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August Community 1-1s
When: Thursday August 14th 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Where: Walden Coffee 520 Lowry Ave Ne
Details: Sign up for a time slot here
August Office Hours
When: Tuesday August 12th from 5:00-7:00 PM
Where: Gluek Park 2000 Marshall St Ne
Details: Facebook event
Anyone living in, working in or visiting Minneapolis will enjoy new civil rights protections under the City’s expanded civil rights ordinance. It’s now illegal in Minneapolis to discriminate based on height or weight, a criminal history, or housing status. There are also expanded rights around race, family status, disability, pregnancy and religion.
The ordinance protects you from discrimination across the city including in the workplace, at school, where you rent, where you shop, when interacting with City employees and more. Anyone experiencing discrimination in Minneapolis can make a complaint.
Watch a video and read more about the new protections on the City website.
The Minneapolis Police Department Implementation Unit will share police reform progress at a community engagement meeting Aug. 12. This meeting will be held as a follow-up to engagement sessions held in the last year.
Leadership and members of the Implementation Unit community engagement team will update the community on how resident feedback has been used to shape this work. The event will feature an overview of progress made under the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) settlement agreement and updates related to the federal consent decree. Attendees will also learn about the overall goals of the Implementation Unit, how the team is structured, and the ongoing policy review and development process.
We’ll highlight key accomplishments, new initiatives, and how community input continues to guide us. This is a chance for residents to hear directly from the team leading this effort and to ask questions, share feedback, and stay connected as we move forward together.
Public engagement meeting 5:30-6 p.m. Food and refreshments 6-8 p.m. Meeting Public Service Building, First Floor, Rooms A and B 505 Fourth Ave. S.
If you have questions about the meeting, please contact the police policy team.
Legal Resources
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Gather the information you’ll need to speak with a legal service provider. Collecting this information can help an immigration legal service provider or other entity in providing you assistance as quickly as possible.
- What is the full name of the person apprehended
- What is their date of birth
- When was the person apprehended
- What city/town were they apprehended in? What was the location—on the street, at their residence, at place of work
- What city or town do they live in
- What is the relationship between the person reporting the event and the person apprehended? Is it a friend, family members, community leader
- What is the best contact information for the person reporting the event/family of the person detained
- Can you tell or do you know what authority apprehended the person (sheriff, police, ICE, FBI)? Did they have any identifying badge or vehicle indicating what agency
- What is the family situation of the person detained? Are they married, do they have kids, siblings, parents in the US, in Minnesota
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Connect with the Minneapolis Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs (OIRA): Constituents who are aware of or impacted by an apprehension related to a federal immigration enforcement action can connect with OIRA staff in any language in person at community hours on Monday 1-4pm, Wednesday 2-4pm and Friday 2-4pm at 777 E Lake St. OIRA can help community members connect to immigration legal service providers.
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Review Know Your Rights Information: The OIRA Know Your Rights page contains detailed information about what to do if a friend or family member is detained:
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Connect directly with immigration legal service providers:
Other Assistance
Several nonprofit organizations operate helplines that offer a variety of assistance and support to people impacted by immigration apprehension. COPAL Navigators Support line: Provides verification of immigration raids and connects individuals to food, shelter, and legal aid: (612) 249-8736
The City Council and mayor have adopted a resolution honoring the sold-out 10th Trans Equity Summit. The resolution dedicates the day to celebrating the accomplishments and victories of transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness, education and collaboration around the work that is still needed to save trans lives.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, iconic transgender activist and veteran of the 1969 Stonewall riots, will headline the summit as the keynote speaker. Miss Major’s career has centered on activism to uplift transgender women of color, particularly those who have been incarcerated.
The Trans Equity Summit is a community gathering that brings together resources, healing and learning opportunities for our trans and gender-nonconforming residents. It includes workshops on name changes and rights, and career and resource fairs. This year’s theme is Trans Equity and Intergenerational Power: Strengthening the Future by Honoring Our Past.
Minneapolis banned discrimination based on transgender identity in 1975, the first city in the U.S. to do so. Read the full resolution.
Read more about the sold-out summit on the City website.
