Calling kids, age 8 to 18, to have fun producing and performing in a new play through Solidarity Kids Theater! The second meeting for the group will be Saturday, July 8.

The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service, which has co-sponsored Solidarity Kids Theater with the American Postal Workers Union for several years, is partnering with SEIU Local 26 to produce a new play for the local's Justice for Janitors Campaign, to be staged this fall.

Youngsters whose parents are members of Local 26 will join together with kids in the community to work on this new production. Because many of the families in Local 26 speak Spanish, the play will be bilingual (it's not necessary for kids participating in the group to be bilingual). Solidarity Kids is open to all kids, ages 8-18, who have an interest in theater.

A first meeting of the group was held June 24. The second will be Saturday, July 8, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Walker Library, 2880 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. Please RSVP to Deborah Rosenstein, program coordinator, at 612-626-2034 or e-mail drosenstein@csom.umn.edu

Subsequent meetings will alternate between Hamline-Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave., St. Paul, and the Walker Library, 2880 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. Here's the schedule:

Saturday, July 8, 1 to 4 p.m., Walker Library
Saturday, July 29, 1 to 4 p.m, Hamline-Midway Library
Saturday, Aug. 12, 1 to 4 p.m., Walker Library
Saturday, Aug. 26, 1 to 4 p.m, Hamline-Midway Library

Maps for the libraries are below.

For more information about the history of Solidarity Kids Theater, see the Solidarity Kids Theater section in Workday Minnesota.

For more information about SEIU Local 26, visit the local's website, www.seiu26.org or read the article in Workday Minnesota, Lively march promotes 'Justice for Janitors'

Walker Library