[Mpls] Northside Food Co-op makes Nat'l Magazine
ARE CO-OPS THE WAY? Gibney, Shannon 457 words 1 December 2005 Black Enterprise Volume 36; Issue 5; ISSN: 00064165 English Copyright (c) 2005 Bell Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. AROUND THE NATION Experts say cooperatives enable black communities to build wealth Scholars and community activists called for more research on cooperatives in response to a Department of Agriculture hearing in September, beseeching officials to study urban and worker-owned co-ops among different racial groups. Such research could lead to better information on the number, type, and growth of black-owned and managed co-ops. According to the National Black Business Trade Association, African Americans spend about 93% of their income outside of their communities. Many say this situation could be remedied by creating more black-owned and operated co-ops. Just how could cooperatives accomplish this? Co-ops are an economic model that includes ownership from more than one person, says Angela Dawson, communications director for Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund in Minneapolis. In the capitalistic model, there's one boss. But in the cooperative model, there are many. Accountability and equity, as well as risk and reward, are spread out a lot more. The co-op model is so attractive because it's sustainable by the community, Dawson continues. Everyone owns it, and it's perpetual. It doesn't depend on just one person and recycles back into the community. Cooperatives can enable African Americans to have more control of their income, wealth creation, and work situation-particularly if it's a worker-owned co-op, says Jessica Gordon Nembhard, a member of the BLACK ENTERPRISE Board of Economists and professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Coops can also give workers more control over their finances and industrial labor. There are many different kinds of co-ops, including consumer-owned and workerowned. Co-ops also exist in a variety of industries, including food, housing, healthcare, credit, farming, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation. The most successful group of black co-ops is the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/ Land Assistance Fund, which is a network of rural cooperatives, credit unions, and state associations of cooperatives and cooperative development centers in the southern United States, says Nembhard. Since 1967, the federation has helped save black ownership of $87.5 million worth of land, mobilized $50 million in resources for support of member credit unions and co-ops (particularly in sustainable agriculture), and assisted more than 700 families with $26 million worth of affordable housing units. Specifically for minority communities and economically disadvantaged communities, co-ops are a very powerful idea because they allow us to have access, says Antonio Resell, an urban planner at Community Design Group in Minnesota. Together, we can do many more things than we would be able to do by ourselves. -Shannon Gibney Copyright Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, Inc. Dec 2005 For more information, Please contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 612.490.5291 Temporary Address: Northside Food Project C/o Minnesota Foodshare 1001 East Lake Street Minneapolis MN 55407 (Until January 2, 2006) -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Former North Mpls State Rep Randy Staten-Return to Public office???
Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] MN Viking supports reading at Northside Cub Store
Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Erasmus James, right. Photo by Patrick O'Leary December 2, 2005 Heads turned Tuesday, November 29, at a Cub Foods store in north Minneapolis. Normally focused cashiers paused to smile and point and customers left half-bagged groceries at checkout lanes to join fans gathered in the lobby to get the autograph of Minnesota Vikings 2005 first-round draft pick and starting defensive lineman Erasmus James. But this was no ordinary sports autograph session; it was a book drive. James teamed up to share his love of reading with the African American Read-In (sponsored at the University of Minnesota by General College), Cub Foods Broadway, the local nonprofit organization Increasing the Peace Feeding the Least, and the Jordan Area Community Council. Books donated at the drive will be distributed to participants at this year's 17th Annual African American Read-In on February 5-6, 2006 (see sidebar) and to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent. The African American Read-In The Read-In is a General College literacy initiative to increase reading and writing skills in African American students and encourage reading and writing across the curriculum. To celebrate Black History Month in February, schools, churches, libraries, bookstores, community and professional organizations, and interested citizens host Read-In events in their communities the first weekend of that month. Hosting a Read-In can be as simple as bringing together family and friends to share a book, or as elaborate as arranging public readings and media presentations that feature professional African American writers. Host packets and more information are available at the African American Read-In Web page. For more information, contact Read-In coordinator Ezra Hyland at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 612-626-4780. http://www.gen.umn.edu/programs/read%2Din/ Sherman Patterson, safety coordinator for the Jordan neighborhood, responded to a parent who was shocked that a football star would hold a book drive at a Cub on Minneapolis's north side. It is Erasmus's desire to work in an area that is often overlooked, said Patterson. By coming to Cub, as opposed to a traditional sports outlet, he was assured of meeting real community members, not just sports fans. Cub store manager Ed Anderson echoed the importance of having positive figures come into the community. Cub Foods donated more than 50 books and magazines to the drive. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Open House to discuss Probation Office at NRRC-Nov. 28
There will be an open house to discuss the probation office. The agenda for next Mondays meeting is: Hennepin County Juvenile Probations Office Open House Northside Resident Redevelopment Council (1313 Plymouth) Monday, November 28, 2005 6:30 Welcome and Introductions 6:45 Overview of the Proposed Probation Office County Staff 7:05 Group discussion, questions and answers 7:45 What is happing next 8:00 Adjourn posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka,MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Miss Black USA volunteers at North Mpls Park-Fairview
Again, local media like the Startribune can change the perception of North Minneapolis by highlighting new faces, new voices and new perspectives like Ms. Celi Dean. Many people are tired of seeing and hearing the same old people who are activist, but lack follow-up and follow-through. Minneapolis woman takes Miss Black USA crown Peg Meier, Star Tribune November 21, 2005 Miss Black USA Celi Marie Dean, 20, of Minneapolis, center, gave modeling tips to a group of girls at the Farview Park recreation center in north Minneapolis. She says her mantra is: To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. She's a poet, model, top student, dancer and a mentor to teenage girls -- pretty impressive crowning achievements even before the glittery Miss Black USA title. Celi Marie Dean, 20, competed in Washington, D.C., in August against 23 other candidates in evening gowns and aerobic wear, interview sessions and talent contests. The Minneapolis woman's talent was reading a poem she had written about her life and roots as a black woman. The Miss Black USA title includes $5,500 in scholarships, a mink coat and a January trip to the Bahamas. Dean's first name (pronounced See-lee) came from her paternal grandmother, who lived in Liberia in West Africa. Dean is a full-time student at the University of Minnesota with a 3.5 grade-point average. She also works eight hours a week as a mentor to girls 13 to 18 at a Minneapolis recreation center and volunteers several more hours a week as a tutor. She squeezed in time for an interview. Q What do you want to do with your life? A I'm majoring in family social science, with a minor in African-American studies. I plan to get a master's in counseling and become a high-school guidance counselor, probably in the Twin Cities, where I've lived all my life, but I'd be willing to travel for the right career. I'm a model and dancer, too, and my greatest passion now is writing poetry. Another goal is family. I love surrounding myself with family, and I want a big family when I get older. Q How big a family do you have? A Eleven siblings. Some are stepbrothers and stepsisters, but I usually don't use that word step. Family is just family. My parents are divorced; I was 6 when it happened, and that was my first emotional challenge. My parents have been there for me from the beginning. Family support, trusting in God and believing in me have been the foundation of my success. Q Any words of wisdom you'd like to pass along? A Yes, my mantra: To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. That's why I continue to reach out to young people, and I know I am making a difference. http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/5735366.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Al McFarlane commentary on winning in Ward 5 and Ward 10
, San Juan, Havana; and Sao Paulo; places like Mexico City, Tegucigalpa, San Salvador, and Belize City; and places like Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, and Phnom Phen. Both wards offer precious vistas of emerging Black leadership in emerging urban communities. Both wards offer the city of Minneapolis Black leadership that is self-aware, self-confident, and capable of defining and presenting Black interests as core, foundational interests of all residents of our city and region and of humanity. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Commentary: Ron Edwards: Legacy of Natalie Johnson Lee
many Black men who continue to be terrified by the grace, the dignity and the class of a Black woman. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Startribu Article-Mpls Civil Rights Commission findings-Awarding of EZ Monies
A Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission panel led by Larry Blackwell, the city's former affirmative action director, issued a report last month finding significant disparities in awarding empowerment zone dollars to organizations of color. The report concluded that only $3.4 million of the approximately $25 million spent in empowerment zone funding had gone to minority-led groups and businesses. Looking for a way to save her struggling beauty salon in north Minneapolis, Barbara Howard sought a $15,000 grant through a federal program that was supposed to spur business development in the inner city. But when all she could get was $5,000 from the Minneapolis empowerment zone, Howard folded up Barbara's Salon last year and took a job at the JCPenney Styling Salon in Minnetonka. I was looking for real help, Howard said. All I got was a little dab. Typical of those left out, says activist Ron Edwards, was Howard, the proprietor of Barbara's Salon, a black-owned business that closed in the heart of the empowerment zone area. Howard said the city's $5,000 grant wasn't enough to keep her current on her rent in a small Plymouth Avenue shopping center. Federal wage credits would not have helped her either, she said. As the Bush administration shifts away from cash grants, U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo, a Democrat who represents the Minneapolis area, argues that tax breaks are not the answer. Tax incentives have some inherent limitations on effectiveness, he wrote to congressional leaders in May. A prime example is Café Tatta Bunna, the Near North Side's first coffee shop, which opened three years ago with a $30,000 empowerment zone loan. The five-worker business is struggling to break even, much less make a profit for tax purposes. You can hardly talk about tax credits until you can make payroll on the revenue that you're getting, said co-owner Ella Gross. We're in a part of town where people aren't all prepared to pay $2 for a cup of coffee. http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5722606.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Number-One Sustainable City in America-North Minneapolis
Minneapolis has some very serious economic and educational gaps, especially along racial/ethnic lines. This city is good, but it will not be great unless we close the gap. The challenges that residents and businesses face in North Minneapolis MUST be addressed. The major and community newspapers can be a vehicle to HELP frame the issues and articulate solutions. From the Mpls Observer: The mayor seemed to sense he had been given a mandate, promising to work toward making Minneapolis the number-one sustainable city in America while closing the economic and education gaps between the haves and have-nots in the city. Echoing a theme he has sounded regularly during the 10-month campaign, he vowed that the next four years would bring more vision and results to the city he loves. I was born in a great city, but the best is yet to come, he said, before diving into the crowd. http://www.mplsobserver.com/node/426 Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Other Election Night Celebration?
I know some people have posted information. Any others? Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] UNOFFICIAL RESULTS-GENERAL ELECTION
NORDYKE. . . . . . . . . . 4,147 18.58 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 142 .64 PARK REC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 1 WALT DZIEDZIC . . . . . . . . . 4,821 61.46 LUANN WILCOX . . . . . . . . . 2,992 38.14 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . .31 .40 PARK REC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 1 JON OLSON . . . . . . . . . . 336 51.77 BOOKER T HODGES IV. . . . . . . 306 47.15 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 71.08 PARK REC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 1 DAVID DAVEED DONNELLY. . . . . .91 20.63 SCOTT VREELAND. . . . . . . . . 347 78.68 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 .68 PARK REC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 1 TRACY NORDSTROM . . . . . . . . 729 58.00 CHRISTINE HANSEN . . . . . . . . 520 41.37 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .64 PARK REC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 1 JASON STONE. . . . . . . . . . 0 CAROL KUMMER . . . . . . . . . 0 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 PARK REC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 6 - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 1 BOB FINE. . . . . . . . . . . 0 JIM BERNSTEIN . . . . . . . . . 0 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER - MPLS VOTE FOR UP TO 6 VIRGINIA HOLTE. . . . . . . . . 2,9227.62 SHELDON MAINS . . . . . . . . . 3,0527.96 ROD KRUEGER. . . . . . . . . . 3,7899.88 GARY THADEN. . . . . . . . . . 3,0527.96 LISA KJELLANDER . . . . . . . . 2,7347.13 LAURIE SAVRAN . . . . . . . . . 3,5219.18 ANITA DUCKOR . . . . . . . . . 3,3278.67 ALAN HOOKER. . . . . . . . . . 3,5729.31 SAMANTHA SMART. . . . . . . . . 3,0978.07 JULIE IVERSON . . . . . . . . . 2,8827.51 ERIC HINSDALE . . . . . . . . . 2,0525.35 LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK . . . . . 4,097 10.68 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 266 .69 BALLOTS CAST VOTE FOR UP TO 1 REGULAR ABSENTEE . . . . . . . . 452 99.12 FEDERAL ABSENTEE . . . . . . . . 3 .66 PRESIDENTIAL ABSENTEE . . . . . . 1 .22 posted by shawn lewis Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Peavey Park closing
End of gym at Peavey Park angers neighbors Steve Brandt, Star Tribune November 5, 2005 As shadows from nearby apartment buildings lengthen over Peavey Park, 15-year-old Omar Ahmed is the lone figure on the chilly but well-worn basketball courts. Dribbling, he talks of how it feels to be shut out of the gym and park shelter at Peavey for him and his peers in this densely populated immigrant-rich neighborhood a mile south of downtown Minneapolis. It's not good. When it's winter, you can't play out here, Ahmed said. I think I'm going to stay home. That's the future faced by youths around the park at Franklin and Chicago Avenues, an area adding hundreds of family housing units. They'll have no gym access. Park programs will be offered only during the summer at Peavey. It's a consequence of the school board's decision to sell the former Four Winds School, a former hospital building. Park programs operated in the school's 13-year-old gym and a small adjacent building. The school district canceled the buildings' lease in June, but the community wasn't told until just before the gym closed in September. Now school board members as well as those on the Park and Recreation Board face intense criticism from the neighborhood. Almost 80 people who live there have demanded a meeting with public officials. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5709671.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Booker Hodges for Mpls Park Board
I say lets give this young men a chance to serve as an elected officials! From : Booker Hodges [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent : Friday, November 4, 2005 1:38 PM As this campaign season raps up I just want to remind everyone to vote this Tuesday November 8. I also hope that you all will enjoy watching my campaign TV commercials that are going to saturate BET channel 33, Fox Sports Network channel 28, and various other cable channels this weekend and Monday. Its time for real change on the Park Board not a continuance of the same thing and thats why I didnt seek nor accept any endorsements during this campaign season. The only endorsement that I want is from the votes in North Minneapolis whom I will represent once I am elected. I look forward to keeping our parks open longer, changing the Park Police Department patch so it reads Minneapolis Park Police, informing the public about whats going on in our park system, keeping public lands public, and lastly ensuring that North Minneapolis gets it fair share. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka,MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Northway Community Trust offers funding for community building activities
Eligibility The initiative or project must have community support. The project should be a community building activity for North Minneapolis neighborhoods. We serve 13 neighborhoods in North Minneapolis: Cleveland Hawthorne McKinley Sumner-Glenwood Victory Folwell Jordan Near North Webber-Camden Harrison Lind-Bohanon Shingle Creek Willard-Hay Strategy Requirement All requests must address at least one of NorthWays five long-term strategies: Building connections and capacity: Building new interpersonal connections among residents with a focus on dismantling racism and developing a community voice and sense of power. Building community wealth: Creating new economic relationships that foster wealth creation by increasing the flow of money between residents so that local transactions build local wealth and acquiring new connections to the regional and global economies. Creating affordable housing: Encourage the development of homes affordable to people who earn below 50% of the city median income. Combine construction and rent credit programs with educational and support programs for home maintenance. Addressing health disparities: Engage residents in the process of building greater health, provide new affordable health care options, encourage culturally appropriate care models and address community risk factors. Building knowledge: In a systematic and sustainable way, bring together best practices to provide basic education to youth and enable adults to prosper in a knowledge-based economy. http://www.northwaycom.org/partnership-investment.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Campaign Celebrations on Election Night-Where are they?
