Events - Sep 2024

With Minnesota emerging as the epicenter of the national guaranteed income movement, a series of art exhibits, comedy shows, community workshops, and family activities will bring the economic justice policy to life in St. Paul and rural Fergus Falls from Sept. 16-22 as part of International Basic Income Week. At 262 University, check out the opening reception for the “EXHALE” Exhibition Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6-8 p.m. and Family Day on Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Springboard for the Arts is spearheading the weeklong series of events aimed at advocating for guaranteed income programs. The organization’s Guaranteed Income for Artists pilot program, launched in 2021, provides $500 monthly subsidies to 75 artists in St. Paul and rural Otter Tail County. Initial data from the Springboard for the Arts program shows funds directed to critical needs: 36% for essential purchases, 30% for food, and 10% for housing.

 

The Annual St. Paul CROP Hunger Walk will be on Sunday, Oct. 13, 1:15  p.m. walk. Meet at Macalester Plymouth United Church, 1658 Lincoln Avenue. Go to www.crophungerwalk.org/saintpaulmn for registration and more information on how to raise funds to support the work of Church World Service and the Department of Indian Work Emergency Services.

 

The Hamline Midway Coalition and the Hamline Undergraduate Student Congress have invited every elected leader who represents Hamline Midway to join in a neighborhood town hall to discuss key issues that impact the community. It will be Oct.17 at Hamline University’s Bush Ballroom (1537 Hewitt Ave.) from 6-8 p.m.

 

In August, St. Paul launched the brand-new Mobile Library – a traveling library that provides new and expanded services based on community feedback, including access to mobile hotspots, computers and Wi-Fi, and referrals to community resources and notary services.