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Community Voices

Community Voices is a space for reader contributions—including news articles, opinion essays, and personal stories—moderated, but not edited, by Daily Planet staff. This new section includes stories from the Our Stories, Our Scene, Neighborhood Notes and MN Videos series, as well as republished posts from E-Democracy forums and unedited articles such as those formerly published in the Free Speech Zone (which this section replaces). This section is a forum for community members to share their voices directly with our readers. We invite you to post stories, send us stories, or suggest stories for inclusion in Community Voices.

The opinions expressed in Community Voices are their own and not necessarily the opinion of the TC Daily Planet.

Minnesota Literacy Council

Our team serves Minnesotans of all ages—from 3-year-olds mastering their ABCs to grandparents determined to get their GED. We are able to reach nearly 90,000 children and adults each year thanks in great part to the more than 2,000 volunteers and 115 national service members we train annually.

Our literacy-rich preschools and summer reading programs start Minnesota’s youngest readers off on the right foot. Free English, GED preparation and job-readiness classes prepare adults for post-secondary education and careers. Support in program best practices, educational technology, volunteer training and national service hosting strengthens hundreds of literacy programs across Minnesota.

Behind the Story

Behind the Story is a regular TC Daily Planet column, featuring stories and reflections by Sheila Regan.

Ask a Somali

Ifrah Jimale works for Common Bond and Caribou Coffee and lives in MInneapolis. She likes to read anything and likes camping. She writes the "Ask a Somali" column for the TC Daily Planet.

Bite it!

Lu Lippold lives in Minneapolis and writes about food.

Cedar Riverside Seward series

Are the Riverside Plaza and Seward high-rise apartment complexes, home to low-income residents for more than 35 years, "beyond merely shabby" and filled with crime? Or are they "a vital and fascinating mix of cultures ... a series of villages in the city with the opportunity to begin life in the United States among one's countrymen?"

Buy Local Twin Cities

BuyLocalTwinCities is a new web directory featuring locally owned, independent businesses from across Minnesota. All of BuyLocalTwinCities''s member businesses are listed in the TC Daily Planet's community directory.

There are a million web directories out there, but very few that...

• highlight the benefits of supporting locally-owned businesses
• are free to join
• are by and for Minnesotans
• are non-profit, focused on building community

BuyLocalTwinCities's goal is to become the place on the web for consumers to find out where to shop locally in Minnesota. We encourage business owners to use this site to create their listings, announce events and promote sales. This site is a project of the Metro Independent Business Alliance, whose mission it is to support and advocate for locally-owned, independent businesses.

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