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Minneapolis to Montgomery: The Police and Black Men Project
Wednesday on this program, we aired an audio documentary about a group of Minneapolis police officers and community members, who recently took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama to tour museums and historical sites.
MPR News host Angela Davis was invited to go along with them and record their discussions about what they saw and learned.
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, we are continuing a conversation about the Minneapolis Police Department and an ambitious effort led by the Police and Black Men Project.
As we talk this hour, we want to hear from you, too.
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Do you think learning about history will be helpful to the Minneapolis police officers and community members who took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama? What do you think it will take to build trust between law enforcement and the people they serve?
The phone lines will be open. Call us at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.
Guests:
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Bill Doherty is a professor emeritus in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota and expert on marriage and family therapy. Bill is a co-founder of the Police and Black Men Project.
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Guy Bowling is a fatherhood leader and speaker, the former director of the FATHER Project in the Twin Cities and a 2020 Bush Fellow. He is also a co-founder of the Police and Black Men Project.
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Charles Adams is an inspector for Minneapolis Police Department’s Fourth Precinct. He’s been with MPD since 1987 and is a member of the Police and Black Men Project.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) — A popular Broadway show will be hitting a Minnesota stage this fall. Mamma Mia! will jump-start the Broadway on Hennepin series at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis from September 15th to the 20th.
Mamma Mia! has been seen in 50 productions in 16 different languages.
The 25th Anniversary production of Mamma Mia! made its return to Broadway last year for a limited run at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it got its start. The show also had a record-setting 14-year run on Broadway and toured from 2000 to 2017 with four different touring companies.
Mamma Mia! has grossed over $7 billion at the box office.
It inspired the blockbuster smash starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Amanda Seyfried as well. The 2018 follow-up, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the most successful live musical movie sequel of all time.
Mamma Mia! is written by Catherine Johnson and directed by Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast. Tickets for the show go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Friday.
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A child was seriously injured after a car hit them in an alley in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Minneapolis police say a child was playing in an alley near 29th Avenue North and Lyndale Avenue North around 11:30 a.m. when a car hit them. The child was brought to the hospital with potentially-life-threatening injuries, police added.
The child’s age was not released by law enforcement.
The driver of the car stayed at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement, Minneapolis police said.
There have been no arrests at this time.
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