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Community Voices

Community Voices is an op-ed, letters to the editor and neighborhood news section for community members to submit articles between 400 to 1,000 words in length. To submit your post, email editor@tcdailyplanet.net with “Community Voices Submission” in the subject line. Twin Cities Daily Planet does not pay for Community Voices submissions.

Twin Cities Daily Planet will only publish pieces that fit our mission to amplify and connect marginalized voices. Community Voices pieces should be original, Minnesota-focused content not published on other media sites, though on a blog you own yourself is acceptable.

If you’re looking for paid opportunities, we invite you to apply to be a regular contributor.

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  • education
  • Youth
  • race
  • LGBTQIA
  • north minneapolis

Community Voices: Police violence in Minneapolis is rooted in harmful policy, lack of oversight

By Michelle Gross | August 14, 2017

Mayor Betsy Hodges, the Minneapolis City Council and police leadership have all failed in their oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department, bringing us to the place where unarmed community members are killed by police officers year after year with impunity. Continue Reading

Community Voices: The importance of investing in Minnesota’s early childhood education

By Jurnee Murray | June 26, 2017

If there’s one thing I’ve learned since moving to Minnesota, it’s that Minnesotans love Minnesota. Continue Reading

Community Voices: ACLU calls for justice for Laotian victim of police brutality in Worthington

By ACLU Minnesota | June 22, 2017

Anthony Promvongsa was driving in Worthington, MN, when an officer pulled him over and assaulted him. Continue Reading

Community Voices: How one school relies on restorative justice to improve school climate

By Tiana Lee | June 19, 2017

Over the past few years, my school, Brooklyn Center High School, has moved away from suspensions as a way to discipline our young learners. Continue Reading

Community Voices: Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman responds to ‘Are you up to the task?’

By Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney | June 15, 2017

Suffice to say, we come to work every day looking for innovative ways to make sure only the most deserving people in Hennepin County wind up in the criminal justice system. Continue Reading

Community Voices: Art and Resistance II

By Ryan Stopera | June 12, 2017

Art and Resistance II followed the inspiring first event held at the Third Place Gallery by sharing tangible tools with the community in creating their own form of creative resistance and by offering accessible pathways to plug into the movement. Continue Reading

Community Voices: Prosecutors nationwide are reforming criminal justice, is Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman up to the task?

By Rory Fleming | June 5, 2017

People in Minneapolis like to think of themselves as progressive. But Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is behind the curve. Continue Reading

Community Voices: Learning from elders and reflecting on the antiwar movement

By Guy Chinang, Maddy Osmon and Nana Yorke | May 31, 2017

We are millennials, a generation that doesn’t remember a time when the United States hasn’t been at war. In other words, we’ve never known a time of peace. Continue Reading

Community Voices: State’s proposed cuts to funding and student fees would have big impact on UMN mental health services

By Erin Adams | May 15, 2017

The University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus recently celebrated the addition of six full-time equivalent mental health counselors as a victory for student mental health care. These counselors are a much needed addition, but the problem of inaccessible mental health care persists. Continue Reading

Community Voices: How we can use PTA fundraising more equitably in Minneapolis Public Schools

By Susan Maas | May 3, 2017

Everyone agrees that parent involvement is a wonderful thing, and should be fostered. Unfortunately, wildly disparate PTA fundraising capabilities fuel and exacerbate inequity in public education. Continue Reading

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Arts

  • Dance as deep listening: “Weave” by Rosy Simas Danse comes to the Ordway

    Rosy Simas of Rosy Simas Danse is Haudenosaunee, Seneca, Heron Clan. She brings a Native feminist lens to the contemporary dance world with her body of work, the latest of which is “Weave,” a collaborative dance project. “Weave” will make its debut on Jan. 12 at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, a co-commissioner in […]

  • Ritual and revelation: Black Ensemble Players reimagine Shakespeare

      “It was kind of a whimsical artistic impulse,” recalled Antonio Duke, as he reminisced on this past spring when Ashawnti Sakina Ford drove him home each night after their rehearsals for a production of “Imaginary Invalid,” a play by 17th-century French actor and playwright, Molière. Duke mentioned that he would love to play Puck, […]

Food and restaurants

  • Project sweetie pie north minneapolis
    North Minneapolis takes back food systems, land through urban agriculture

    Transforming the community and its residents is the main goal of Northside food system organizers, who are using food as a tool to aid in that transformation.

  • Ha Tien Market
    Ha Tien Market still finds home along the Green Line, despite problems

    On a rainy, cool day Ha Tien is a warm and welcoming site.

Education

  • St. Paul’s school resource officer policies still leave district room for improvement

    On May 25, 2016, St. Paul School Resource Officer Bill Kraus forcibly arrested then 19-year-old Darion Bell outside of St. Paul Central High School. Bell, a Black youth who had recently transferred out of Central to the High School for Recording Arts, was on Central’s campus to visit one of his former teachers. Kraus used […]

  • Hiawatha Collegiate High School goes beyond ‘beating the odds’ for students of color

    Equity is one part of a broader vision for the Hiawatha network of schools.

Community Voices

  • [COMMUNITY VOICES] Non-criminal ‘technical violations’ are increasing Minnesota’s prison population

    When it comes to incarceration rates, Minnesota stands out as one of the few states who is experiencing an increase in their prison population despite prison overcrowding and crime at a 50-year low. While there are multiple factors for this, a significant part of this increase is due to the incarceration of formerly released individuals […]

  • Community Voices: [PHOTOS] Minneapolis comes out strong for “Families Belong Together” nationwide march

      On the afternoon of Saturday, June 30, Minneapolis was one of 600 cities and towns across the country to come alive with thousands of people vigorously and collectively denouncing the U.S. government’s federal immigration policies as part of the Families Belong Together nationwide march. Photographer Nancy Musinguzi’s recent photos captured the over 7,000 people […]

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It's easy to miss the Katar River restaurant, hidden away in a little industrial strip behind the Lake & Hiawatha shopping center in south Minneapolis. And even if you saw the big sign outside, you probably wouldn't know that this is specifically an Ethiopian restaurant, and a very good one.

Lynnell Mickelsen: Why all the conspiracy theories and pearl-clutching in this year’s school board race?

This has been the hottest school board race I’ve seen in 25 years of living in Minneapolis, with lots of conspiracy theories and pearl-clutching. Many of my neighbors and friends see the furious posts on Facebook, with all the hysterical warnings about the imminent destruction of public education as we know it, and are honestly confused.

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