Join your friends and neighbors at the 3rd annual park event to honor the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year’s free celebration will include musical entertainment, kids activities, food vendors and the unveiling of the Beloved Community Project. Years in the making, the project includes a paved walkway, granite benches and landscaping around the Freedom Form II sculpture and a plaque marking its significance in the park. The Beloved Community Project was a collaborative effort between the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Legacy Council, the Kingfield Neighborhood Association and Chicago Fire Arts and partially funded by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.
Additional highlights include a display of the new playground expected in 2015, an obstacle course for kids sponsored by InnerCity Tennis and the opportunity to meet our new Park Director Peter Jaeger.
The festivities begin at the Sabathani Community Center where Minneapolis School Board Director Dr. Tracine Asberry (that’s me) will lead a MARCH through our #BelovedCommUNITY.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
10:30a GATHER – Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55409
11a RALLY and SPEECHES – Sabathani Community Center
12p MARCH – Sabathani Community Center to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
1p – 4p CELEBRATE – Musical Entertainment, Food Vendors, and Kids Activities. Rev. Dr. King Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55409
“Beloved Community,” a phrase used by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to describe a place where the gifts and concerns of all people are woven together. We recognize all that has been torn apart, damaged, or unheard and we celebrate our capacity to engage and co-create through art, expression and love.
Let’s Celebrate our #BelovedCommUNITY is also @TeamTracine
#WhyWeCan’tWait Part 2 of 3, A Three Part Relevant, Real and Rare Community Engagement Series Coming to YOU in 2014
Part 1 of 3: MPS School Board Candidate Forum – #WhyWeCan’tWait: School Board Governance that Puts High Schools First, Thursday, April 24th
Part 2 of 3: Let’s Celebrate our #BelovedCommUNITY, Saturday, August 23rd
Part 3 of 3: Stay Tuned…
JOIN TEAM TRACINE PARTNERS:
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges
Former Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser
Community Activist and Professor Dr. Josie Johnson
Educator and Researcher Mrs. Katie Sample
MN Senator Jeff Hayden, MN Senator Scott Dibble,
MN Senator Bobby Joe Champion
MN Representative Frank Hornstein, MN Representative Jim Davnie
MN Representative Susan Allen
City Council member Elizabeth Glidden, Ward 8
SEIU Local 26 President Javier Morillo-Alicea
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Ben Schweigert
Liz Conway, Beth Menninga, Heather Kilgore
Flory Sommers, Jennifer Bennett, Cass Ritacco
Jennifer Pennington, Quantina Beck-Jones
Kirstin Johnson-Nixon, Richard Hammonds
Nicole M. Smith, Vickie Allen, Ubah Jama, Sousada Chidthachak Natalie Marrow, Sheila Eldred
Former MPS Board Director Lydia Lee
Former MPS Board Director Sharon Henry-Blythe,
Former MPS Board Director T. Williams,
Former MPS Board Director and
African American Leadership Forum Director, Chris Stewart
Former MPS Board Director Judy Farmer
Organizing Apprenticeship Project (OAP)
Students for Education Reform (SFER)
Colorwheel Gallery and Local Artist Tammy Ortegon
Joe Pollock Films Founder and President Joe Pollock
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