2022 MIDTOWN PHILLIPS
OUTREACH PARTNERS
We partner with several local Phillips neighborhood non-profits to implement a variety of projects to expand our outreach
within the Midtown Phillips neighborhood.
This year's partners include Banyan Community, Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts, Somali TV, KRSM Radio,
New Americans Youth Soccer Club and Midtown Greenway Coalition.
For more information, click on the "Learn more" buttons below for each organization.
SEMILLA CENTER FOR HEALING
AND THE ARTS
The Spanish word for “seed” is “Semilla”. Over the past 12 years, Semilla has taught over 2,300 people to create mosaics, murals, writing, photography, and drama, and installed 23 murals and over 50 artistic place makers in the Phillips community and greater Minneapolis.
SOMALI TV
Somali TV MN features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features & background. Somali TV Minnesota is independently operated and owned bilingual (Somali and English) Television in Minnesota. Our mission is to enrich lives and strengthen our community through the power of media.
KRSM RADIO
KRSM is a hyper-local community radio station, broadcasting out of the Phillips neighborhood. We were developed in partnership with Little Earth of United Tribes, Voices for Racial Justice, the Native American Community Development Institute, and Hope Communities Inc to amplify the voices, stories, conversations, and cultures that are misrepresented and erased in traditional media. We regularly broadcast content in 6 different languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Ojibwe, Hmong, and Haitian Creole); we share 12 hours of Native-led programming each week; and 83% of our hosts identify as Black, Indigenous, or POC. In the past year, we have aired over 300 hours of content created in partnership with local high school and middle school classrooms. We’ve helped over 100 of our neighbors launch weekly shows about health and wellness, race and identity, history, architecture, food systems, mental health, the education system, politics and community organizing, relationships, entrepreneurship, plus lots and lots of great music.
NEW AMERICANS YOUTH SOCCER CLUB
It is the mission of New American Youth Soccer club to enhance community involvement of families new to the United States by providing a safe place to learn and understand the fundamentals of soccer while promoting physical fitness, teamwork, healthy life style choices, discipline, leadership, self-confidence, and better communication skills in youth, 4-16, of all nationalities.
MIDTOWN PHILLIPS
COMMUNICATION PARTNERS
MPNAI sends out communications each month to these partners announcing our community meetings as well as other important neighborhood & city information.
THE ALLEY NEWSPAPER
the alley is the community newspaper of the Phillips Community in Minneapolis, serving more than 20,000 residents and many businesses, agencies, schools, and visitors to Phillips. With over 45 years of publication, we continue to be a forum of ideas, information, and announcements all directed at the variety of individuals and groups who are part of this neighborhood.
the alley is the only paper to concentrate exclusively on the Phillips Community. This allows us to cover in-depth the issues and stories that matter to the people who live here.
NATIVE ROOTS RADIO NETWORK (I'M AWAKE) ON AM950
Weekdays 6-7 PM
Our Native American talk radio show will discuss national and local Native American news and events.
Local and national guest will help us keep current with Mother Earth, Tribal and Twin Cities issues.
Native American Issues are human Issues. We invite all people to walk hand in hand with our struggles, victories and achievements.
We need to all become AWAKE.
Listen to I'm Awake weekdays from 6-7 PM.
You can also listen to other great shows from National, Regional and local hosts on AM950 every day.
KALY-LP, 101.7 FM
KALY-FM is a low-power, Somali-language radio station located in South Minneapolis. It has a broadcast range of a 10-mile radius with the ability to reach the majority of the 40,000 Somali speakers in the Twin Cities area. KALY-FM also streams through its website at KALYRADIO.ORG reaching a national and international audience of the Somali Diaspora. It is estimated that the total audience for KALY is 75,000 listeners a week.
The radio station provides important educational information on health, education, know your rights campaigns, immigrant rights and information to East African immigrants and refugees during challenging times for the community. A program of the Somali American Community, it broadcasts primarily in the Somali language.
KRSM RADIO
KRSM is a hyper-local community radio station, broadcasting out of the Phillips neighborhood. We were developed in partnership with Little Earth of United Tribes, Voices for Racial Justice, the Native American Community Development Institute, and Hope Communities Inc to amplify the voices, stories, conversations, and cultures that are misrepresented and erased in traditional media. We regularly broadcast content in 6 different languages (English, Spanish, Somali, Ojibwe, Hmong, and Haitian Creole); we share 12 hours of Native-led programming each week; and 83% of our hosts identify as Black, Indigenous, or POC. In the past year, we have aired over 300 hours of content created in partnership with local high school and middle school classrooms. We’ve helped over 100 of our neighbors launch weekly shows about health and wellness, race and identity, history, architecture, food systems, mental health, the education system, politics and community organizing, relationships, entrepreneurship, plus lots and lots of great music.
LA MATRACA NEWS
La Matraca News is an alternative newspaper in Spanish, serving the Latino Community of Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area as well as the whole state of Minnesota. It's available free every Thursday.