Can members post the locations of candidates celebrations? Maybe a contact person might be helpful as well. Thank you. Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Natalie Johnson Lee/Don Samuels race for city council is one of the nastiest campaigns in local memory
DEPENDING ON WHICH SET OF PARTISANS YOU TALK TO, Don Samuels is either following the brave tradition of Gandhi and Martin Luther King or the blasphemous route of Nazis and Klansmen. Likewise, Natalie Johnson Lee is either a conscience and crusader at City Hall or a shrill, divisive force who plays her political hand as if nothing but race and victimization cards were in the deck. (And, oh yeah, her husband peddles porn.) Welcome to election season in the redistricted Fifth Ward of Minneapolis, where the first prominent black-on-black council contest in the city's history is being waged in nasty shades of black and white--and brown all over, judging from the volume of mud slung by both sides. The enmity between the Johnson Lee and Samuels campaigns is personal, philosophical, racial, and political. http://citypages.com/databank/26/1299/article13802.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Is it True?: If McLaughlin win Jackie Cherryhomes will become his Chief of Staff
After the mayoral forum last night at the Mpls Urban League, two different attendees informed me that if Peter McLaughlin wins the election, He will make former City Council President, Jackie Cherryhomes, his new Chief of Staff. I don't know if this true or not? Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] City Pages: PSRS Committee and Federal Mediation
Critics claim the MPD won't play nicely; Cops say it's a bad beat Who Will Police the Police? October 19, 2005 by G.R. Anderson Jr. and Britt Robson http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1298/article13779.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Empowerment Zone Money Payout-Application
Excellent work by Michelle Hill. Please, keep up your investigation! Most important, voters need to start asking some questions to current and former public officials. Minneapolis' October 1998 Application This was submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The application was successful and Minneapolis received an Empowerment Zone (EZ) designation in January 1999. The application is being used as the 1999 - 2000 Minneapolis EZ strategic plan. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ez/application.asp The Minneapolis Empowerment Zone (Main website with lots of info) The Minneapolis Empowerment Zone (EZ) Governance Board makes recommendations on the use of EZ funds and other leveraged resources to the Mayor and City Council. The Minneapolis EZ (1999 - 2009) is a federally funded holistic economic development initiative designed to help develop sustainable communities in the City's most economically distressed areas. The EZ has 2 primary goals (economic development and housing) and 3 support goals (community-based services, education, and safety). The Governance Board makes recommendations on the use of EZ funds to Minneapolis' Mayor and City Council and monitors the development of funded projects. Funding decisions are a result of a 3-year EZ strategic plan (2002 - 2005), annual city goals, staff recommendations and citizen recommendations. 30 voting members + ex-officio members 13 of the 30 members are appointed by the City Council, using the open appointment process. Of the 13 members appointed by the City Council, 7 must be EZ residents and 6 must be EZ business persons. One EZ resident appointed must also be a young person (age 14-20). The Governance Board is also made up of 6 mayoral appointments, 6 council president appointments and 5 agency appointments. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Mayoral Candidates Forum-African American Issues-Oct-20
Subject: Mayoral Candidates Forum on African American Issues is on October 20th, 2005, please forward!!! Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:27:38 -0700 The Minneapolis Urban League, The NAACP, The African American Leadership Summit and The Black Church Coalition, The Council on Black Minnesotans, The Minnesota African American Tobacco Network, African American Family Services, Turning Point, Minneapolis Childrens Advocacy Network and Pillsbury United Neighborhood Services present The Minnesota Pipeline Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Forum addressing African American Issues Please join Mayoral Candidates R.T. Rybak Peter McLaughlin Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka Date: Thursday October 20th, 2005 Time: 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm Location The Minneapolis Urban League Address:2100 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411 Who will the next Mayor of Minneapolis? How will he work with the African American Community on African American Issues? Come and learn more about the candidates! Cheryl Morgan Spencer Minneapolis Urban League 612-302-3100 -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Latino Police Officer sues Mpls Police Dept alleges discrimination- Press Conference Oct. 19
Latino Minneapolis police officer sues Minneapolis police department for discrimination Marco Fernández [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sergeant Giovanni Veliz, a Minneapolis Police officer, has sued the Minneapolis Police department for discrimination. According to confidential information weve received, the case goes back to October 2004, when Sergeant Veliz was relieved of his administrative duties, to assigned to night time patrol. According to a copy of the lawsuit that was provided to us, the Minneapolis Police department submitted Sergeant Veliz to harassment, disparate treatment, a hostile work environment, and retaliation from that date. The lawsuit establishes that the actions were taken against sergeant Veliz because of his insistence in raising the issue that the department had not complied with a federal mediation agreement that was entered between the Police de department and members of Minneapolis minority organizations . The mediation agreement established that the police department would diversify the police department, establish partnerships with community based organizations, and foster cultural awareness and sensitivity for Minneapolis citizens. This agreement included 82 action items that force the police department not only to incorporate Spanish speaking officers to the police force that know Latino culture, but also covers specific situations in which orders and notifications to Spanish speaking people included a Spanish translation. This agreement was reached thanks to mediation from the United States Department of Justice, Community relations office, and was supposed to have been implemented a year ago. The lawsuit also alleges that that in more than one occasion Sergeant Veliz was denied the opportunity to receive executive training in retaliation for his position in favor of implementing points of the federal mediation agreement. Veliz alleges that he was denied a promotion to police lieutenant, after having applied to the position and being qualified for the position. The lawsuit accuses lieutenant Doyle, who became Velizs supervisor in October 4th of 2005 of harassing actions and threats against Veliz. The lawsuit establishes a direct relationship between Veliz's work on behalf of the Hispanic community and a number of consistent threats, harassment and comments against Veliz. It goes even further accusing the Minneapolis police department of refusing to implement the federal mediation agreement and ignoring the federal recommendations on diversifying the police department. Sergeant Veliz has received support for his lawsuit from members of the African American community and the committee that negotiated the mediation agreement in 2003. Several members of Minneapolis communities of color will be making a public presentation of the lawsuit tomorrow Wednesday October 19th in a press conference in Ancient Market Plaza (Franklin Avenue between 11th and 13th). http://www.gentedeminnesota.com/news.php?nid=1705 Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] People who signed Memo of Agreement of Federal Mediation Dec 2003
PREAMBLE The Unity Community Team and the Minneapolis Police Department enter into this agreement dedicated to protecting safety and the human rights, civil rights, and legal rights of all Minneapolis residents, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, language, immigration status, gender, sexual orientation, mental health, age, economic status or disability status. UNITY COMMUNITY TEAM Reverend Ian D. Bethel, Sr. Co-Chair, Community Unity Team Minnesota State Baptist Convention, Inc. William Means Co-Chair, Community Unity Team Minnesota O.I.C. State Council Ronald Edwards AAPA Clyde Bellecourt American Indian Movement Evangelist Mary Flowers Spratt A.W.M.I.N. Mark Anderson Executive Director, Barbara Schneider Foundation Harry Spike Moss The City, Inc. Zachary Metoyer Federal Mediation Now, Inc. Justin Huenemann Co-Chairman, Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Anita Urvina Selin Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights Gregory Gray Minneapolis Urban League Gloria Freeman New Beginnings Baptist Tabernacle Booker Hodges New Directions Youth Ministry Alfred Flowers New Directions Youth Ministry Doug Federhart OutFront Minnesota Marie Clark University of Minnesota Student Representative Tony Looking Elk Urban Coalition Michael Yang Urban Coalition UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE Patricia Glenn Federal Mediator MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT Robert K. Olson Chief of Police WTINESSED BY MEDIATION TEAM MEMBERS: Lucy Gerold Deputy Chief Sharon Lubinksi Deputy Chief Inspector Robert Allen Inspector Stacy Altonen Inspector Tim Dolan Inspector Donald Harris Sgt. Medaria Arradondo Sgt. Michael Davis Sgt. Duwayne Walker Officer Mark Klukow Officer Laura Turner Sgt. John Delmonico James P. Michels Council Member Paul Zerby, Second Ward Allan Bernard Vanne Owens-Hayes Eileen Kapaun Posted Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Federal Mediation Agreement and Community Relations
It is clear to me and others the the US Justice Department needs to begin action to take over and control the Minneapolis Police Department. Come on, enough is enough U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section The Special Litigation Section is an office within the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, charged with enforcing federal civil rights statutes in four major areas: conditions of institutional confinement; conduct of law enforcement agencies; and access to reproductive health facilities and places of religious worship; and religious exercise of institutionalized persons. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/overview.htm Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Civilian Review concerns get no MPD feedback
Civilian Review concerns get no MPD feedback By: Michael Friedman Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 10/12/2005 During the past two years, the Minneapolis Civilian Review Authority (CRA) Board has sent several letters to the police department detailing training or policy matters that need to be looked into. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/SubSection.asp?sID=13 Posted By Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] The Battle for Racial Justice continues in St. Paul, what about Minneapolis?
