• Advertise
  • Donate
  • Subscribe
    • Become a print subscriber
    • Sign up for e-Newsletter
    • e-Editions
Friday, June 2, 2023
No Result
View All Result
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
  • News & Features
    • National
    • Local
    • Special Editions
      • MLK Legacy
      • Black History Month
      • The MSR Celebrates Women’s History Month
  • All Sections
    • Opinion
      • Mellaneous by Mel Reeves
      • Word on the Street
      • Reaching Out From Within
    • Health + Wellness
      • Minnesota Cancer Alliance Breast Cancer Gaps Project
    • Sports
      • Timberwolves/NBA
      • Lynx/WNBA
        • 20 in 20
      • Twins/MLB
      • MN Wild/NHL
      • Vikings/NFL
    • Business
      • Small Business Month Celebration
      • Black Business Spotlight
      • Finances FYI
    • Arts + Culture
    • Photo Galleries
    • MSR Forefront Digital Roundtable Series
      • MSR Forefront Highlights
    • Go Green
    • Education
    • Bulletin
    • Jobs & Opportunities
      • Legals
  • Events
    • Submit an event!
  • Obits
  • Sister Spokesman
  • e-Editions
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
  • News & Features
    • National
    • Local
    • Special Editions
      • MLK Legacy
      • Black History Month
      • The MSR Celebrates Women’s History Month
  • All Sections
    • Opinion
      • Mellaneous by Mel Reeves
      • Word on the Street
      • Reaching Out From Within
    • Health + Wellness
      • Minnesota Cancer Alliance Breast Cancer Gaps Project
    • Sports
      • Timberwolves/NBA
      • Lynx/WNBA
        • 20 in 20
      • Twins/MLB
      • MN Wild/NHL
      • Vikings/NFL
    • Business
      • Small Business Month Celebration
      • Black Business Spotlight
      • Finances FYI
    • Arts + Culture
    • Photo Galleries
    • MSR Forefront Digital Roundtable Series
      • MSR Forefront Highlights
    • Go Green
    • Education
    • Bulletin
    • Jobs & Opportunities
      • Legals
  • Events
    • Submit an event!
  • Obits
  • Sister Spokesman
  • e-Editions
No Result
View All Result
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
No Result
View All Result

‘Take A Knee Nation’ to host Super Bowl weekend conference in Mpls

by MSR News Online
January 24, 2018
5
SHARES
99
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on LinkedIn

Take A Knee Nation is hosting a National Conference entitled “Race, Police Violence & the Right to Protest” on February 3 and 4 the weekend of the National Football League’s BIG GAME in Minneapolis, MN. The conference will end on Sunday and will be followed by a “TAKE A KNEE” rally near U.S. Bank Stadium at 4 pm.

Take A Knee Nation is an organization that includes Take A Knee Nation Twin Cities and student-athletes, cheerleaders and others who have taken a knee to protest police violence, along with families and friends of victims of police violence and activists and others dedicated to fighting police violence.

Activists have “taken a knee” at NFL games in several NFL cities this year. It is part of a movement that was started in August of 2016 when former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to sit for the national anthem and later chose to take a knee in protest of police violence in this country.

Students around the country have taken up the call, including Alyssa Parker of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.

- ADVERTISEMENT -

Parker was asked by the schools administration if she could take a knee before the anthem and then stand for the anthem. Alyssa responded to the school administration,” When it comes to Black lives being taken, that’s not something you can compromise on. This isn’t the type of thing that can be compromised,” she said.

The conference is being put on by Take A Knee Nation Twin Cities, along with students, activists, and families of police violence victims from Iowa, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis.

The conference will be held on the West Bank of Minneapolis.

 

For further information, contact Mel Reeves at 651-403-0338 or mellaneous19@yahoo.com, or Brock Satter at 612-366-9471 or brock.satter@gmail.com.

- ADVERTISEMENT -

Support Black local news

Help amplify Black voices by donating to the MSR. Your contribution enables critical coverage of issues affecting the community and empowers authentic storytelling.

Donate Now!

ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week

Next Post

Scholarships for minority students in the chemical sciences available

MSR News Online

Reach the MSR staff at msrnewsonline@spokesman-recorder.com.

You Might Also Like

News Analysis: Taking a knee unlikely at this game
Opinion

News Analysis: Taking a knee unlikely at this game

Next Post
Scholarships for minority students in the chemical sciences available

Scholarships for minority students in the chemical sciences available

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
ADVERTISEMENT

The Latest News

2023 legislative session will have a profound and lasting impact

Black Business Spotlight: 5enses Design & Home Staging

Black Business Spotlight: 5enses Design & Home Staging

Mobile campaign aims to heighten mental health awareness

Mobile campaign aims to heighten mental health awareness

Know your operator: Tamica Washington

Know your operator: Tamica Washington

tan and black dogs

What’s too hot for animals left outside in the summer?

Kick off summer with hot new (and old) movies and TV shows

Kick off summer with hot new (and old) movies and TV shows

Minneapolis
◉
72°
Clear
5:29 am8:53 pm CDT
SatSunMonTueWed
90/68°F
90/68°F
88/64°F
81/59°F
81/59°F
Weather forecast Minneapolis, Minnesota ▸
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Upcoming Events

Apr 6
April 6 @ 7:30 pm-June 3 @ 9:00 pm Recurring

Wit by Margaret Edson

Apr 14
April 14 @ 9:00 am-August 12 @ 5:00 pm

Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures

Jun 3
June 3-June 4

FANS Ultra Race

Jun 3
10:00 am-12:00 pm Recurring

Re-Imagining Station: Frequencies for Healing and Illustrating African Diasporic Consciousness with Jamie J. Philbert

View Calendar

Read our latest e-Edition!

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Subscribe

  • Home/Office Delivery
  • Weekly e-newsletter
  • e-Editions

Support

  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • MSR Newsstand Locations

Connect

  • About
    • MSR Staff
  • Contact
  • Send a news tip
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms

© 2023 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

No Result
View All Result
  • News & Features
    • Local
    • National
  • All Sections
    • Arts & Culture
    • Health & Wellness
      • MN Cancer Alliance Breast Cancer Gaps Project
    • Business
      • Black Business Spotlight
      • Finances FYI
      • Small Business Month Celebration
    • Opinion
    • Sports
  • Events
  • Obits
  • Sister Spokesman
  • Donate
  • Subscribe

© 2023 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

 

Loading Comments...