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.) 

FREE SPEECH ZONE | The Return Of The Roosevelt Mosaic

On Friday, May 21, 2010, Roosevelt High had its first Mosaic since the 2007-2008 school year.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Sports Scholarship

When the college coaches walked in her house the high school senior knew that the sport scholarship she had been working was hers. She accomplished the goal she always wanted.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Mass Media vs. Youth Created Media

When did it become essential for every teenager to have a cell phone or the latest bipod?  Technology is advancing at an alarming rate!

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | A new home For Lao immigrants

Being alone in a new country, where you don't know anything can be very scary. You might need someone to stand next to you, hold your hands, and lead you to a new way of life.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Saving Our Planet

I live in the Phillips community, but I never knew that the green institute provides much of our energy. every day, I take a walk on the greenway.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Saving Our Planet

I live in the Phillips community, but I never knew that the green institute provides much of our energy.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Help Me! I’m a High School Senior!

Only a few days separate Roosevelt High School seniors from their dream day. Yes! When I remember all the barriers I overcame, I can hardly believe that graduation almost here.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | A School To Feel Safe

Bullying happens everywhere especially at schools, but there are some schools which bullies face consequences such as at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis.

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