In early June, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board postponed the Parks for All Virtual Park Summit. We are outraged and grief-stricken about the death of George Floyd. We also know that racism and violence are systemic issues that we need to address, now and into the future. We hope you are safe, with your loved ones, and able to show up for community in whatever way feels right to you
We plan to reconvene the Park Summit beginning Monday, June 15. The recent events have made it clear that there is great urgency for us to move forward in our work to untangle systemic racism from our systems. One of the key ways that we need to do that is by crafting new policies that address the root causes of those issues. When we reconvene the Park Summit to continue planning for the future of our park system, we will hold onto the realities of this past week, and the past several months, as we set the course of our policy direction for the next decade. We hope you will join us.
The MPRB Comprehensive Plan has the potential to catalyze changes around historic and current inequities, and we invite you to be part of setting that vision. The Park Summit, a mid-point in the MPRB 2021 Comprehensive Plan process, is a virtual event to share out and collect feedback on draft policy ideas for the next decade of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation system.
Park Summit Reboot Schedule
Monday, June 15: 12-1 pm, Lunchtime office hours
Monday, June 15: 4-6 pm, Native Acknowledgement Panel
Tuesday, June 16: 4-5 pm, Hmong Office Hours
Thursday, June 18: 4-6 pm, Community Listening Session
Friday, June 19: 4-5 pm, Spanish Office Hours
The Park Summit ends at 6 pm on Friday, June 19.
Links to participate in each of the rescheduled Park Summit events, along with draft policy ideas, are available on the Park Summit website linked below: