Local & State

St. Paul-based Ujamaa Place was founded in 2010 “to assist young African American men, primarily between the ages of 18 and 30, who have experienced life challenges,” according to the nonprofit organization’s program that was distributed at their Second Annual Transformation Breakfast in St. Paul.

The search for Henry McCabe continued unabated on Saturday, Oct. 3, almost four weeks after he went missing on September 7. Many volunteers, including family members, spent hours knocking on doors and distributing flyers in hope of finding McCabe, 32.

Dr. Fayneese Miller makes Minnesota history as the first African American and the second woman to hold the position as President of Hamline University. The inauguration was held on October 2, 2015. There was a reception under a large circus-size tent after the ceremony and close to 500 people were in attendance.

On Saturday, October 10, 2015, the Sumner Library, located at 611 Van White Blvd. in North Minneapolis, celebrated 100 years of service. It was a typical Saturday in terms of patrons who needed to use the library services. Yet, many took time away from their computer stations to check out the refreshment table of the cookies with “Celebrate 100 Years” written with colorful icing on top.

On October 8, 2015, The St. Paul Foundation celebrated their 75th anniversary with a private, invitation-only, free dinner at the A’bulae Event Center in St. Paul.

In the October 1 issue of the MSR, we published a story on conditions for temporary workers at the Twins stadium (“Twins ballpark temps rally for better pay and working conditions”).

According to a U.S Census report released mid-September, household incomes fell for Blacks in Minnesota and while they remain constant for whites, Hispanics and Asians.

Black lawyers nationwide are concerned about “prosecutor’s discretion” whether or not to file charges on police officers who shoot Blacks. The Cochran Firm, founded by late attorney Johnnie Cochran, earlier this summer released a “boiling point” timeline of police-related shootings of Blacks over a 12-month period from July 2014 to July 2015.

You commit a crime, do your time and, appropriately rehabilitated, having learned your lesson, you pick yourself up and move on. That’s how it goes in theory anyway, on the proverbial drawing board.

The University of Liberia Alumni Chorus (ULAC) was formed in 2009 by a group of Liberians who had decided to leave the country because of civil unrest, turmoil and war.

Dr. Chaunda L. Scott, a native of South Minneapolis, has received a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Award with Cape Peninsula University of Technology located in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Scott will leave for Cape Town, South Africa in October.

Stephanie Dilworth of St. Paul, Minnesota was installed as the 22nd National President of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. at the 86th National Convention in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island, which convened at the Marriott Frenchmen’s Reef and Morningstar Beach Resort July 14-20.

The term “Black-on-Black crime” is oft-referenced in reporting on violence in this country, often using the annual FBI crime reports. These reports show that the percentage of Black murder victims who have been murdered by Blacks in the U.S. has consistently hovered around 90 percent since 2009.