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On January 23, the US HouseCommittee on Financial Services,Subcommittee on Housing andCommunity Opportunity, held apublic hearing at the MinneapolisCentral Library. It was headed bySubcommittee Chairwoman Rep.Maxine Waters (D-CA) and USRep. Keith Ellison (D-MN). TheSubcommittee hearing consistedof two panel discussions withpoliticians and communitymembers and activists on low-income housing and the

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Metric Giles, the St. Paul-basedenvironmentalist and communityorganizer, beamed with pride. “Thisis awesome,” he said, addressing astanding room only audience ofNorth Minneapolis residents,business and agency leaders, andpoliticians who responded to StateRep. Bobby Joe Champion’s (DFL-58B) call to consider Light Rail

Transit options for NorthMinneapolis.

Over 250 people overflowed afirst space, then a larger space at theUniversity Research andOutreach/Engagement Center(UROC) at 2100 Plymouth AvenueNorth. “I expected to see a lot ofwhite people here, but to find,instead, a room full of Black people,Asian people and Latino people isawesome. That’s what this is allabout….all the people being onboard,” said Giles.

Giles said he was introduced to

the concept of Transit OrientedDevelopment (TOD) at a seminar inUtah several years ago. Still, hesaid, most people are not aware ofthe opportunities, and the attendantpitfalls and challenges on the nearhorizon. These transit decisions willshape the long term character of ourcommunity.

Martin Luther King, Jr, over 40years ago, described transportationpolicy as a major tool of racism.With that statement in mind, saidGiles, people should remember thedevastating impact of transportation

policy in St. Paul’s Rondocommunity, and examine howtransportation policy led todismantling Black business districtsin St. Paul and other urban centersnationwide. Transportation policyhas been a tool to impede ratherthan enable wealth creation by us inour own community, he said.

Giles said aggressive civicengagement by communityresidents is critical, this timearound. “Participation is key.

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Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein, far left, joined other concerned Minneapolis residents at a full-capacity transit meeting last Thursday.

Changingthe imageYouth are impressionable. Imagescan influence their behavior, andoften serve as a mirror to theirfuture. James Burroughs II,Director of Minneapolis PublicSchools Office of Diversity andEqual Opportunity, and staff, aredeliberate in presenting positiveimages of education andprofessionalism to students ofcolor in their district. 100 StrongWho Care: Building Bridges forthe Next Generation, is a series ofevents hosted by MinneapolisPublic Schools, that brings 100business professionals into oneschool to meet with students, talkabout their careers and work withstudents on service-learningprojects. Students make a tangibleconnection with professionalsleading successful careers inmarketing, science, law, humanresources, computer technology,and other industries. Four eventswill take place at MinneapolisPublic Schools in partnership withprofessional organizations.

On February 8 and 9, LucyCraft Laney School will partnerwith Multicultural, Multi-Faithbased institutions; February 16and 17, Olson Upper Academy,will partner with Twin CitiesBlack Employees Network;February 24, Elizabeth HallInternational Elementary Schoolwill partner with MinnesotaAssociation of Black Lawyers andGeneral Mills Black ChampionsNetwork; and the last event of theyear will take place at South HighSchool, April 22 and April 23, inpartnership with the National PanHellenic Fraternities andSororities.

A typical event day lasts twohours and includes a mininetworking session with studentsand professionals; greetings fromSuperintendent William Green;students and professionals pairedin individual classrooms;presentations by professionals; aQ & A session for students toengage professionals; and studentsand professionals working on a

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In an effort to motivate greaternumbers of Insight News readerstoward caucus attendance, andinformed and early participation inthe political process, Insight Newsinvited all gubernatorial candidatescompeting for DFL endorsement torespond to 10 questions which focuson how they will address theconcerns of Minnesota’scommunities of color in theircampaigns and should they beelected governor.

We asked candidates to discussending the education achievementgap and their ideas for improvingstate government’s hiring andcontracting from communities ofcolor.

Candidates are listed in alphabeticalorder according to last name.

What will you do, through policyand practice, to make best use ofpublic resources for Justice andPublic Safety system reform?

Tom Bakkwww.bakk2010.comAs governor, I will use publicresources as efficiently and

effectively as possiblein all areas. Our justiceand public safetysystems are large andcomplex. There haslong been debate aboutwhere to prioritize and

how to minimize waste. There aredefinitely places where we canstreamline or combine services tomaximize efficiency both in urbanand rural parts of the state.

Matt Entenzawww.entenza.com

In the last eight yearsour judicial system hasbeen hit hard byPawlenty’s budget cuts,which has led to a defacto privatization ofour legal system. The

increased fees have made it difficult

for defendants and their publicdefenders to make to the court-roomand move the judicial processforward. As governor I will work toensure our judicial system is fair andequal to everyone, regardless of race,ethnicity or economic-status. It mightbe of interest to you to know that I amhosting a meeting regarding the stateof the judiciary and whether it reflectsthe growing diversity of the state, andI welcome you to attend.

Margaret Anderson Kelliherwww.margaretforgovernor.com

Everyone deserves tolive in a safeneighborhood, and Isupport lawenforcement efforts toprovide that safety andsecurity to all ofMinnesota’s families.

However, it’s important to speak outagainst practices thatdisproportionally single out onegroup and to address any imbalancein the justice system. As governor, Iwould take the initiative to really lookat whether penalties are handed downfairly, and also look at ways to reachout to youth to focus on crimeprevention and education.

Steve Kelley www.stevekelley.org

The criminal justicesystem in Minnesotaneeds reform. I wouldconsult with lawenforcement agencies,people who work inthe criminal justice

system, and reform and civil rightsadvocates to comprehensivelyexamine the current system andgenerate ideas for reform thatimprove safety and protect civilrights.

Additionally, the irresponsiblebudgeting of the PawlentyAdministration has had a ripple effectacross a number of essential statefunctions, including our public safetyand criminal justice system. Cuts inLocal Government Aid have strappedour law enforcement agencies, takenpolice off the streets, slashedimportant prevention and after-school programs, and curtailed civilrights. The idea that we can cut ourbudget without consequence isridiculous. Another step to creatinga fair criminal system is to restoreresponsible budgeting so that we takeinto consideration both short-termsavings and long term costs of ouractions.

Senator John Martywww.johnmarty.org

My administration willfocus on preventingcrime by addressing itsroot causes. Forinstance, we need totreat mental health andchemical dependency

issues as health problems to betreated, instead of treating them ascrimes to be punished. Whiletreating these health concerns up-front may be costly, it is far lessexpensive – in both human andeconomic terms — than ignoringproblems and paying to lock peopleup for many years in prisons.

We will reform the system so thatwhen people leave prison, they areable to start their anew, with theeducational, housing and economicopportunities available to enablethem to fully engage in thecommunity. Under our currentsystem, we deny them thoseopportunities, leaving them trappedwhere their only option is to re-offend. We will put more moneyinto restorative justice and less intopunitive justice. The Martyadministration will work to makesure our laws are not discriminatoryand will aggressively push to ensurethat enforcement of those laws is nolonger discriminatory.

Rep. Tom Rukavinawww.rukavinaforgovernor.com

One of my mainemphasizes has been togive everyone a secondchance, particularlyyoung people. My goalis LESS incarceration,LESS probation,

MORE rehabilitation. Quite franklywe need to quit turning PettyMisdemeanors into GrossMisdemeanors and GrossMisdemeanors into Felonies. It isgetting out of control at the statelevel. I want to place less emphasison the militarization of the policeforces in Minnesota and moreresources on rehabilitation, thespread of justice, and communitypolicing.

R. T. Rybakwww.rtrybak.com

I am exceedinglyproud of the successwe’ve had inM i n n e a p o l i spreventing youthviolence. After aterrible spike in

violent crime in 2006, which wasdriven by youth participation, weconvened all stakeholders inMinneapolis to look at what was not

working and come up withinnovative new strategies that wehoped would work.

Out of that effort came therecognition that youth violence is nota problem merely of crime, but is infact a public-health epidemic thatrequires the same holistic, multi-faceted response that we bring toaddressing other epidemics. Drawingon a mix of community-oriented lawenforcement and public-healthstrategies to address the root causesof violence and significantly reduceand prevent youth violence inMinneapolis, our broad cross-sectionof community stakeholders created aBlueprint for Action.

The Blueprint identifies four goals:

• Connecting every youth with a trusted adult;

• Intervening at the first sign that youth are at risk for violence;

• Restoring youth who have gone down the wrong path;

• Unlearning the culture of violence in our community.

While all four goals are important, Ifind the second and the thirdespecially compelling. We knowfrom our collaboration withHennepin County that interveningwith youth early and keeping themout of detention and the juvenile-justice system works: 80% of theyoung people who come through ourJuvenile Service Center never comeback. This is a victory not only forthese young people and their futures,but for taxpayers. We need tocontinue to partner with communityso that there is quick, effectiveintervention at the first sign oftrouble.

We also know that returning ayoung person to heal in thecommunity from which they come,with effective support services, is themost effective way to restore him orher to full, productive citizenship inthe broadest sense of the term. This isdifficult work, but it must be built in.I am concerned, however, that withstate cuts to local governments,effective probation and othernecessary support services continueto suffer. Until our state’s fiscalsituation improves and we once againhave a governor who believes inhonest budgeting, we are going tohave to keeping finding creativeways to partner with communities toensure that we have the resources torestore our young people.

While many factors go into theoverall decline in crime rates that wehave seen in Minneapolis, we believethat our focus on treating youthviolence holistically as a public-health issue has worked: since 2006,violent crime involving juveniles hasdropped 47%. The decline of youthinvolvement in homicides is evenmore dramatic: while homicides inMinneapolis dropped from 54 in2006 to 19 in 2009, youthinvolvement in homicide droppedfrom 42 (of the total 54) in 2006 tojust 2 (of the total 19) in 2009.

This success is a sign that weshould take to the statewide level thelocal work being done to wrap ourarms around our youth in communityto steer them away from involvementin the juvenile-justice system andtoward productive citizenship.

While we celebrate that success,we know we have more work to do,particularly in the Somalicommunity: the fact that the twopeople arrested in the recent, tragictriple homicide on Franklin Avenuewere both 17-year-old Somali men isa sign to us that we have fallen shorton that front.

We must also look a systemicreform of sentencing for both youthand adults. The disparities betweenwhites and people of color —especially African Americans — inrates of incarceration has grownshamefully in Minnesota in the lastdecade, and we must eliminate thatgap. On the adult front, we mustreview disparities in sentencing (forexample, around drug possession)that have led to results that are racistin their effect. Justice, compassionand good government togethercompel us to rethink our sentencingpractices and develop effective,community-based alternatives foradults, as we have begun to do for ouryouth. Right now, our system isneither compassionate enough oreffective enough. It must be both.

The same principles of justice,compassion and good governmentshould also drive us as a state to workharder on effective reintegration andreenfranchisement once time hasbeen served and debts have beenpaid. We must explore all our optionsin Minnesota for taking advantage ofthe federal Second Chance Act, andlook for areas where we can reformour practices beyond the steps thefederal government has taken.

I am also proud to haveadvocated for and instituted thepolicy in the City of Minneapolis thateliminated questions about priorarrests and criminal record from theCity’s job application. I took someheat over that policy but I stood upfor what we know was the right thingto do.

When I can governor, you willhave someone leading our state whohas already gone on right-wing talkradio and fought back on these issuesthat others have shied away from.You will have a governor who hasgone to community meetings, takentough questions, listened and wonpeople over. Too often, Democratsand progressives are timid aboutdefending and advocating for ourviews on the criminal justice systemand public-safety reform. I am not.

Ole SaviorResponse for all questions:

Rebuild the oldneighborhoods - Newschools. Moreteachers. Jobs, “full”employment goals inMN at decent pay andbetter living

conditions. Higher educationalopportunities for advancement of“all” people. Job creation by buildinga new Viking Stadium, constructionetc. and also opening up new areas ofjobs like the MN State Fair which isclosed 50 weeks a year - create a new“year round “playland” like a“Disneyland” of four seasons(thousands of new jobs here). MNImmigration policy will be fair andgood welcoming new citizens. Tribalgovernment needs to represent all“not” just a few like Mystic family.More LRT between cities. Everyonewill benefit.

Paul Thissenwww.paulthissen.com

The Minnesota judicialbranch has sufferedgreatly as a result ofrecent administrationfailures to establish astable and fair systemfor its funding. Public

defender’s offices do not have theresources needed to fairly serve theirclients and the courts have had toraise filing fees in order to offset adecrease in funding. Unfortunately,as court fees increase low incomeMinnesotans are excluded from thejudicial system. Unlike recentadministrations I will listen to judicialleaders like Chief Justice Magnusonand do my best to give our justicesystem the resources needed to serveall Minnesotans.

We also need to have a seriousdiscussion about equity in oursentencing guidelines, focus on post-sentence reintegration from the timeof sentencing, and utilize models ofrestorative justice in approachingcases. I authored and passedlegislation to adopt a public healthapproach to reducing youth violenceby focusing on broader communitysupport.

What are your key immigrationrelated concerns, and how will yougo about addressing them asgovernor? How will you ensurethat our systems solutions meetthe needs of New Americans?

Tom Bakkwww.bakk2010.comAmerica, and Minnesota, was builtby immigrants. Our state mustcontinue to be a welcomingdestination for new Americans. Asgovernor I will work with immigrantcommunities to create a two-waydialogue on how the state can workon easing the transition for newAmericans and providing anenvironment where immigrantcommunities can thrive.

Matt Entenzawww.entenza.comI have a proven record of standing upfor New Americans. In the stateHouse I opposed putting immigrationstatus on licenses, supportedimmigration “SanctuaryOrdinances,” opposed requiringEnglish proficiency to drive,sponsored a bill to decriminalizeburkas, and worked to increaseincreased enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.

As governor I will continue towork to ensure that New Americansare welcomed and respected for theircommitment to Minnesota bymaking sure our New Americans getthe ELL and continuing educationthey need to succeed. I will alsocontinue to advocate for the passageof the DREAM Act.

Margaret Anderson Kelliherwww.margaretforgovernor.comI am concerned that immigrationcontinues to be used as a wedgeissue. We cannot allow our society tobe divided where immigrants arefalsely blamed and demonized for avariety of issues, including oureconomic crisis. I will ensure thatimmigrants’ human rights areprotected, and that New American’sneeds are addressed particularly ineducation and higher educationopportunities.

Steve Kelley www.stevekelley.orgI want to make sure that NewAmericans have equal opportunity tohave a prosperous life in Minnesota.I’m concerned about recent federalraids in places like Worthington that

separated families and disrupted theentire community. That’s why Iwould partner with the Congressionaldelegation to get comprehensivefederal immigration reform passed.No matter how hard Minnesotaworks, we can only put band-aids onthe challenges faced by immigrantsuntil federal reforms take place.

However, we can take action inMinnesota to improve the lives ofNew Americans. We should passthe DREAM Act to get Minnesotachildren of immigrants access tocollege. Just as we need to keep theeducational promises that we make toAfrican-American students, we canand we must keep that same promiseto children of immigrants.

Another concern is thatcontractors who are trying to evadethe state’s labor laws not exploit newimmigrants. All Minnesotansdeserve to work for a living wage,including those who have recentlymade Minnesota their home. Iwould enforce labor laws to ensurethat contractors pay all of theirworkers, including immigrantlaborers, a fair wage.

Senator John Martywww.johnmarty.orgThe federal government must reformimmigration and allow a pathway tocitizenship. As governor I willadvocate for fair immigration reform.One of my fundamental beliefs is thatall people should be treated withdignity and respect. As Governor, Iwill work with immigrantcommunities and New Americans tobetter understand and address theirneeds. In particular, we need tofocus on providing the resources tohelp people find work that will allowthem support their families and toprovide culturally sensitiveresources, such as child care andhealth care, which will allow them tocontinue working.

I will speak out against hatefulanti-immigrant rhetoric in thecommunity. Unless we respondclearly, such rhetoric creates fear andleads to violence against immigrants.

Rep. Tom Rukavinawww.rukavinaforgovernor.comMy main concern is our ability tooffer education to New Americans inthe same manner that my parentswere offered education when theyimmigrated to this great state, withthe same basic hopes and dreams oftoday’s immigrants. I am particularlyconcerned with educating our futureworkforce and my record shows thatI have worked toward improvingaccessibility of education toeveryone. This is something that willcontinue to be a focus of mine in theGovernor’s Office as well. I will alsowork to welcome immigrants to ourgreat state instead of using them astargets for angry political purposes.

R. T. Rybakwww.rtrybak.comI was elected mayor of Minneapolisright after the attacks of September11, 2001, in the midst of the mostanti-immigrant frenzy in recenthistory. From the moment I tookoffice, I had to stand up during theheight of the Bush/Pawlenty attackson immigrants and defend, forexample, our city’s wise decision toseparate basic police and public-safety functions from the functions ofthe immigration system. Minneapolisas a city, and I as its mayor, have beenattacked and threatened by right-wingers at the State Capitol andacross the country for our City/ICEseparation ordinance. But we havestood firm in the face of these attacksbecause we know we are right.

In Minneapolis, we not onlydefend new Americans, we celebratethem. Eight years ago the commonway to talk about the kids inMinneapolis was to say: “They arethe most diverse generation we haveever raised, they speak 100languages, they come from all overthe world — and that createstremendous challenges.” But todaywhen we talk about our kids we say:“They are the most diversegeneration we have ever raised, theyspeak 100 languages, they comefrom all over the world — and thatmakes them the most valuablegeneration we have ever raised. In aglobal world, where the mostimportant asset is to cross culturalbarriers, the young people comingout of our schools are the key to oursuccess.” The Minneapolis promise

has played a key role in bringingabout this important transformation.

When it comes to economicdevelopment, in Minneapolis wehave focused resources on buildingprosperity in immigrantcommunities. To name a fewexamples:

We have successfully launchedand supported showcases ofimmigrant entrepreneurial innovationlike the Global Market and PlazaVerde.

Our Great Streets program,which I have championed, directslow-interest loans, grants andtechnical assistance to smallbusinesses on our main commercialcorridors, like Lake Street. Thesegrants and loans have leveragedmillions more in private capital.Through Greet Streets we havepartnered closely with the LatinoEconomic Development Center.

In conjunction with the AfricanDevelopment Center we havedeveloped culturally-sensitive loanproducts and no-interest financialinstruments for entrepreneurs of theIslamic faith.

On the public-safety front, wehave worked hard for several years tobuild bridges with the Hmong andSomali communities. In theaftermath of the recent triplehomicide on Franklin Avenue, theSomali community and theMinneapolis Police Departmentworked in close partnership andcooperation as never before. I amgratified to have heard from so manySomali community members that intheir moment of crisis, they felt theycould trust the police and the City.

When I am governor, we willwork on building trust and prosperitywith and for immigrant communitiesand new Americans, as we have donein Minneapolis. New Americans nolonger make their homes only inSaint Paul and Minneapolis, andLatinos, Asians and Africans nowlive in every corner, every city andevery small town of our state.

Our state’s rich cultural diversityis not tangential to why I am runningfor governor, it is central. When I’mgovernor, the kind of old politics thathas intentionally sought to divideMinnesotans from one another willcome to a crashing halt. There is anold attitude at the Capitol that seeks todivide us into groups that can bescapegoated or pitted against eachother. This has gotten us nowhere,and I have fought back against it: Ihave stood with Latino and Muslimcommunities when they have comeunder attack by those seeking cheappolitical gain, and I will take that heatagain anytime that it’s necessary todo so.

Instead, when I am governor wewill reconnect Minnesota andMinnesotans, because the more weare connected to each other, the moreequality and opportunity we create.My Czech immigrant ancestors facedchallenges in an earlier time that theymet by forging connections with eachother. I cannot forget that it took fourgenerations to send my father tocollege so that he later could send meto college.

We as a state can and must cometogether to forge the connections witheach other that create prosperity, andI am prepared to lead that effort.

Paul Thissenwww.paulthissen.comAs the population of Minnesota agesand our workforce declines, newAmericans will play an essential rolein growing and protecting aprosperous economy. Therefore, it isnot only a moral imperative, but aneconomical necessity that ALLMinnesotans have equal access toeducational and employmentopportunities. New immigrants inMinnesota (legally or not) need apath to citizenship that helps bring allresidents of Minnesota out of theshadows and helps them more fullyparticipate in our society. And weneed a sensible policy that does nottear families apart.

We must transform the politicaldiscussion when it comes to issues ofimmigrants living in ourcommunities. We need a candidatewho will call upon what is best inMinnesotans — a belief that this is aspecial and extraordinary place —and challenge Minnesotans to turnthat belief and hope into reality.

