Upcoming Events
Your Mama!
May 13
Madre, Mor, Hooyo, Niam,
or Mama: Whatever you call her, she’s
exceptional. This Mother’s Day, Twin Cities families can put
Mom on a pedestal – literally! – during a free celebration
of mothers and motherhood at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. Radio host
Nanci Olesen and friends will honor moms with an hour of music, prose,
poetry and puppetry.
2 p.m., rain or shine.
All readings and songs will be interpreted in American Sign Language
(ASL). Free. Everyone is welcome.
FFI: Susan Maas, 612-722-4739, info@mombo.org ![]()
Americorp Recruitment Fair
May
14
Are you looking for
a national service opportunity in Minnesota? Come learn about AmeriCorps
opportunities in Minnesota at the first-ever National Ameri-Corps
Week Recruitment Fair!! Earn a living allowance and an education
scholarship while serving your community! AmeriCorps programs are
committed to the inclusion of all individuals without regard to
age, race, religion, or disability!
9:00 a.m.-1:00
p.m., Augsburg College Christensen Center, 720 22nd Ave.
S, Mpls.
FFI and accommodations:
612-333-7743, ryank@serveminnesota.org ![]()
Art of Recovery
Through June
29
Art of Recovery is a special
exhibition of visual, literary and performing art that commemorates
Minnesota Crime Victims’ Rights
Week. It features artwork by Minnesotans who have been victims of
crime and have used art as a means to respond, explore, express or
heal.
Free and open to
the public. Regular exhibition hours: 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Monday
through Friday until June 29. Minnesota Arts Board, Park Square Court,
Suite 200, 400 Sibley Street, St. Paul.
FFI: Sue Gens, 651-215-1600,
www.arts.state.mn.us ![]()
Ceremony to Remember
May 29
Resurrection Cemetery
is the site of the first cemetery for residents of the St. Peter
State Hospital. 1000 residents are buried anonymously in graves
numbered or unmarked. The Power Up Clubhouse and Remembering With
Dignity will be holding a ceremony to remember and honor these people
with disabilities who lived out their lives in the Minnesota state
institutional system.
1 p.m., Resurrection
Cemetery, St. Peter, MN, on Hwy 99, 1 mile west of Hwy 169. Refreshments
afterwards at the Power-Up Clubhouse, 123 S. Minnesota Ave., St.
Peter.
FFI: Remembering With Dignity
651-641-0297 ![]()
Wheel-a-thon
June 9
Wings, a ministry of
and for adults with physical disabilities, is having its nineteenth
Wheel-a-thon this June at Lake Harriet, followed by a picnic lunch
for everyone who wheeled, walked, biked or skateboarded.
10:00 a.m. – 2:00
p.m. Free picnic lunch.Everyone invited.
FFI, RSVP: Katy, 612-866-0462 ![]()
“Imagine the Possibilities” Luncheon
June
15
National speaker Karen Gaffney
will be the featured speaker next month at a luncheon sponsored by
Opportunity Partners. Gaffney was born with Down syndrome, but that
didn’t stop her from swimming
the English Channel at age 23, graduating from Portland Community
College with honors, or starting her own foundation. “I
know that everyone has differences,” says Gaffney, “But
most people can hide their differences better than people like
me. I am trying to help myself, and others too, overcome challenges
so that some day, our differences won’t matter as much.”
Metropolitan Event Center,
5418 Wayzata Boulevard, Golden Valley. Open to the public.
FFI, reservations: Cindy Green,
952-912-2492, cgreen@opportunities.org ![]()
Cemetery Celebration
August
18
Remembering With Dignity (RWD)
has been working to place named headstones on numbered and unmarked
graves of St. Peter State Hosp. residents. Join RWD for this celebration
and headstone placement ceremony. Over 440 named headstones will
be installed. Ceremony will include a performance by the Mankato/New
Ulm Self-Advocate Theater Group. Everyone welcome.
2 p.m.,
St. Peter Regional Treatment Center Cemetery, St. Peter, MN.
FFI:
RWD, 651-641-0297 ![]()
