Defend the Roof Depot!

A two-week injunction was granted 2/24 against the East Phillips Roof Depot demolition! The fight continues! 📣 We keep organizing! 📨: [email protected]

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

This weekend, the Mayor canceled our 8/25 meeting about a change to the Roof Depot purchase agreement, which EPNI sent in June

The Mayor has the power to negotiate a fair deal for East Phillips, each day that passes without reply deepens a long legacy of municipal neglect here

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

REMINDER: EPNI's community meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18th, 4-6pm

We'll fill our plates starting at 4pm and settle in for a round of updates and discussion starting at 4:30pm

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

EPNI did not receive $5.7 mil promised to complete our current purchase agreement. We've secured the other $10.2 million, but now face a big obstacle to closing as planned this fall.

Join us on 6/18 to learn more & find the path forward. Statement here: https://t.co/9OksYabfEv

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

All set up for the
Mother’s Day Pow Wow at Little Earth!

EPNI will be at Cedar Avenue Field Park from 11am-10pm🌷

Full day of food, art, resources + offerings in the park!✨

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Party in the park! 4/26 12pm-2pm at Cedar Field Park, a few hours before our concert with Minneapolis Choir Coop!

- Tacos & fry bread made by Muck-Wa Roberts
- Screen printing station - bring a shirt! (we'll have posters too)
- Live music
- Community storytelling activities

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Join us Saturday for a day full of activities 🌎☀️

If you can't make it out, please consider bolstering your local food system by donating here: https://t.co/BM0OkUly4w

Saturday is also the deadline for the fund drive! Thank you for the support ♥️

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Tomorrow! Explore your relationship with our local watershed & learn about creative rainwater infrastructure that can help feed people & heal the land

Together we will make art & generate ideas around repurposing rainwater for indoor/outdoor farming plans at the Roof Depot site

[Sean Lim @SeanLimMN]

East Side Environmental Justice (ESEJ) is working to create a healthier, safer; more resilient community

East Side folks: join their event this weekend (Sat, 3/8, 1-3pm) @ESFLibrary for mutual aid, resources, artwork, & action to address air pollution from Northern Iron Foundry!

[MN Environmental Justice Table @mnejtable]

Come out to the capitol this Friday, March 7 from 3-5pm for the Stand Up for Science rally!

Location: 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Join for a dynamic afternoon of storytelling & art on 3/22 💫
This event will feature cross generational conversation between an East Phillips elder & youth, while inviting the broader community to reflect on: “What does a more vibrant, bright future look like at the Roof Depot?”

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Much to everyone’s surprise, people in East Phillips stepped outside last week to the smells and sights of the Smith Foundry being demolished

Officials have pledged daily updates. We'll continue to share these updates and fight for overdue environmental justice in East Phillips

[Jason Chavez - Minneapolis Ward 9 @MplsWard9]

My office is receiving an influx of constituent correspondence regarding demolition occurring at the Smith Foundry.

I have reached out to City Staff to learn more about this issue, who was communicated with, and the process for this to occur. I will communicate soon.

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

It's a beautiful day to celebrate people power 🌞

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

A preview of some speakers and performers for Sunday’s celebration!

This gathering is in honor of the act of community resistance outside the Roof Depot warehouse two years ago on February 21st, as well as the resilience of decades past and years to come ��

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

It’s been nearly two years since community occupied the Roof Depot site. Two years since leaders at Little Earth led the protest that helped to stop demolition of the contested warehouse and break a long cycle of pollution in East Phillips ❤️‍🔥

More event details to come soon! 💫

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Swipe through for a quick recap of what EPNI has been up to in 2024, and keep an eye out for a more detailed year end report to come at the end of January! 🌱

Many thanks to each of you who sowed, watered, and dreamed with EPNI this year ❣️ (1/3)

[MN Environmental Justice Table @mnejtable]

🗓️Friday February 28!🗓️

Join us to help raise funds for the environmental justice movement?

Register at https://t.co/ep1iSJX1Ub

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

We're hosting another community workshop! Learn about the inner workings of seeds, types of seeds, seedling care, and how to ensure some sprouts 🌱

Get your hands dirty while helping the outdoor farm team with spring planting, & bring home a few seedlings of your own to tend.

[Sean Lim @SeanLimMN]

At the Minneapolis Community Connections Conference, now until 4pm! Free workshops, community resources, flu/covid vaccines, and 100+ organizations.

Join us for lunch! You can find the @EPNI_UrbanFarm project at table 414 in Hall E. Minneapolis Convention Center (1301 2nd Ave S)

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Thanks to all who showed up to last week’s community meeting to talk through project updates, welcome in EPNI’s new farm team members, and participate in a collective envisioning session with the Shut Down Smith Coalition 💫

Take the survey Smith here:
https://t.co/1L70sVSUVL