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The ninth annual MentoringMonth came to a close last weekacross the nation, but the spirit ofthe month will carry on all year atthe 19 Twin Cities-area highschools in which AdmissionPossible AmeriCorps coachesare serving as mentors to studentswith dreams of going to college.

Nankya Senungi serves as anAmeriCorps coach and mentorfor seniors participating inAdmission Possible’s freeafterschool college accessprogram at North Communityand Columbia Heights HighSchools.

Senungi’s students are intheir second year of the two-yearprogram and will work with heruntil the end of the school year inMay. Senior Muno Ali saidSenungi has made a realdifference in her life. “I know

that if I have a problem Nankyais always there, and I have nodoubts in my mind about theadvice she gives me,” Ali said.“She has influenced my futurefor the better.”

Without the mentorshipprovided by Senungi and 49 otherAdmission Possible AmeriCorpscoaches, the future would lookvery different for the 1,400Admission Possible high schoolstudents in the Twin Cities metroarea and the 2,200 programgraduates pursuing collegedegrees. Historically, students inthe program have raised theirACT scores by 20 percent, and 98percent of Admission Possiblestudents have earned admissionto college.

Mentoring has touchedSenungi’s life, too. “Myrelationship with my students is

very special - I treat them like Iwould think I would treat myown children,” she said. “I wantto nurture their dreams and helpthose aspirations come truethrough college education.”

Mentoring Month is anational initiative of theCorporation for National andCommunity Service, HarvardMentoring Project of the HarvardSchool of Public Health andMENTOR. AmeriCorps is justone of the numerous mentoringprojects across the country thathelp young people transitionfrom poverty to promise, and aimto broaden the possibilities ofsuccess for thousands of youngpeople through service.

Admission Possible’s highschool program manager andAmeriCorps recruitment leaderLara Dreier hopes Mentoring

Month will highlight the value ofmentoring to the broader public.“Mentoring has profoundimpacts,” Dreier said. “AtAdmission Possible, I see howthe strong relationship thatcoaches form with their studentsopens doors for students,challenges coaches to grow andprovides a brighter future forMinnesota.”

As Dreier works on recruitingnext year’s team of AmeriCorpscoaches, she’s encouraged by thevolume of applications theprogram receives. “Many recentcollege graduates who havebenefited from the support ofprofessors and other adultsunderstand the role thatmentoring plays in educationalachievement and are electing tocommit a year of their lives toproviding that critical support for

others.” Applications for nextyear’s AmeriCorps team are openuntil March 8, and applications

can be found online atwww.admissionpossible.org/AmeriCorps.html.

Admission Possible coaches: Mentoring for a brighter future

Admission PossibleNankya Senungi

In the wake of the Haitianearthquake, CNN’s SoledadO’Brien rushed to the region todeliver the same sort of high-quality, eyewitness coverage thatshe has dependably broadcast inthe past. Because of her seeminglyeffortless style and her PeopleMagazine’s 50 Most BeautifulPeople List looks, what tends toget lost about this intrepid, Emmy-winning reporter is that she’s alsoa Harvard grad with a keenintellect, a razor sharp wit, a greatsense of humor and an ever-inquiring mind.

I’ve interviewed a bunch ofbright people in my day and, trustme, Soledad might very well bethe brightest. You’ll instantly seewhat I mean, if you ever have thepleasure of engaging her inconversation one-on-one. Untilthen, I hope that this revealingtete-a-tete about the Haiti reliefeffort effectively conveys theessence of her brilliant mind andvery likable spirit.

Soledad is never one to shyaway from a difficult or probingquestion, but is rather refreshinglyfrank and forthcoming inaddressing, in considerable depth,whatever issue she’s asked toaddress. That’s the reason I soughther out in the first place to get thescoop on what’s really happeningin Haiti.

Keep in mind that thisinterview was conducted soonafter her return to the States, whileshe was cooking for andfrequently distracted by a housefull of rambunctious kids, and sheeven paused briefly from ourconversation to pull one of herfived-year-old twin’s baby teeth,all without ever missing a beat.

Kam Williams: Hi, Soledad,thanks again for the time. Soledad O’Brien: Hey, how’reyou doing?

KW: Well, I guess my firstquestion is, how’s Haiti?SO: Haiti’s a mess for a host ofreasons: because it’s historicallynever been given a chance,because it currently has no realinfrastructure, and because, ofcourse, in the wake of the

earthquake those factors combineto make for a country that’s goingto have a very slow recovery.These conditions don’t exist in avacuum but are correlated to howfast Haiti is going to be able torecover. There’s a reason whypeople aren’t getting food andother resources quickly, evenwhen supplies have arrived tohand out, namely, that it’s reallyhard to get to folks in the absenceof an infrastructure.

KW: You also covered thetsunami and Katrina. How dothese disasters compare to eachother? SO: To me, the scope of Katrinawas so much bigger than where Iwas in Thailand. In Thailand, aftera couple of days everyone couldkind of get their act together,except for in the affected areawhich they needed to continueworking on rebuilding. Bycomparison, Katrina was justgiant, space-wise. As for Haiti, thedamage caused by the earthquakeis even more widespread thanKatrina, and they have much lessinfrastructure. I found the samesort of devastation I saw in Port-au-Prince, when we drove toJacmel and beyond. Plus, thepopulation density is so muchgreater in Haiti where they buildhomes right on top of each otherinto these hills. So, there was adomino effect when theycollapsed, especially because ofthe substandard constructionwork.

KW: I write for a Haitian

publication, Heritage KonpaMagazine, whose publisher, ReneDavis, is from a place called Petit-Goave located 30 miles outside ofPort-au-Prince. He emailed me tosay that still nothing in the way ofhelp has reached his hometown. SO: Part of the problem is just thelogistics. Some of those places youcan’t reach simply because theroads are physically impassable.The other issue involves thechallenge of delivering supplies toHaiti. Is the port open? How doyou get shipments in? So, evenright in Port-au-Prince, where youhave such population density, youhave a real problem just figuringout how to hand out stuff.

KW: Tony Noel wants to know, towhat extent this is an internationalrelief effort? Are there othercountries contributing that mightnot be mentioned by the Americanmainstream press? SO: Oh, yeah. Absolutely! What Ifound interesting from the get go,when we went to the hospital inJacmel, was that the first people Iencountered were Cuban doctors.They already had a longstanding,joint project with Haiti, so theywere the ones who immediatelyset up the outdoor, triage hospital.Those were Haitian and Cubandoctors. And at that hospital therewere also medical teams fromCosta Rica, Canada, Sri Lanka andthe United States. It was truly aninternational response. Noquestion. It was strange to beyelled at in so many different

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Eyewitness report on the Haitian relief effort

Soledad O’Brien/CNNCNN’s Soledad O’Brien in Haiti

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By Kam Williamskam@insightnews.com

The Capri Theater’s “Legends”series has a special treat forlovers and music lovers at 7 pm,Saturday, February 13 with“They’ll Say We’re in Love.”The concert stars T. MychaelRambo, Regina Williams, andThomasina Petrus. Tickets are$25 and can be ordered online atthecapritheater.org, or by callingOvationTix at 866-811-4111.

“We’re going to offer aromantic evening with a late-night vibe,” says Capri Theaterartistic associate Dennis Spears,who produces the Legends series.The song list at the Capri willinclude “Lush Life,” “Lucky So

and So,” and of course “MyFunny Valentine.”

Special touches make“They’ll Say We’re in Love” theperfect “date night” forValentine’s Day. Show yourspecial someone how sweet lovecan be with an individual-sizedsweet potato pie, served with acup of coffee, both before andafter the concert. Looking for aValentine’s Day gift? CD’s by“Legends” performers will beavailable for purchase in thelobby.

“All three of these performersare outstanding actors as well asfabulous vocalists,” Spears says.

“One of the hallmarks of the‘Legends’ series is that itcombines music with theater.The sets, the costumes and thelighting all support the musicalperformances.”

The three will also give a liveTV preview on “Almanac” onTPT Channel 2, Friday, February12 at 7 pm, which will includetwo of the songs they willperform at the Capri.

The Capri Theater is ownedand operated by PlymouthChristian Youth Center (PCYC),a non-profit human servicesorganization that serves northMinneapolis children and

families through education,community programs andcommunity development. Formore information, visitwww.pcyc-mpls.org

Capri Theater 2009-2010“Legends” Series

THEY’LL SAY WE’RE INLOVE(featuring Regina Williams, T.Mychael Rambo & ThomasinaPetrus) 7 p.m. Saturday, February13, 2010

DOWN ON BROADWAY(Live Recording featuring

Dennis Spears)7 p.m. Saturday, April 17, and 3p.m. Sunday, April 18, 2010

THE GREAT AMERICANSONGBOOK

(featuring Debbie Duncan withher original trio: Adi Yshaya,Gary Reynor and Nathan Norm)7 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2010

languages.

KW: After both 9/11 and Katrina,the Red Cross solicited donations,but later admitted that it onlydistributed a small fraction of thefunds raised during those adcampaigns. You were down therein Haiti. Laz Lyles asks, what’s themost effective way people canhelp? SO: From my perspective, Iwould wait now. They have a lotof immediate money in. Andpeople have started bringing insupplies. The initial first phase ofthe crisis is over. The rebuildingeffort is going to take so muchtime that whether I wanted to send$1,000, or $5,000 or even$50,000, I’d hold on and wait tosee what’s coming down the line,because that money is really goingto be needed later. You might, forinstance, be able to help rebuild aschool, or some other project thatnobody’s thinking about rightnow. Wouldn’t that be a wonderfulway to help? But still, if you’re notgoing to send any money when thehoopla dies down, then send itnow. Otherwise, wait to see whatprojects emerge, because theinitial response has beentremendous, financially.

KW: How did it feel to be in themidst of the continuing crisis?SO: It’s sort of the same feelingyou get at any of these disasters.You don’t have a 500 lb. bag ofrice to feed people who are reallyhungry, or a dump truck to removecement from a spot wheresomeone might be trapped. It’sfrustrating, but I think I’ve sort ofreconciled in my own head thatmy job is to bring notice to theworld of these people’s plight.And if I try to get involved inrescuing, too, I’ll end up not doingeither job very well. Although atone point, I helped out at an

orphanage when an overwhelmeddoctor pointed out a dehydratedbaby that basically had about acouple of hours to live unless shegot an IV. She was so dehydrated,it was obvious that she wasn’tgoing to make it. After I got the IVin, I had never been so relieved in

my life, because the risk had beenso high. Fortunately, once we didget the IV running in her, she wasfine.

