Wednesday marks Day 2 of the Minneapolis teachers strike for better pay and working conditions for teachers and support staff, smaller class sizes, and further mental health support for students.
Wednesday marks Day 2 of the Minneapolis teachers strike for better pay and working conditions for teachers and support staff, smaller class sizes, and further mental health support for students.
Tucked into the northeast corner of Lowry and Penn in Minneapolis, on a small bit of vacant lot largely hidden from view, an encampment of about eight tents has sprung up in the past few weeks. Neighbors say the problems have grown with it.
2020 added urgency to Minnesota man s idea to bring strangers together to run and talk Pandemic, social unrest brought new resonance to strangers get together.
By Frank Bures Special to the Star Tribune December 31, 2020 8:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
On Feb. 28 of 2020, J.C. Lippold looked at the front page of this newspaper and smiled. At the top was a banner that read, Running Conversation with a picture of he and his fellow runners jumping in the air.
The story was about Lippold s brainchild, which he called 5K Everyday Conversations. The idea was simple: Strangers would meet up, run 5 kilometers together and talk. This would help connect people in our disconnected age, and combat the tidal wave of loneliness.