"Race" Free Movie Screening!

Sheridan Neighborhood’s Anti-Racist Book Club presents a FREE Outdoor Movie Night!

We will be screening "Race," a biographical sports drama film about African-American athlete Jesse Owens.

The Anchor Food Truck will be on site selling Fish & Chips!

Friday, October 2nd 7-9:30pm on the field behind Exploration High School at the corner of 3rd St NE and 14th Ave NE. Please bring your own seating and dress warmly!

This is an outdoor, socially-distanced event, with masks required for everyone's safety. There will be a limited number of disposable masks available if needed.

*There will be space for an optional post-film discussion*

RSVP on Facebook Event here

Free COVID Testing & Flu Shots

FREE COVID testing and flu shots on Tuesday, September 29 from 1-5 pm at East Side Neighborhood Services! Drive and walk up testing is available. Register on site, open to all!

Spanish and Somali interpreters will be present.

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Prueba Gratis del COVID y Vacunas de la Grip
Cuando: Martes 29 de Septeimbre, De 1pm a 5pm
Donde: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 NE 2nd Street, Minneapolis MN 55413
Prueba disponible llegando en auto o caminando, Registrarse en el sitio, Disponible para todos!

Anti-Racist Book Club

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.

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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.

Sheridan Cleanup Days

Sheridan Neighborhood Cleanup Days!
RSVP on Facebook Event

10-12 pm every third Saturday covering different parts of the neighborhood:
- July 11th: Park & River (Meet at Sheridan Memorial Park)
- August 1st: University Ave (Meet outside Sheridan School)
- August 22nd: Marshall St (Meet outside the FOOD building)
- September 12th: 13th Ave (Meet outside the Fire Station)

We will try to provide coffee, water, and snacks and will be providing gloves and bags. Masks required. If you do not have a mask, let us know and we will bring you one!

Pop-Up Plant Giveaway!

Sheridan Neighborhood Pop-Up Plant Giveaway! 🌱✨

This Sunday, June 14th from 10-12pm, we will be outside Sheridan School in the Gym Parking Lot (Doors 10-11) giving out plants for your garden!

We will have tomatoes, peppers, herbs, perennials, and more! Each person can take up to 5 plants.

If we have any left over, we will distribute them to our neighbors! Feel free to email us at sno@sheridanneighborhood.org if you would like to get leftover plants delivered to you.

These plants are donated from Spark-Y, Growers Unite Minneapolis, Every Body Eats, and our community garden partners Dangerous Man Brewing Co and Surly Brewing Company! Thank you all for helping get food in the ground ❤️

NE Storm Drain Challenge

NE Adopt-a-Drain Challenge

From May 1 to October 31, 2020

Here in NE, all of our storm drains go straight to the Mississippi River carrying pollutants and debris with it. It's important to keep our Mississippi clean, not only for the plants and animals that call it home, but also because that's where we in Minneapolis get our drinking water from, along with millions of our neighbors down river from us.

Join us in adopting a storm drain near your house. Adopting a storm drain just means that you'll keep an eye on and clean it out with a broom and rake when it gets clogged with trash, leaves, and sand. Kids love to help and you feel like you're really doing something concrete to help our Planet and protect our water.

It's a friendly competition to see which NE neighborhood can adopt the most storm drains by the end of October. Do your part to rep your neighborhood! By this fall, we'll be able to measure the difference our efforts have made in keeping pollutants out of our Mississippi River! Go to adopt-a-drain.org to sign up!

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Did you know our storm drains lead directly to the Mississippi River without any filtration? Sheridan Neighborhood is joining the #NEStormDrainChallenge to make sure all our storm drains get cleaned to protect the river!

💧Step 1: Adopt as many storm drains as you would like in the Sheridan Neighborhood at adopt-a-drain.org
💧Step 2: Estimate type and pounds of debris collected in your drains and submit the data every time you clean them
💧Step 3: Promote the challenge with your Sheridan Neighbors using #NEStormDrainChallenge

Individuals will get yard signs and businesses will get window clings to show that they are helping keep the Mississippi River clean!

Competition categories:
1) highest number of new storm drains adopted
2) most pounds of waste collected during the Challenge
3) greatest increase in percentage of storm drains adopted
4) most creative name

Sheridan School Clean Up

Help out your neighborhood this Memorial Day weekend by cleaning up the grounds of Sheridan Elementary, social distancing style!

Trash pickup, weeding, garden work, etc. Please, for safety reasons, bring your own tools! We have lots of area to cover so spacing out will be no problem. Hope to see you for as much time as you can give.

Click here to RSVP on the Facebook Event.

The 2020 SNO Ball was a Success!

Dear Sheridan Neighbors,

Sheridan Neighborhood Organization’s 2020 SNO Ball fundraising event was brimming with neighborhood spirit. Thanks to the amazing support of local businesses and neighbors, we’re thrilled to have raised $4,678.64 for both Sheridan Neighborhood Organization (SNO) programming and the Northeast Arts District (NEAD)!

Gross Income: $8,354.83 (from ticket sales, silent auction, photo booth, and liquor sales)
Total Expenses: $3,676.19 (from space rental, DJ, advertising, printing, and ticket fees)
Net Income: $4,678.64 !

As a Board of Directors, we have decided to give $2,500 to the Northeast Arts District of the raised funds, leaving SNO with $2,178.64 to use for future programming and events. This was one of the most successful SNO Balls we have ever had, so we thank you, our neighbors and friends, from the bottom of our hearts for making this possible.

We would especially like to thank all the businesses and individuals who donated space, food, decorations, liquor, auction items, and their valuable time and energy to put this together. Your continuing support of the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization enables many vital neighborhood improvements. Sheridan’s continuing progress is due to generous and thoughtful contributions like yours.

With sincerest gratitude,

Joy Smallfield, Board President
On behalf of the SNO Ball 2020 Committee

Sheridan Neighborhood Organization
1304 University Ave NE #301-302
Minneapolis, MN 55413
www.sheridanneighborhood.org
sno@sheridanneighborhood.org

Download this press release here.