More and more issues of this type will come to the surface because racial minorities want a piece of the pie. In order for economic prosperity to continue within the Twin Cities Metro Area, racial minorities MUST have opportunities to good paying jobs! However, public institutions like city government seems to practice discrimination, which is wrong and illegal. The Minneapolis police department MUST also stop its discrimination as well. Dear candidates for public office-where do you stand??? Last update: October 6, 2005 at 11:53 PM St. Paul NAACP challenges diversity on public workforce Curt Brown Star Tribune Published October 7, 2005 The St. Paul NAACP has launched an audit of the city's public workforce, contending that it is failing to keep up with an increasingly diverse population. Nathaniel Khaliq, president of the St. Paul branch of the NAACP, sent letters this week to St. Paul's fire chief and deputy police chief asking for detailed hiring breakdowns by Oct. 24. St. Paul has a dismal, and some would say horrendous, record, so we're trying to get information from the city's largest departments to ascertain if it's as bad as people say, Khaliq said Thursday. As our city turns browner, it's unacceptable to under-represent minority members. It's 2005, and all the barriers that have restricted us from getting access to these jobs should have been removed long ago. In a separate development, the St. Paul firefighters union has sued the city for allegedly breaching an earlier agreement that spells out how new firefighters should be hired. The lawsuit by the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 21 comes as the city is poised to add about 27 firefighters next month. Several community leaders complained Thursday that the union's action is damaging the city's efforts to diversify the Fire Department. A look at the city's diversity numbers supports some of Khaliq's contentions but reflects progress as well. More than 85 percent of the city's 2,655 employees are white, compared with the latest U.S. census estimates that show 65 percent of St. Paul residents are white. At the 722-member Police Department, the city's largest group of workers, the number of black employees has dropped from 7.5 percent in 1997 to 6.3 percent this June. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5656133.html Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Removal of Lt. Arrandondo from Mpls Police Community Relation Council and lack of minority recruitment of officers
or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beth Silver can be reached at 612-338-6516 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka,MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Mpls. Fifth Ward council race heats up
Mpls. Fifth Ward council race heats up By: Stacey H. Taylor Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 9/28/2005 http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/default.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] 5th Ward Candidate Forum Oct 3rd, 2005
Subject: Insight News 5th Ward Candidates Forum Oct 3rd What: Insight News Forum for 5th Ward candidates When: Monday October 3rd, 11am Where: North High Auditorium Please mark your calendar to attend this live radio broadcast featuring 5th Ward Candidates Don Samuels and Natalie Johnson-Lee Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka,MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Minnesota Pipeline: 5th Ward Candidates Forum, Thur. Sept 22
I attended the Urban League's MN Pipeline event. First, it was nice to see so many people come to this event. We all know that this area is often mentioned as having low voter participation. Secondly, I'm not sure who is going to win this race to represent the NEW 5th Ward for the Minneapolis City Council. However, I have noticed that some supporters of both candidates like to bad mouth/make noise when the candidate they don't support is talking. However, supporters who just show up to only bad mouth and not get heavily involved in their candidates campaign is not really helping their candidate win an election to public office. Supporters for either candidate MUST can truly help their candidate get elected by: 1) Helping the candidate stay on message about who they are, what they have done to help make voter's lives better. 2)What is their vision for the NEW 5th Ward? 3)What skill set do they bring to the position to get the job done? 4)How do they plan to mobilize voters/residents around the issues facing the NEW 5th Ward? 5)Share your detailed plan for economic development for the NEW 5th Ward? 6)Since, crime is the Number #1 issues for this year's election, last year, it was affordable housing, what is your detailed plan for crime reduction and crime prevention? 7)Finally, how will you provide constituency service? Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN (who has attended two candidate forums for this race so far) -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Minnesota Pipeline: 5th Ward Candidates Forum, Thur. Sept 22 at 6pm
Who will be the representative for the 5th Ward on the Mpls. City Council? Come and learn more about the 5th Ward candidates that you will vote for on November 8th, 2005!!! Reminder!!! Minnesota Pipeline 5th Ward Candidates Forum Date: Thursday September 22, 2005 Time: 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm Location: Minneapolis Urban League 2100 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55411 Sponsored by: The Minneapolis Urban League, NAACP, The African American leadership Summit and The Black Church Coalition, The council on Black Minnesotans, African American Family Services, Turning Point, Minneapolis Childrens advocacy Network and Pillsbury United Neighborhood Services. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Northside Adult Basic Education in N. Mpls
Minneapolis Public Schools Adult Basic Education will teach adults the skills and provide the support necessary to pursue personal education and employment goals. Northside Adult Basic Education 1250 W Broadway Minneapolis, MN 55411 (612) 668-1863 FAX: (612) 668-1866 Day Programs: M F 8:30 am - 11:45 am Afternoon Programs M-F 12:45 pm-4:00 pm Evening Programs M-TH 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Basic Skills/GED/Computer/English Language/Citizenship Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Local Black Community Radio Station KMOJ helps with hurricane victims
Black leaders in action mode Throughout the day, KMOJ Radio (89.9 FM) worked with churches, nonprofits and businesses on a plan to bring as many as 50 hurricane victims -- perhaps even more -- to the Twin Cities by bus. http://www.startribune.com/stories/125/5594761.html Posted By Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] White supremacist runs for Minneapolis council
So far, his campaign has amounted to distributing some pamphlets that argue that black people have IQs so far below white people that affirmative action should be precluded. While Asians have slightly higher average IQs than whites, fewer of them are geniuses, Leininger's pamphlet says. Leininger said that affirmative action works against white people and that since the 1960s, the government has gone against white people. He would pursue passage of an ordinance allowing the Minneapolis Police Department to ask immigrants for their documentation at traffic stops. http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5590003.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka,MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] North Side Stories-Collaborative community public arts project
Announcement and Invitation: North Side Stories Collaborative community public arts project Inspired by the lives and histories Of North Minneapolis residents I am pleased to present North Side Stories, a multi-generational project bringing art into everyday life in the North Side. The Project seeks to partner with north Minneapolis groups, community centers, schools, businesses, and other organizations small or large to work with me, a practicing artist, in a series of art workshops. In the context of facilitated conversations about individual histories and stories, we will create a number of artworks in a variety of media. These may include visual, spoken work, recorded voice pieces and movement. In the process of creating art, participants will be taught art techniques as needed for painting murals, recording voices or writing poetry. Through the creative process I hope to catalogue, convey and display the depth of history in North Minneapolis while encouraging patience, commitment and positive solutions to challenges faced by our youth. Art pieces will be both permanent and transitory in nature and will take many forms. Painted murals will be installed along the Fremont Avenue corridor. Recorded voice work will be presented in unexpected venues and happenings throughout north Minneapolis. And traveling artworks that #8220;sample#8221; images created by north Minneapolis youth will be presented on t-shirts, postcards and billboards. The project and process will be documented and presented in an online community data bank. Through the collaborative making of art, I hope to encourage creative voices which can be heard throughout the Northside, the greater Metro area and the world. North Side Stories grows from the deep and rich artistic and narrative traditions within North Minneapolis. In concert with the North Minneapolis residents and the arts community, I hope to make the North Side a place where people come to engage in and experience art. If you or your organization would like to participate in this project please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call me at the Folwell Neighborhood Association: 612-521-2100 ext. 209. I look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Io Palmer Collaborative Public Arts Coordinator Folwell Center for Urban Initiatives 1206 37th Ave. North Minneapolis, MN 55412 612-521-2100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] PROGESS ON THE EFFORT FOR MORE NORTHSIDE JOBS
Does anyone have any comments about this Northside Job Connection initiative? August 29, 2005 IN THIS ISSUE: PROGESS ON THE EFFORT FOR MORE NORTHSIDE JOBS Last week at Pillsbury Unity House in North Minneapolis I celebrated the first anniversary of the Northside Jobs Connection. NJC is a successful and innovative program designed to find jobs for men and youth with significant employment challenges related to chronic unemployment, gang activity and criminal records. The successes of their first year include that NJC has already reached 220 people, helped 73 people find jobs and enrolled 18 in training or education programs. This remarkable progress was accomplished by putting aside judgment and focusing on building strong, trusting relationships. It is a positive model worthy of our steadfast support. Helping people in our community choose work over illegal activity is a collaborative effort that takes strong partnerships and a commitment to removing barriers to jobs. Together, we have established a record of innovation, decisive action and progress against the odds. NJC was created in the summer of 2004 at a meeting of the Empowerment Zone Board when a group of African American men and youth expressed disappointment about the lack of immediately available jobs in Minneapolis. Especially challenging was finding jobs for people with a history of chronic unemployment, gang activity and criminal history. The city#8217;s economic development and employment training departments worked with community activist Jimmy Stanback, Jordan Area Community Council, Pillsbury United and Unity House to establish NJC as a pilot program that would focus on finding jobs for at-risk youth and adults. After showing solid results, NJC received additional funding in April 2005 from the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County to continue their progress. This program is part of a larger vision to close the gaps between people in our city and the rest of the region. In recent years we have created 10,000 new jobs, including 1,100 for kids and I am proud that my proposed 2006 budget supports this goal with $1.5 million for our #8220;Close the Gap#8221; job programs. After hearing from neighborhood community leaders in the summer of 2004 about the need to organize resources on the Northside, I helped pull together two important groups of leaders to support the development of entrepreneurship and jobs in North Minneapolis: the Northside Community Advisors for neighborhood leaders and the Northside Resource Partners for business, civic, religious and educational leaders involved North Minneapolis. The Northside Community Advisors worked hand in hand with the City to jointly set goals in a North Side Plan around safety, jobs, housing, economic development, environment and education. The Northside Resource Partners worked on coupling each of these goals with specific resources, including providing funding for jobs and housing. In June of this year the two groups merged into one board, now called the Northside Partnership, to more effectively involve additional community, business, civic and educational leaders to work together to accomplish the Northside goals set by the already engaged community advisors. Part of this restructuring included frank conversations between community leaders and City officials about what needed to be done differently with the new Partnership and how it could more effectively produce real change for the Northside. We also celebrated some real successes achieved to date, including: Helping to create the Jordan Area Probation House, completed with assistance from the Northside Partnership. Raising funding for the Northside Home Fund to help current Northside residents improve their homes, to help new residents move into the Northside and to help contractors renovate Northside housing. Partnering with 4th Ward Care, chaired by Councilwoman Barb Johnson and staffed by Folwell Neighborhood Executive Director Roberta Englund. With each public safety and jobs initiative I launched, I have expressed hope about what we can do by working in collaboration to create jobs that help people get on the right track in their lives. Many people are working hard, but we need to do much more to help reach people not leading productive lives, both by applying the full force of our city, but also through the involvement of our Northside families and communities. Source: Office of Mayor Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before
[Mpls] Discuss: State of Affairs of Mpls 5th Ward Impact on the Black Community
THE COMMUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA The Martin Luther King Lecture Series Communiversity- An effort to unite Black Knowledge from Academia and from the Community. Each month The COMMUNIVERSITY hosts a gathering at a Black owned or operated business and features a Black academic/expert to speak on various issues that are related to our community. This event is free and open to the public, but we stick to our principle of supporting our Black businesses and experts, as well as appealing to Black people, all for the cause of cultural enlightenment and growth. We are still in a STRUGGLE. We hope to see you: THURSDAY- September 15th Social: 6:30p.m. Lecture: 7:00p.m. To Discuss: THE STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS 5TH WARD AND THE IMPACT ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY With Featured Guests: 5th Ward Councilmember Candidates NATALIE JOHNSON-LEE AND DON SAMUELS And Special Guest: Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate MARCUS HARCUS -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Surprises jolt Minneapolis mayoral debate
I hope voters continue to DEMAND candidates focus in the issues and not each other. Rybak and McLaughlin continued to spar until Hakeem, sitting between them, glanced at each and said the purpose of the debate is to state positions. Let's play nice and not slam each other whenever we can, she said, then scolded them, noting her background as a math teacher. I'm not going to start out and spend three hours on this. http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5578138.html Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] EDITORIAL - Oh, my #8212; Peebles under attack again!
EDITORIAL Oh, my #8212; Peebles under attack again! By: Ron Edwards Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 8/24/2005 #8220;Peebles under investigation#8221; shouted the slanted headline of the August 18 Star Tribune regarding Minneapolis School District Superintendent Thandiwe Peebles. Why is the board of education so eager to reflect a current trend, assumption of guilt, and appoint an investigator? Setting up a firing? How else to explain appointing a Special Outside Counsel to investigate allegations in two detailed but anonymous letters? What happened to the right to face one#8217;s accusers? Has the board#8217;s #8220;Desperate Housewives#8221; craving change who hired Dr. Peebles become #8220;Desperate Bureaucrats#8221; craving no change in their status quo? Or is the White board upset with an #8220;uppity#8221; and #8220;intimidating#8221; Black woman when a White man would be called just strong and principled? Note the other slanting of reporter Steve Brandt, obviously reflecting the slanted direction of his slanted editors, as he #8220;outs#8221; the Black accusers but not the White ones (another favorite precursor to firing, as #8220;even they#8221; don#8217;t like her). These ugly allegations shout #8220;shame on you#8221; to the Strib and the board. As we have said before in this corner, #8220;Oh my, where is Ken Starr?#8221; The prime time actors are #8220;anonymous#8221; whistleblowers. Somebody close to the superintendent#8217;s office (cabinet? inner circle?) is not confident enough nor brave enough to sign their names. Are they trying to save their jobs, covering up that they#8217;re looking for one, or carrying out a vendetta? Board governance is a key watchword in America today. Where is that of the Minneapolis School Board? What is their code of ethics? What are they trying to hide? Have they been leaking information? Have they been setting up the scenario? Are they trying to justify terminating Superintendent Peebles? Were some of those named in the article at some party or another such gathering along West River Road talking about how to undermine Superintendent Peebles, and then giving juicy gossip to reporters of our major newspapers? In doing so, were they in violation of state law? When will the anonymous accusers step forward? http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=60767sID=16 Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Rybak calls for more minority cops
Mayor Rybak and Mpls Police Leaders must do a better job: I think it's inconsistent ... when those are the first ones through the door and they aren't people of color, said Duane Reed, who was at the news conference and is president of the Minneapolis branch of the NAACP. Police countered Monday by saying that quality comes first and that the database of possible candidates is small and not as diverse as they would like. For years, the department has had to downsize and is working to establish a strong list of candidates, Harris said. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/5573845.html Look at Diversity of Minneapolis Police Dept http://www.startribune.com/stories/1608/5574378.html -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] 2nd Annual #8220;Feeding the Least#8230; Increasing the Peace#8221;. Hurricane Carter coming to town!
