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Celebrating the diversity
of Twins Territory
January 2017
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Reading is Powerful
Literacy Program
Twins Winter Caravan Travels
to Local Minority Schools
On January 25, Joe Mauer, Taylor Rodgers, Jack
Morris, Tony Oliva and Dick Bremer visited Seward
Montessori School, Wellstone International High
School and the Community School of Excellence as
part of the Minnesota Twins Winter Caravan. During
these visits, the Twins contingent participated in
Q&A sessions as well as selecting lucky winners
from the crowd to award prizes to. At the Community
School of Excellence, the players were greeted by
dancers as well as a special presentation about
the Hmong culture. During their visits, the players
stressed the importance of determination, hard work
Tony Oliva, Joe Mauer and Taylor Rodgers at the and respect and also encouraged the students to
Community School of Excellence in St. Paul, MN.
work toward their goals and treat each other kindly.
Minnesota Twins Help Sponsor
Annual BDPA Event
The Twin Cities chapter of Black Data Processing
Associates (BDPA) held its annual awards celebration
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Friday, January 13. The
organization aims to bring minorities working in
the information technology and computer science
field together. The Minnesota Twins were Silver
Sponsors of the event and helped support 2017
BDPA Twin Cities Community Youth Technology High School Technology Program students accepting
Programming. Minnesota Supreme Court Justice awards at the annual BDPA event.
Natalie E. Hudson attended as the keynote speaker,
and Professor Duchess Harris, co-author of Hidden
Human Computers, provided special remarks.
February 14-March 10
Minnesota Twins
Home Opener
Twins Celebrate Diversity at
TwinsFest
April 3 • 3:10 PM
The Minnesota Twins hosted its annual
TwinsFest fundraiser January 27-29. TwinsFest
offers fans interactive activities and a behind
the scenes look at Target Field to raise
money for the Twins Community Fund.
This year, the Minnesota Twins Diversity
Marketing department partnered with its
Spanish broadcast partner station, La Raza,
for the event. Players were interviewed at the
Celebrate Diversity/La Raza booth, and fans
were able to take pictures with the players after
their interviews. Fans were able to watch the
live interviews and win prizes trying to guess
fun facts about Twins players.
save the date
Diversity Day at Target Field
August 3
Tony Oliva, Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario speaking about
the upcoming season at TwinsFest.
Elementary School Literacy Program Expands
to 22 Schools
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Four years ago the Minnesota Twins created a literacy program aimed
to promote reading in local schools with high minority populations. The
past three years, Jackie Robinson has been the major theme of the reading
program. Each school visit highlighted Jackie’s career, promoting baseball
and showing his success in each challenge that he faced. Since the program
is growing rapidly, this year the Diversity Marketing department wanted
to incorporate Roberto Clemente into the program. Clemente’s history is
a great example of someone who also shown hard work and determination
on and off the field. The reading program begins February 14 and extends
until March 10, visiting 22 elementary schools in Twins Territory.
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