KW: Well, thanks again for takingthe time to share what youwitnessed in Haiti with me and my

readers. SO: Thank you.

To see a video of Soledad O’Brienreporting about orphans in Haiti,visit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UKha9yoEw

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A Valentine for music lovers from the renovated Capri Theater

foreclosure crisis. US Rep. Betty McCollum

(MN-4) was also present at thehearing. “The needs of low- andmiddle-income Americans havebeen neglected for the last decade.The victims here are workingfamilies and those who want towork but have no job opportunitiesin this economy,” she said.

In 2008, the US Department ofHousing and Urban Development(HUD) established theNeighborhood StabilizationProgram (NSP), a grant programfor nonprofit organizations toacquire foreclosed homes tospecifically be used for low-income housing.

However, before a nonprofitorganization can make a bid on aforeclosed property, they have tomake sure the building meetscertain environmentalrequirements, such as lead hazards.

While these regulations aremeant to prevent placing low-income families in an unsafeenvironment, the outcome isusually the opposite. NSPregulations have created acompetition between cashinvestment speculators andnonprofit organizations. Onepanelist, Hennepin CountyCommissioner Gail Dorfman, said,“It can take months [for anonprofit] to acquire the property,go through an environmentalassessment, and inspection.Someone else can just lay downthe cash and not have to gothrough the regulations.”

Since the selling agent usuallydoes not want to wait, they end uprefusing buyers who actually wantto invest in the neighborhood andlive there. Cash investors will buyforeclosed property for pennies,not fix the house, and then rent itout anyway. Tom Steitz, theDirector of Housing Policy and

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(NNPA) - Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr.’s birthday everyJanuary becomes an occasionfor looking back at the legacyof the Civil Rights Movement.As the celebration of the KingHoliday leads into February andBlack History Month, it’s a timeto consider not only how farwe’ve come but how far we stillhave to go, and to reflect onsome of the milestones inmovement history. This year,one of those national andpersonal milestones is the 50thanniversary of the founding ofthe Student NonviolentCoordinating Committee(SNCC).

On February 1, 1960, when Iwas a senior at SpelmanCollege in Atlanta, four Blackfreshmen from North CarolinaA&T State University sat in atthe Whites-only lunch counter

in the Greensboro, NorthCarolina Woolworth’s store. Itwas just the spark I and so manyBlack youth were waiting for tostand up against the segregationthat daily assaulted our dignityand lives. I and thousands ofother students were galvanizedto strike our blow for freedom,giving birth to the sit-inmovement, the formation ofSNCC, and a new era of studentactivism that energized thelarger Civil Rights Movement.People often forget thatchildren and youth were majorfrontline soldiers in the CivilRights Movement. Little RubyBridges in New Orleans and theLittle Rock Nine and otheryoung Black childrendesegregated schools across theSouth, often standing up tohowling mobs. They wereinstrumental in Brown v. Boardof Education. Young peoplecoordinated voter registrationdrives, participated in FreedomRides testing segregation laws

on interstate buses, conductedvoter education and otheractivities during 1964’sFreedom Summer inMississippi including FreedomSchools, and more. Mygeneration was blessed beyondmeasure to be in the right placesat the right times to experienceand help bring transformingchange to the South and toAmerica.

One key point about thestudent leaders from that time isthat many of us continued tobuild on the passion andcommitment unleashed asteenagers and twenty-year-oldsand dedicated our entire adultlives to advocacy and service.While SNCC lasted only sixyears, SNCC alumni carried on.Representative John Lewis hasbeen a member of Congresssince 1986 and continues to beone of our country’s strongestadvocates for equality andjustice, fighting his battlesnationally as he did earlier in

the streets of Selma. JulianBond served in the GeorgiaGeneral Assembly over twentyyears before becomingchairman of the NAACP. Thequiet and brilliant Bob Moses—who we all looked up toalthough he was just a few yearsolder—returned to his calling asa teacher, later founding theAlgebra Project to improvemath education for children ofcolor. They and so many othersfollowed up on the ideals webelieved in and continued doingour part to make a better worldfor the next generations.

The adults who becameadvisors and colleagues toSNCC students and nurtured uswere some of the mostextraordinary people in theCivil Rights Movement. Whenthe first sit-ins began there wasno mechanism in place toconnect us all, but Mrs. EllaBaker, who worked with Dr.King and the Southern ChristianLeadership Conference(SCLC), reached out andorganized the April 1960meeting at Shaw Universitywhich brought student sit-inactivists together. I took myfirst plane ride traveling fromSpelman to Shaw on a planechartered by SCLC to join Dr.King with about 200 othercollege students that Easterweekend, which led to SNCC’screation. Ella Baker insistedthat we find our own voice andform our own organization andnot become the youth arm ofSCLC or an established civilrights group. She became atrusted SNCC advisor andmentor who demanded the best

of me and all the young andolder adults around her. WhenSNCC activists began theMississippi voter registrationeffort in Sunflower County,Mississippi and appealed forsupporters Mrs. Fannie LouHamer was the first to raise herhand. She became a SNCC fieldsecretary; helped organize voterregistration drives at great riskto life and limb during the 1964Freedom Summer; and was themost prominent member of theMississippi FreedomDemocratic Party that famouslychallenged Mississippi’s all-White official delegation to the1964 Democratic NationalConvention which led to a newDemocratic Party. She remainsa mighty lantern for all of uswho knew, looked up to, andlearned from her great spirit andcourage. Every time mycourage wanes I think of her.

The feisty and empoweredchildren and youth of the 1950sand 1960s are examples fortoday’s teenagers and college-aged young people. They needto hear that you are never tooyoung to fight for what youbelieve in and they need to beempowered to stand up forthemselves and theircommunities. They need toknow their proud legacy ofstruggle and how SNCC andmany younger childrenchallenged the entrenchedWhite power structure andfaced daily risk of arrest, injury,or death. When Dr. King was injail in Birmingham, trying tostop Bull Connor’s brutal rule,it was the children ofBirmingham who responded

with the marches and withstoodfire hoses and police dogs totopple segregation in that city.Nothing was more important tous than our freedom and justice.

I wrote in my college diarythe day after being arrested in asit-in at Atlanta’s city hallcafeteria: “SOMETHINGWORTH LIVING AND DYINGFOR!” Several weeks later Iwrote: “These are the mostexciting, rewarding, andgratifying days of my life.Change is pervading—changeI’m helping bring in. I’m usefuland I’m serving and I’m sograteful.”

How do we give our youngpeople today a similar sense ofpurpose and a cause worthdying for as they face the warzones in their cities and a cradleto prison pipeline that threatensthe last 50 years of social andracial progress? How do wecatalyze the next Civil RightsMovement to end the pervasivepoverty, illiteracy, and racialdisparities that staunch thehopes and dreams of millions ofour children? It’s time.

Marian Wright Edelman ispresident of the Children’sDefense Fund whose Leave NoChild Behind® mission is toensure every child a HealthyStart, a Head Start, a Fair Start,a Safe Start and a Moral Startin life and successful passage toadulthood with the help ofcaring families andcommunities. For moreinformation go towww.childrensdefense.org.

(NNPA) - If you are looking forways to lower your blood sugar,incorporating certain foods intoyour diet is a way to do it,according to Livestrong.com.Those foods include the

following:

• Cinnamon – ½ teaspoon perday can lower blood sugar by 25percent, according to a USDAstudy. • Green Tea – consumed dailycan prevent diabetes, according toa 5-year study in Japan

• Fenugreek – One gram of this

Indian herb or spice daily canlower blood sugar by 20 percent.

• Magnesium-rich foods – 100grams of magnesium dailyreduces blood sugar by 10percent. Magnesium rich foodsinclude low-fat milk, low-fatyogurt, whole grains, beans, nutsand green leafy vegetables. Source: Livestrong.com

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SNCC activists had lasting impact on civil rights movement, nationBy Marian Wright EdelmanNNPA Columnist

By Special to the NNPAfrom the St. LouisAmerican

Congratulations goes out to myfriend Tryg, who was just hiredafter several months looking forwork. He writes, “The house isdone, I’m starting a new job, andthe taxes are in the mail. The jobgives me a boost of confidenceand energy after five months onthe sidelines. It turned out to be agood (God?) thing as I lookback…”

I was surprised by Tryg’s note.

Not that he’s paying taxes (Ifigured as much), but because wehadn’t talked about a higherpower during his job search, andmost people leave that out ofprofessional conversations. It gotme thinking. Is there a place forspirituality in the working world?Believers say, emphatically, yes.But what about non-believers, orthose that just don’t know whetherthey believe in a higher power ornot? And what is spirituality,anyway? How can reaching outtoward something you can’t see,something beyond your ordinaryself, bring better luck to yourcareer?

Spirituality implies god-things, praise and worship andwish granting, but it is not limitedto higher powers. By definition,spirituality refers to the morebroad concept of anything relatingto the soul or spirit, the intangible,

emotional things in contrast toworldly or material things.Whether practiced throughmeditation, exercise, prayer, song,volunteerism, or any of its manyformats, spirituality is really aboutmoving beyond the task list andthe white board, and getting togut-check level. In career-planning terms, it means you takea computerized strengthsassessment (material thing), andthen listen to the urge inside you(the intangible) that agrees withthe findings; in business,spirituality allows you anotherperspective, a link betweeninformation and emotion thatstrengthens resolve and improvesoutcomes.

According to Kees vanAmersvoort, who manages aninternet group called BusinessSpirituality, “People arestruggling, trying to cope with the

accelerated rate of change. Stresslevels are high and many peoplelive in fear, feeling ‘lost’ and outof balance. Business Spiritualitymeans living and workingconsciously and authentically.”To work consciously means to bewell-informed, awake physically,mentally and emotionally andresponsive to the stimuli aroundyou. It requires deliberate actionover impulsive, knee-jerkreactions. Working consciouslymeans taking ownership fordecisions and their consequences.The greater challenge might beworking authentically. Are yougenuine in the way you work?Are you trustworthy?

Working consciously andauthentically enables you toaccess the intangibles, theknowledge beyond what you seeon paper. Moving toward a morespiritual approach gives you

another level of information andpurpose, and a better, moresatisfying career to look back on.Julie Desmond is Director ofCareer Planning Resources for

Help Wanted! Workshop inMinneapolis. Write tojulie@insightnews.com.

