Please join BER and Marnita’s Table on Tuesday, June 27th from 6:00-9:00 pm for Mental Health Matters! feast and conversation to discuss the importance of mental health practices and culturally responsive resources in Bloomington, Edina, and Richfield.

Yes! This event is free.
Yes! Dinner is provided.
Yes! Children and youth are welcome.

Yes! Interpretation available in Spanish, Somali and Vietnamese.

Yes! We can provide other interpretation and other access accommodations when you give us at least one week’s notice to set them up!
Yes! We can help you find transportation when you let us know at least a day in advance.

Community Location
Creekside Community Center
9801 Penn Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55431

Let us know you are coming! Registration is encouraged but not required. Come for a minute or stay for the whole time.

RSVP at www.marnitastable.org/ber23

Email sammie@marnitastable.org or call us at 612.928.7744 with how many people you are bringing.

What to Expect

Expect to be enlivened and engaged as we come together in community to share our experiences, catalyze connections across differences, and support one another. Dinner is served in abundance with a menu from vegan to carnivore using the Marnita’s Table model of Intentional Social Interaction.

If you know someone who would add and receive value through their participation, feel free to invite them to join you. We will collectively plan a series of mental health pop-ups to take place throughout our communities during the summer to begin to normalize talking with one another about our individual and/or community mental health needs.

Many community allies and partners are inviting community members to this conversation. As a result, you may receive more than one invitation. We will try to accommodate as many participants as possible, so please let us know if you plan to be with us by sending an RSVP via e-mail to sammie@marnitastable.org or call us at 612.928.7744 and leave a message with how many adults and children will be attending and your phone number if you would like a reminder text.

About BER

Bloomington Edina and Richfield (BER) have been collaborating to improve public health in all three cities since 1977, beginning with public health nursing services provided by Bloomington Public Health (BPH). Since then it has expanded to include all local public health services. Prior to the creation of the Local Public Health Act in Minnesota, Public Health Nurses from the City of Bloomington cared for families in BER. In 1976, when the Local Public Health Act was enacted, five cities (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Edina and Richfield) decided to maintain local public health departments (Community Health Boards) at the city level. Since then, BER has maintained the contractual relationship with Bloomington providing public health nursing services in Edina and Richfield. While the scope of BER’s contracts has fluctuated somewhat over time the core Local Public Health activities have remained a constant focus.

BPH serves the overall population of the three cities, a combined total of 166,062 (US Census 2010), focusing on the individual health of the most vulnerable and at-risk population and tailors activities to accommodate the unique needs of each community. With approximately 60 full and part-time public health nurses, nutritionists, health education and health specialists, BPH provides care and assistance in Family Health, Disease Prevention and Control, Health Promotion, Clinical Services including immunizations, Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Adult and Senior Health, and Emergency Preparedness Services.

About Marnita’s Table

At Marnita’s Table, we seek to close gaps across difference by making Intentional Social Interaction the new pattern for society where Indigenous, people of color, the disenfranchised, the poor, the unheard, the LGBTQ+ and anyone who is normally left out of community decision making is automatically included and valued at the policymaking and resource-sharing table. Experts at social capital building, we’ve welcomed almost 100,000 people from around the world and around the way to find common ground while breaking bread – we bring people together to create meaningful change and more equitable systems. Find out more at marnitastable.org.