Race/Ethnicity

Minneapolis civil rights director to 'ride herd' on hiring goals, still won't report specifically on hiring of Blacks

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

(l-r) City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden, Toni Newborn, Velma Korbel, Karen Francois, and Jennifer White (council office associate for Glidden) (Photo by Charles Hallman)

Minneapolis Civil Rights Director Velma Korbel pledged recently that her department will have a “distinct presence” in addressing issues of employment equity and monitoring construction hiring goals in the city. She also said, however, that the department is still not in a position to specify how many African Americans have found work on publicly funded construction projects.

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Twins' diversity talk seems mostly for show

By Charles Hallman, Another View

A new movie on the life of Jackie Robinson premieres Friday. It has support from people in high places.

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Lao New Year 2013: Myth of the Nang Sangkhan

By Saengmany Ratsabout, Little Laos on the Prairie

As we approach Lao New Year, I wanted to take this opportunity to not only highlight traditional practices associated with the celebration, but also begin a conversation on the relevancy of centuries-old traditions in twenty-first century Lao American communities. As we begin this conversation, there are three things I will focus on: 1) an overview of the three-day celebration including myths associated with the Nang Sangkhan, 2) Lao New Year as practiced by Lao Americans through archival research and personal anecdotes, and lastly, 3) relevancy of the myths and practices in the twenty-first century through a community development perspective.

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Khary Jackson's "Any Psalm You Want": Moving multicultural mantras

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

I spend a lot of time thinking about how creative writing will adapt to, with, and through the move from print to digital—but with Khary Jackson's Any Psalm You Want, I was presented with a book of poetry that feels fresh and contemporary despite being printed on old-fashioned paper (that is, on any paper at all).

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On Lao New Year and the diaspora: Q&A with Saengmany Ratsabout

By Ketmani Kouanchao, Little Laos on the Prairie

Saengmany Ratsabout is our guest blogger for this week’s series on Lao New Year, so LLOTP caught up with him to chat about his work.

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'Sistah Solo': Celebrating women of color through art, dance, hip-hop and spoken word

By Sheila Regan, Minnesota Women’s Press

(Photo by BFresh Photograph)

"Beware of people who have vision who can execute," says Maia Maiden, the force behind "Sistah Solo," an evening of performances featuring women of color at Patrick's Cabaret in Minneapolis.

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Profiles in excellence: Justin Terrell rages against the machine with Justice 4 All campaign

By Harry Colbert, Jr., Insight News

The system is broken and it needs to be fixed.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Juneteenth Film Festival seeks submissions from minority filmmakers

By Juneteenth Film Initiative, Community Voices

We are the Juneteenth Film Initiative, a new Midwest organization whose prime goal is to celebrate and highlight diversity in film. On April 4 we launched our website, and along with it, an announcement that there's a new film festival in town. The JFI Festival will run in conjunction with the Minneapolis Juneteenth Festival, a yearly community mainstay that celebrates the emancipation act. We hope to give the Twin Cities a fresh new spin on film; one that celebrates freedom behind the lens. We will kick off our festival this June 13-16, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Sabaidee Pi Mai and our Lao community

By Sunny Chanthanouvong, Sunny's Side of Life

Sabaidee Pi Mai! Happy Lao New Year!

I want to personally invite everyone to come join us for the traditional Lao New Year this month on Saturday, April 13th at the Crystal Community Center in Crystal, Minnesota from 9 AM to Midnight. From 2-6 we will have the Nangsankanh and traditional dance and talent show, with live music and entertainment from 7 until midnight. The tickets are $15 but free for youth under 18. 

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