#8220;Feeding the Least#8230; Increasing the Peace#8221; August 27, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brianna Miller Contact Number: 651-707-2135 or 612-238-2315 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Cub Foods 701 West Broadway, Minneapolis, MN Dr. Rubin #8220;Hurricane#8221; Carter Supports Community#8217;s Bout Against Violence Disconnection MINNEAPOLIS, MN #8211; 2nd Annual Feeding the Least#8230;Increasing the Peace - Community Health Awareness Event in conjunction with the 1st Anniversary Celebration for Cub Foods West Broadway. The event is sponsored by Cub Foods, General Mills, African American Family Services, MPPAT, North Point Health and Wellness Center, Minneapolis Empowerment Zone, Minneapolis Urban League and Turning Point. This year#8217;s event, hosted by Miss Black U.S.A, Celi Dean, will highlight community-based organizations that are working to educate and empower residents to take better care of themselves, physically, mentally and emotionally. Activities include: Friday, August 26, 2005, 6:00 p.m. #8211; 9:00 p.m, free showing of the movie #8220;The Hurricane#8221; at Minneapolis Urban League, 2100 Plymouth Avenue North Free food served 11:00am until 3:00pm (healthy menu) Guest Speakers (Minnesota Attorney General, Mike Hatch and African American Family Services#8217; Executive Director, Lissa Jones) Hosted by Celi Dean, Miss Black U.S.A. and Lance Knuckles, Community Organizer, Hawthorne Area Community Council Youth Scholarship Presentation/Awards Community-based education and resource booths Senior activities Games and prizes for youth Live Music by RISE, sponsored by the Joe Jones Team of Coldwell Banker Burnet Live Spoken Word Community Health Screenings (blood pressure, HIV screening, etc#8230;) This year our community will have the fortune of having Rubin #8220;Hurricane#8221; Carter as a Keynote Speaker for the event at 3:15PM. #8220;Hurricane#8221; has been a champion within the civil rights movement and has dedicated his life to providing a beacon of hope to those whom have lost their way. Rubin Carter has spoken with former President Clinton on issues related to the death penalty, addressed the General Assembly at the United Nations, and has spoken alongside President Nelson Mandela. His insight and wisdom into the realm of health and its relationship to violence will set a foundation for an in-depth dialog amongst our residents. Dr. Carter#8217;s Public Engagements 3:15pm #8211; 4:30pm Keynote Speech Awards Presentations, Cub Foods 6:30pm #8211; 7:30pm Book Signing Holding Forth the Word of Life Ministries 2029 West Broadway Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55411 #8220;Feeding the Least#8230; Increasing the Peace#8221; August 27, 2005 Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] District investigating alleged misconduct by superintendent
Can some on please tell me how this effort benefits students who are trying to get an education at taxpayers expense? The Minnneapolis school board members hired Ms. Peebles and now one or some of them don't like her because others talk bad about her? Sounds like little children classroom stuff. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5569867.html Shawn Lewis, former Washburn High School Graduate, 1982, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Startribune picks up recent grants from Mpls Foundation to reduce crime
Dear List Members and Observers: I strongly encourage you to give feedback to this reporter and staff of the Minneapolis Foundation about its effort to reduce crime in Minneapolis. Now is not the time to be shy our children's lives must matter. Thank you. Last update: August 16, 2005 at 12:06 AM Anti-crime grants come to the rescue David Chanen Star Tribune Published August 16, 2005 Jimmy Stanback and Ferome Brown took a leap of faith and quit their jobs this month so they could work full time getting gang members off the streets in several north Minneapolis neighborhoods. They'd planned to do that even if a grant request to the Minneapolis Foundation didn't come through. But Stanback and Brown, along with five other groups described as really being on the ground in the face of violence will get a piece of more than $370,000, the foundation announced Monday. It usually takes three to six months for grant approval, but a sense of urgency to deal with the North Side crime problem sped up the process to less than a month. We needed to get the money on the street now, said Karen Kelley-Ariwoola, the foundation's vice president of community philanthropy. After several meetings with city, police and other leaders, the Minneapolis Foundation decided that its role would be to provide specific funding toward intervention strategies involving young people. Nearly 30 groups applied. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5562056.html David Chanen is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. view bio President and CEO (612) 672-3838 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karen Kelley-Ariwoola Vice President, Community Philanthropy (612) 672-3829 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Five Mpls Children hit by crossfire!
Dear Members: Ok, candidates for public office, what plan do you propose for solving this problem? In the past six weeks, Minneapolis police have scrambled to the scenes of five children hit by crossfire. All will recover, but a 15-year-old girl remains hospitalized with a slug in her chest. Police say the victims were inches away from becoming the next Tyesha Edwards, the 11-year-old girl killed in 2002 by a stray bullet as she did homework in her Minneapolis house. http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/5556220.html -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Interview with Candidates for Mayor
and the police. We all have a stake in a strong, positive relationship between the community and law enforcement. The federal mediation process created a real break-through. It is essential that those gains not be squandered in the name of short-term tactics. Third, we must hire more police officers as soon as possible and provide them adequate training. An immediate investment in new officers will reverse the dangerous trend of fewer police in our neighborhoods. As we recruit new officers, we need to continue the diversification of the police department with more officers of color. Finally, we need to remember the victims of crime. They need to be informed of their rights and services under the criminal justice system. They deserve the right to be heard and to be present at court proceeding. Isaac Peterson III welcomes reader responses to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Article: One Nation News: 8th Ward Race is civilized, focused on issues
I truly hope the media can start asking more candidates about the issues. We already know that candidates are in competition with each other. http://www.onenationnews.com/assets/currentversion.pdf (Article) Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] MN Spokesman coverage: 5th Ward Race-Crime and PEACE
Johnson Lee takes comprehensive look at violence By: Isaac Peterson, III Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 8/3/2005 Sustainable, long-term solutions needed citywide The Minneapolis summer has been long and hot in more ways than one: With escalating rates of violence, the city seems determined to regain its designation as #8220;Murderapolis.#8221; Despite police strategies, neighborhood group efforts, ultimatums and peace vigils, the rate of violence in Minneapolis continues to rise, seemingly undaunted. Minneapolis City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee feels it is time to try another approach. The vehicle is the council#8217;s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee, which she heads. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=60036sID=4 PEACE Foundation carves its own Northside niche By: Charles Hallman Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 8/3/2005 Leaders say organization not in competition with other programs On June 29, the Star Tribune published a story titled #8220;Johnson Lee, Samuels spar over his role with PEACE group.#8221; We thought the issue warranted a closer look, so we asked veteran MSR journalist Charles Hallman to inquire further. This is what he found. Several questions have been raised recently about the one-year-old PEACE (Public Engagement and Community Empowerment) Foundation. What is it doing that other existing community groups aren#8217;t? Is the new organization solely a name recognition and fundraising vehicle for its founder, an elected official who#8217;s running for reelection? http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=60039sID=4 http://www.spokesman-recorder.com Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] 5th Ward Debate on MTN-tonight
Natalie and Don will be on Art Cunningham's show tonight at 930 pm on MTN Channel 17 Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Black representation for Ward 8?
As the election season heats up, eyes are closely focused on the Minneapolis 8th Ward City Council race. Many still wonder if indeed, this would be the year for the 8th Ward, which is over 60 percent people of color to elect a Council Member who reflects their image. Whether a Black councilmember representing 8th Ward is on the horizon or not is the question for voters to answer in November. The #8220;Conversations with Al McFarlane Public Policy Forum#8221; convened a candidate screening at Sabathani Community Center at the end of last month as part of its effort to increase Black political engagement in Minnesota. Jim Cook, Sabathani Community Center executive director; Duane Reed, Minneapolis Chapter NAACP president; State Rep. Neva Walker DFL-61B; and William English and the Rev. Randolph Staten co-chairs of the Coalition of Black Churches/African American Leadership Summit, joined Al McFarlane as candidate screeners. The candidates were: Jeff Hayden, Terry Yzaguirre, Darryl Robinson, Donald Bellfield, Zack Metoyer, Elizabeth Glidden, Dennis Tifft and Marie Hauser. http://www.insightnews.com/articles.asp?mode=displayarticleID=1898 Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] NorthWay Community Trust-Open House
Dear List Members: Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the open house of NorthWay Community Trust (http://www.northwaycom.org). For the first time, North Minneapolis has an non-profit that can build on the assets of North Minneapolis. Executive Director Wesley Walker is committed to making things better for residents, businesses and other stakeholders. Current 2005 Board Members are: Macey Wheeler, President Rev. Albert Gallmon, Vice President Some other boardmembers are: Deloris Irwin Lance Knuckles G. Fred LaFleur Nothando Zulu Vicky Tredwell John Helgeland Dr. Margaret Pharris Song Vang Steve Cramer Patricia Torres Ray and others Also, present for this event was Mayor RT. Rybak, County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, and City Council Members Natalie Johnson-Lee and Don Samuels. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Death: William Sayles Jr., 79, was father of former Minneapolis mayor
Posted on Tue, Jul. 12, 2005 William Sayles Jr., 79, was father of former Minneapolis mayor Pioneer Press William Wellford Bill Sayles Jr., the father of former Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton and the first African-American auto salesman in St. Paul, died Thursday. He was 79. Sayles was born in St. Paul and, like his father, was very active in the Rondo neighborhood, the historic center of the city's black community until it was razed for the construction of Interstate 94. In later years, he became youth director and commander of American Legion Post 425 and worked closely with Maxfield Elementary School to promote civic pride and academic excellence. He was teaching them about civic pride and patriotism and doing homework, Sayles Belton said. Sayles remained active in Legion activities until about six months ago, Sayles Belton said. He died at the VA Medical Center at Fort Snelling after battling a number of health problems. He served in the Navy during World War II and then returned to work at Midway Ford, first as a mechanic and later as the city's first African-American car salesman. We were quite fortunate as young girls because every new model that came out, we got to ride in because he brought those fancy cars home, Sayles Belton said. Sayles later went to work for Wheelabrator and retired in 1991. Sayles Belton recalled her father as a man who enjoyed talking to people. My father was a storyteller, she said. He loved telling stories. He told stories about the war, about growing up in St. Paul, about interesting characters he had met and about his five daughters. The other four became a nurse, a teacher, an electrical engineer and an accountant, Sayles Belton said. He was quite proud of our careers, she said. Sayles is survived by daughters Talayah Bayne, Renee Sayles, Sharon Sayles Belton, Sheila Arrington and Sandra Henry; sisters Elenora Sayles, Marcella Marzitelli, Ayesha Ecmaan-Sayles and Binta Colley; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A celebration of Sayles' life will take place at noon Wednesday at St. Peter's AME Church, 401 E. 41st St., in Minneapolis, with visitation at 11 a.m. Burial is at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Mr. James Everett fights for North Minneapolis!
