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 StoriesOur SceneNeighborhood 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.

Want to add an article to Community Voices? Here's how:

Step 1: Register as a TC Daily Planet user, which is easy to do. After registering, you need to respond to the registration email. Then just log in by clicking in the blue box in column 1, and click on "Write an article" in the blue box in column 1.

Step 2: Either I'll see the article waiting to be published, or you can email me (editor [at] tcdailyplanet [dot] net) to tell me it's there. I'll then add the "Community Voices" designation and publish it. 

Step 3: I'll add it to the newsletter for at least one night, and it will remain in the Community Voices feature box on all pages until several more people have published Community Voices articles. (Hard to tell how long this will be, but usually at least a couple of days.) 

COMMUNITY VOICES | Children ask the world of us

As a mother of 7, I have always had an open door policy for my children’s friends and many of the young people in my community. Most of my children’s friends have been a part of our lives since they were in Junior High. Today, they continue to visit my house knowing it’s a place where they are safe, nurtured, cared for and most likely will be fed.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Contact Gov. Dayton today about frac sand mining

Minnesotans are putting up a great fight against uncontrolled expansion of frac sand mining in Minnesota.  Methods being used range from inspiring

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Conflict Kitchens in Minneapolis?

Frying falafels.

In Issue 156 of Saveur Magazine, Pittsburgh's Conflict Kitchen (a restaurant/project that changes its menus and only serves cuisine from a country in which the US is in conflict with) was featured.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | For the homeless and unemployed, communication is the key

Manuel Moore (Photo courtesy of Open Access Connections)

Since 1994, Open Access Connections Voice Mail program has linked over 63,000 of Minnesota’s poorest residents to opportunities for employment, shelter, housing, and safety from domestic abuse.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | 26th Annual Minneapolis St. Paul Home Tour highlighted city living

54 homes in Minneapolis and St. Paul were featured during the Annual Minneapolis St. Paul Home Tour on April 27th and 28th. This event, now in its 26th year, promotes the advantages of city living. People open up their homes to show off their renovation projects, talk about their neighborhoods, and celebrate the lives they live in Minneapolis and St. Paul.


This video looks at just five of the homes featured on this year's tour.

COMMUNITY VOICES | The perils of 42nd Street East

For the past decade 42nd Street East has become a showcase for the conflict between urban expansion and ecology.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Tim Springer: A Life on Purpose

Ninth Ward Candidate Tim Springer: "Social equity issues along with climate change are the biggest challenges of our time.  The good news is that we can make meaningful progress by addressing them together with the right community approach to transportation, energy, housing, self expression opportunities, education and job training, and economic development." Photo by Paul Andre.

Tim Springer, a Minneapolis community leader from East Phillips, Powderhorn, and Central for the past 23 years, is running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 9.  He is known for his leadersh

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Lyndale brings community together once again!

Lyndale Neighborhood Association continues to bring the community together. Last Saturday, at Painter’s Park over 300 adults with their children celebrated ~ Children’s day Celebration.

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Another milestone for the Central Corridor project

The Central Corridor Project has reached a new milestone. According to an article in the TC Daily Planet, after spending a day towing one of the 265,000 lb.

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