Find local events in celebration of Black History Month below sorted by date. Do you know of an event that we missed? Let us know by leaving information in the comment section or by emailing msrnewsonline@spokesman-recorder.com. Happy Black History Month! Thursday, February 2 Black Light: A Soulful Embrace of Love and Life, Penumbra Theatre, 270 N. Kent […]
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Posted inHealth + Wellness
Rising kidney disease rate ‘alarming’ among Blacks
African Americans are three times more likely to be impacted by kidney failure The NAACP announced last week that, with support from Baxter International Inc., it is launching a series of town hall events in communities across the country to improve knowledge about kidney disease and dialysis treatment options for African Americans. Baxter’s support will enable […]
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The Women’s March on Washington highlighted old and new tensions
The number of people who took to the streets for Women’s March on Washington in D.C. and its sister marches across the country and the globe far exceeded the expectations of local and national organizers. In a sea of pink cat-eared “pussyhats” nearly five million people from all seven continents carried placards that read “Make America […]
Posted inOpinion
The dreams from Obama’s America
“It’s good to be home,” he told his followers, some of whom had waited for hours in the freezing temperatures near Lake Michigan to get a glimpse of their political avatar. Obama’s peppered grey hair, hardened brow and wizened face showed the pain and sorrow of his nation, wary of two long wars in Afghanistan […]
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BeMore Pledge one of several tools to free our communities of domestic violence
The BeMore Campaign knows that Black M.E.N. C.A.N be the solution. BeMore has become the front runners in increasing healthy, nonviolent relationships, decreasing teen dating violence, and engaging men and young men to end violence against women and girls inside of homes and in communities around the world. The pledge goes hand in hand with […]
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Women’s Marches bring out millions to protest Trump
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world joined Women’s Marches Saturday, January 21, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Pink hats and signs flooded the streets — from Washington, St. Paul, Los Angeles and New York to Paris, London and many more cities. As many as 600 marches reportedly […]
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Blacks, minorities largely absent during Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON – African Americans, Hispanics, in fact most people of color, were a rarity at President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The lack of participation by America’s Black and other minority communities was stark to viewers on television and on the ground. The makeup of the audience, as well as those on the main stage were in […]
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The business of family is a corporate network
Recently, Peace of Hope, Inc. held a forum called “The Life or Death Matter of Prison Visits.” As the director of this organization, I was trying to really get under the skin of the community and hone in on the detrimental importance of visiting. Our team sat around for hours before our very own deep […]
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Gentrification plans of MPHA and Sherman Associates
Minneapolis is in a housing crisis. As condos go up, driving up rents, thousands in the city are homeless. Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) is selling off housing that thousands rely on. New public-private partnerships to provide housing inevitably transfer funding and tax dollars for housing from the state to the pockets of landlords and […]
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Invest in youth offenders
A biweekly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for effecting change. Community support invited for mentors and youth at Lino Lakes I am incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Lino Lakes where the Department of Corrections holds the Y.O.s (youth offenders) — inmates who were certified […]
Posted inGo Green
Applications open for Made in Minnesota Solar Incentive Program
Program has supported over 1,000 solar projects in past three years SAINT PAUL – Applications for the fourth year of the Made in Minnesota Solar Incentive Program were open as of January 1, 2017, and will end at 4:30 pm CST on February 28, 2017. Administered by the Minnesota Commerce Department, the program helps fund […]
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Could we be on a path toward a red America?
Those of my generation remember the 1950s and the two fear-causing terms, HUAC (the U.S. House of Representatives’ House Un-American Activities Committee, and the name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican, from Wisconsin. HUAC was created in 1938 “to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those […]
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People’s Center has fascinating past, exciting future
ADVERTISEMENT The People’s Center Health Services has had a commitment to being tied to the community for 47 years. Just ask Sahra Noor, chief executive officer of People’s Center Health Services. Noor started at the clinic as a patient, and now she has served in her current role for about two years. Before she became […]
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NNPA’s Chavis receives promise of first press interview with President Trump
Omarosa Manigault, recently named assistant to the president and director of communications in the Office of Public Liaison for the Trump Administration, has promised the first press interview with President Trump to Benjamin Chavis, president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, according to sources who attended a private meeting with the Trump transition team Jan. […]
Posted inSpecial Editions
2017 MLK Calendar of Events
Thursday, January 12 6:30-9 pm, Mayor’s MLK Reception, Zeitgeist Arts Cafe, 222 E. Superior St. Duluth This event is in conjunction with the 2017 Twin Ports’ MLK Tribute events. Visit http://duluthnaacp.org/mlk for more information. Thursday, January 13 10:30 am, — 12:30 pm, Books For Africa, Books For Africa Warehouse, 635 Prior Ave. N., Suite 100, St. […]
Posted inMLK Legacy Section
Now is the time to bring dreams to fruition
By Nekima Levy-Pounds Civil rights attorney and candidate for mayor of Minneapolis My dream for the community is to see us, as a people, rise above the limitations that have been imposed upon us in the state of Minnesota and in this nation. Far too often, our potential for greatness is hidden behind […]
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Peace, love and unity for all
By Chadwick Phillips Founder of production company Avant Garde My dream for my community is for us to be in peace, love and unity. I truly feel that for all of us that is what life was intended for. I spoke with my father who lived through the Civil Rights Movement in NYC during the ‘60s. […]
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Immigrants to America help to keep the dream alive
By Saciido Shaie Founder and president of Ummah Project Once upon a time Somalia was the land of poets. It was the land that people far and wide traveled to just for vacations. We had a good government, an atmosphere that was peaceful, and people that treated one another as though they were blood. Somewhere along […]
