Crab apple blossoms over a blue sky with “Volunteer and Business of the Year Awards” in white and “Sam Neisen & Curiosity” in black.

We are so happy to announce the recipients of our Volunteer and Business of the Year Awards!! We officially announced them and virtually showed the recipients their plaques at our Annual Meeting and will drop them off social distancing style soon. 🥁Drumroll please.....
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The Volunteer of the Year Award goes to Sam Neisen of Exploration High School who has volunteered with SNO’s Community Programming Committee and planned our Anti-Racist Book Club. Thank you for bringing your ideas, insight, enthusiasm, and actions to SNO priorities and beyond, Sam!

The Business of the Year Award goes to Curiosity, a business in Sheridan which prioritizes our local community! Curiosity did so much to support community members throughout the last year, including donating items to the Sheridan Support Network and using their platform to share neighborhood events & information. Thank you for continuing to provide the neighborhood with whimsical gifts, decor, and for providing a space for independent artists to share their talents, Curiosity!

Our next Anti-Racist Book Club discussion is coming right up this Thursday, September 3rd at 7pm! We are reading stories from the anthology "A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota."

Go to the facebook event to RSVP and find the link to read the book free online, this month's readings, and all future updates!

You can watch a livestream of the book talk from our first meeting by author Mr. David Grant! Click here to watch.

In the wake of the #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd protests, SNO has started an Anti-Racist Book Club for Sheridan Neighborhood residents, which will meet the last Thursday of each month.

📖 The first book we are reading is a collection of short stories called "A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota." This book is available free online here: https://library.biblioboard.com/module/one-book-one-minnesota/masonry/1

💭 Please read the story for the month and any stories from previous months and come with reflections and discussion questions to be ready for small group discussion:
June 25th: "People Like Us" by David Lawrence Grant (p195)
July 30th: "Trouble in Mind: To Be Black is Blue in America" by IBè (p69)
*September 3rd: "Introduction" by Sun Yung Shin, "Fear of a Black Mother" by Shannon Gibney , and "Disparate Impacts: Moving to Minnesota to Live Just Enough for the City" by Taiyon J. Coleman (pages 3-42).
(*Rescheduled due to curfew)

📚 The first 50 people will receive a hard copy of the book, sponsored by a Sheridan neighbor Conor Hesch, www.closingwithconor.com, a local mortgage lender who helps you get approved to buy a Home or Duplex!

☀️ This is an outdoor, socially distanced event. Please bring camp chairs or whatever will make you comfortable outside. Masks are required.

🧠 Members of this monthly book club will read books across genres that explore issues of race in America as a means of better understanding ourselves, our history and our Minneapolis community. Education and greater self-awareness are foundational for change. Everyone is welcome. We only ask that you read the book section or chapter so that you can be a fully-engaged participant in that month's discussion.