Immigrants
Beauty and solidarity: Exhibit and presentation celebrate strength and culture of Oromo women
A new photography exhibit and cultural presentation at Augsburg College’s Foss Center on February 24 and 25 aims to show the strength, beauty and endurance of Ethiopian women who have joined in solidarity and peace despite many obstacles. Through photographs and talks by the artist and two Oromo women from Ethiopia, the presentation will shine light on both the deep challenges and strength of women in East Africa.MORE »
Baby steps: Minneapolis Public Schools work to bring back Somali students
January 19’s Soup with the Supe event began with a song and dance performed by students from Whittier elementary school. The kids sang in Somali before a crowd of mostly Somali parents and community members, who were gathered to share a meal and participate in a question and answer session with Minneapolis Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson.MORE »
Legacies of War applauds increased aid for Lao UXO clearance
Legacies of War exhibited in Minnesota in October, 2010 at Intermedia Arts to raise awareness of the lingering problem of unexploded bombs left over in Laos from the secret bombings of the 20th Century.
Recently, they announced that Congress has appropriated $9 Million for UXO Activities in Laos for FY12MORE »
Shining a light on Somalia
During his first trip back to Somalia in summer 2010, Mohamed Samatar, 19, of Minneapolis, expected there to be no electricity and to be in a desert.
“Everything I had in America was there. The only difference is that the weather in Somalia is nicer,” Samatar said.MORE »
Minnesota-Somalis face armies on the march
At the Bright Moon Cafe at the corner of Cedar Ave. and Lake Street in Minneapolis last weekend, Abdikarim Hashi sipped on steaming cinnamon-ginger Somali tea, peering into his cell phone for news of home.
Hashi’s home is the sun-drenched Somali port city of Kismayo, where year-round blue skies, lush vegetation and sugar-white beaches would normally qualify it as among the most stunningly beautiful cities in the Horn of Africa.
Except that today, Kismayo is located on the most active front line of Somalia’s torturously complicated civil war, which has been raging for 20 years and is now escalating to new heights -- or more accurately, depths.MORE »
Reflections of new Minnesotans: UCare's Carol Berg
An interview with public health nurse Carol Berg on immigrant health and UCare's collaborative health programs throughout Minnesota. [Audio below]
Somalis in schools: One in three chooses charters in Twin Cities
Around 1200 school-age kids reside in Riverside Plaza’s nine paneled towers. The majority of them are Somali or East African.MORE »
Minnesota conference brings together immigrant and minority farmers
“The highlight clearly was that this is a immigrant farmers’ conference; its their conference,” said Glen Hill, the executive director for Minnesota Food Association. “They are represented, feel comfortable, speak and share, and they feel empowered.” MORE »
MN VOICES | From Korea to Minnesota and back: Kelly Fern shares her remarkable double-adoption story
The more you learn about Kelly Fern, the more you want to know. Not only does she tell a moving personal story of being adopted from Korea at age five, she reveals that on the flight to America, her identity was accidentally switched with that of another young adoptee—a circumstance that ultimately resulted in her family adopting three Korean girls, not just the two sisters they'd expected. Further, Fern herself had a child who she gave up for adoption. In the space of less than a year, Fern recently reconnected with both her biological family in Korea and her biological daughter in Minnesota. By this point, you may be thinking Fern should write a book—and, in fact, she has.MORE »
We're people-powered journalism! Click on story links (below) to see more story information, and then email editor@tcdailyplanet.net if you want to report.
