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The video Tiwahe Foundation: The Spirit of Giving was created during a eight week summer program for high school student media internships, offered by MIGIZI Communications First Person Productions and STEP-UP Achieve.
From kick boxing and yoga to nutrition classes, Running Wolf Fitness emphasizes community heatlh and fitness. Running Wolf Fitness Center’s mission is to bring health and wellness to the Native American community. It’s not a strictly Native fitness center, as anyone can sign up regardless of ethnicity. American Indians suffer from a variety of health disparities, including high rates of diabetes and heart disease. Running Wolf Fitness Center is among many individuals and organizations currently working to end these disparities and improve the health of the American Indian community.This video was produced by Migizi Communications First Person Productions Summer Media Interns (and South HS students): Miguel Mayen-Eagle, Hunter Mountain, Danielle Pineiro and Jevan Rasmussen Continue Reading
Martin Luther King park in south Minneapolis was chosen as the site for a community art project. A proposal for an off-leash dog area within the park had divided the neighborhood and the mosaic project was seen as a way to help mend the rift. Continue Reading
This week’s feature: Fres Thao, local hip hop artist and Program Director of the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT). Continue Reading
On record cold night in April, they’re sleeping in boxes, listening to formerly homeless people share stories and advocating to fund the Homeless Youth Act in Minnesota with $8 million, not the current $239,000 — or 13 cents per homeless youth per night.Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative and Plymouth Congregational Church are hosting the 9th “Night on the Street” youth sleep-out. It’s unseasonably cold this April 19. They’ll sleep outdoors in boxes — but they’ll go home tomorrow morning. 2,500 youth in Minnesota won’t – they’re on the streets, couch-hopping, or finding shelter wherever they can.Related:Youth advocate to end homelessness during “A Night on the Street”Fighting youth homelessness: Provide housing—and help finding a job Tour puts faces to the names of state’s homeless Youth advocates take aim at homelessness, ask House committee to create fund for Homeless Youth Act A night on the streets—or at least in the parking lot Continue Reading
Where and when was the first recorded tornado in Minnesota history? Take a brief tour through some of the state’s worst weather and learn a safe place to “experience” a tornado.
Explore the life jazz musician Irv Williams in this documentary produced SPNN Doc U participant Theresa Crushshon.
Students of low income families are less likely to attend college than students of middle income or upper income families. SPNN Doc U participant Ntsuab Yang explores the Upward Bound program and what it has to offer.
In the wake of the largest recession since the Great Depression, recent college grads are finding it difficult to find jobs, gain independence and move into “adult hood”. SPNN Doc U participant Erica Blanchard talks with recent grads to get their perspective.
Jury of Peers is a short documentary exploring the inequities of jury selection particularly in cases concerning African American defendants. Directed by Mary Mabry.