SPNN

SPNN SPNN is a community media center that provides resources, equipment, and training.

Founded in 1984 to offer a media voice to underrepresented people, SPNN is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit that has since grown to harness its unique media tools, digital communications expertise, and spirit of innovation to elevate community media arts to a new level, becoming a national model. SPNN improves community social, civic, and economic equity via the transformative art of media making and 21st c

entury skill-building. Our mission is: to empower people to use media and communications to better lives, use authentic voice, and build common understanding. We utilize the power of technology to:

-Develop the personal and artistic expression of underrepresented people in media.
-Foster arts experimentation and collaboration among young people, emerging artists, and partners.
-Create meaningful connections between diverse arts voices and the broader community.
-Increase 21st century work-readiness skills of underserved youth and adults. SPNN’s four core areas—Community Media Access, Youth Programs, Community Technology Empowerment Project (CTEP), Production Services—help underrepresented populations grow artistically, build confidence, and equip adult and young learners with the 21st century skills they need to be successful in the workforce or the growing makers economy.

We're getting ready for the NAACP St.Paul Public Schools referendum forum. It's not live, but we'll be sharing it out la...
10/08/2025

We're getting ready for the NAACP St.Paul Public Schools referendum forum. It's not live, but we'll be sharing it out later this week.

We are less than a month to election day - make sure you know who you want to lead Saint Paul. FairVote Minnesota, Summi...
10/06/2025

We are less than a month to election day - make sure you know who you want to lead Saint Paul. FairVote Minnesota, Summit Hill Association, and West Seventh Street/Fort Road Federation and Union Park have teamed up to host this mayoral election forum. All five candidates will be present. You can attend in person or watch our live feed.

Monday, October 6 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Gloria Dei Church 700 Snelling Ave. S. Join us for a candidate forum and all-in-one meet and greet event with the fiv...

Welcome to the 2025-26 CTEP Cohort! This week 14 new AmeriCorps members were at SPNN for their pre-service orientation. ...
10/03/2025

Welcome to the 2025-26 CTEP Cohort!
This week 14 new AmeriCorps members were at SPNN for their pre-service orientation. Each of these members will serve at nonprofits and libraries for the next year teaching digital literacy skills.

CTEP AmeriCorps members help learners gain necessary digital job skills- from Microsoft to Google to Adobe. Members also help learners with job applications and resumes.

SPNN has room for a couple more sites- if your nonprofit has a technology center or is looking to start one and would like to have a CTEP AmeriCorps member reach out to Allison at [email protected]!

10/03/2025

“Our stories deserve to be seen.” 🎨

A multidisciplinary exhibition and series of public programs, Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora, explores Puerto Rican artistic production over the last twenty-five years through the work of forty-three artists working from Puerto Rico and its diaspora based in the United States.

Terez shares about the Puerto Ricans Gallery on the SPNN Forum. You can catch the whole interview on our YouTube page

This Spring, our DocU participants made some especially inspiring short films. Watch Jasmira Colon’s “Bomba,” which take...
09/29/2025

This Spring, our DocU participants made some especially inspiring short films.
Watch Jasmira Colon’s “Bomba,” which takes a look at Bomba: an Indigenous, Afro-Puerto Rican dance.

09/25/2025

Highlight from the new SPNN Forum:
🎥 First Independence Bank

Fall St. Paul Art Crawl🍁 Walk through St. Paul and discover art in every corner — from studios to local venues. This cit...
09/24/2025

Fall St. Paul Art Crawl🍁

Walk through St. Paul and discover art in every corner — from studios to local venues. This city-wide event is free to attend: explore, enjoy the creativity, and even bring home a piece you love.
Join in celebrating community, creativity, and the beauty of art in our city.

Event Dates: October 10th-12th


Designer:

Often in DocU participants create personal stories. Watch Ling-yue’s “Me and Millie & Sundown Towns,” which reflects on ...
09/18/2025

Often in DocU participants create personal stories. Watch Ling-yue’s “Me and Millie & Sundown Towns,” which reflects on growing up in racist environments in Appleton, Wisconsin.

A film by ling-yue about reckoning with racism the director experienced in childhood and the concept of sundown towns.

Tonight! Before you vote in November learn more about the candidates running for Mayor. St. Paul Mayoral Candidate Forum...
09/17/2025

Tonight! Before you vote in November learn more about the candidates running for Mayor.

St. Paul Mayoral Candidate Forum
Wednesday, September 17 from 7PM-8:30PM

Please join the League of Women Voters of St. Paul for our 2025 mayoral candidate forum. The forum will be livestreamed on SPNN's YouTube page and recorded before a live audience. It will replay on our channels.

The forum will be held at: Johnson High School 1349 Arcade St. St. Paul, MN 55106

Watch live on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/9A0eXEpuz0k

League of Women Voters of St. Paul

Please join the League of Women Voters of St. Paul for our 2025 mayoral candidate forum. The forum will be recorded before a live audience. The forum will be...

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550 Vandalia Street
Saint Paul, MN
55114

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 7pm
Tuesday 3pm - 7pm
Wednesday 3pm - 7pm
Friday 3pm - 7pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+16512245153

Website

https://linktr.ee/myspnn

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