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The Holden Room | 145 Holden St N | Minneapolis, MN 55405

February 13, 2019

**Unraveled Network is sold out. You can follow the conversation on Twitter with the #UnraveledNetwork hashtag.** Pollen’s first event of 2019 will bring together community leaders who are dismantling systems of oppression that lead to the invisible lines that divide our city.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | 8:00 – 10:30 AM
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We often talk about diversifying our networks. The truth is, many people don’t think it’s possible. We’re set in our ways, our friend groups, our routines, our neighborhoods. The way we walk through this world is so ingrained in us that when conversations around diversity come up, you’ll hear people say, “Well, it IS Minnesota.” Predominantly white spaces exist not simply because this is Minnesota. It’s because we live in a city that was designed to keep people divided — physically, culturally, ideologically.

To break down the barriers of division, complacency, and denial, Pollen’s first event of 2019 will bring together community leaders who are dismantling systems of oppression that lead to the invisible lines that pervade our city. Grounded in the contextual history of these systems, we’ll then explore what meaningful actions we can take to build relationships across that which divides us.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Neeraj Mehta, Director of Learning, McKnight Foundation
Melanie Walby, Design Director, Pollen
Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Shir Tikvah Congregation

PERFORMER
Keno Evol, Spoken Word Poet

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Tickets are $20 and include a light breakfast.

About Unraveled Network

If there’s one thing Pollenites know how to do, it’s how to nurture a thriving ecosystem of relationships, connections, and collaborative circles. Unraveled Network is an ongoing series hosted by Pollen that aims to better understand our inner habits and intentional actions that determine how diverse, robust, or ineffective our networks really are.

The Holden Room
145 Holden St N
Minneapolis, MN 55405

Wednesday, February 13, 2019
8:00 – 8:30 AM Registration, breakfast & networking
8:30 – 10:30 AM Program

There is a parking lot adjacent to the building, as well as metered parking on surrounding streets.

For public transportation, plan your trip at metrotransit.org.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Unraveled Network is supported by the Bush Foundation, Old National Bank, and Grassroots Solutions, and hosted by Parallel Cafe & Hennepin Made in their Holden Room event space.

Special thanks to our technology partners at VoiceHive, the witches at The Coven for their promotional support, and Chank Diesel for the chairs!

Illustrations by Greta Kotz.

Featured Speakers

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Keno Evol

Performer

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Keno Evol

Performer

Keno Evol is a poet and educator from Chicago Illinois raised in South Minneapolis. He serves as the founder and executive director of Black Table Arts and The Because Black Life Conference.

Evol won first place in the 2017 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes Poetry Contest. Evol has taught at 19 institutions across the state of Minnesota. Evol has received the Verve Grant, the Beyond the Pure fellowship, The Emerging Writers Grant and The Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship for his work.

He has been published in Split This Rock, Radius Lit and Vinyl. Evol has performed, taught workshops and led professional development in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Washington DC, Arkansas, Minnesota and New York. He navigates noting Patricia Hill Collins as she has stated “My work has always been bigger than my job”
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Rabbi Michael Latz

Shir Tikvah Congregation

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Rabbi Michael Latz

Shir Tikvah Congregation

Rabbi Michael Adam Latz has been a rabbi since 2000 and has been lead rabbi at Shir Tikvah since July 1, 2009. He is married to Michael Simon and they have two children. He is a Co-Chair of the Board of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and believes today’s rabbi is tasked with building a Jewish community that marries the soul work of our sanctuaries with the soul work on the streets.
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Neeraj Mehta

McKnight Foundation

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Neeraj Mehta

McKnight Foundation

Neeraj Mehta is the director of learning at the McKnight Foundation and has spent the past two decades working to advance racial, social, and economic justice in neighborhoods and communities across the Minneapolis-St.Paul area. Trained as a civil engineer, he quickly pivoted to the field of community building and development after confronting the realities of racial and economic inequality in our region. He previously served as the director of community programs at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minnesota, where he used research to help organizations develop intentional learning agendas and adapt their work based on what they learn. He also serves as an adjunct faculty at the Humphrey School, where he teaches courses focused on equitable neighborhood revitalization.

Neeraj is passionate about building stronger, healthier, and more equitable communities everywhere, especially in North Minneapolis, where he lives with his wife and two sons. He is on the board of Juxtaposition Arts and the newly formed Center for Economic Inclusion.
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Melanie Walby

Pollen

Featured Contributor

Melanie Walby

Pollen

After six years of working as a designer and art director at various agencies and design firms, Melanie Walby made the switch to the nonprofit world working as communications manager of Juxtaposition Arts and now as the full-time design director at Pollen Midwest. She’s a former board member of AIGA Minnesota, was recently named one of AdFed’s “32 Under 32”, and her work has been featured in Communication Arts.