On the major issues facing the African-American community, especially in North Minneapolis is the lack of Black leadership. I'm not talking about getting quoted in the press or showing up at meetings. Or, trying to get money out of elected officials. Mr. Everett is fighting real hard to not be like the old guard that the Startribune loves to quote so much! - James Everett, who represented the opposing point-of-view, argued that Black kids are engaged in gang related activity due to lack of strong leadership from community elders who keep reflecting on past times while the issues these kids are facing are a lot worse. Terrible or terrorism? Violence in community must cease, elders say by Ladu Jada Gubek http://www.insightnews.com/articles.asp?mode=displayarticleID=1873 You might not like some of the things I say, but I deserve your respect, James Everett, a former Minneapolis NAACP vice president and one of the few men in the room under age 30, pleaded to his elders. I deserve to be heard. Terry Collins: Tears and ideas flowed at gathering Terry Collins, Star Tribune June 26, 2005 http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5475075.html Posted Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Violent gangs get smaller, younger
Many voices about the same problem. I have noticed that when K-12 schooling is out, homicides with young people go up, fast. - The rash of violence, especially in the past three weeks, has sparked concern among community leaders, and intensified efforts by police and city officials to stop it. It's a trickling-down of gang activity to a younger group, said City Council Member Don Samuels, who represents some of the troubled neighborhoods on the North Side. The young people, he said, are devoid of the more mature leadership so they have a stronger sense of immortality and are more irrational in their behavior, more spontaneous and capricious. Mayor R.T. Rybak said this week that his city will continue to fight hard to stop the violence, but added, Minneapolis is a safe city for those not involved in high-risk lifestyles. He cited the city's youth jobs programs and this week's announcement that the Northway Community Trust is giving $100,000 to preserve summer recreation programs for children. This is different from the donations that police expect to announce next week. Community activist Spike Moss also believes the police force is undermanned. I told them in the winter they were going to have a bad summer, and they still didn't do anything, he said. But he also blames a lack of jobs and economic development for the inner city. Added Ron Edwards, another community activist: If you don't have an economic base and you don't have an income coming in, you are going to become very innovative criminally. Police say that warm weather brings more crime. Indeed, Larry McKenzie, executive director of Hospitality House, a faith organization in north Minneapolis that works with inner-city youths, said, The streets are hot right now. He said he wasn't referring to the mercury. Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee, Samuels' council opponent in the upcoming elections, said that Moss and the Rev. Jerry McAfee have been doing for years the type of work Samuels talks about, and that she supports that effort. But she said the important job is to have good, tough policing and stronger community organizations. Does it have the ingredients to be a trying summer for us? Yes it has, Johnson Lee said. However, I also believe we have the ingredients in our community, with the government, with the people, and our faith-based institutions to turn this thing around just as quickly. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5475531-2.html Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Letters about Supt Peebles and Mpls School Board Members
Does the current Mpls school board have the expectation that Supt. Peebles act like former Supt. Carol Johnson? Published June 15, 2005 Shaking things up Condemning Minneapolis schools Superintendent Thandiwe Peebles on the basis of style and legitimacy reeks of elitism and racism (Star Tribune, June 14). Peebles was hired with the knowledge that she had never been a superintendent before. Perhaps that was one of her appeals. She is an outspoken, strong black woman who gives pause to the white gentility that wants to placate but not engage the real issues of how our education system fails African-American youth. As a white man of privilege, I say to the Minneapolis school board: Keep Dr. Peebles -- she is educating us on issues of style that will do us some good. Let her do her job! Peter DeLong, Minneapolis. Let Peebles be Peebles Thanks for the article about the Minneapolis school board and Superintendent Thandiwe Peebles. I think Spike Moss' remarks about circling the wagons around an educated black woman are ridiculous. This is not about race. This is about following in the footsteps of former Superintendent Carol Johnson. Many loved her, and she performed admirably in what some might consider a difficult environment. Peebles is not Johnson. Nor should she have to be. She brings a different energy, vision and plan. It is exciting. The school board needs to remove the expectation that Peebles will ever be Johnson and celebrate the gifts she brings to the job. And City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee and Moss need to quit playing the race card every time someone raises an issue about a black person. From what I have seen of Peebles, she is anything but a victim. She is a strong, proud woman with a lot of interesting things to say and a lot of plans to consider. Bob Waterman, Falcon Heights. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Editorial: Peebles' problems/She has a chance to change
Let's get this straight-Someone leaks the information about how some members of the school board feel about Supt. Peebles to a reporter who writes a story about it. Now, the newspaper is upset because some members of the black community have strong opinions about the matter, which they have very right to express! It's clear to me that the newpaper created this situation and now, wants to point the finger at someone else! _ Also complicating discussions about her performance is the adamant support Peebles received from leaders in the black community. Some of them argue that her leadership style and attitude are not the point, that she should be judged on academic achievement. Some also contend that Peebles' race is a factor because whites cannot accept direction from a strong, aggressive black woman. Last update: June 15, 2005 at 7:08 PM Editorial: Peebles' problems/She has a chance to change Published June 16, 2005 http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5459435.html Posted Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] What about the Mpls School Board Members??
Startribune Reporter Steve Brandt says: Board members said they chose her for her passion and for her reputation for turning around troubled schools, both in Cleveland and in New York City. in his article- School board to Peebles: You have to do better Steve Brandt, Star Tribune June 15, 2005 Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee comments: If you're ready for a fight, bring it on, City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee challenged the school board. Why did you hire her? They hired her not only because she's qualified but she had a proven track record. the article-Board, Peebles square off again Steve Brandt, Star Tribune June 14, 2005 Finally, Dr. Emmett Carson of the Minneapolis Foundation comments: Emmett Carson also came down hard on the board. The president and chief executive officer of the Minneapolis Foundation helped to moderate community discussions on the superintendent search more than a year ago. We need to think through our school board's willingness to change, Carson said, adding that the board has a history of backing down from making tough decisions. They have not thrown their support behind the changes of this superintendent. When we look holistically at a school board that says they want change, when that change is challenged, they back away from it, he said. There's been no appreciation for that fact that we didn't say that we have a school district that's performing beyond expectations. Instead, we said it was broken. Carson said the public criticism of Peebles has been unfair because it centers on things that are at best irrelevant to her performance and at worst rumor. Please contact the officials of the Board of Education of the Minneapolis Public School System. http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/Board_of_Education.html Joseph Erickson, Chair 612-668-0632 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2003-2007 Judy Farmer, Director 612-379-7429 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2003-2007 Sharon Henry-Blythe, Director 612-668-0637 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2005-2009 Lydia Lee, Director 612-668-0633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2005-2009 Audrey Johnson, Clerk 612-668-0635 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2003-2007 Colleen Moriarty, Treasurer 612-668-0636 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2003-2007 Peggy Flanagan,Director 612-668-0634 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Term: 2005-009 http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/Board_of_Education.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Gangs in the African American Community-roles of females
Gangs in the African American Community They're no longer just auxiliaries: the role of females Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:00am-11:30am Franklin Mansion Ballroom 100 West Franklin Minneapolis, MN 55404 Please RSVP by June 21, 2005 to Brianna at 612-238-2315 Sponsored by African American Family Services Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] President of West Broad Area Coalition receive Black Philanthropy Award
Tim Baylor, a former Minnesota Vikings defensive back, owns two McDonald's franchises and is a principal in the development company for the north Minneapolis riverfront and president of the West Broadway Area Coalition. He has also served as a Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor and a volunteer coach. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5445246.html Last update: June 7, 2005 at 11:31 PM 4 civically engaged leaders to be honored Robert Franklin Star Tribune Published June 8, 2005 One is a sharecropper's daughter who became a college president. Another is a former pro football player helping to revitalize north Minneapolis. Others have worked to help kids while pursuing business careers. Four Twin Cities area residents will be honored this week at the National Conference on Black Philanthropy, which opens today in Minneapolis. For an area with a relatively small black population, the Twin Cities have a lot of civically engaged leaders who give back in philanthropy and economic development for their community, said Kimberly Jackson, who heads the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation and was a member of the awards committee. About 500 people are expected at the conference, which will explore building a future worthy of our past. Leaders say the purpose is to celebrate a rich heritage of charitable giving while developing strategies to overcome seemingly intractable problems of family life, education, health and jobs. Posted By Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Where housing projects once stood, a North Side boomtown is dedicated
I want to thank the Startribune for this article below as well as Minneapolis-St. Paul The Business Journal issue dedicated to North Mpls-an emerging market (June 3, 2005 Vol 22, No. 52) for reporting positive stories about North Minneapolis! WE NEED MORE STORIES ABOUT SEEING NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY AREA!!! Last update: June 4, 2005 at 11:47 PM Welcoming the neighborhood: Where housing projects once stood, a North Side boomtown is dedicated Delma J. Francis Star Tribune Published June 5, 2005 Della Svenningsen has come full circle. Once a resident of the rundown 1930s-era Sumner Field public housing development in Minneapolis, she is back -- a resident now of the Heritage Park community newly built on the old site. Heritage Park, a $250 million, 145-acre, mixed-income housing community envisioned as a culturally rich, socially and economically diverse neighborhood, was dedicated Saturday. Nine hundred people already live there; when the project is completed by the end of 2007, there will be 900 households. An excited Svenningsen, 33, wearing a bright orange Heritage Park Grand Opening T-shirt, shared the dais with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, public housing officials, representatives of state and federal government and other Heritage residents. She was among the last of the residents to leave Sumner Field in the late 1990s before its demolition, moving to Eden Prairie with her family. Unlike a lot of residents, Svenningsen wasn't angry or nervous about being relocated. I'm not afraid of change, she said. But her clerical job and extended family were in Minneapolis. Before long, the diehard city girl found her way back from the suburbs -- first to St. Paul where she grew up and then to her beloved Minneapolis. I fell in love with Minneapolis when I was a teenager, and I'm blessed to be back, she said. Svenningsen and her children Alicia, 15, Qwmari, 10 and Amarya, 5, now live in a rented three-bedroom townhouse, but she proudly pointed to a Heritage Park townhouse under construction through Habitat for Humanity that will be hers in October. I'm gonna be an owner, she said with a grin. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5440030.html Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Thank you Megan O'Hara-Minneapolis MOSAIC
With changing demographics, The City of Minneapolis must prepare itself for the opportunities and challenges to come. This event is surely one of them. Megan O'Hara: Our urban culture reflects heritage of immigrants Megan O'Hara Published June 3, 2005 Immigrants have come from across the world to leave their mark on Minneapolis. French fur traders and European settlers made their living in trade with the Native Americans living here for millennia. One hundred years ago it was Swedes, Norwegians and Eastern Europeans who built a grain milling industry second to none on the banks of the Mississippi River. Over the past 15 years, Minnesota has once again become a magnet of opportunity and fresh beginnings for hopeful immigrants and refugees from across the world. The leading countries of origin for immigrants in 2003 were Somalia, followed by India, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Mexico and China. Despite a Minnesota tradition of welcome and strong social services, recent surveys have shown a strain in the fabric of generosity in our state. Some Minnesotans worry that immigrants put too high a burden on our public services and take our jobs. But if the post-9/11 world has shown us anything, it is that we live in state of global connectedness. As trade barriers have fallen and immigration has risen, the faces we see all around us are part of the new economy and the new society. In exchange for the hope offered them, immigrants share with us many cultural values that mirror our own: the central roles of family and religious observance, and the rhythm of work and celebration. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5436894.html http://www.minneapolismosaic.com/ Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] A tough time in some sectors of the African American Community
Conviction overturned in Edwards slaying http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5413725.html General College dean accepts post in Atlanta http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5413706.html _ May 19, 2005 Don Samuels 350 South 5th Street, Room 307 Minneapolis, Minneapolis 55415 Dear Mr. Samuels: I would like to apologize for any undue stress that my comments on the cable show The Real State of the City Address may have caused you and your family. I am not an advocator of violence and I wish no harm to come you, your family, or anyone else for that matter. I feel that you have taken my comments completely out of context, but none the less I apologize for any problems these comments may have caused you and your family. I would also like to apologize to you and the African American community for using the term niggas. I have written an article in the past instructing African Americans not to use this term but I have failed to heed my own advice. I still remain troubled by your Big House statements. I would have liked to have seen you discuss other points in your life as opposed pouring salt into the unhealed slavery wounds of the African American community. I feel that you have a lot to learn when it comes to dealing with the African American community. I know that we have our problems but despite the slavery, and Jim Crow experience we are still here. As a young person I also recognize that I have a lot of learning left to do also. As you and I are both humans I hope that we can both learn from our mistakes. Sincerely, Booker T Hodges -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] 5th National Conference on Black Philanthropy comes to Mpls June 8-11, 2005 with local events
