MPR, the Star Tribune, and KMOJ-radio and Insight News, both black media outlets serving Minneapolis, have partnered to make these conversations possible. Beginning 9 am Tuesday, February 9, a series of conversations between people at Lucille's Kitchen and the University of Minnesota at Crookston will air simultaneously on both KMOJ and MPR. The first topic will center around whether there is a need for rural and urban Minnesota to speak to each other. What can be learned? What can be accomplished? Should we continue the conversations?


The next conversation takes place on Tuesday March 2, 1999 at 9 am .

The mission of MPR'S civic journalism initiative is to gather citizens to talk about public policy issues and amplify what they say via radio, the Internet, and print. With MPR's 31 network stations it can get into the tiniest villages in Minnesota, and with its connections to National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the British and Canadian broadcasting companies it can also get to the
capitals of the world.