Live Alkaline Water is making history as the first Black-owned water brand to line Walmart shelves.
Stephenetta (isis) Harmon
Stephenetta Harmon is a Black beauty editor, curator, and digital media and communications expert who builds platforms to celebrate the power, impact, and business of Black beauty. She is the former EIC for Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (2018-19) and current host of MSR Forefront, a digital roundtable series. She is the founder of Sadiaa Black Beauty Guide, the premier directory dedicated to Black-owned hair and beauty businesses. Find her at stephenetta.com.
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ReCAST Minneapolis to award nearly $500K to projects responding to trauma
Applications for the Resilience 365 series program are open now through July 18.
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Falcon Heights honors Philando Castile with ‘Restoration’ & ‘Unity’ days
Today, July 6, marks the two-year anniversary of the shooting death of Philando Castile. Castile was killed during a routine traffic stop in Falcon Heights, MN. From vigils and protests to artwork and exhibits, the state continues to mourn and celebrate the memory of the late St. Paul Public Schools cafeteria supervisor. The City of Falcon […]
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Project aims to tell the stories of 90 Northside Minneapolis voices
The community conversations are also designed to “hold the City accountable and to not just let 90 stories sit on tape recorders, “but make sure we actually listen to them and learn something from them.”
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Alliance helps Black women build wealth
Black Women’s Wealth Alliance looks to galvanize Black women around not just how to spend money, but how to leverage its generational wealth-building power.
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MPS Street Eats take school lunches year-round
The food trucks (and a food bus) are stationed at approximately 10 school sites — including Anwatin Middle School, Heritage Academy and Washburn High School — throughout the city each week. The food trucks offer a rotating menu of fresh-cooked lunch options, including Philly cheesesteaks, Korean rice bowls and Angus burgers. The bus, which has actually been around for five years, serves cold, picnic-style meals.
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Black cardiologist celebrates 10 years of stronger hearts and communities
What began as a simple class project for LaPrincess Brewer in Baltimore, Maryland 10 years ago has now flourished into a multi-city movement intersecting faith and heart health awareness in the Black community. Dr. Brewer, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, launched FAITH! — an acronym for Fostering African American Improvement in Total Health — as […]
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North Star Black Coop Fellowship now accepting applications
“Much of the wealth-building happened through cooperative efforts, yet so many of us are never taught about it. We’ve heard about Black Wall Street, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg
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Mpls Council member Andrea Jenkins kicks off monthly lunchtime series
Dubbed “Afternoons with Andrea,” the first event will feature a lunchtime conversation at the Seward Co-op Friendship Store centered on the proposed draft of the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan, equitable development, and anti-displacement strategies.
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Circle of Discipline celebrates 25 years of training, fitness, service
For the past 25 years, South Minneapolis’ Circle of Discipline (COD) has built an enviable rep for using its boxing ring to go the distance for the community. Last Saturday, more than one hundred supporters streamed through the organization’s doors at its Lake Street location to celebrate its silver anniversary.
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This nonprofit has teamed with Google to digitize historically Black newspapers
Historically Black newspapers are being turned into virtual exhibits with help from The Obsidian Collection. The nonprofit has partnered with tech giant Google to digitize every single article and photo from several Black newspapers, including The Chicago Defender and the Baltimore Afro American.
Posted inGo Green
Fresh Finds: Your guide to farmers markets in the Twin Cities
Farmers markets have come a long way in the past decade or so. At one point, you could only find a handful in the Twin Cities metro area. Now, they are peppered all over the city, including the newly reopened outdoor Nicollet Mall location in downtown Minneapolis. It’s a good thing, too, because these area […]
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Campaign launches to increase Black homeownership in Minnesota
Homeownership Opportunity Alliance wants to help 64,000 households of color to get ‘Get Ready, Be Ready’.
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Local artist aims to spark new conversations about Blackness
Local emcee St. Paul Slim (aka Meyer Warren) has found a new voice through art, and he’s using it to challenge images and stereotypes often associated with African American culture. His latest body of work, “#HysterioTypes,” features a vibrant collection of graffiti collage paintings that reimagine watermelons, pay homage to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and recreate […]
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New center takes aim at racial economic disparities
The Center for Economic Inclusion (CFEI) is looking to change that by creating a collective effort across public, private, nonprofit and community sectors.
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UNCF Twin Cities Masked Ball raises more than $700K
College-bound African American students got a significant boost this weekend from fundraising efforts of the Minneapolis United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
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More than a statistic: community rocked by shooting death of activist Tyrone Williams
Last Tuesday, the Minneapolis community was floored by the news that Tyrone Williams, activist, entrepreneur, and father of four, was fatally shot just steps away from his mother’s Northside home. The first wave hit with a Facebook plea from his sister Raeisha Williams, asking if anyone knew who shot her 33-year-old brother. Hours later, reality […]