Hands-on Philanthropy Day, an opportunity to volunteer or give Wednesday, June 8th In celebration of the Fifth National Conference on Black Philanthropy, we are offering conferees two new ways to demonstrate the spirit of Black Philanthropy. The National Center for Black Philanthropy, in cooperation with the Minneapolis Host Committee, has identified several local nonprofit organizations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area that need volunteers to help with various projects on Wednesday, June 8th. Therefore, as part of the Fifth National Conference, we are offering an opportunity for conferees to spend 3 4 hours in the morning or afternoon, prior to the official opening of the conference, to work in one of these agencies. Activities for which volunteers are needed include: site cleaning, working at a food kitchen, setting up and assisting with a community event, assisting with a fundraising appeal and reading to groups of children. (There will be no one-on-one work with children.) Volunteers will be provided with transportation to and from the project site, commemorative t-shirts, and all the supplies and materials needed to carry out the job. The Givens Foundation Golf Classic Sunday, June 12 The Givens Foundation Golf Classic will be held this year in conjunction with the Fifth National Conference on Black Philanthropy in Minneapolis. Proceeds will benefit the Givens Foundation for African American Literature whose mission is to enrich cultural understanding through programs that advance and celebrate African American literature. The programs serve and are inspired by a collection of over 9,000 books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, and ephemera representing more than two centuries of African American cultural accomplishments. The Collection was the gift of the Archie Givens, Sr. family and 10 other African American families from the Twin Cities to the University of Minnesotas Elmer L. Anderson Library. The Collection is included in the Heritage Tour also being offered by the conference. The tournament will be held at Rush Creek Golf Course, one of the areas premier golf courses, on Sunday, June 12. The tournament begins with a 7:30 A.M. shotgun start preceded by registration and breakfast. Golfers can also participate in a Hole Contest during play. Each teams handicap will be re-determined after the first nine holes and applied to the last nine holes to better allow equal play. Top teams will be flighted for awards, and prizes will be awarded during an awards luncheon. A member booklet will also be mailed to all participants. About 100 participants from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, as well as from the conference, are expected to participate. The participation fee is $160 per person that includes course fees, golf cart, breakfast, lunch and awards. Sponsorship opportunities exist for companies or individuals. You must bring your own golf clubs or make arrangement to rent clubs at the course. http://www.ncfbp.net/newprogs.htm Posted by Shawn Lewis, former 8th ward resident. -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] After continued criticism, now, U of M proposes VP for Diversity
General College faculty members and staff members have vowed to fight for their program. On Wednesday, about 10 students were arrested after refusing to leave after a sit-in in Bruininks' office. On Thursday, the Minneapolis Urban League and the Council on Black Minnesotans held a meeting to discuss their concerns. Last month the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution asking that General College stay open. Third, Bruininks recommends creating a vice president for diversity position for improving recruitment, retention and success of a diverse student body. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/5390288.html Posted By Shawn Lewis, former 8th ward resident and Life Time member of U of M Alumni Association -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] U of M official takes heat at Mpls Urban League Forum-General College
Last night at the Minneapolis Urban League's Pipleine discussion with Dr. Robert Jones, University of Minnesota, the issue of access to the U of M for Black students led to a intense and heated exchange between audience members and Dr. Jones. Most, if not all, audience members questioned the U of M commitment to the Black community based on previous relations with the U of M, which has not been good at all. Now, the U of M officials are talking about this scholarship program to appease criticism. Capacity limitations already are affecting admission to the University. This fall, for example, well have the ability to welcome only approximately 5,300 of the 20,500 students who applied. That forces some tough choices. But financial barriers wont be one of them. Scholarships are the Universitys No. 1 fund-raising priority and that includes the new Founders Opportunity Scholarship, which makes up the difference between other financial aid and the cost of attendance for qualified low-income students. Source: Access to what at the University? The debate over the General College needs to ask the tough questions and consider the benefits of change. By Robert Jones http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/05/06/64548 Posted by Shawn Lewis, former 8th Ward Resident and U of M Life-Time Alumni Member -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] CM Robert Lilligren plead guilty Friday to drunken driving downtown
Last update: May 3, 2005 at 10:56 PM Minneapolis council member admits driving drunk Rochelle Olson Star Tribune Published May 4, 2005 Minneapolis City Council Vice President Robert Lilligren said he intends to plead guilty Friday to drunken driving downtown on April 30. Lilligren confessed to the incident Tuesday in a written statement and a phone call to a reporter. He is expected to enter his plea in Hennepin County District Court at 8:30 a.m. Friday. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5384154.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Former 8th Ward Resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Green Convention, Sunday, May 8th-Hopefuls Zimmermann/Birts
Greens' endorsing convention is May 8 By David Brauer The 5th Congressional District Green Party, which includes Minneapolis, will endorse candidates for city office at a Sunday, May 8 convention. The event, open to anyone who supports the party, will be held at Park House, 2120 Park Ave., beginning at 1 p.m. Party business will take up the first hour, then attendees will hear from candidates, ask questions and vote. Green hopefuls in Southwest City Council districts include 6th Ward incumbent Dean Zimmermann and 8th Ward candidate Reginald Birts. Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighborhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] CM Johnson-Lee comments on closing of General College
City Council member Natalie Johnson Lee told the crowd the university needs General College. These decisions are the epitome of racist policies, she said. They are the epitome of elitism. Vice president Robert Jones, citing low graduation rates, said the college hasn't performed well. I'm less than happy with the results we've gotten out of General College, he said. THE MINNEAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE AND THE COUNCIL ON BLACK MINNESOTANS INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DIALOGUE! *THE MINNESOTA PIPELINE: THE PLAN FOR CLOSING GENERAL COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: HOW WILL STUDENTS OF COLOR BE IMPACTED? DATE: THURSDAY MAY 5TH, 2005 TIME: 6:00P.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M. LOCATION: MINNEAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE, 2100 PLYMOUTH AVENUE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55411 612 302-3100 Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighborhood Resident U of M Life Time Alumni -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Insight News- Election Coverage: Wards 6 8
Question: Who do you see as the front runners for the wards 6 and 8? The Conversations with Al McFarlane Public Policy Forum held exclusive interviews with Council Members Dean Zimmerman (6th Ward) and Robert Lilligren (8th Ward), who are now both candidates for 6th Ward as a result of redistricting. McFarlane also spoke with Jeffrey Hayden, Titilayo Bediako, Elizabeth Glidden and Marie Hauser, candidates for the 8th Ward City Council which due to redistricting is an open seat. The interviews were broadcast live from North Community High School on KMOJ (FM-89.9) on from Sabathani Community Center on KFAI Fresh Air Radio (90.3 Minneapolis/106.7 St. Paul. Ward 8 candidate Tifft was interviewed on KMOJ and KFAI the following week. http://www.insightnews.com/articles.asp?mode=displayarticleID=1764 Posted by Shawn Lewis, former 8th Ward Resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Southwest Journal, Southside Pride sponsor 8th Ward DFL forum April 21
Southwest Journal, Southside Pride sponsor 8th Ward DFL forum April 21 By David Brauer The new 8th Ward straddles I-35W, so community papers on either side of the concrete divide will co-sponsor a City Council DFL candidate's forum Thursday, April 21. The Southwest Journal, which covers the 8th Ward's west-of-the-highway Kingfield neighborhood, and Southside Pride will host the 7-9:30 p.m. event at the Phelps Park Center, East 39th Street Park Avenue. Although all candidates may attend, only DFLers will give introductions and field questions. That's because the party's 8th Ward endorsing convention is Saturday, April 30. A 9-9:30 p.m. informal discussion is open to any candidate. The event should be of special interest to the ward's DFL delegates, but anyone is welcome to attend and ask questions. The papers plan a nonpartisan candidate forum closer to the Sept. 13 primary. For more information, call 436-4371 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted by Shawn Lewis, former 8th Ward resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] More on Ward Maps in color
New Ward and Election Precincts http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/maps/Election_Precinct.pdf City Council Ward Maps -Through 2005 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/wards.pdf -Effective 2006 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/Wards06.pdf -Compare Changes of Ward Lines http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/Wards_compare.pdf -Individual Ward Maps: (219-555k) http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/city-wards.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, former 8th Ward Resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] MN State demographer comments should impact races for city council and mayor offices
Question-will candidates for elected office have the courage to deal with economic disparities in Mpls communities and neighborhoods??? In the recession of 2001, the share working in those two groups fell 0.8 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively -- and then got worse after the nation's economy started growing again. During 2002 and 2003, the share of black men working fell 3.3 percent and black new entrants dropped 5.4 percent. Some of the explanation for black unemployment can be found in the education gap that exists along racial lines. The 2000 census found that 34 percent of white Minnesotans ages 25 to 34 had a college degree. The figure for blacks in that age group was 16 percent. Nineteen percent of blacks were high school dropouts, while 4 percent of whites had no high school diploma. We run the risk of losing some of the special nature of Minnesota of being a well-educated, high income, low-poverty state unless we do something about the educational differentials, said Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota state demographer. Gillaspy noted that the gap between the incomes of college-educated and those with only high school degrees has been widening nationwide. High jobless rates, particularly among young black males, lead to greater crime, drug addiction and family breakups, said William Julius Wilson, director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at Harvard University. http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5313415.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighborhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Rybak, Johnson-Lee, Ellison and others-KMOJ/Insight Policy Forum: Crime on 3/26
This Saturday, the 26th, Al McFarlane will be broadcasting live his Conversations with Al McFarlane at North High from 9 -11am. The topic is Community Crime Prevention. Panelists will include Spike Moss, Rev. Randolph Staten, Rev. Jerry McAfee, Lt. Lee Edwards, Rep. Keith Ellison, Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee and R.T Rybak. North High School is located at 1500 James Ave No. Policy Forum http://www.insightnews.com/policyForum.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neigbhood Resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Strib Reader's Rep says I don't get many calls from readers in North Mpls
Is this true ___ Kate Parry: There's more to tell about the North Side Kate Parry Star Tribune Reader's Representative Published March 20, 2005 I don't get many calls from readers in north Minneapolis. My challenge to north Minneapolis residents is to call the newspaper when we get it right and when we get it wrong. Let us know if we're missing a story. I hear each day from readers in just about every other part of the metro area. I'd like to make sure the newsroom hears opinions and story ideas from north Minneapolis just as clearly. http://www.startribune.com/stories/161/5301221.html Contact Kate: By Phone: 612-673-4450 By e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighborhood Resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] 3rd Annual Cooperative Communities Conference-April 2
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation invites you to attend the third annual Cooperative Communities Conference for members of housing co-ops and other interested parties, Saturday, April 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Zuhrah Shrine Center, 2540 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis. The conference theme is Housing Co-ops Learning and Working Together. Attendees will hear a keynote speaker discuss a housing co-op network and participate in a panel discussion with cooperators who formed networks of co-ops. Attendees can choose from the following breakout sessions: Cross Cultural Dynamics in Co-op Housing, Understanding Fair Housing, Converting Leasehold Co-ops to Equity Co-ops, Making the Most of Your Meetings, Financial Planning for Co-ops, and Forming a Co-op Purchasing Alliance. The attachments have the brochure copy for your distribution. Twin Cities Local Initiative Support Corporations (LISC) sponsorship allows leasehold co-op members to attend the conference free of charge. Please share this email with anyone who may be interested in attending. We look forward to seeing you at the conference. Please contact me if you have any questions. ~Angela Dawson http://www.ncdf.coop htt://www.coopliving.coop Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neigbhorhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Emergency Public Safety Funding for North Mpls-Press Conference
Press Conference ADVISORY Representative Keith Ellison -- District 58B 229 State Office Building / 651-296-5486 Contact: Larry Etkin (651) 296-5524 [EMAIL PROTECTED] March 15, 2005 Emergency Public Safety Funding for North Minneapolis What: Press conference announcing two bills addressing a North Minneapolis public safety crisis, and providing for a restoration of LGA funds to be devoted exclusively to public safety. When: Wednesday, March 16, 2005; 11:30 a.m. Where: Room 500 North, State Office Building, Saint Paul. Who: Keith Ellison, Sen. Linda Higgins, Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis, community activist Spike Moss, and Northside community constituents from the Jordan Neighborhood. Background: The Jordan Neighborhood of north Minneapolis has been the scene of eight of last 10 murders in Minneapolis. It is also where 29 of 54 Minneapolis murders took place in 2004. This horrendous condition has been the subject of editorials, and is drawing increasing attention across the metropolitan area and statewide. Rep. Keith Ellison: These bills I'm proposing are the beginning of a legislative response to this crisis. Dedicated LGA funding is needed to address this crisis. We need cops and jobs and we need help from the rest of the state. And we expect we'll get it because when Minnesotan's are in trouble Minnesotan's respond, whether in rural areas or suburbs or the central cities. . . .When cities in the Iron Range needed help the state responded. Now the inner cities need help and we look forward to the rest of Minnesota giving a hand. And, we call on the Governor to take a leadership role. One of the two bills will restore LGA funding levels to the impacted area, dedicating those funds to public safety. The other will fund 500 youth summer jobs to relieve the pressure of that source of conflict from the community. Keith Ellison 612-588-9122 office 651-296-5486 (legis) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. -- Frederick Douglass Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neigbhorhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] A poetic response to violence on the North Side of Mpls
