Honoring and Celebrating Philando, Seven Years On
A Falcon Heights police officer killed Philando Castile in July 2016. Less than two months later, friends, family and former classmates came together to honor his life. That celebration continues.
Category: Anti-Racism
New Deadline for Racial Equity Analysis: Friday, August 5
The Streets.mn Anti-Racism Committee seeks proposals for a racial equity analysis of our work. Deadline for applications is now Friday, August 5.
Racial Equity Analysis: Request for Proposals
Streets.mn is seeking proposals for a racial equity analysis to help us better meet the needs of our community and fulfill our goal of connecting a more diverse range of people.
Together, Building an Anti-Racism Resource Library
Streets.mn wants to collaborate with readers on our new Anti-Racism library.
Reconnection, Revitalization, and Restitution for I-94 Communities
Saint Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood is a thriving, diverse community and home to many immigrant families and Black-owned businesses. It’s situated between University Avenue and the METRO Green Line to the north and Selby Avenue to the south. Black churches, businesses, and schools set down roots in the area in the late nineteenth and early […]
Podcast #112: Mapping the History of Racial Covenants in Minneapolis
I’m back with another streets.mn podcast and it’s a good one. I sat down a few weeks ago with the team from Mapping Prejudice, a groundbreaking historical research effort to shed light on the racist history of housing practices in Minneapolis. Joining me around the table in the basement of the Borchert Map Library were […]
Chart of the Day: Traffic Stop Pretexts by Race
Via Quartz, here’s a chart showing the pretexts given for traffic stops broken down by race. The data is from 2011. David Levinson, former chair of the streets.mn board, has written a few terrific posts this week about the problem with traffic stops as a safety tool for US roads. In the first, he talks about how traffic stops contribute to the high rate of […]