Why do Minnesotans experience some of the worst racial disparities in home ownership in this country?

Join Twin Cities Food Co-ops, The East Side Freedom Library and TPT-2 to explore this question through the film “Jim Crow of the North,” which delves into the complex history of racial covenants in the Twin Cities and systematic racism that has lasting repercussions on housing inequities today.

Participants will receive a link for this hour-long documentary to watch in advance of this virtual panel discussion with the film’s producer, Dan Bergin, and other panelists to be announced. The discussion will also focus on how our co-op community can address the related inequity of food access in the Twin Cities.

The event series "Co-op Community Conversations: Exploring the intersection of racial, social and food justice" is presented by Eastside Food Co-op, Mississippi Market Food Co-op, Seward Community Co-op, and Twin Cities Co-op Partners as a way to examine and connect our cooperative values with social justice movements. Stay tuned for future events in this series taking place throughout the year.