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United Families Minnesota: a Community Assembly on Immigration with Congressman Luis Gutierrez and Keith Ellison
06/14/2009 - 2:30pm - 4:07pm
News Day: Following the (Governor's) money / Liberian plea / EFCA job creation / Legislature looks at hijabs, foreclosures / mor
Following the money for T-Paw staff The Governor's staff is paid by money from other state agencies, reports Mark Brunswick in the Strib.MORE »
Standing up for Liberians in U.S.
Nekessa Opoti's article on Liberians facing the threat of deportation after decades of legal residence struck a chord with many readers.
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Liberians want to stay in Minnesota
Their faces somber, about 300 Liberians gathered in a church in Plymouth, a few miles from Brooklyn Park, on a chilly Sunday evening in January. Tension and fear sounded in their voices as they chatted, waiting to find out how they could petition U.S. legislators, to extend the temporary immigration status of about 1000 Liberians in Minnesota. They hope that they will eventually be granted U.S.MORE »
Church of Gethsemane re-opens in North Minneapolis
After being vacant for over a decade, a church in the Cottage Park area of the Jordan neighborhood in Minneapolis is finally opening its doors. The Church of Gethsemane, a non-denominational congregation, bought the building in 2003, but has had difficulty securing funding for renovations.MORE »
City of Brooklyn Park Reacts to Boyd Morson's "Misinformed Statements"
The City of Brooklyn Park has reacted sharply to accusations by Boyd Morson, a candidate for Central District City Council election, that “City Hall has failed to come clean with regards to a $50,000 Civic Engagement” grant provided by the McKnight Foundation.
Voices | Attending to teen pregnancy: strengthening the Liberian family system
This week I received a phone call from a reader. She read my paper on weak family systems in Liberia and urged me to address the subject of teen pregnancy in a follow up article. She told me: “My teenage son is now a father. I am not working and many of his friends are also becoming fathers. The burden for caring for these children, then falls on the girls or their parents.MORE »
Marit Woods enters Miss Earth Liberia 2008...reaches out to sponsors
“In some countries the need for sanitized water is vital. Clean drinking water is not accessible to all. Clean water should not be a commodity that is accessible to a select few. Everyday water is being privatized with the hope that it will lead to sanitized water for the masses…instead individuals who have no control over the process are the ones paying the price.MORE »
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