It’s Friday. Fridays and Mondays my GED student and I Reason Through Language Arts, layered on ESL.
Category: In This Together
Rebuilding
Cycled through an area where the community is lifting itself up from the destruction during the riots in May.
Should I Open This Envelope?
An envelope, addressed by hand, was waiting for me in our mail box today. Judging by the return address, it contained Covid-19 antibody test results from a clinical lab affiliated with the University of Minnesota. I found myself wondering if I should even open the envelope. I try to be disciplined about this kind of…… Continue reading Should I Open This Envelope?
Spiral For Justice
Cycled to black history points of interest in St. Paul I’d plotted on a map. The 46 elements of Spiral For Justice represent the 46 years of Roy Wilkins’ leadership of the NAACP. The walls depict efforts to impede progress to racial justice
Social in a Time of Covid
Chatted with friends.
Frogtown Park and Farm
On a cycle ride, discovered Frogtown Park and Farm. Opened in 2015 in a St. Paul low-income neighborhood, it includes extensive native plantings and one of the largest urban farms in the country. The small buildings include food preparation facilities and a wood-fired pizza oven.
Out of Sight…
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Out of Sight…
In early May, I rode my bicycle past a scene that’s etched in my memory. At that time, George Floyd was alive, but Covid-19 was already disproportionately affecting the poor and people of color. The scene was something I had never seen before: a line of people carrying possessions, appropriately socially distanced, waiting outside a…… Continue reading Out of Sight…
Social Distance Enforcer
Realized my bike can be used as a social distance enforcer.
Minnesota Not Nice
Included the Arthur and Edith Lee House on a cycle ride. In 1931, the black couple bought this house in what was a whites-only neighborhood. Each night, thousands of angry white people protested outside while throwing rocks and excrement at the house. Read more here.