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From YouTube: Minneapolis 2040: Imagining Equity - Our Present
Description
Crankie depicting "Our Present" from the Imagining Equity engagement tool for Minneapolis 2040.
Artists: Mike Hoyt and Molly Van Avery
A
In
Minneapolis
as
a
local
government,
we
wrestled
with
how
to
best
engage
residents,
specifically
people
of
color
and
indigenous
communities,
who
have
historically
been
left
out
of
the
Civic
process
as
a
part
of
designing
the
Civic
process
for
Minneapolis
2040.
This
led
to
a
few
questions
one.
How
could
we
cultivate
spaces
and
opportunities
for
authentic
feedback
in
dialogue
and
then
two?
What
could
we
do
to
build
trust,
transparency
and
educate
the
public
on
the
importance
of
the
Minneapolis
2040
comprehensive
plan
in.
B
2016
local
artists,
Molly
van
Avery
and
Mike
Hoyts
were
brought
on
board
to
help
design
creative
engagement
methods.
Their
product
was
call
imagining
equity,
illustrious
girls
known
as
Cranky's,
to
invite
participants
to
think
process
and
reflect
on
the
history
of
Minneapolis
and
how
that
history
has
shaped
today's
racial
disparities.
Together,
we
were
able
to
use
art
as
a
tool
to
acknowledge.
Minneapolis
is
complex
paths,
opening
the
door
for
honest
and
real
conversations
about
the
present
and
future
of
Minneapolis.
D
D
Desires
and
cultures
manifest
on
street
level,
the
destinies
of
storefronts
determined
by
being
invested
in
or
disinvested
what
starts
out
as
an
affordable
space
becomes
a
desirable
space
becomes
a
more
expensive
space,
becomes
a
segregated
space
or
is
undervalued,
ignored,
abandoned
the
fates
of
the
streets,
all
too
often
determined
by
the
elites.
The.