We are not meeting at Brian Coyle Center for our caucus. We have outgrown
that building given your great interest in the DFL and Democratic Party and
our candidates and platforms.
I just got off the phone with a University of Minnesota Director of the
Security Escort/Walk Service. We have agreed to have members of the
neighborhood who do not know how to get to the nearby Willey Hall, Room
175, to meet us at the area on Cedar Avenue between Cedar Cultural Center
and Palmer's Bar to assist everyone going to and coming from Willey Hall,
on the nearby West Bank campus.
Here is what you must do:
1. Please show up at this area between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. next Tuesday,
February 6. We will go in groups.
2. If you miss the group's departure, please call 612-624-WALK
(612-624-9255 <(612)%20624-9255>) and the staff will meet you at a
convenient place for you to be picked up. I have asked for Somali and
Amharic and Oromo speakers to help as escorts, but the staff my not have
these linguistically talented escorts on duty on Tuesday, to assist in
those languages.
The staff is comprised of undergraduate students and graduate student. As
a student, I used the service and, for the most part, they were extremely
friendly and kind.
The walk takes about ten minutes.
To our elected officials in MN SD 60, Kari and Ilhan, and Abdi, and to
Mohamud Noor, you may have names and addresses to further communicate these
details to your base voters and contributors. The VAN list is also a
resource to let our neighbors know about these changes, as not everyone in
the Precinct is on mpls-cr@forums.e-democracy.org. Please make a point of
communicating with your votes and constituents in W6 P3 of these changes
and the availability of friendly and professional U of MN staff to assist
everyone to be at the caucus next Tuesday evening.
MAP OF THE WEST BANK CAMPUS. PLEASE LOOK FOR WILLEY HALL:
http://www.pts.umn.edu./sites/pts.umn.edu/files/wbbwt.pdf