We are thrilled to announce that former Lucy Laney Community School and current North High Principal Mauri Melander Friestleben who is featured in the documentary Love Them First will be one of our keynote speakers!! Don’t forget to register! #LoveThemFirst #HopeDealer

Educators: this is our moment. We’re going to make sure that every child, every school, and every educator has what they need to thrive regardless of where they live or where they come from.

To our Minneapolis South community:

Hello #LoveThemFirst fans! Principal Mauri Friestleben, star of the documentary, is now active on Twitter. Follow her MauriChantel in her new role at Minneapolis’ North High and hear her wisdom.

Also, here is ⁦MauriChantel⁩’s helpful advice on how to talk to kids about yesterday’s carnage at the US Capitol.

Our kids are watching. Talk to them. Let them know you hear them, even if you don’t have the answers. MauriChantel Minneapolis South Heidi Wigdahl KARE 11 kare11.com/mobile/article…

The North High Student Council needs your help. Please Share! They've been asking for a couple weeks now & haven't gotten much of anything. 😞 Let's surprise them with tons of submissions! Any & ALL welcome! 😉

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If you don’t know, now you know.

Principal Mauri from #LoveThemFirst: “If some of you really knew what these kids were managing, you’d stop feeling sorry for yourselves.”

#LoveThemFirst received the Cynopsis “Best Documentary Special” award for excellence in national TV programming. Thx to KARE 11 TEGNA Janeen Vogelaar our EP, and especially principal MauriChantel, who continues this heroic work, in the trenches, far from the spotlight.

Thank you! We appreciate your words and are grateful for your support. Thank you for your important work!

WE are the judge and jury of our schools.

Thank you, dear Betsy West RBG for your kind words and for leading the way. Grateful for your impactful storytelling and continued inspiration. 🙌🏻❤️

When Education becomes your agent of Liberation the Movement takes wings. Go LANEY! kstp.com/news/minneapol…

We love that #LoveThemFirst and MauriChantel are gracing school walls as mural inspiration. As Principal Mauri reminds us to lead with love.

A great upcoming opportunity to see our Love Them First documentary on 9/28 at Prince of Peace. Please join us, w/principals MauriChantel and Lisa Pawelak in attendance! Spread the word. ❤️

One week out!

If you haven’t seen our documentary, or if you want to bring any friends or family to see it too, we love to see you tomorrow in Burnsville, for an in-person screening.