Yesterday, local grilled cheese restaurant and nonprofit social enterprise All Square celebrated 10 years of empowering people who have been impacted by the criminal legal system to get back to their families and their lives. We talked with All Square CEO Maya Pennington about how their restaurant provides jobs for formerly incarcerated folks and other initiatives of the nonprofit including their partnership with St. Paul’s Mitchell Hamline School of Law to help people earn law degrees while they are incarcerated. Later, Risky Connections founder Hailey Sprinkel comes on the show to talk about the viral sapphic speed dating events she has been organizing in the Twin Cities.

City Cast Neighbors get to hear a bonus segment today. The entire City Cast team hops on the mic to share some Lakes (good things) and Potholes (bad things) from the week. If you want to hear about the time Sean booked Lizzo to perform at a summer camp, sign up to ⁠become a Neighbor⁠ today.

Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode:

⁠All Square's 10 Year Birthday Bash⁠ (Eventbrite)

⁠Two incarcerated Minnesotans become first in nation to graduate law school⁠ (MPR News) 

⁠Risky Connections⁠ (Instagram)

⁠Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor⁠

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⁠Bayfield Chamber & Visitor Bureau⁠

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