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e-Magine Initiative 2025 Summer - West Metro Chinese Church (WMCC)

Location

West Metro Chinese Church (3695 County Rd 101, Plymouth, MN 55446)

Admission

FREE

Event Details

Service Learning Project: Sankofa Food Justice Mapping and Storytelling Initiative

www.sankofapower.org

Trainees will engage in comprehensive training on Sankofa principles—the African concept of learning from the past to move forward—while developing critical digital AI literacy and social justice advocacy skills through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping of North Minneapolis’ food ecosystem.

Trainees will create detailed, multilayered maps showcasing community gardens, food shelves, urban farms, and local food businesses documented in the NorthStar Registry, while simultaneously producing multimedia content for the Digest platform through video documentaries and podcast interviews that capture the oral histories and cultural significance behind each food sector.

Working with community food leaders and elders, youth will learn to analyze American Community Survey (ACS) data to create demographic layers that illustrate the socioeconomic realities of BIPOC communities across census tracts in zip codes 55411, 55412, and 55407, revealing patterns of food access, income distribution, and community assets. These data visualizations will be integrated into the broader Sankofa Map platform, creating a comprehensive digital archive that connects to the NorthStar Urban Farm & Food Digital Platform’s community directory and cultural preservation efforts.

This project empowers Trainees to become community researchers, data analysts, and storytellers while developing a powerful advocacy tool that documents both the challenges and resilience of North Minneapolis’ food system, ultimately supporting community-controlled economic development and food sovereignty through evidence-based mapping and culturally grounded narrative preservation.

Training Materials

Service Learning Project – Sankofa Introduction & State of AIs (June 16)

250616AMA_AI_OpeningSlideFinal

Generative AIs PART 1 – Writing and Generative AIs PART 2 – Image (June 17)

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250617Enhancing Article Writing with ChatGPT

Service Learning Project – Sankofa Introduction & State of AIs (June 16)

250616AMA_AI_OpeningSlideFinal

Generative AIs PART 1 – Writing and Generative AIs PART 2 – Image (June 17)

250617night cafe

250617Enhancing Article Writing with ChatGPT

Spatial Data Science & AI, PART 2: Online Portals for Spatial Data (June 24)

250624FoundationsofGIS

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Spatial Data Science & AI, PART 3: Spatial Data Management, Visualization, & Analysis I

250624WhatisGeoAI

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Spatial Data Science & AI, PART 4: Spatial Data Management, Visualization, & Analysis II  (June 26)

250626Spatial Networks

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Project Discussion and Demos (June 30)

250630 SankofaPOWER Food System Sector Workshop

Maximizing the Exposure of AI Contents – Prompt Engraining and Canva 101 – please share infographics and Comic Strips and postcard design (July 03)

250703 Design to Nourish_ Canva 101 for Food Sector Storytelling

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