Community News

"Dialogue is a positive endeavor. It builds solidarity and creates unity . . . . [It] gives rise to trust, even among those who don't see eye to eye."
-- from Buddhism Day by Day by Daisaku Ikeda

NE Network: A monthly conversation between Northeast's organizations, businesses, educators, elected officials, police, art collectives, and various groups int he faith community. There are already so many good things going on in Northeast -- let's come together to make it even better! Help us to build a civic partnership for a stronger Northeast Minneapolis!

This month's topic: Public Safety and Community Justice

Speakers:
Doug Jewett, chief operating officer at Project for Pride in Living (PPL)
Taryn Ranck, Community Coordinator with Restorative Justice Community Action
Inspector Bryan Schafer, 2nd Precinct Commander
Barbara Mundis, Adult Probation Supervisor at Hennepin County Probation Eastside Office

This is a great chance for business owners and residents alike to hear a safety update and develop a deeper understanding of how we can become involved in both crime prevention and community justice.

Held every second Thursday of the month
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Eastside Food Co-op's Granite Studio
2551 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418

Bread in a Bag CANCELED (sorry)

You can make bread at home with just a zip-lock bag, measuring cups, measuring spoons, and a foil baking pan.

Using this minimal equipment, plus six ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, yeast, plus warm water and oil), you can have a loaf of bread out of the oven in as little as 90minutes.

Learn how, while making your own loaf to bake at home.

Tuesday, May 11th CANCELED
David S. Cargo
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
$10/$5 members

Eastside Food Co-op in the "Granite Studio"

Registration:

Email: www.luna@eastsidefood.coop

Phone: 612-843-5409

Eastside Food Co-op’s 2011
Annual Membership Meeting
Monday, October 24
5:45-8:00 p.m.
Holy Cross Church Parish Hall
enter through the doors at 17th & 4th NE

Doors open 5:45 p.m.
Dinner 6:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Business Meeting & Election 6:45 – 8:00 p.m.

Check your mailbox for your ballot!
The ballots are in the mail! We have three open board positions this year, as well as four amendments to our by-laws and articles of incorporation. Please look for an envelope with annual meeting material, board candidate statements, amendment information, and the ballots. You may drop your completed ballot off at the store, mail it to the co-op, or bring it with you to the annual meeting.

Vegetarian dinner by Eastside staff and volunteers!
~ Hearty vegetarian chili ~ Cornbread ~ Salad ~ Pumpkin bars ~ featuring locally grown produce!

RSVP by Friday, October 21
We need to have an approximate head count for serving, please RVSP at the store with any of the cashiers, by calling 612-843-5401 or by e-mailing amy@eastsidefood.coop.

Vegetarian dinner by Eastside staff and volunteers!
~ Hearty vegetarian chili ~ Cornbread ~ Salad ~ Pumpkin bars ~ featuring locally grown produce!

Volunteer Opportunity!
We will cook and serve the dinner ourselves this year. We are looking for volunteers to cook, serve, set-up or clean up at the annual meeting. If interested, please contact Luna at 612-843-5409 or email luna@eastsidefood.coop

Join us for a  Local Pot Luck dinner with Live Local Music.

Make your favorite local hot dish, snack, side dish desert or entrée and share the recipe with your friends and neighbors. You’ve taken the challenge, now share your success, stories and challenges and enjoy the company and food of other Localvores.

There will be local live music provided by the lovely Karen Thomas from 5:30-6:30 p.m.!

Interested in serving on Eastside's Board of Directors?

Come to an open house meeting on Aug 30, from 6-8pm in the Granite Studio at the Co-op.

Meet current board members and learn how the board works and what is involved!

 We are looking for members who are:

• Dedicated to the Co-op, it member owners, and its mission
• Have a propensity to think in terms of systems and context.
• Honest and have independent judgment, courage, and good faith
• Able and eager to deal with values, vision and the long term.
• Able and willing to participate assertively in discussions and abide by Board decisions and the intent of established policies.
• Willing to operate in a group decision making environment, to share power in group process, and to delegate areas of decision making to others

Click to RSVP

Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!

The 5th Annual All Northeast Community School BBQ is just a couple of days away. It's hard to believe it but the end of summer and start of the school year is almost here. Mark your calendar so you are ready to kick-off a great new school year. Plan to join us at the BBQ!

It's on August 25th, from 3-8 PM in the Edison parking lot.

FREE!

Co-op Class - Natural Foods Basics
Scott Soule
Tuesday, September 20
6:30-8p.m.
Free
NE Library 2200 Central Ave, NE Mpls 55418

Session 1 - Natural Foods Basics: Learn to make the right choices among natural foods, whole foods, organic foods, free-range. Come away with an understanding of how whole and processed foods affect dietary health and how sustainable and highly industrialized food systems operate.

Sweet Land
Thursday, August 18
7-9p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
FREE + refreshments

Sweet Land is a poignant and lyrical celebration of land, love, and the American immigrant experience. Based on Will Weaver’s short story A Gravestone Made of Wheat and shot on location in Southern Minnesota, Sweet Land is that rare independent feature that uses painterly images and understated performances to tell a universal story of love and discovery. David Tumblety’s glorious magic-hour cinematography recalls classic American art cinema like Days of Heaven, transforming the amber majesty of Southern Minnesota’s farm country into an elegiac metaphor for memory, family, and history.

Watch the trailer here!

Don't forget!

National Night Out is Tuesday, August 2

EFC Members get your FREE all-local Snack Pack from Your Co-op!

National Night Out encourages residents to get out in the community, hold block parties and get to know their neighbors. It's a great way to promote community-police partnerships and enjoy a Minnesota summer evening surrounded by friends and family.

Click to view their website!