Events - September 2023

Avenues for Youth and Wildflyer Coffee are collaborating to provide youth housing and employment opportunities.  Avenues’ ConneQT Host Home program is a community-based response for LGBTQI+ young people impacted by housing instability. Folks open their homes to provide food and shelter while Avenues provides wrap around services and support. Hosts offer short term or long-term stays, depending on the needs of the youth. Learn more about becoming a host on Thursday, Sept. 7, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Wildflyer Coffee, 3262 Minnehaha Ave.

 

Challenged by experiences of violence across the Twin Cities in recent years, Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW), in collaboration with Twin Cities Nonviolent and many other peace and justice groups, is organizing a large Walk for Peace and Justice on Sept. 30. The walk will demonstrate our collective commitment to building a world where all are treated with dignity and respect. This Walk for Peace and Justice takes place on Day 10 of Twin Cities Nonviolent's annual 12 Days Free from Violence. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. at Brackett Park in Minneapolis with refreshments, speakers and entertainment. Walkers can choose to walk a two-mile route or a half-mile route. Both routes begin at Brackett Park and follow the Mississippi River to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge. At the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge, walkers will attend the Hands Across Mississippi Peace Declaration led by invited Mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter.  

Following the Peace Declaration, everyone is invited to walk to the lawn outside the Danish American Center for refreshments, speakers, entertainment, and community building hosted by Vote Climate from 12:30–3 p.m.  

Registration is free to all with a choice of donating to help raise funds to support the many peace organizations involved in this walk. Learn more and register at fnvw.org/walk4peace. 

About FNVW: Friends for a NonViolent World is a non-profit organization located in St. Paul.  FNVW’s programs demonstrate the transformative power of nonviolence at the personal, community and institutional levels and include the following: Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) workshops, the Everyday Nonviolence Podcast, People Camp, and advocacy work done in coalition with other organizations.  

 

From September 24-30, George Lakey will facilitate community dialogue and share personal experiences from his new memoir, "Dancing with History: a Life for Peace and Justice." Topics include hybrid and in-person conversations about environmental justice, how nonviolent campaigns succeed in polarized times, the intersectionality of racial justice and solidarity work and more. Go to fnvw.org/georgelakey for up-to-date information about George Lakey’s visit to the Twin Cities. Lakey's life will be the subject of a new documentary film coming in 2023. On Sept. 24: “How nonviolent campaigns succeed in polarized times,” 10:15-11 a.m. Minneapolis Friends Meeting, 4401 York Ave. S. Sept. 28: “Intersectionality of Racial Justice and Solidarity Work” includes panel with local organizers, 7-8:30 p.m. St. Paul, East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St.