Our Neighborhood Each year more than 500 children and their families engage with ASI in our neighborhood through outreach programs including The Pippi Project launched in 2007 at Andersen and Bancroft Elementary Schools and two PICA Head Start programs within walking distance of ASI. Through Story Swap, students at Wellstone International High School trade stories, food and cultural experiences with elders and others from the ASI community.
gifts of money to projects that align with ASI’s mission and nurture diverse, vibrant relationships and cultural keepers. ASI held a supplies drive in its parking lot for PICA Head Start, which was the first to benefit from the Fund.
ASI Community Fund In April 2020, ASI established a new Community Fund as a way to serve neighborhood needs, joining other local arts and cultural organizations in seeking to address issues of inequality and racism. The Fund focusses on Phillips West and broader south Minneapolis communities by providing short-term, stimulus
A Breath for George Film Screening While ASI was still closed indoors to the public, on July 14, 2020, we opened our outdoor courtyard for a free neighborhood showing of A Breath for George. This filmed collection of songs, interviews and poems was created by New Dawn Theatre, under the direction of Austene Van. The community brought lawn chairs, wore masks and minded social distancing to come together and honor the life and death of George Floyd and seek lasting change for the future.
PICA Head Start donation drive at ASI
A Breath for George Film Screening
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The American Swedish Institute