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A Good (God) Thing: Is there a place for spirituality at work?

By Julie Desmondjulie@insightnews.com

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career

Development Division,Minneapolis Department ofCommunity Planning andEconomic Development, notedthat “many of these cash investorslive outside of the state or evenoutside of the country…and aren’tavailable to make repairs once afamily is moved in.”

Ellison argued, however, that“rolling back these regulationswould undermine what we’retrying to accomplish.”

Empty buildings pose anumber of problems forneighborhoods and NorthMinneapolis has been groundzero. “There is more crime onblocks with vacantbuildings…They are subject tobeing vandalized, being copperstripped, having trespassers andsquatters, are at risk for firesstarting, pipes freezing, and beingcondemned,” said State Sen. LindaHiggins (DFL-58).

Providing short-term financialhelp to struggling homeowners,rather than let the property go into

foreclosure, is the most importantthing the government should befocusing on the ease the crisis.

“Preventing homelessness ismore cost-effective than gettingthem out. Plus, they becomeassimilated into that lifestyle. Weneed to teach people to take care ofthemselves so we can eliminatethe homeless industry…We needshort- and long-term aid for rentbeyond Section 8. We should helppeople who get sick or their kidsget sick and they can’t work for acouple of days to pay their rent,”said Richard Amos, the Director ofHousing Services at St. Stephen’sHuman Services.

“We need to get lenders to thetable to discuss mortgagerestructure so both parties canwin,” Higgins said.

Section 8 is a governmentvoucher for low-income people toreceive financial aid to pay rent.One panelist at the hearing,Christina Lauden, who has twodaughters, had waited over sixyears to receive her rent vouchers.“People have been on the waitinglist for affordable housing sincebefore the recession. The HUDbudget needs to reflect the need

that’s out there,” said MichaelDahl, the Public Policy Director ofHOME Line. The waiting list toreceive Sect. 8 vouchers iscurrently closed. In addition,landlords are not obligated toaccept the vouchers.

Lauden was in a disabling caraccident but is working on earninga B.A. degree online in hopes ofgetting a better job. “A low-payingjob does not provide enough tomeet a family’s basicnecessities...Having a home, theirown bedroom, and having aroutine is essential for children.Having to move is destabilizingand they act out,” she said.

Section 8 vouchers should beseen as an investment in thecommunity instead of a hand-out.“It is fiscally responsible toprevent homelessness and investin education…We also need to getmore money to city and countygovernments to create jobs forpeople,” Ellison said.

For one panelist, MarionAnderson, the apartment buildinghe is living went into foreclosurewithout the tenants knowing it.The landlord took appliances outof the building and manually shut

off the furnace. The tenantsreceived notices for utility shutoff, abandonment andcondemnation notices, andsquatters living in the unsecuredbasement; all without the landlordever telling them the building hadbeen foreclosed.

Dahl also pointed out that“new landlords of foreclosedrental properties often don’t honora tenant’s lease.”

Anderson received help to stayin his apartment from The LegalAid Society of Minneapolis. LegalAid helps low-income people andseniors with civil cases byanswering questions, givingadvice to clients, going to court, orby working out an agreement.

To make a request for helpfrom Legal Aid, call (612) 334-5970 or (651) 222-4731. Legal Aidis an affiliate of HOME Line,which provides free legal,organizing, education, andadvocacy services so that tenantsthroughout Minnesota can solvetheir rental housing problems.HOME Line can be reached at(612) 728-5767 or 1-866-866-3546.

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In celebration of the remarkablecontributions made by AfricanAmericans, Macy’scommemorates Black HistoryMonth with special events thatcelebrate you. In honor of AfricanAmericans past and present whohave made an impact in theircommunities and have inspiredothers to be their best selves,Macy’s “Celebrates You” eventswill help individuals to discovertheir own “brand” - their uniquevoice, style and personality that

will empower them to advance andachieve success, like thetrailblazers before them.

In the tradition of storytelling,Macy’s “Celebrates You” eventswill consist of panel discussionswith local African Americanleaders from communityorganizers and business executivesto local trendsetters. Thesehomegrown leaders will share withaudiences their personalphilosophies of success and giveinsight into the decisions and

actions that have led them to betheir best while inspiring others.Sheila P. Coates, founder andpresident of Be Your Own Brandä,will moderate these spiriteddiscussions. Coates, a marketingand brand development expert withnearly two decades of experience,has guided the images of well-known celebrities at majorentertainment conglomeratesincluding Sony/BMG andUniversal Music Group. Coateswill also help participantsunderstand the importance ofpersonal branding and howdefining an individual’s visualbrand can make a positive andenduring impact upon one’s lifeand career. in addition to the paneldiscussions, Macy’s fashionexperts from Alfani and Lancômewill be on hand to put some ofthose image-making tips to use asthey help customers enhance theirpersonal brand with new clothingand makeup. Participants will alsoreceive a one-day saving pass anda Black History Monthengagement calendar with any

purchase of $50 or more.

Chef Jacqueline WilliamsCooking Demonstration–12noon – Jackie Williams hasbeen cooking up criticallyacclaimed dishes for over aquarter-century. Highlights of Ms.Williams’ career include:Owner, Abundant Bistro; St. Paul,MN (Feb., 2004-Dec., 2007).While at Abundant Bistro, Jackiehas been received critical acclaimin numerous newspapers andmagazines as well as on KARE 11television. In fact, her recipe forSea Bass Wrapped in a Potato Skirtwas one of KARE 11’s mostrequested recipes in 2004.

Williams gives tribute toFrederick Douglass. This Recipe isone of his all time favorite.

Rabbit Tenderloin on a GritsCake, with Sautéed Onion andPan Gravy

1 tablespoon unsalted butter 5 cups water 1 teaspoon salt

1-1/2 cups white grits 6 rabbit tenderloins, seasonedLawry garlic seasoning salt1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup vegetable oil Salt & freshly ground black pepperto taste

The vegetable oil in a large skilletover medium heat. Season eachrabbit tenderloin with about 1/2teaspoon seasoning. Put the flourinto a shallow pan and season with1 teaspoon seasoning. When the oilis hot, add the tenderloins and cookabout 2-3 minutes on each side.Remove the tenderloins and placethem on a paper towel to drain.Season with salt, pepper to taste. Pan Gravy the ½ vegetable oil in alarge skillet over medium heat add¼ cup flour

Cooked until golden brown and 1cup of slice onions sautéed for 3minutes then with salt and pepper 3cup of hot water cook until

thickening and flour taste is gone.Add salt pepper.To serve: On each serving plate,put 1/4 cup of the Pan gravy, 1 gritscake, 1 rabbit tenderloin. Serveimmediately.Yield: 6 servings.

Chef Rose McGee CookingDemonstration – 1PM – Get thesweet-and-lowdown from ChefRose McGee, owner of DeepRoots Desserts, on baking sweetpotato pie. Chef McGee will showyou why her famous pie receivedthe prestigious honor to be chosenfor a 2009 PresidentialInauguration party in Washington,D.C. Writer, producer and directorof “Kumbayah…The JuneteenthStory,” the multi-talented ChefMcGee is currently completing hernext book, Can’t Nobody Make aSweet Potato Pie Like My Mama.

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LIFESTYLE

Soon after moving to Georgia, ourfamily quickly learned thatValentine’s Day was a pretty bigdeal in that part of the country. Ihappened to volunteer to help out atthe school that day, and I couldn’tbelieve my eyes as I walked into thelibrary to find it filled with all kindof Valentine’s gifts: elaborateballoon bouquets, teddy bearsholding chocolates, and of coursecandy galore! I initially thoughtthat these beautiful gifts were forthe hard-working and dedicated

teachers, but soon learned that thesetreats, from parents andgrandparents, were for the students.Resisting the urge to follow thecrowd and run out to get my babies“a little somethin somethin,” thatafternoon I spent my time sortingthe gifts by class and making certainthe children received all of theirtokens of love.

While I felt that in some waysthat this display at school wasexcessive (after all, why couldn’tthey wait and present these gifts totheir children at home?), I am in fullsupport of the overall message: weshould spend some time courtingour children and demonstrating tothem how important we think theyare.

More important than the cardsand candy, if we as parents (andgrandparents, aunties, and uncles)can recognize and help our childrento see their own positive qualities,strengths, and gifts then they willhave a confidence that will help

them to give love, receive love, andfollow their dreams throughout theyear.

Notice your child’s particularcharacter strengths and focus onthem. Is little Brandon compassionate? Ishe generous? Tell him so! Mostlikely others, like a teacher,comment about that same trait.Next, place him in situations wherehe can exercise his skills: Bakesome valentine cookies togetherand share some with an olderneighbor. Maybe he can help start afundraising campaign in his schoolfor the people of Haiti (What betterway to spread the love?)

Notice your child’s intellectual orphysical strengths.Is your little Kennedy a whiz atmath? Does she swim like a fish?If so, point it out to her and do yourbest to keep her involved in relatedactivities throughout her school

career. When children have anactivity on which to focus andchannel their energy, it helps to keepthem on the right track. Remind herthat she’s your #1 girl by writing hera special love note to tuck in herlunchbox.

Help your child to notice andappreciate the qualities of othersand cheer them on.Encourage the children in your lifeto lift up their brothers and sistersby paying them genuinecompliments. Instruct them on theart of being a good sport and how tocomfortably say to others, “Greatjob!” or “Way to go!” Help themmake a Valentine’s Day card for afriend that says ,“You are specialbecause…” Also let the childrensee you observing the strength andskills of others and providingpositive feedback. In this way theylearn to appreciate the fact that Godhas given us all various gifts andabilities, and that the strength of

others in no way diminishes theirstrength. Finally, show your childhow to be teachable. Assist yourlittle one in learning the value ofhumbly seeking and receiving wisecounsel from someone moreexperienced.

At Valentine’s Day and all yearlong, our words and actions shouldsend a message to our children thatthey are significant. If we don’thelp them see their value, theycould easily find themselves beingcourted by the predators of oursociety; drug dealers, gangmembers, physical and mentalabusers. Whether you buy yourchild a cone of his favorite icecream, or spend quality time athome playing a game or doing apuzzle in celebration of this year’sV-Day, take a moment to look intothe eyes of your child and, in yourown words, clearly state, “You arebeautiful, you are special, and youpriceless!” Children are a giftfrom the LORD; they are a reward

from him. Psalm 127:3 Enjoy!

