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ThreeSixty Journalism brings diverse voices into journalism and related professions by using intense, personal instruction in the practice and principles of journalism. We strengthen the civic literacy, writing skills and college-readiness of Minnesota teens.

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OPINION | Searching for roots: Cut off from his Mexican ancestry, a teen wants to know more

By Dan Baden, ThreeSixty

I am half Mexican, though I may not look the part: Blue eyes, dark brown hair, tan skin, but not quite dark enough to be recognized as Latino.MORE »

OPINION | Can’t you take a joke? Recognizing racism in the jokes we tell and assumptions we make

By Jada Pulley, ThreeSixty

I can go through a whole day without being reminded of my race. I can walk through the wide halls of Burnsville High School, talking with my friends of various backgrounds, forgetting for a time that there is only one black teacher in the entire building and that none of my advanced placement classes has more than four minority students, most of them Asian.MORE »

OPINION | Knowing who I am

By Sinthia Mireya Turcios, ThreeSixty

When friends assumed she was Caucasian, Sinthia thought hard about what it means to be Latina

After the first week of volleyball try-outs ended two summers ago, a few close friends and I headed to Subway to eat lunch.MORE »

"No hassles": Brooklyn Mosaic United Methodist Church food shelf builds trust with homeless teens

By Asma Adam, ThreeSixty

In August, Brooklyn Mosaic United Methodist Church opened a food shelf just for homeless teenagers.

“The schools (in our area) were the first to see the problem, and they began sounding the alarm,” said Rev. Rachel Morey, the pastor at Mosaic.MORE »

National poetry contest fills arts void at small schools with tight budgets

By Simon Lancaster, ThreeSixty

When Laura Meyer, an English teacher at Big Lake High School, heard about the national Poetry Out Loud competition, she jumped on the opportunity to offer students an artistic activity. Budget cuts had ended extracurricular activities like speech, debate, and theater at her school northwest of the Twin Cities.MORE »

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• ASAP: Foreclosure crisis hits the East Side of St. Paul ($25)
• May 30: We Are Sabathini exhibit ($25)
• June 16: World Refugee Day ($25)

• June 29-July 1: Chalchiutlicue ($25)
• July 21: Rondo Days ($25)

• North Minneapolis block party celebrates, remembers. Keith Ellison skips rope!
• Northside tornado "treecovery." Thanks to generous donors, more trees are being planted than were lost.
• Ice House Plaza opening marks a new era on Eat Street. Things are hopping at Nicollet and 26th.
• Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food? Cynthia Boyd reports.

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