FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Peace Across North Minneapolis Logistics

[Adele Hansen (hanse002]

I'm planning to go to FUS to car pool.

Adele


> Hi All,  For those of you who signed up (or did not) and want to 
> participate in Peace Across North Minnneapolis, here is the scoop 
> regarding Friday night.
>
> The timetable: (Note, there will be only cookies and water at the 
> event, so plan to eat ahead of time or bring your own food.)
>
> 6:30pm:  those who plan to carpool from FUS should arrive there and 
> figure out who is driving whom.  When coming North, 26th Street will 
> be closed, so you may want to come West on Broadway until you get to 
> either James (if you want to park closer to the later, gathering 
> event) or Logan (if you want to park closer to the starting event) 
> and try to park somewhere in the 2500 blocks of those streets. 
> Emerson and Fremont will be open, so if you prefer to park North of 
> 26th, you can get through there.   Last year we parked in the school 
> parking lot of the Jordan Park School at 29th and Irving, which is 
> really only two long blocks away from 26th. Please note where you 
> left your car so you can find it again ;-)
>
> 7pm: Arrive and sign in on our block.  We will be at 26th and 
> Morgan, which I think means that we will be lining up between Morgan 
> and Newton, but I am getting clarification on that.  We are invited 
> to pick up trash and door knock  a block N and S of 26th along 
> Morgan to invite people out to the event between then and 7:30. 
> 26th street will be blocked, so chalk drawing, frisbee, man on 
> stilts, drill teams, etc will also be possible. If you have any fun 
> ideas, bring them along.
>
> 7:30pm: We will line up along our blocks and will make a chain for 
> peace (you will have received your link when you signed in) which 
> will later be used for an art project. During this event, we will 
> chant "Hold hands and unite For peace across the Northside." As the 
> chain is built in each block, we will join with the next block and 
> move towards the band shell (somewhere between Girard and James) and 
> there will be cookies, water and a program of only 10 minutes of 
> speeches, then drill teams, spoken word and music.  You may stay as 
> short or as long as you like at that point. We anticipate starting 
> the band shell program at 8:00pm. 
>
> Just so you know, some N Mpls youth are doing a photography project 
> and may ask to interview you about who you are and why you are 
> there. They are just starting this week, so I don't know how much 
> saturation they will have.
>
> If you have questions, you can email me or call me at 612-205-9832 (cell).
>
> Polly
>
>
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