A poetic response to violence on the North Side of Minneapolis by Sondra Hollinger Samuels, Community Activist, Mother, Poet From my porch, on my predominantly Black, poor, and urban block I watch. I watch the wonderment of the wind giving birth to movement yet remaining unseen. I watch the lightheartedness of birds busily creating home structures with twigs and finding perfect perching places yet being completely liberated from worry and fear about tomorrow. I watch the silent strength of trees standing sentinel over our lives yet never intruding nor being preoccupied with what we think of their presence. I watch and I muse, Can God use nature to teach us to mourn? Cause we need to mourn. We must mourn. We must mourn because on Friday of last week Frank Haynes, age 21, and Raliegh J. Robinson, age 68, were gunned down while innocently dinning in a neighborhood restaurant. They werent together. They just shared the wrong space at the wrong time. Both were Black men murdered by a Black man. We must weep because less than a week before, another Black man was shot to death by yet another Black man. We must cry out because days before that, a different Black man was bludgeoned to death by a different Black man. We must mourn because all of this tragedy was quarantined in my predominantly Black, poor, and urban neighborhood and it happens in every major city wherever there is a bevy of forgotten and despairing Black young men. In our urban woods they are hunted and slaughtered by other Black young men whom themselves become lost to us for a hunting season sometimes forever. I watch and I muse, Can God use nature to teach us to mourn? We need to mourn. We must mourn. As an act of perpetual yet ineffectual mourning, some of us in the, hood, have learned to anesthetize the acute ache and suffer the unspokenness of silence. We often over-drink, over-eat, over-drug and under-care to hide the hole in the soul of our community. This vacuum is empty, soiled, and like the earth, deep. And although the pain is so intense, so unrelenting, we dont know how to mourn- really mourn-for others-for ourselves-for sustained periods of time, over time, so that heaven might hear, respond and impregnate the earth with our deliverance. Maybe God can use the unfathomable wisdom at work in the lives of the wind, birds, and trees to teach us to mourn so that the unbroken flow of our salty tears might water the earth under our collective feet. Maybe our rain of sorrow can feed the soil producing a flowering of hopefulness, beauty and unbounded new life. Maybe then it will be springtime in our community, our city, and from nature we will have learned to mourn and as a result to reap a great and precious bounty. Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighborhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Nick Coleman: 'The North Side is out of control'
Keep your head down, the cop told me, without moving his eyes. He used to live on Minneapolis' North Side. Now he just works there. He doesn't like it. The North Side is out of control, he said, while his squad car, motor running, sat outside the store as a warning that there was a cop on the premises. Has been for a couple of years. There are people with guns running around. Shootings all the time. The schools are a shambles. You can't let your kids outside without guards watching over them. I gave up. I moved. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5285794.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighbhorhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Hodges comments about crime fighting in North Mpls
Question: Is Mr. Booker Hodges correct? Does having more Minneapolis Officers of African heritage make a difference in crime fighting? I commend the chief, but the diversity just isn't within the force to make it work, said Booker T. Hodges. You take 50 mostly white cops and put them in mostly black neighborhoods, what do you think is going to happen? New Minneapolis crime-fighting strategy http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5281369.html Posted by Shawn Lewis,former Field Neighborhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Editorial: North Side gangs/City needs a crackdown
Without question, some areas in North Minneapolis needs some help-NOW New voices and new leaders need to be tapped into not the same old people. ___ What to do? Vigils, flowers and prayers aren't enough. Minneapolis needs a police crackdown. Chief Bill McManus says he'll soon deliver one by returning proactive policing to the hottest crime zones. It's high time. For months, the north neighborhoods have been calling for more aggressive law enforcement, to no avail. They deserve better service from their Police Department. Proactive policing means that cops will question loiterers and jaywalkers, stop cars for minor violations and get into the faces of more people. It's a proven tactic: Stopping petty offenses also stops major ones. But it also requires the cooperation and understanding of neighbors. They should expect cops to be reasonable and respectful. But they should also expect them to be aggressive and to make an occasional human mistake. The police also need more information from neighbors and more intolerance -- not toward the police but toward criminals and their drug-buying customers. Mayor R.T. Rybak is right when he says that every suburban party boy with drugs in his pocket is aiding the cause of killers. The North Side gets the bodies and the fear, but the whole regional drug market is culpable. So are the Bush and Pawlenty administrations for their drastic cuts in local government aid. Those cuts have cost Minneapolis 120 police officers and numerous jobs programs that might have deterred youngsters from taking up the gangster life. Crime's greatest ally is a kid who lacks hope. Neglectful parents hurt, too. City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee was right to scold them: Mom, if you don't know where your kids are, find out; Dad, if you're not taking care of your kids, take care of them. With heroic work by corporate, community and state leaders, Minneapolis remade the once-notorious Phillips neighborhood over the last decade. Now that energy must turn northward. Criminal gangs have been a part of the American scene for 150 years. But that's no excuse for tolerating gangland violence in north Minneapolis, or anywhere in Minnesota. It's time for a crackdown -- from police, from the neighborhood, from the wider community. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5278748.html Shawn Lewis, former resident of the Field Neighborhood -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Neighborhood vigil seeks peace, answers-North Mpls
It is so sad to see a community suffer so much _ Speakers including Mayor R.T. Rybak, the Rev. Efrem Smith and local residents called on the community and elected officials to address the problem of youth delinquency, drugs and the lack of job opportunities in north Minneapolis. City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee, among others, spoke directly to the black community and implored its members to live a life of self-determination. When you leave, do something, said Johnson Lee. Just don't come back to another vigil. You know what I am? I am a pissed-off black mother. Resources need to come here, you have every right to demand jobs and resources. Mom, if you don't know where your kids are, find out. Dad, if you're not taking care of your kids, take care of them. Community members need to make their presence known to such entities as the City Council, the Park and Recreation Board, and the state House, she said. Several speakers demanded that members of the community stop overlooking the drugs, gang activity and disillusionment that may be rife in their own homes. I was born and raised on the North Side, and I support a stop to violence, Carol Reed said as she cradled her dog, Iverson. I'm just not scared. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5276824.html Shawn Lewis, former Field Neighborhood resident -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Reg Neal Birst announces his candidacy for 8th Ward
From : reginald birts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent : Saturday, February 5, 2005 7:49 PM To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject : 8th ward candidate Greetings, My Name is Reg Neal Birts I'm announcing my candidacy for the 8th ward to the forum. As permanent resident of 8th ward for past 21+ years I have lived ,worked and played there. I'm a loving father of two minneapolis publicly schooled children, 10 and 14 years of age. I currently work in the mortgage industry where I have for past two years. I previously worked for Hennepin county community corrections as a probation/parole officer(4+yrs). I worked 10 plus years in the minneapolis public schools, literally at just about every single school in the district/city. I'm an honorably Discharged Ex-Sergeant (serving during first gulf war) USAR 7+years. This is just a sample of my 26 years work experience. At 41 I have had a wealth of experience befriending and working with a cross-section of people being exposed to an array of perspectives. I run for office because the events/issues of our day compel me to want to serve the 8th ward now. SINCERELY, REG NEAL BIRTS FOR 8TH WARD CITY COUNCIL Posted by Shawn Lewis, for Mr. Reg Birts -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Update after Federal Mediation Agreement
Some on the council, including Booker Hodges, have criticized fellow members for being too chummy with police officials. You might be a little less likely to criticize someone you're too friendly with, he said. Hodges said he'd like to see the relations council do more community outreach by publicizing the times of its meetings as well as details of the issues it's tackling. Relations council member Al Flowers said that if there were failures in the first year of mediation, it wasn't the fault of police officials but of the council's community representatives. After a year, police and citizens see plenty to do Howie Padilla and Terry Collins, Star Tribune December 26, 2004 http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5154825.html Accomplishments since Mediation Pact December 26, 2004 ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE MEDIATION PACT Minneapolis police will no longer transport people in canine squad cars. Discussions are ongoing regarding the removal of children from their homes. Minneapolis police personnel are appointed to Council on Crime and Justice's Racial Profiling Study Committee. WORK YET TO BE DONE Diversify the department through recruitment and retention of officers of color. Allow for department issued cell phones for all officers, giving better access to translators, social services and other support services. Write quarterly reports to the Police Community Relations Council, the mayor and City Council members about progress and the lack thereof. Posted by 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:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Chief McManus Strib coverage lazy, biased reporting and projected racist overtones
Last update: December 13, 2004 at 7:07 PM Letters from readers December 14, 2004 Edwards is qualified The Dec. 11 article regarding the selection of Lt. Lee Edwards to supervise the Minneapolis Police Homicide Unit (McManus reassigns top cops) was lazy, biased reporting and projected racist overtones. While diversity in all ranks is a priority for me, it is but one factor considered in my choice for assignments. It was a gross disservice to Edwards, and other officers of color, to have focused so much in the article on race. The article lacked context and left the clear impression Edwards was chosen for this key position only because he is black. If the reporter had done his homework or bothered to contact me, he would have uncovered the fact that Edwards has considerable experience as a lieutenant in a variety of managerial assignments, besides his most recent as head of the Internal Affairs Unit. Additionally, Edwards is one of a small number of department supervisors who has graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy. He also has a master's degree. His experience, ability, and training record were a key part of my decision to choose Edwards as head of the homicide unit. William P. McManus, Minneapolis; chief of police. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighbhorhood -- ___ 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
[Mpls] Johnson Lee anticipates second Fifth Ward term
Johnson Lee anticipates second Fifth Ward term By: Isaac Peterson, III Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 12/15/2004 Systemic change requires work in the trenches Johnson Lee feels that her grassroots experience was a great asset in helping shape her perspective as a council member. For me, its allowed me to be able to not only look at what needs to be done, but to see whats wrong what has to be done, she said. Because I see what has to be done, I also understand the amount of work that has to go in to get it done. And I understand that the City this institution cannot fix the problems outside the institution [without input from the public.] That involves two things, Johnson Lee said: responding to specific constituent concerns when calls are made to her office, and the initiatives she brings to the city council. Ive completed or worked on some of the previous council members work, but Ive also started my own initiatives, she said. With starting your own initiatives, you also want to have the opportunity to carry them out. And you want the opportunity to change some systemic things if thats the fight that you choose to fight. She says that changing some of the systemic things is a fight she has chosen. One of the things that Ive noticed as I go back and look over my tenure [is that] most of the controversial issues that come to the city council have originated in my committee, Health and Human Services, because no other committee would hear them. I chair that committee, and the power of the chair is very important. And its interesting how many things you can relate to health and human services, Johnson Lee said. I have an avenue to hold public hearings, bring the issue in front of my committee, and then maybe the committee that should have had it in the first place will then take it in an effort to either manipulate it or dilute the language in the process. But they eventually have to hear it, and they have to deal with it. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=51502sID=4 Posted by 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
[Mpls] Do MPD promotions spark backlash? (Article)
Do MPD promotions spark backlash? By: Shannon Gibney Rashard Zanders, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 12/15/2004 At least one prominent Black Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officer has indicated to the MSR that they are questioning whether or not a perceived increase in crime is simply the result of a backlash against their promotions by disgruntled White officers. In fact, MPD-perpetrated violence against the African American community appears to be on the increase, despite MPD Chief McManus efforts to incorporate community policing strategies. Nevertheless, poorly conceived articles appearing in last weeks Star Tribune threaten to further mislead the public about the qualifications of Black precinct commanders, while at the same time pinning blame for a crime rate increase on the shoulders of those commanders. In Minneapolis police chief reassigns top cops, published December 11, Star Tribune staff writer David Chanen reported various MPD lieutenants and sergeants indignant responses to Lt. Mike Carlsons move to a new joint criminal and terrorism intelligence center run by the FBI, rather than report what many view as the real story Lt. Lee Edwards move from the Internal Affairs Unit to the Homicide Unit. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=51501sID=4 Posted by 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
[Mpls] IDA comes to Phillips Neighborhood
will determine the participant's monthly savings goal. Phillips Saves participants who reach their maximum savings potential will save $2,000 and be matched $4,000 over the course of a 40-month savings period. The savings program will be implemented in waves, beginning in Jan. 2005 and ending Dec. 31, 2009. Phillips Saves is based on both empowerment and accountability, said Nelson. This program isn't about handouts; it's about offering low-income workers the opportunity to improve their lives through resources, encouragement and discipline. It's a sure formula for long-term success, and Faith in the City is delighted to be working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mayor Rybak (of Minneapolis) and others to bring this wonderful program to Phillips neighborhood residents. http://www.mcf.org/MCF/whatsnew/briefs/thrivent041207.htm Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighbhorhood -- ___ 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
[Mpls] Mpls NAACP Presidential Election Results and other officers
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[Mpls] Mpls NAACP Presidential Election Results and other officers
