Resources

Click here to apply to the 2014 Graduation Celebration event!

  Hired 1200 Plymouth Avenue North • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411 612-529-3342 http://www.hired.org ____________________________________________ Youth Link 41 North 12th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403 612-252-1200 http://www.youthlinkmn.org/programs/life-transitions/ ____________________________________________  NAAAHR To provide a forum where African American HR professionals and their colleagues can exchange and gain information, provide professional development on issues affecting individual careers, and enhance the professional […]

  Often times people in our community and their giving spirit to others goes unnoticed. This is our opportunity to recognize these heroes and their accomplishments. Simply download the form provided here and nominate your hero. Once the nomination form is completed, mail it to P.O. Box 8558 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408. Nominations will be accepted continually […]

Click the image above to email us your calendar request, or email billing@spokesman-recorder.com for information.                  

    Dennis Spears, successful local entertainer and beloved mentor to youth on the North Side, attributes much of his life success to a man who loved him unconditionally, taught him patiently, and provided steady examples of good citizenship and integrity in the way he lived his everyday life. This man was Spears’ grandfather, known to […]

     Living (the early years)    I am in the middle of my fifth decade of life. I acquired my disability at the age of two and one half years old. Living with a disability is a mighty challenge for anyone. My disability happened early in my life, so I have always been a […]

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Kwasi Nate Russell has studied the corridor on Minneapolis’ North Side from West Broadway Avenue, starting at Washington Avenue and east toward Girard Avenue, and discovered nearly 20 “major and minor fast-food/ junk-food establishments.” LaDonna Redmond, a senior program associate at the Minneapolis- based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, […]

  Ages ago, 2002 to be exact, I had the opportunity to review U Have the Right, a remarkable recording from HSRA (High School for the Recording Arts), Another LevelRecords and Forward Recordings. Financed in the main by Cornerstone (www.cornerstonemn.org), the Minnesota Lynx and Verizon Wireless, it hit me square between the eyes with something […]

  On Saturday, September 1 at Phelps Park on 39th and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, the Third Annual Back in the Day gathering was held to reunite people who grew up in the community with youth and elders. Approximately 400 people attended the event.  

  TLC Education Foundation is a participant in the Child and Adult Care Food Program • Meals will be available at no separate charge to enrolled children at TLC Precision Wafer, 1411 W. River Rd. N., Mpls., every Mon.-Fri., 11:30 am — 1 pm • The goal of the program is to improve the diets […]

Accessibility improvement grants available to metro arts groups ADA Access Improvement Grants for Metro Arts Organizations are now available in the Twin Cities seven-county area. The focus of these grants, up to $15,000 each, is to help make arts programming, activities and facilities more accessible to people with disabilities. Made possible by the Minnesota Arts […]

RESOURCE LIST, includes family, finances, health and other services.   Free screening and application assistance for Medical Assistance and Minnesota Care! Are you currently without health insurance? Stop by to see which free or low cost program is right for you! Both locations are open to the public. Questions? Call 612-384-4501 Turning Point 1500 Golden […]

NorthPoint food drive NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center’s Community Food Shelf is working to raise a combined $55,000 in food and cash donations during March • Last year, more than 30,000 North Minneapolis residents were served at the food shelf and that number is expected to grow in 2011 • Two-thirds of NorthPoint Food Shelf […]

If there is a location that we may have missed, please email Display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list.         Evergreen Residence 177 Glenwood Ave. N., Minneapolis 612-204-8406 Single room housing for single men and women, $350 per month cctwincities.org/evergreen_residence _________________________________ Hope Harbor 53 Glenwood Ave., Minneapolis 612-659-0705 long wait list, […]

If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Our Saviour’s Lutheran 612-872-4193 2219 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis check in at 2 p.m. for openings ____________________________ Salvation Army Harbor Light 1010 Currie Ave., Minneapolis 612-338-0113 space for workers ($7 per night) and people with […]

If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Central Lutheran Church 612-870-4416 333 12th St. S., Minneapolis Mon. 9:30 a.m. – noon, Thurs. 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. _________________________ St. Stephen’s Free Store 612-874-0311 2211 Clinton Ave. S., Minneapolis Tues. – Thurs. […]

If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Center for Spirituality and Healing Phone: 612-624-9459 Web Address: http://www.csh.umn.edu _____________________________ Homeopathic Health Clinic 2515 Franklin Avenue St. Paul, MN 55114 www.homeopathichealthclinic.com 651-379-1198 email: kkurzriemer@homeopathichealthclinic.com ________________________________ Pathways 3115 Hennepin Ave. S. Minneapolis MN 55408 […]

The following is a list of farmer’s markets in the Twin Cities and places to buy local produce. If you have a submission for the greater metro area or a market we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. St Paul Farmers’ Market – Aldrich Arena 1850 White […]