Marcia Humphrey is an interiordecorator and home stager whospecializes in achieving high styleat low costs. A native of Michigan,she and her husband, Lonnie, havethree children.

The Love Series: Baby love-celebrating love with children

By Marcia Humphrey

Style on a dime

Chef Rose McGee, Chef Jackie Williams present the culture at Macy's

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COMMENTARY

(NNPA) - It has been 50 yearssince four young North CarolinaA&T State University students satin at a segregated Woolworth’slunch counter for a cup of coffee,50 years since their actiontriggered a movement thatchallenged, and ultimatelychanged a nation. While a galaand concert were snowed out,thousands will line the streets ofGreensboro to celebrate themuseum’s opening.

The International Civil RightsMuseum is an absorbingexploration of our nation’s past.There are poll tax receipts, photosof some of those arrested, and theactual lunch counter where thefour young men –Ezell A. Blair

(now known as Jibreel Khazan),Joseph McNeil, David Richmondand Franklin McCain – sat downon February 1, 1960. There arealso photographs – of Emmitt Tillin his casket, of lynching, ofsegregated classrooms, of slavesworking. A visit to the museumis a reminder of how far ournation has come in fifty years, butalso a reminder of how muchmore work we have to do beforewe reach the goal of social andeconomic justice

The Rev. Jesse Jackson wasamong those on a panel thatattempted to place the sit-inmovement in contemporarycontext. He talked about the arcof history, and the many wayseach generation stands on theshoulders of the previousgeneration. He was the absoluteright person to make this point,

given that his two historical racesfor President of the United Statesundeniably laid the groundworkfor President Barack Obama’shistoric win in November 2008.These times, they are a’changing.The signs no longer say “white”or colored. The question is notwhether one rides at the back ofthe bus, but whether one has busfair, can own a bus company orzone one, or decide whether busparts should be manufactureddomestically or imported. Thereare no segregated lunch countersanymore, but don’t sit down if youcan’t afford that cup of coffee. Insome neighborhoods, there are nosegregated lunch counters; therearen’t even grocery stores. It isnot clear that the tactics of the sit-in movement would bringaffordable and healthy food to the‘hood, where often fresh fruit is

scarcer than antiquarianbookstores.

In honor of the A&T Four,each of us must ask a question ofourselves. What would you sit infor? What would make youjuggle the many emotions that theA&T Four experienced –audacity, anger, fear, trepidation,anticipation, and righteousness –and choose to make a stand?Would you sit in for theenvironment? To stop the spreadof AIDS? To increase wages?To stop foreclosures? Whatwould make you risk everythingto make a point, to take a stand?Or has complacence so invadedour consciousness that there isnothing that would make us wantto sit in

In his State of the Unionaddress, President Obama placedpriority emphasis on job creation.

It is one of the most pressingconcerns in our nation, with morethan 15 million people out ofwork, half of them for more thanhalf a year. He can’t do anythingabout employment, though,without action from Congress.The House seems willing, but theSenate is dragging, with some ofthem suggesting that a balancedbudget is far more important thanjob creation. They ought to askthe people who aren’t workinghow they feel about that!

How many of the unemployedwould be willing to stand or sitoutside the Senate until thoseaugust representatives take actionon job creation. PresidentObama has asked that $30 billionbe set aside for job creationinitiatives, but the Senate isbalking, perhaps emboldened bythe election of Scott Brown in

Massachusetts. Wouldn’t it be apowerful statement if unemployedpeople were willing to flood thestreets of Washington, DC, evenin winter cold, demanding that theCongress take action on jobs?This is the kind of action that Dr.Martin Luther King contemplatedwhen he conceived of the PoorPeople’s campaign, the kind ofaction that outraged Americanswere once capable of.What did we sit in for now? Ifyou need to have your fire forjustice rekindled, a good place tostart is with a visit to theInternational Civil RightsMuseum in Greensboro. Kudosto Amelia Parker, and to foundersSkip Alston and Earl Jones, fortheir work in memorializing suchan important part of our nation’shistory.

Student sit-iin triggered movement that challenged and changed nation

In reference to the Jan. 25 issue ofInsight News, the article titled“New MCTC IntercollegiateF u n d r a i s i n g C o m m i t t e eLaunches Campaign forBasketball Teams was publishedwith dated information from June‘09. The article was outdated andthe information was no longeraccurate. Insight apologizes forthe error and submit a correction,

as much has happened since thattime.

MCTC’s intercollegiate men’sand women’s basketball teamshistorically have been fundedthrough Student Senate’s StudentLife fees, but this year budgetchallenges led to the decision toseek private funding.

In July, the College formed anIntercollegiate Fundraising

Committee and actively solicitedgrants and donations of $118,000from employees, businesses andfoundations to keep the teamsoperating for the followingseason.

In October, with only fivegifts and pledges in hand, andgrant requests from sportsoriented organizations includingthe Timberwolves Fast Break

Foundation and the NikeFoundation that were turneddown, it became clear that theMarch goal would not be reached.

MCTC’s president gatheredthe faculty president and studentsenate president to discuss thisscenario and, as a result, the threeagreed to suspend fundraising forintercollegiate basketball and toclose the basketball program after

the 2009-10 season.The College’s enrollment has

grown nearly 50 percent in thepast six years, while state supporthas shifted. This has led and willcontinue to lead to difficultdecisions for the College. Thereis no doubt that the basketballprogram has been important inmany of the players’ lives. They’llremember it as pivotal, as many

students do for several ofMCTC’s academic andextracurricular programs.

Please join us in celebratingthe final season of MCTC’sbasketball program. Visitwww.minneapolis.edu for gametimes and locations.

Correction: MCTC's intercollegiate men's and women's basketball teams

By Julianne MalveauxNNPA Columnist

Elected officials must know we arepresent and involved. In St. Paul, atfirst our community was beingdefined by other people fromoutside of our community. Theydecided who we were. Theydecided what we needed and whatwe wanted. They determined whatwas best for us…all withoutbothering to consult us in thedecisions they were making thatwould affect us,” Giles said.

“We rejected that and decided

we must exercise our right andresponsibility to define ourselves, todefine and support our owninterests, and to shape thetransportation policy and projectthat would work for us,” he said.

The result was the majorannouncement last weekannouncing federal policy changesand fund allocations that support thecommunity demands for LRTStations that support and servecommunity residents and businessalong the Central Corridor LRT thatwill connect Twin Citiesdowntowns.

Hennepin CountyCommissioner Mark Stenglein

credited that change in federalpolicy to 5th District CongressmanKeith Ellison.

“Ellison did away with the CEI(Cost Effectiveness Index) rule thatprevented development incommunities like ours. This linewould not be built under CEI rules.Ellison did away with that,”Stenglein said.

Now, “the heart of the matter isthat LRT is coming through. This isthe start of a journey that will end ina LRT train coming through NorthMinneapolis. It will be an excitingline. You will love it. We gotalternative needs analyses andcreated several variations for the

routes the train might take. Nothingis cast in stone right now and it willbe hard to get to the final decision.People will throw dirt on any planthat goes forward. That is whathappened with the Hiawatha Line,but look at it now,” Stenglein said,noting the Hiawatha Line, theNorthstar Train, the CentralCorridor, the planned SouthwestTransitway, and North MinneapolisBottineau Transitway form the coreaccess grid connecting within theMetro area, and connecting theMetro to a regional and nationalhigh speed transportation system.

Champion agreed. “This ismore than a rail line coming

through North Minneapolis. We aretalking about connecting ourneighborhoods to high speed accessto Detroit, Chicago, Kansas Cityand Los Angeles. The plans arealready on paper and the money isbeing allocated. This is bigger thatwhether the LRT will pass in frontof your house. We have to thinkglobally,” he said.\

Minnesota and NorthMinneapolis have a uniqueadvantage in exploring andpursuing transportation options,according the Sherrie PughSullivan, Executive Director ofNorthside ResidentsRedevelopment Council, (NRRC),

the pioneering civic engagementpowerhouse for North Minneapolis.Minnesota’s senior Congressman,James Oberstar, chairs the HouseTransportation Committee, onwhich Ellison serves. Theircombined presence and leadershipis “formidable and bodes well forNorth Minneapolis,” Pugh-Sullivansaid.

At the end of the day, Giles said,“the mission is to create livablecommunities that provideexceptional housing, education,health care, food, and work,supported by a transportation

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Send Community Calendarinformation to us by: email,ben@insightnews.com, by fax:612-588-2031, by phone: (612)588-1313 or by mail: 1815 BryantAve. N. Minneapolis, MN 55411,Attn: Ben Williams. Free or lowcost events preferred.

Black History Month

Henry’s Freedom Box byChristina Ham, Music by DavidSimmons - OngoingFeb 5 to 27, Purchase tickets inadvance online for discount tickets(buy before 8:00pm Thursdayevenings for weekend shows).SteppingStone Theatre, 55 VictoriaStreet North, St. Paul. Performancetimes and tickets are available at(651) 225-9265 or www.steppingstonetheatre.org,http://www.steppingstonetheatre.org

Family (Organization) Feud -Feb 8Monday, Feb. 8 at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato, 7 p.m., CSU284, hosted by the Office ofMulticultural Affairs. (507) 389-6300, www.mnsu.edu.

Real Talk: The Future is in OurHands - Feb 9Tues, Feb. 9 at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato. Studentpanel and discussion, 1 p.m., CSU201, facilitated by Connie Johnson.(507) 389-6300, www.mnsu.edu.

Faculty/ Staff Extravaganza(talent show) - Feb 9Tues, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at MinnesotaState University, Mankato.Ostrander Auditorium. Master ofceremonies will be Avra Johnsonand James Gullickson. (507) 389-6300, www.mnsu.edu.

NAACP Saint Paul ChapterMeeting of the Members - Feb 9Tues, Feb 9, 6:30 - 7 p.m. at HallieQ. Brown Community Center, 270North Kent St., Saint Paul. Open toactive members of the St. PaulChapter. (651) 649-0520,www.naacp-stpaul.org

Panel of Success: “Realizationof a Dream” - Feb 9Tues, Feb. 9, 6 - 8 p.m. at BuengerEducation Center, ConcordiaUniversity, St. Paul, 275 SyndicateStreet North St. Paul, MN 55104(One block south of I-94 atHamline Avenue).

Real Talk: We are all in ThisTogether - Feb 11Thurs, Feb. 11 at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato. Studentpanel and discussion, 10 a.m., CSU201, hosted by the African StudentAssociation. (507) 389-6300,www.mnsu.edu.

