Recall several weeks ago, I posted about a meeting of the "community" that Urban Ventures Hosted to promote the Colin Powell Youth Center. Well I've talked to Craig Vanna at the district, who manages the partnership programs for the district. Urban Ventures has no official partnership with the Minneapolis Public Schools, and therefore, is bringing the districts name into disrepute unfairly.
UV might volunteer with individual schools, but people and organizations that volunteer with individual schools should not be claiming they have partnerships with the district. I talked with Catherine Shreves, President of the School Board, and she got the information from me about my concerns -- and she will check into this further. However, I think I have the answer for now. I'd also like to thank Judy Farmer on the school board for their concern about this issue. I'd like to thank CM Gary Schiff for inviting Shreves and Carol Johnson to his "breakfast with Gary" event. I'd also like to thank Rep. Neva Walker for meeting with me to talk about my concerns about State funding for Urban Ventures. Rep. Walker told me during that meeting that Sen. Berglin mischaracterized Neva's position as "support", when Neva was just inquiring as to what was happening with the Senate Finance Committee with the UV proposal. While at the Central Summit, I asked Art Erickson about Mr. Lundquist's (UV director of programs) claim that the program did serve gay and lesbian clients. Art would not answer that question. I talked with Alan Hooker, a political columnist at Lavender, and he reported that he wrote a column about the Urban Ventures controversy. Urban Ventures refused the opportunity to get their story out to Lavender. Alan's most recent column deals with the Dibble/Shreves race. I would suggest folks interested in that race to pick up Lavender this week or check out the website at: http://www.lavendermagazine.com There is also a letter to the editor from CM Gary Schiff stating he did not like Lavender Magazine portraying him as "glum." Eva Eva Young Central Neighborhood Minneapolis _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
