Project: Tamales y Bicicletas Partnership

Tamales y Bicicletas (TyB) is a latino-led sustainable transportation, local foods access, and youth development organization based in south minneapolis. The mission of the organization is to develop healthy latino and immigrant communities through bikes, local & organic foods, cultural empowerment, and environmental justice.

The TyB - MNT partnership produced expanded community engagement, urban farm labor opportunities, grant funding, and public art. TyB mentored eight paid student interns, who gained an appreciation of the breadth of our local environmental justice movement, from being enmeshed in the farm's success to joining our community's struggle to secure the East Phillips Urban Indoor Farm.

To learn more about Tamales y Bicicletas, visit their website using this link, or read more about their 2022 summer program below.

Fundraising

MNT intern Hannah Yee fundraised over a hundred thousand dollars for TyB by securing grants and awards from the following organizations:

• City of Minneapolis Greenzone Grant - $10,000
• Seward Co-Op Round Up Program 2022 - Approx $12,000
• Seward Co-Op Round-Up Program 2023 (February) - Approx $12,000
• Eastside Co-Op Round-Up Program (May) - Approx $1,000
• Wedge/Linden Hills Change Matters Round Up Program (September) - Estimated $9,000
• Lakewinds Round Up Program (August) - Approx $10,000
• Minneapolis Foundation Climate Action and Racial Equity Grant - $15,000
• Midwest Environmental Justice Network General Operating Grant - $32,000
• Midwest Environmental Justice Network Just Culture Fund - $10,000

Total = $101,000