Individual Civic Engagement Opportunities

• Watch a movie and discuss it
• Go to a lecture, movie, play, or art event that includes a discussion or forumExample: go to the Intermedia Arts exhibit about immigration and then have a discussion afterwards with some other CTEP members.
  Example: Watch The Inconvenient Truth and discuss it
• Volunteer at a Food Not Bombs or another food distribution program.
  Information: c/o Arise! Bookstore & Resource Center, 2441 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55405. vm: (651) 649-4557Shares meals: Saturday 3-4pm on the west bank on Cedar Ave. one block south of the intersection of Cedar and Riverside ave. Cooking at the Brian Coyle Community Center on the West Bank at 420 15th Ave S on Saturdays at 1 PM.
• Volunteer at a community event:
• Pride parade, Juneteenth, art festivals, neighborhood parties
• Go to a public meeting or hearing:
• About Central Corridor/light rail, about community-police relations, etc
• Go to critical mass – bicycle awareness/rights ride - Meet for Critical Mass the last Friday of every month (rain or shine) in Loring Park (on the east side of the park). They usually start meeting up about 5:00pm and try to leave by 5:30pm.
• Volunteer at a rest home for the elderly or senior center - Help with arts and crafts night
• Volunteer at Goodwill Services or Salvation Army
• Volunteer at homeless shelter babysitting, etc
• Volunteer at domestic violence shelter

Plan for Dec. 1 corps day

We will focus on small business issues on Dec. 1st. We will split the day between touring La Loma tamale factory and helping with decorations for the Midtown Global Market holiday celebration.

Or, we might do the the La Loma tour on the day that we are at Alison's site, the BCC if there is plenty to keep us busy at Midtown.

We will definitely try to get in some facilitated discussion about small businesses issues and agendas.

And, we have a new committee member! His name is Abdirashid.