'1,000 Man March' to be held Friday in Minneapolis May 18, 2004 Community leaders and activists will formally announce today that a "1,000 Man March" through north Minneapolis will take place Friday in response to rising violence. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4781612.html
My comments: I, too, am sadden by the recent increase in violence and killing in Minneapolis, especially black on black crime. As many members of the Mpls Issues List are witnessing, the African-American community is active in trying to address many issues like participation in public policy (voting, elections and public hearings) as well as housing, crime and economic/community development (Heritage Park, Sear Project /Mpls Police Department-community relations,etc). Futhermore, list members are also witnessing/seeing how the black press like the MN Spokesman-Recorder, Insight News, and OneNation News are reporting the news from their unique perspective by news articles, columns and opinion pieces-WOW!!! Back to the 1,000 Men March, I truly hope the organizers and participates have a ready action plan after the march is done or will we see the usual-mainsteam media just get some quotes from community activist (the usual ones) and some pictures of them.-Thank you. Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