The City is evaluating a pedestrian mall concept layout along Chicago Avenue between 37th and 38th streets. A new concept would restrict through traffic and create a cul-de-sac and public plaza near 3744 Chicago Ave. (also known as The Peoples’ Way). Public Works will present the findings around the pedestrian mall alternative at a community open house on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Community members are invited to learn about the planning and evaluation of street design concepts, ask questions and be heard.
38th and Chicago concept open house 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 Chicago Ave Shops, 3736 Chicago Ave. S.
Light snacks will be served.
Next steps
The engagement feedback and findings of this evaluation will be presented to the City Council’s Climate and Infrastructure Committee to consider Dec. 4.
Learn more about the re-envisioned project on the City website.
A public comment period is open Aug. 11-25 for a report to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development with a public hearing Aug. 12.
The Minneapolis Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report reviews how the City used its HUD entitlement grant funds. These funds support the City’s housing and community development strategies for residents with low and moderate incomes. The City will submit the final report to HUD at the end of August.
Programs, projects and strategies supported by these funds helped with these goals:
- Provide decent affordable housing.
- Develop housing and services for people experiencing homelessness.
- Provide special needs housing.
- Expand economic opportunities.
- Improve neighborhood conditions.
Discover how this funding was used in our community. What are your thoughts on how funds were used? What strategies should the City consider to support the goals as it develops its budget later this fall?
Public hearing 1:30 p.m. before the Business, Housing and Zoning Committee Tuesday, Aug. 12 Council Chamber, Public Service Center, Room 350 250 Fourth St. S.
Find out how to take part in the public hearing.
You can also submit written comments at the public hearing or to Matthew Bower through Aug. 25.
Find the full report on the City website.
The Minneapolis Fire Department welcomed the newest class of firefighters at a ceremony Aug. 4. The 18 new cadets completed the intense, three-month training program to learn the cutting-edge skills essential to keep Minneapolis, themselves, and their fellow firefighters safe. They will now join the ranks of others who are thoroughly trained and ready to serve by rapidly responding – with skill, courage and compassion – to emergencies and hazardous conditions, while also working across the community to reduce risks before disasters happen.
The diverse class includes children of current or former Minneapolis firefighters, U.S. military veterans, and former wildland firefighters. The rest had a variety of careers ranging from teachers to carpenters to engineers. All have said that they joined the Fire Department for a higher calling and to serve their community.
Every Wednesday through September, you can adopt a pet for free at Minneapolis Animal Care & Control. As part of its nationwide campaign, The Rescue Effect, the ASPCA awarded Minneapolis a $13,300 grant to cover fees for adoptions and Minneapolis pet licensing.
We’re on a mission to help more animals find homes. Like many shelters and rescues across the nation, our shelter is consistently full. You can change lives by adopting a pet and freeing up shelter resources for other homeless animals who need them. When you help one, you help many. That’s the rescue effect.
Free pet adoptions 1-5:30 p.m. every Wednesday in August and September Minneapolis Animal Care & Control, 212 17th Ave. N.
All cats and dogs up for adoption are healthy, spayed or neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated.
Learn more about pet adoption from the City of Minneapolis.
There’s plenty of summer fun still to be had. Open Streets Minneapolis, the City’s popular summer event series, with Cedarfest Sunday, Aug. 17, in south Minneapolis.
Open Streets transforms major business and commercial corridors into car-free fairs for all ages to enjoy and connects all of its neighbors to enjoy culture, entertainment, activities and local vendors. Watch a video about Open Streets 2025.
- Aug. 17, Cedar Avenue between 15th Avenue and Sixth Street, and Riverside Avenue between Cedar Avenue and 19th Avenue
- Sept. 6, West Broadway between Logan and Lyndale avenues
- Sept. 20, Hennepin Avenue between West 26th and 36th streets
Find details about the 2025 Open Streets on the City website.
Elliott Payne was re-elected in 2023 to represent Ward 1
Elliott serves on the President of the Minneapolis City Council, Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Public Health & Safety Committee, Budget Committee, Intergovernmental Relations Committee, and Committee of the Whole.
Contact the Ward 1 Council Office
Elliott Payne, Council Member - Email
Brandon Garcia, Policy Aide - Email
Ikram Mohamud, Policy Associate - Email
Liam Davis Temple, Policy Aide - Email
Office Phone - (612) 673-2201
Visit: minneapolismn.gov/ward1
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