Doors that community members of other faiths may have assumed were closed are opened this year by Muslim neighbors whose celebration of Ramadan begins at sundown on Sunday, July 31.
“If the elephants can do it [watch out for their children, their weakest], why can’t we?” BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, at right, and Rev. Alika Galloway wrapped up a conference on helping children recover mental health after the recent tornado, leading the group in poetry and song.
With each passing day – and each public or corporate meeting on the topic – development of the Upper Mississippi Riverfront becomes a more immediate concern of Northeast Minneapolis residents.
(Northside-PAC) Fact SheetMinnesota continues to be one of the most prosperous states in the nation. Never the less, not all Minnesotans benefit from this prosperity.
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