Bethel University: The Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL)
This mural "Family Ties" by artists Thomasina Top Bear and Geno Okok wraps around a building on Sherburne & Snelling in St. Paul.
CCEL News & Notable Updates
Check here for our partners' events, and featured neews and updates from the Center for Community Engaged Learning!
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Remembering Rondo (the Historical name for Summit-University)
Videos
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Books
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"Frogtown: Photographs and Conversations in an Urban Neighborhood," by Wing Young Huie, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1996.
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"Where We Live,'' by Judith Martin and David Lanegran, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1983.
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"St. Paul: The First 150 years," by Virginia Brainard Kunz, The Saint Paul Foundation, 1991
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“Voices of Rondo: Oral Histories of Saint Paul's Historic Black Community,” by Kateleen Jill Hope Cavett and David Vassar Taylor, Syren Book Company, 2005
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“The Days of Rondo,” Evelyn Fairbanks, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1990
Who’s Who From FSU
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LeRoy Neiman, artist
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Jim Lange, original TV host of "The Dating Game"
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Frederick McGhee, first black criminal lawyer west of the Mississippi
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Warren Spannaus, former Minnesota attorney general
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer
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Dave Winfield, Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder
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Charles M. Schultz, author of the Peanuts comic strip
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Gordon Parks, photographer, filmmaker, and writer
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Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
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Cy Thao, first Hmong-American politician to serve as a Representative in the legislature
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Toni Carter, first African-American to serve as a Ramsey County Commissioner in Minnesota
About Frogtown and Summit-University
Dr. May captured this photo of the newly unveiled Rondo Avenue street sign after the "Unveiling of Rondo Avenue" event in the spring of 2024.
The 9th Annual Greens Celebration is coming up soon! Will you be there?
Spread the word about this giveaway happening at the West Minnehaha Recreation Center.
Come shop at the Black Artist Holiday Market on Saturday, November 16, 2024.
The Annual
Chili & Craft Fair is back!
"The Adventures Of A Traveling Meskwaki by Oogie_Push, a member of the Meskwaki Nation will be a multimedia, Native storytelling performance piece. Inspired by the actions of the water walkers, Native grandmothers working to protect one of our planet’s most precious resources, Adventures traces Oogie’s travels across North America as she is moved by a vision to cleanse the water after major oil spills. Through her time with myriad tribal nations, she develops simple yet profound healing practices to help heal the water. Using film projection, movement, storytelling, and ceremony, she inspires us to take our own small steps to restore the water and heal the planet."
Don't miss this free family friendly event!
Come out to the Minneapolis Central Library on Saturday, November 9, 2024, for this free community event sponsored by the Minnesota Black Authors Expo.
Don't miss this Frogtown neighborhood event happening on Halloween at 6:00 PM.
There will be fun for the
whole family!
The Frogtown Neighborhood Association will host a Community Arts Forum TODAY, October 22, 2024, at 5 pm.
Do you have questions about the post-conviction process? Join We Resolve at this event tonight, Thursday, October 17, 2024,
to learn more.
Join us on Thursday, October 17, 2024, From 1:20-2:10 PM.
Don't miss the Phillips West Fall Fest!
Come celebrate Indigenous culture
This Saturday,
October 12, 2024
From 1-5 pm!
Learn how to register to vote at this free event!
Do you need to learn how to vote early, vote by mail, or where your polling place is? This event could be for you!
Do you live in Phillips West? Are you a renter? Do you want to learn more about your rights?
Join the
Phillips West
Community Meeting
Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 6-7:30 PM
512 E 24th Street, Minneapolis
Join
Irreducible Grace Foundation &
The Million Artist Movement
Sunday, September 22, 2024, From 2:30-5:30 PM
To sample fresh garden produce & participate
in quilting!
Come Celebrate
Pan Africanism
This Thursday,
September 12, 2024!
Free dinner and free books
will be offered!
Don't miss this opportunity to connect and learn!
The Urban Farm & Garden Alliance Presents:
The Second Annual
Children's Garden Market Stand
Sunday, September 8, 2024
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Peace Sanctuary Garden
851 Aurora Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55104
Planting People Growing Justice Presents:
Leaders are Readers
Saturday, September 7, 2024
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Rondo Community Library
461 Dale Street North, St. Paul, MN, 55103
National Afternoon Out
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 2-4:30 PM
Peace Sanctuary Garden
Contact urbanfarmandgardenalliance@gmail.com with any questions.
In Memory of Sammy McDowell
Sammy McDowell of Sammy's has died. Sammy meant so much to so many. He embodied love and peace and unbelievable generosity. People from North Minneapolis are in deep grief and I grieve alongside them. Anyone who met Sammy never forgot their interaction with him. His presence filled you with hope and love. I had the privilege of meeting Sammy a number of years ago. He made me feel welcomed, seen, heard, and cherished. He embraced my work as an author. He encouraged others effortlessly and listened deeply to those whom he encountered. Thank you Sammy — to quote my dear friend Julia Dinsmore — for being a 'rainbow' in the world. You will be missed but never forgotten.
Dr. Claudia May
Executive Director of the Center for Community Engaged Learning
Professor and Program Director of Reconciliation Studies
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Photo taken from Twin Cities Business.
The Restoration of Rondo Ave
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 4:00 PM- 6:00 PM
​Rondo Commemorative Plaza
820 Rondo Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55104
MN Promise ACT
Happening THIS FRIDAY,
April 5, 2024, from 2:30-4:30 pm,
at the Rondo Community Library!
The Saint Paul Expungement Clinic will take place on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Springboards for the Arts.
Check out this upcoming free show on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 6:30 PM!
Sweet Potato Comfort Pie invites you to the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday of Service!
Stay in School Celebration this Saturday, January 6, 2024!
We can't wait for the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance
8th Annual Greens Celebration!
Join the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance for a Halloween Garlic Planting Festival!
To RSVP, email urbanfarmandgardenalliance@gmail.com
Will you join us for the Rondo Community Block Party?
NABS is partnering with Anishinabe Academy for a night of offering song, dance, and prayer to remember and honor Indian boarding school survivors and those who never made it home. We will gather from 6-8pm at Anishinabe Academy on September 29.
NABS will offer a community meal.
