A Thank You from the Lao Community

By Sunny Chanthanouvong, Sunny's Side of Life

Sabaidee Pi Mai Lao 2013! Happy Lao New Year!

On behalf the Lao New Year Planning Committee of 2013, our community members, and volunteers, I would like to express our thanks to you for your wonderful support of our New Year Celebration.

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Minnesota Senate passes financial aid for undocumented immigrant students

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Thalia Estrada is 17, a senior at Central High School in St. Paul with a 3.5 GPA and the dream of becoming a neurologist. (Photo by Roberto Palma)

You likely don’t know Thalia Estrada or Karen Salas Ramirez, but they’re the kind of young students who can strengthen Minnesota’s economic future.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The Minnesota Senate passed the bill discussed in this article today, May 1.]

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EZ Stop Food Market: A sunny African grocery serves Liberians in the North Metro

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Terry Yarpah

The sign on the front of the store says “Food Market—African-American-Caribbean.” The owner’s business card says, "Ehoh Edward, CEO ‘EZ Stop Food Market.’" There are two mottos on his card: "For all your African food items,” and  “Always focusing on future growth."

“They got my name wrong on the card,” he said. “It’s Edoh Akakpo.”

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Immigrant, labor marches on May 1 in St. Paul, Minneapolis

By Mary Turck, News Day

Photo from 2009 May Day march on Lake Street

Looks like there are two marches planned for International Workers Day (aka May Day) on May 1 in the Twin Cities.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | An awakening East African movement in Minneapolis' municipal elections

By Abdiqudus Donyale, Community Voices

I have lived in Minneapolis since I was 7 years old, and for the first time in my life I have never felt more at home despite owning a housing property and the fact that my kids were all born in Minneapolis. There was always this inherent thought in the back of my mind, which prescribed me to a pre-destined utopia (Somalia) that was compatible with my identity. So I developed a distant relationship to a place, of which my only contact had been a deep sense of love and imagination.

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Latino parents at Green Central upset, fearful over changes in the school

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

An interpreter translates for Latino parents. 

A parent meeting at Green Central Park School, the elementary school that’s been embroiled in controversy this past year, had just gotten underway when a group of parents halted the program to show they were unhappy with the situation. After learning just the day before that Principal Catalina Salas, would be taking a leave of absence after being transferred from the school, the parents were incensed. 

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Celebrating Cinco de Mayo 2013 in the Twin Cities

By Matea Wasend, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Jay Gabler, from the 2010 Cinco de Mayo Festival in St. Paul 

The first weekend in May will be a festive one—which is only fitting, now that the weather has finally taken a turn for the better.

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Another principal on leave in Minneapolis: New focus of racial tensions at Green Central Park school

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Principal Catalina Salas, left, and Area C Associate Superintendent Theresa Battle, right, are at the center of the Green Central Park Elementary controversy. 

Principal Catalina Salas, of Richard R.

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MN VIDEOS | Frogtown Weekly, 4/19/13

By Staff, Frogtown Neighborhood Association

This week's feature: Fres Thao, local hip hop artist and Program Director of the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT).

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