAI: GOV. PAWLENTY., MAYOR RYBAK AND MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL: Putting MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. Hear Civil Rights Commissioner KENNETH BROWN and OUTFRONT MN's Rebecca Waggoner Kloek talk about what's at stake in this struggle. (Sat. June 13 community town hall meeting info below)

PART 1 of this discussion is archived for another week on CTALYST page at www.kfai.org
 CATALYST:politics & culture, hosted by Lydia Howell. KFAI Radio 90.3fm Mpls 106.7fm St.Paul
LIVE-STREAMING and achived for 2 weeks after broadcasst on CATALYST page at http://www.kfai.org

Subject: Civil Rights Social Solidarity: SAT.June 13 Please come !

 

Show our solidarity with Somali, Arabs, Muslims, Jews, African-Americans, Sabathini. tonight (See list of sponsors below). Save the Minneapolis Civil Rights Dept.--

Mary Beaudoin, WAMM  

EVENT INFO:

SAT., JUNE 13 * 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

 

Civil Rights Community Social: A Discussion on How to Save the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights, @SABATHANI CENTER, EAST 38th ST. and THIRD AVE. SOUTH, ROOM D1,D2 Minneapolis.

Earlier this year, Mayor Rybak proposed to cut the Complaint Investigation Unit of the City of Minneapolis Civil Rights Department. This unit investigates and processes complaints of discrimination which take place in Minneapolis. The Civil Rights Department uses approximately 1% of the entire city budget.

Join us for a lively discussion on how to save the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights The event will include poetry, ice-cream, short speeches, a community discussion, and an action plan on how to save the department.

Co-Sponsored by:

*Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota,Council on Black Minnesotans, Council on American-Islamic Relations - Minnesota

Jewish Community Action, Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission

Minneapolis Urban League, Minnesota League of Human Rights Commissions, Sabathani Community Center, United Somali Movement