Reed picked to lead Minneapolis NAACP Published November 21, 2004 A 56-year-old retired Cargill executive and longtime NAACP member was elected Saturday to serve as president of the Minneapolis NAACP. Duane Reed, of Minneapolis, got 31 votes, a majority of those cast. Only about one-fifth of the organization's 267 voting-eligible members voted at the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis NAACP has been beset by discord, including lawsuits, accusations of mismanaging funds and suspension of a president. Some say the troubles have crippled the organization. During a debate last week, Reed said, My friends, the NAACP has gone rampant and run amok. We need credibility, transparency, openness and ethics. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5097294.html From : Booker Hodges [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent : Sunday, November 21, 2004 1:21 AM President Duane Reed 53.3% Zack Metoyer 29.3% James Everett 17.2% 1st Vice President Mary Flowers-Spratt 64.6% Jon Kinsey 29.3% Doug Mann 6.3% Secretary Patunya Cofield 58.5% Carol White 41.5% Assistant Secretary Treslisa McCray 58.3% Rozlon Thomas 41.7% Treasurer Jesse Overton 100% Booker Hodges NAACP Election Supervisory Commitee Chairman New office holders take office in December of 2004 Booker T Hodges Near North Posted 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
[Mpls] The IRS to the NAACP: Greetings! (Editorial)
EDITORIAL The IRS to the NAACP: Greetings! By: Ron Edwards Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 11/17/2004 When the IRS reviews the document entitled Minneapolis Branch NAACP Expenditures Without Branch Approval, prepared by Carl L. Breeding, the branch administrator from Jackson, Michigan, who was appointed by the national board, what will local and national do about Mr. Breedings report showing over $220,000 spent without authorization, from June 3, 2003, to February 19, 2004? We know what the Minneapolis Convention Center is; it was allegedly paid $26,921.16 on November 18, 2003, without the approval of the executive committee or the general membership or the appointed administrator, and for which, again, no contract has been found. More questions present themselves: Who is Loden Design? Who is Greater Talent Network? What was that $220,000 plus for? When Greater Talent Network received a check for $25,000 on August 27, 2003 (also not approved by the executive committee or the general membership), how could it be to pay the two guest speakers for the annual dinner in November 2003, Mr. Glover and Mr. Justice, if they were to come for free? And then there is the question of Twin Cities Television, to which over $40,000 was paid out even though there was no contract and, again, no approval by the executive committee or the general membership. And who is Graybow Communications, paid $16,858.30 on November 18, 2003? November 18, 2003 was a big check-writing day. Sad. Over $220,000 spent. Over 40 checks issued. No information provided. No approval by the membership. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=50485sID=16 Posted by 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
[Mpls] Minneapolis names new Empowerment Zone chief
Minneapolis names new Empowerment Zone chief November 17, 2004 Jonathan Palmer, a longtime Minneapolis activist, is the city's new Empowerment Zone administrator. Palmer, once a City Council candidate, is executive director of the Jordan Area Community Council. He will start his new job Dec. 1. Palmer, who is on the zone's board, said he hopes to reach deeper into the inner-city neighborhoods designated as part of the zone. The city received federal Empowerment Zone designation in 1999 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The designation has brought almost $19 million in direct funding, $100 million in tax incentives and $130 million in tax-exempt bonding authority. http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5090019.html Posted by 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
[Mpls] Live Theater at North High School
Posted on Fri, Nov. 12, 2004 Bravo, North High, bravo RUBÉN ROSARIO Curtain's up. Finally. As the auditorium darkens tonight and the virgin audience sets its sights on the actors, Minneapolis North High School students Michael Berry, Joseph Hair, Sandie Lo and Jonathan McConico likely will take mental snapshots of the wooden shelves, the swinging door, food order bell, canned food, furniture and the pale yellow interior of the fictitious Texas diner kitchen that makes up the stage. We built this, we're a part of this, they likely will say to themselves after nearly three weeks of labor before, during and after school, including last weekend. When you think full-blown theater around these parts, you think Ordway, the Orpheum, the State, the Guthrie, the Fitzgerald, the Historic, Illusion and Penumbra. You don't think North High School, and you certainly don't think the North Side, a working-class, inner-city neighborhood in North Minneapolis filled with good people but lacking a lot of things, including a bowling alley, museum, playhouse and even that most basic of public entertainment a movie theater. It's also an area of the city that has seen more crime drama and pathos on its streets in recent years than inside any playhouse. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/10159166.htm Posted by Shawn Lewi, 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
[Mpls] Candidates for Mpls NAACP presidency promise reform, new vision
LOCAL NEWS Candidates for Mpls NAACP presidency promise reform, new vision By: Isaac Peterson, III Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 11/11/2004 In two Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder In Our View editorials, October 9 and October 16, 2003, we reviewed areas where we believed the Minneapolis Branch of the NAACP had gone badly off track and recommended four measures we considered critical to constructive reform. At that time, we proposed these measures as challenges for incoming Branch President Brett Buckner to address; they were ignored, and the Branch fell further into dysfunction, paralyzed by infighting. Now, with the Branch ineffective and essentially in limbo, three candidates for Branch president have emerged: Zachary Metoyer, Duane Reed and James Everett. The election will be decided on November 20. http://www.minneapolisnaacp.org -- ___ 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
[Mpls] Activities at local Polling Places in Mpls
- Horn Towers Highrise, 3121 Pillsbury Ave 6 - First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Ave S 7 - Painter Park, 620 - 34th St W 8 - Walker Methodist Home, 3737 Bryant Ave S 9 - Church of New Life, 3536 Nicollet Ave 10 - Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Ave S (use Fremont Ave entrance) 11 - YWCA Uptown, 2808 Hennepin Ave Ward 11 Precinct: 1 - Knox Presbyterian Church, 4747 Lyndale Ave S 2 - Washburn High School, 201 - 49th St W 3 - Mayflower Church, 106 Diamond Lake Road E 4 - Richfield Lutheran Church, 8 - 60th St W 5 - Pearl Neighborhood Center, 414 Diamond Lake Road E 6 - Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, 5760 Portland Ave S 7 - McRae Park Building, 906 - 47th St E 8 - Our Lady of Peace Church, 5425 - 11th Ave S 9 - Wenonah School, 5625 - 23rd Ave S Ward 12 Precinct: 1 - Cooper School, 3239 - 44th Ave S 2 - Dowling School, 3900 River Pkwy W 3 - St. Peders Lutheran Church, 4600 - 42nd St E 4 - Hiawatha School, 4201 - 42nd Ave S 5 - Keewaydin Neighborhood Center, 3000 - 53rd St E 6 - Minnehaha United Methodist Church, 3701 - 50th St E 7 - Minnesota Veterans Home (Bldg. #17), 5100 Minnehaha Ave 8 - St. Helena Catholic Church, 3201 - 43rd St E (use Parking lot entrance) 9 - Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Falls, 5212 - 41st Ave S 10 - Morris Park Field House, 5531 - 39th Ave S 11 - Nokomis Community Center, 2401 Minnehaha Pkwy E Ward 13 Precinct: 1 - Bakken Library, 3537 Zenith Ave S 2 - Lake Harriet Community School - Lower Campus, 4030 Chowen Ave S 3 - Linden Hills Field House, 3100 - 43rd St W 4 - Pershing Neighborhood Center, 3523 - 48th St W 5 - Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Ave S 6 - Lynnhurst Community Center, 1345 Minnehaha Pkwy W (use Pkwy entrance) 7 - St. Luke's Parish, 4557 Colfax Ave S 8 - Armatage Neighborhood Center, 5701 Russell Ave S 9 - Anthony School, 5757 Irving Ave S 10 - Kenny School, 5720 Emerson Ave S Approved 5/28/2004, addresses corrected 7/2/2004, links added 10/15/2004 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/2004/polling-places/polling-places.asp#TopOfPage Posted by 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
[Mpls] City contracts promised for Small, Minority and Women Businesses
Does anyone know what the City of Minneapolis is doing? City contracts promised Small, minority- and women-owned businesses say St. Paul not living up to ordinance BY TIM NELSON Pioneer Press The city of St. Paul will beef up its efforts to include minority-, women-owned and small businesses in the development projects it funds and the goods and services it buys, Mayor Randy Kelly told a gathering of minority businesspeople on Wednesday. He laid out a 15-point plan to address criticism from minority builders, business owners and service providers, who have complained that the city isn't living up to the standards set out by ordinance 30 years ago. We're going to take the ordinance, Chapter 84, and push it to the limit, Susan Kimberly, planning and economic development director, told business people gathered at the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce offices. The most important change, she said, was a commitment that all new development agreements and offers of assistance will require a good-faith effort to steer at least 15 percent of the total expenditure toward minority-owned, women-owned and small businesses. Minority contracting has been a matter of some contention in St. Paul. The city's former affirmative action officer and minority business development director was fired after alleging that the city's signature development effort, Housing 5000, was ignoring anti-discrimination measures. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/10031996.htm *** We must monitor City projects By: Pauline Thomas Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 12/17/2003 http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=36377sID=16Search=YES 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
[Mpls] More info on North Mpls Teen Shooting
More education needs to be done by community leaders about what do when they encounter police officers. For example, 1) Don't run when you see the police 2) When an officer orders you to do something, Do it. 3) Don't carry any pellet guns with you, at any time 4) Keep your hands visible and interlocked together, officers are trained that hands can hurt them. (not to sure how longto do this one). ** Jonathan Palmer, executive director of the Jordan Area Community Council, said the shooting has a ripple effect. It's a loss of life and no matter what happens, this is something that weighs down on a community, he said. Jordan has suffered enough. It needs help, support, neighbors and city leaders coming together. What it does not need is more violence. We have to come together and say 'enough is enough.' Palmer said the incident also raises another issue: One of the questions that comes to my mind is why was there a group of youth out at that time of night? I hope all community members can work together so that these kids are not in the street in the middle of the night, but safe with family and friends who care and will protect them. http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/5053854.html Police urge calm in wake of shooting of teen http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/10/25_williamsb_killing 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
[Mpls] Memorial Service:Teenage Killed in North Mpls
Dear List Subscribers and Readers: Please take a moment out of your busy schedule to pay tribute to another youth killed on the streets of Minneapolis. Thank You and Godbless Memorial Service at FELLOWSHIP MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 3355 4TH STREET NORTH, MPLS. MN 55412 612-588-4709 ALBERT GALLMON, JR., PASTOR starts at 6pm http://www.fellowshipmb.org 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
[Mpls] Plymouth Christian Youth Center-serves North Mpls
Plymouth Christian Youth Center, now in its 50th year, is an invaluable community resource. Especially at this time of academic crisis for African American youth. The North Minneapolis-based institution empowers and encourages youngsters to recognize and fulfill their potential. Life skills are honed. They face the world with actual prospects. In fact, PCYCs Alternative School is recognized as a leader in the education of disenfranchised youth. The health clinic and young families programs facilitate good health and effective parenting for PCYC kids and their families. PCYC campuses are a source of pride in the neighborhoods it serves, included the rejuvenated West Broadway area commercial corridor. To date, it has served more than 100,000 young people with enormous success, including providing upwards of $104,000 worth in college scholarship money since 1989 to 141 alternative school graduates. PCYC executive director Anne L. Long spoke with Insight News about the institution. http://www.insightnews.com/youths.asp?mode=displayarticleID=1530 Posted by 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
[Mpls] Tensions run deep over teen shot by police
I have received many comments from people. Some are upset with the Mpls Police Department,while others are upset about the lack of adult supervision of youth on the streets. All I do know is it will happen again, which breaks my heart-Shawn Lewis. Tensions run deep over teen shot by police Pam Louwagie and Paul Levy, Star Tribune October 26, 2004 ...My son didn't have no gun, Brewer said with anger in her voice. You can say he didn't keep a clean room. But you can't say he had a gun. The family's assertions and rumors that have swirled in the community have left everyone begging for answers in the case, one of the most potentially explosive since Police Chief Bill McManus began leading the city's force early this year. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5051756.html Sadly, on North Side, it feels like old times Doug Grow, Star Tribune October 26, 2004 http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/5051671.html 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
[Mpls] Boy, 15, killed by Mpls police; they say he had a weapon-Jordan Neighborhood
Does anyone know how many killings has taken place in this neighborhood this year? ** Last update: October 25, 2004 at 12:40 AM Boy, 15, killed by police; they say he had a weapon Chao Xiong, Star Tribune October 25, 2004 A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by Minneapolis police in the Jordan neighborhood early Sunday after he reportedly refused to drop a weapon that police said resembled a .45-caliber pistol. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun, police said. Officials have not released the name of the victim, but family members identified him as Courtney Williams of Minneapolis. Family members also denied Sunday that Williams had a gun and said he was killed for no reason. http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/5049621.html 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
[Mpls] City Page Article on Chief McManus
Interesting article. Especially, the bias of the Startribune writers. How's He Doing? In just eight months, chief Bill McManus has alienated the media, the pols, and the MPD rank and file. He must be doing something right. http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1245/article12545.asp Posted by 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
[Mpls] Activist, sister not guilty of obstructing police Jury comments
Activist, sister not guilty of obstructing police October 14, 2004 Minneapolis community activist Alfred Flowers and his sister were found not guilty Wednesday of obstructing police during a scuffle a year ago outside the Urban League building in north Minneapolis. Flowers, 44, also was acquitted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct. His sister, Alisa Clemons, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found not guilty of obstructing police, a gross misdemeanor. The scuffle occurred after Flowers, a member of a group working to improve police-community relations, attended a meeting in September 2003 at the Minneapolis Urban League. He voiced concerns about funding matters involving the NAACP. The police were called when he was asked to leave because he allegedly became violent. The six-member jury took 2½ hours to reach not-guilty verdicts after nearly three weeks of testimony. We had a lot of reasonable doubt on every point, said jury foreman Raymond Moles of Plymouth. He and two other jurors said afterward that the defense had a strong case and they believed the defendants did nothing wrong and shouldn't have been charged. Two jurors, Stacy Cremers of Maple Grove and Bob Borgeson of Brooklyn Park, said they thought police overreacted in how they handled Flowers, who was walking away from an officer who tackled him outside the Urban League building. I know the whole time that I didn't do anything, Flowers said. I am saddened because I know that many African-Americans can't afford to defend themselves against charges like this. We never should have been here, Clemons said. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5031923.html Posted by 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