Sowah Mensah and Friends -Feb. 13Sat, Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. untilnoon at the Rice Street BranchLibrary (1011 Rice Street, St.Paul). Drums, xylophones andother instruments that defineAfrican music will be featured inthis program. Free. 651-266-7000,www.sppl.org

Hip Hop Extravaganza - Feb. 14Sunday, February 14, 2 - 4 p.m. atthe Rondo Community OutreachLibrary, 461 N. Dale Street, St.Paul. Hosted by Tish Jones, withperformances by Unicus Harry ofKanser, Niles Miller, Alissa Paris,Aneka McMullen, MC IsrealColeman, Brittany Delany and B-Boy Showcase. Free and open tothe public. For more informationcall 651-266-7000. www.sppl.org

Real Talk: Navigating throughthe Maze - Feb 16Tues, Feb. 16 at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato. Studentpanel and discussion, 1 p.m., CSU

201, hosted by Reggie Edwards.(507) 389-6300, www.mnsu.edu.

“Together We Can, TogetherWe Did!” - Feb. 17Noon at Concordia University St.Paul, Buenger Education Center,275 Syndicate Street North, St.Paul, MN. (One block south of I-94 at Hamline Avenue). For moreinformation contact: Jill Johnson,651-641-8755, jjohnson@csp.edu.

Real Talk: Student Leadershipand its Challenges - Feb 18Thurs, Feb. 18 at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato. Studentpanel and discussion, 10 a.m.,CSU 291, hosted by the BlackStudent Union. (507) 389-6300,www.mnsu.edu.

“Stories of Hope” presented byIsabell Monk O’Connor - Feb. 20Sat, Feb 20, 10 a.m. at MerriamPark Branch Library (1831Marshall Avenue, St. Paul). Freeand open to the public. For moreinformation call 651-266-7000.www.sppl.org

“My People” - Feb. 20Sat, Feb. 20, 1 p.m. at the CentralLibrary (90 W. Fourth Street, St.Paul). A genealogical journey byTwin Cities’ jazz archivist,historian, memoirist and familyhistory aficionado Tony Garrett.Free and open to the public. Formore information call 651-266-7000. www.sppl.org

Remembrance Marchcommemorating Black HistoryMonth - Feb 22Mon, Feb 22, march begins at 10am, presentation begins at 10:30.Beginning at the Bloomington IceGarden (3600 West 98th St,Bloomington, MN) withpresentation at NormandaleCommunity College Fine ArtsAuditorium (9700 France Ave S,Bloomington, MN)www.normandale.edu

Maafa21, a Feature LengthBlack History film - Feb 22Mon., Feb 22, 6:30 PM at TheUniversity of Minnesota, CoffmanMemorial Building, Room # 303Free to the public and students. Q& A to follow. students4humanlife@gmail.comTel. 651-485-2313.

Tommy Watson - Feb. 22February 22 at 7 p.m. at the SunRay Branch Library (2105 WilsonAvenue, St. Paul). Tommy Watson,subject of “AFace of Courage: TheTommy Watson Story – How DidHe Survive?” shares his story. Freeand open to the public. For moreinformation call 651-266-7000.www.sppl.org

Warm Up to Super Cool MilesDavis - Feb 28Sun, Feb 28, 2 until 4 p.m. atRondo Community OutreachLibrary, 461 N. Dale Street, St.Paul. Free and open to the public.For more information call 651-266-7000. www.sppl.org

Dreamgirls film showing - Feb. 28Sun, Feb 28 at 2 p.m. at St. PaulCentral Library in the 4th Floor

Meeting Room. (Note: This film israted PG-13.) enjoy the music anddrama of “Dreamgirls,” a 2006Academy Award-winning filmstarring Jamie Foxx, BeyonceKnowles, Eddie Murphy andJennifer Hudson. Free and open tothe public. For more informationcall 651-266-7000. www.sppl.org

Events

How Secretaries Changed the20th-Century Office: Design,Image, and Culture - OngoingGallery runs Now through May23; Opening Friday, Feb 5, 6-8 pmat Goldstein Museum of Design,College of Design, University ofMinnesota, 364 McNeal Hall,1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul.http://goldstein.design.umn.edu

KFAI Public Radio’sGubernatorial Forum Series –Feb 8Mon, Feb 8, from 6 pm to 7 pm onKFAI Radio 90.3 FM Mpls, and106.7 FM W St. Paul, or streamonline at kfai.org. Questions willbe chosen from those submitted bylisteners in the week leading up tothe forum. Submit your questionsto News Director Ahndi Fridell atnewsdepartment@kfai.org or 612-341-3144 ext. 16.

Hayor Bibimma African Musicand Dance Fundraiser - Feb 9Tues, Feb 9, 7:00 p.m. BoeckmanMiddle School Auditorium,Farmington, MN. Student—$7.00Adult— $12.00 4 & under—free.100% of the proceeds go to thepurchase of African drums for ourelementary schools.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

ABAMinnesota Blizzards

Basketball The Minnesota Blizzards ABA BasketballTeam is announcing a program for collegeInternships for the fall and winter. Theprogram will consist of five teams of 5interns each in the following areas: (1)Sales, (2) Basketball Operations. (3)Marketing (4) Public Relations (5)Business administration. Each team willhave a leader and be given challengingassignments.

We are looking for college studentsmajoring in Sports Management,Business, Public Relations, MarketingSales, Broadcasting and Event Planning.We need 20 or 25 interns working with usfor a (minimum of 8 hours a week) on apart-time basis. Interns will gain valuableexperience, and in most cases collegecredits. Interested Parties please sendresume to:

The Minnesota ABA Team Attn: Internship Program10125 Crosstown Circle #200 EdenPrairie, MN 55344

952-829-1250 Fax: 952-829-1040www.minnesotablizzards.com

LEGAL NOTICESTATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF HENNEPIN FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTFAMILY COURT DIVISION

Court File No. ______________

In Re the Marriage of Peter Osora, Petitioner

andSUMMONS

Evelyn Birai, Respondent

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT.

WARNING: YOUR SPOUSE, PETER OSORA HAS FILED A LAWSUITAGAINST YOU FOR DISSOLUTION OFYOUR MARRIAGE. A COPY OTTHE PAPERWORK REGARDING THE LAWSUIT IS SERVED ON YOUWITH THIS SUMMONS. THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTFROM THE COURT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THISSUMMONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACTAN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE.

1. The Petitioner, Peter Osora, has filed a lawsuit against you asking you fordissolution of your marriage (divorce). A copy of the petition for Dissolutionof Marriage is attached to this summons.

2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the court a written Answerto the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, and you must pay the requiredfiling fee. Answer forms are available from the Court Administrator's Office.You must serve your answer upon Petitioner within thirty (30) days of thedate you were served with this summons, not counting the day of service. Ifyou do not serve and file your Answer, the Court may give your spouseeverything he is asking for in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

This proceeding does not involve real property.

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING PROVISIONSUNDER MINNESOTA LAW, SERVICE OF THIS SUMMONS MAKES

THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO BOTH PARTIES TOTHIS ACTION, UNLESS THEYARE MODIFIED BY THE COURT OR THEPROCEEDING IS DISMISSED:(1)NEITHER PARTY MAY DISPOSE OF ANY ASSETS EXCEPT:(i) FOR THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE OR FOR THE NECESSARYGENERATION OF INCOME OR PRESERVING ASSETS,(ii) BY AN AGREEMENT IN WRITING, OR(iii)FOR RETAINING COUNSEL TO CARRY ON OR TO CONTEST THISPROCEEDING(2) NEITHER PARTY MAY HARASS THE OTHER PARTY; AND(3)ALL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INSURANCE COVERAGE MUST BEMAINTAINED AND CONTINUED WITHOUT CHANGE IN COVERAGEOR BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.(4)PARTIES TO A LEGAL SEPARATION PROCEEDING AREENCOURAGED TO ATTEMPT ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONPURSUANT TO MINNESOTA LAW. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTERESOLUTION INCLUDES, MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, AND OTHERPROCESS AS SET FORTH IN THE DISTRICT COURT RULES. YOUMAY CONTACT THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT RESOURCESIN YOUR AREA. IF YOU CANNOT PAY FOR MEDIATION ORALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, IN SOME COUNTIESASSISTANCE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH A NON-PROFITPROVIDER A COURT PROGRAM. IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OFDOMESTIC ABUSE OR THREATS OF ABUSE AS DEFINED INMINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 510B, YOU ARE NOT REQUIREDTO TRY MEDIATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE PENALIZED BY THECOURT IN LATER PROCEEDINGS.IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BESUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT.

Dated: 1/19/2010Signed by Petitioner: Peter Osora7841 Zen Avenue #06Brooklyn Park, MN 5443

University of Minnesota Extension Center forCommunity Vitality - Two Open Positions

The Center for Community Vitality of the University of Minnesota Extensionenhances Minnesota's social, economic, civic, and technological capacity.We seek the following candidates to join our innovative, intelligent,entrepreneurial staff and help Greater Minnesota's communities build astronger future.

Extension Educator-Leadership and Civic Engagement: Based in the UMDCenter for Economic Development. This educator will serve a seven-countyregion in northeastern Minnesota. This educator will assess, deliver andevaluate outreach educational programs. A master's degree required.

Community Leadership Development Specialist: Located on St. PaulCampus. This person will provide staff and professional developmentopportunities for Extension educators and collaborate on evaluation, appliedresearch, materials development, program development and other projects.A doctoral degree required.

Application deadline: February 15. Read more about this position and applyonline: http://www.extension.umn.edu/About/positions.html or call 612-624-3717.

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4. I certify that I am authorized to sign thiscertificate and I further certify that Iunderstand that by signing this certificate, Iam subject to the penalties of perjury as setforth in Minnesota Statues section 609.48 asif I had signed this certificate under oath.

Signed by: Johanna Scholer, Secretary Date Filed: 1/25/2210

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Project DirectorTubman is seeking a FT director for acollaborative project with the Brain InjuryAssociation of Minnesota. BA, 5 yrs exp mgmtand planning, exp with non-profits, particularlyhuman serv. Salary DOQ, full benefits. Go towww.tubman.org for full announcement. Sendcvr ltr & resume by February 22, 2010 to GailBurke, HR Dir, Tubman, 4432 Chicago Ave. So,Mpls., MN 55407 or to gburke@tubman.org

system that enables the best optionsfor our residents. We have to movebeyond negative experiences of thepast and fashion futures tat bring allthese elements together. We have toeducate ourselves about the process.You have to know what you want.”Jamil Ford, a design engineer, saidit is important that the communityclearly define transportation andlivability challenges for residents,“and explore how to address thosechallenges in multiple formats, notjust the LRT or just a Bus RapidTransit (BRT) alone strategy.

