Opinion

COMMUNITY VOICES | Your week ahead: Longfellow events, April 28th – May 4th

By Rebekah Peterson, My Broadsheet

Welcome to Your Week Ahead – a new feature we’ll be running every Sunday. Find out upcoming registration and deadline info for local programs and classes, discover the perfect volunteer opportunity, and hear about road closures and construction projects planned for the week.

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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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COMMUNITY VOICES | Success in education begins with housing: Support Homes for All!

By Chad Schwitters, Community Voices

School success is inextricably linked with housing stability. In 2011-12, over 11,000 children in Minnesota public schools were identified as homeless or highly mobile1.

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OPINION | K-12's funding renaissance

By John Van Hecke, Minnesota 2020

Knowledge is power. Knowledge is also a job path to prosperity and stability. Prosperity and stability flow from the purposeful application of knowledge to public and personal circumstance. The sooner we realize that expanding knowledge builds a better, growing Minnesota, the sooner we’ll get there.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | April 27-28: Longfellow neighborhood weekend events

By Rebekah Peterson, My Broadsheet

How could this weekend be bad with spring finally here? We’ve got lots of great activities to get you out in the sunshine. As always, check the events calendar for the complete collection of everything that’s happening in our neighborhoods.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | The English Learning Center celebrates!

By Jenne Nelson, Community Voices

The ten students with the highest attendance were presented with certificates and gifts to honor their hard work.

 

The English Learning Center, a school for adult immigrants and refugees, celebrated the end of its spring term on April 25th with a party honoring the hard work of students and volunteer teachers.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Brother Ali visits student protesters at Macalester College

By Kalie Caetano, Community Voices

Brother Ali speaks to the student protesters outside Macalester's administrative building

Minnesota-based hip hop artist, Brother Ali, made an impromptu visit to a group of student activists protesting the administration’s relationship with Wells Fargo bank on Wednesday.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | 2013 MCTC Photo Portfolio Show, "Resolution"

By Todd Donery, Community Voices

This will be the last portfolio show for Jack Mader, the Photography and Digital Imaging program’s founder and lead faculty.

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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).

OPINION | Immigration reform: time is now for Congress, President to act

By Bill McCarthy, Minneapolis Labor Review

At a recent rally in Minneapolis, representatives from labor, business and the faith community stood shoulder to shoulder with immigrant communities in calling for commonsense immigration reform (see story, page 12). Few issues have so polarized our nation in the past. Yet, in recent months, a national consensus is growing that we must take action to amend our immigration laws and create a pathway to citizenship for millions of people who have come to the United States to work and create a better life for their families.

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