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Last summer, avid sailor Vikas Narula was at Bde Maka Ska trying to invite people to sail with him. 

He’d been rejected a few times when he met Alvin Manago and his friend George Floyd. They agreed to join Narula, a total stranger, and spent the next hour talking about Floyd’s life in Houston and their respective families, and even took a few selfies.

Narula lost touch with Manago and Floyd, and didn’t think about that day until a few days after Memorial Day when Floyd’s face was everywhere. 

Use the audio player above to listen to Manago and Narula recount their stories about knowing and meeting Floyd, and their time on the lake. 

Later in the program we heard from a Fortune 500 company and a vocational training center on how they’re teaming up 

Target Corp. announced it will provide Summit Academy OIC, a longtime player in workforce development in north Minneapolis, low-cost space to expand its operations and open a new information technology learning and training center, called North Star Innovation Center.

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People across the country know how George Floyd died, but there has been less attention on who he was before his death. Two people, Floyd’s housemate and a man who was a stranger to Floyd, joined the program to talk about their time sailing on Bde Maka Ska. Then, we'll learn how a Fortune 500 company and a vocational training center are teaming up to support racial equity in Minnesota.

MPR News with Angela Davis - People across the country know how George Floyd died, but there has been less attention on who he was before his death. Two people, Floyd’s housemate and a man who was a stranger to Floyd, joined the program to talk about their time sailing on Bde Maka Ska. Then, we'll learn how a Fortune 500 company and a vocational training center are teaming up to support racial equity in Minnesota.

Two friends. One stranger. And a chance encounter on a sailboat.

Three people, including George Floyd, on a sailboat.

Two friends. One stranger. And a chance encounter on a sailboat.

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