“We must make sure thateverybody is treated fairly,” Fordsaid, noting too often the interests oflow income and minority residentsget sidelined.

Hennepin Transit Authorityengineer, Joe Gladke said in 2000,the Metro Council determined thatthere should be a LRT systemsserving North Minneapolis. Hesaid, “When the Hiawatha LRTcame online with great success andridership beyond projections peoplebegan to ask, ‘Why does SouthMinneapolis get Light Rail, butNorth Minneapolis only get

busses?’”

The Options:Bottineau CorridorThe Bottineau Corridor extendsbetween Downtown Minneapolisand North Minneapolis through theNorthwest suburbs of the TwinCities, including Golden Valley,Crystal, Robbinsdale, New Hope,Osseo, Brooklyn Park and MapleGrove.

Population and employmentalong the corridor is growing andgreater accessibility to jobs isneeded, as it is a key element to theregion’s economic development.

Traffic congestion is expectedto worsen in the Twin CitiesMetropolitan Area through the Year2030 planning horizon. Whiletransit options currently exist forsome travel markets in the studyarea, transit options for northboundcommuters are limited.

The Bottineau TransitwayAlternatives Analysis Studyidentified a range of transitwayalternatives that encompass twomodes (bus rapid transit and lightrail transit) on several differentalignments within the study area.Twenty-one transitway alternativeshave been evaluated, resulting innine light rail transit and 12 busrapid transit alternatives.

Hennepin County RegionalRailroad Authority said the twenty-one transitway alternatives wereevaluated by how well eachalternative address the five projectgoals and thirty-one relatedevaluation measures.

The five project goals are:1. Enhance regional mobility2. Expand the effectiveness of

transit within the corridor3. Provide a cost-effective and

financially feasibletransportation system

4. Encourage transit-supportive land use and development patterns

5. Support sustainable communities and sound environmental practices

The evaluation measure results are used to compute an overallranking for each alternative.

The four highest rankedalternatives propose:Light Rail Transit: From MapleGrove to Downtown Minneapolisalong Burlington Northern SanFrancisco (BNSF) Rail CorridorArbor Lakes Parkway to BNSF toOlson Highway (12 miles)• Running Time: 26 minutes• Daily Ridership: 19,500

• Construction Cost: $885million

Light Rail Transit: From BrooklynPark along BNSF CorridorWest Broadway to BNSF to OlsonHighway (12.6 miles)• Running Time: 28 minutes• Daily Ridership: 16,500• Construction Cost: $932million

Light Rail Transit: From MapleGrove along Penn AvenueArbor Lakes Parkway to BNSF toBroadway via 36th Street to PennAvenue to Olson Highway (11.9miles)• Running Time: 31 minutes• Daily Ridership: 18,500• Construction Cost: $932

million

Bus Rail Transit: From MapleGrove along BNSF CorridorArbor Lakes Parkway to BNSF toOlson Highway (12 miles)• Running Time: 31 minutes• Daily Ridership: 13,000• Construction Cost: $464million

Pugh-Sullivan said , “Residentsneed to give their input on the LRTto elected officials. The meetinglast week provided residents withgood base information. Our hope isthat people will take thatinformation and study theopportunities. Northside residentswill make the best decision forcommunity with comprehensive

information. We plan to continue toprovide that. NRRC is workingwith Rep. Champion and we wouldgladly host another meeting toinform residents.”

While the Jordan neighborhoodassociation has formally endorsedOption 3 above, which is referred toas “D2, , which routes the LRTdown Penn Avenue to OlsonHighway, Pugh Sullivan said, “Atthis time the NRRC Board has nottaken a position because they wantto hear from their fellow residentson this issue.”

She said many people signed upto work on an advisory group tostudy the issue and formulaterecommendations and NRRC willwork to promote their open publicmeetings to the greater community.

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service-learning project focusedon careers and education.

Within Minneapolis PublicSchools there are 34,000 studentsand 70% are students of color.When the events began inFebruary 2009 there was anintentionality of giving thesestudents opportunity to meetbusiness professionals of the sameethnicity, leading successful lives.Burroughs said, “The e-mailinitially that I sent out to folkseven before 100 Strong gotformulated was: ‘is there the nextBarack Obama?’ I believe that ifwe don’t do a better job ofeducating our young people,especially our young kids of color,there will not be a next BarackObama because of the low highschool graduation rates or the lowattainment rates on test scores ofkids of color. And it got themotivation of folks I e-mailed tosay, ‘okay well what do we do?’,‘how do we improve that?’Andone way of doing it is getting kidsthe inspirational models of seeing

people who look like them whohave been successful so they canenvision themselves beingsuccessful.”

The e-mail dialogue morphedinto positive action steps whenMinneapolis Public SchoolsOffice of Diversity and EqualOpportunity started 100 StrongWho Care in February 2009.Burroughs said, “So we started100 Strong Who Care at CityviewPerforming Arts Magnet in NorthMinneapolis and over a two dayperiod in February we brought in106 volunteers from the AfricanAmerican business community totalk to the kids about their careersand the importance of education.”

Additionally, on other daysvolunteers from the Council onAsian Pacific Minnesotans,Minnesota Corporate AsianNetwork, and other professionalsfrom the Asian businesscommunity, were paired withstudents at Hmong InternationalAcademy; and volunteers fromMinneapolis/St. Paul Chapter ofHispanic MBAS were paired withstudents from Andersen UnitedCommunity School. This yearprofessionals of all ethnicbackgrounds are welcomed to

volunteer with students.Volunteers can have blue collar orwhite collar careers, or individualswho have had careers that canoffer expertise to youth.

Major successes of last year’sprogram are the measurableoutcomes, including reciprocalbenefits and sustainingrelationships between studentsand professionals. “A lot of thesevolunteers will come back andvolunteer in the classroom asreading tutors and math tutors andhelp close that achievement gapwe talked so much about.”

Terry Austin, a sales executiveand founder of Positive Image, anon-profit geared towardeliminating health disparities incommunities of color, served as avolunteer last year at CityviewPerforming Arts Magnet and iscurrently working with youngAfrican American males at NorthHigh School, helping themachieve academic success. Theinspired collaboration stemmingfrom the 100 Strong Who Careevents didn’t stop there.

Target Corporation’s AsianAmerican Business Councilinvited students from HmongInternational Academy to a Career

Day at Target CorporationHeadquarters, and continue towork with the school for futureopportunities. National HispanicMBA Association is inpreliminary stages of developing a100 Strong Who Care BusinessCompetition with MinneapolisPublic Schools. Seven highschools in the district will selectstudents to participate in acompetition between the schoolsfocused on marketing, and kidswho participate will receivescholarship dollars and winnerswill receive increased scholarshipdollars. Miguel Ramos, EmergingMarkets Manager with theMinnesota Twins, served as avolunteer at Andersen UnitedCommunity School, and receiveda student named MiguelRodriguez as his mentee. Sincethat day Ramos challengedMiguel to get good grades inexchange for Minnesota Twinstickets and other incentives.

The events were a gift forschool administrators who workwith students on a daily basis.Chai Lee at Hmong InternationalAcademy said the 100 StrongWho Care event was, “veryimportant because many of our

students don’t have theknowledge or support to showthem what working culture is like.So having those employees fromdifferent agencies show studentsexactly what they do opened thestudents eyes to different careerpaths and I think that motivatedstudents to study hard.”

Burroughs and staff aim tobuild bridges betweenprofessionals and youth, because“the next Barack Obama, whoever

he or she may be, will hopefullycome out of the 100 Strong.”

For more information on 100Strong Who Care, contact AdebisiA. Wilson, Minneapolis PublicSchools Office of Diversity andEqual Opportunity, at (612) 668-0018 oradebisi.wilson@mps.k12.mn.us.

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Rep. Bobby Joe Champion(DFL-58B)

Being a University of SouthernCalifornia football fan, Inaturally thrust my victoriousfist in the air, while lying in bedearly in the morning and hearingMinnesota Public Radio (MPR)report that Seantrel Hendersonsigned with my favorite college

football team. Henderson saidof the decision: “I’m finally atpeace.” Coincidentally, thehand symbol for Trojan Footballfans is the “Victory Sign”,otherwise known as the “PeaceSign.” To quote an Ice Cubesong, “It was a good day.”

As a result of his decision,Henderson will enter a SouthernCalifornia football institutionthat puts out NationalChampionships, NFLsuperstars, and Hollywoodmedia adoration like none other.It’s a good thing that Hendersonis a well-grounded individual,and strongly focused on hiseducation; likely these are thequalities that have led him to his

current level of success.Many times I’ve ranted

about the quality of student

athletic talent in Minnesota.Henderson is just the latest andgreatest (I mean he did chooseUSC) example to prove thatpoint. Hopefully, Twin Cities’student athletes seriously graspthe momentum that Hendersonand the many recent

academically sound, athleticsuperstars are providing. At thispoint I would think that the case

should be closed as to whetherMinnesota athlete’s canconsistently make it big. Likemost former athletes, I have abig heart for trying to influencethose many talented, brightyoung stars that take the wrongroutes in their early life andmiss out on all the opportunitythat is available to them.Minnesota Gophers Head CoachTim Brewster commented thatHenderson could embark on anamazing journey if he were tojoin the Gophers. Somehow, Ithink that the light from thetorch that Henderson carrieswill benefit the Gophers, andthe state of sports participationoverall in the Twin Cities.

As for the Gophers 2010football recruiting class, at aglance, I do believe that theteam will be improved from theadditions. In terms of Minnesotarecruits, the Gophers snaggedLamonte Edwards of WoodburyHigh School (ESPN Top 100player ranking) who looks to bea big bruising running back,although his more prominenthigh school position was ondefense. The Gophers seem tobe preparing to launch a muchmore athletic approach towardsthe position of quarterbackthrough the addition of talentedTotino-Grace High Schoolquarterback J.D. Pride. Pride’sabilities mirror that of currentGopher back-up quarterbackMarquis Gray, who oftenentered games to spell the lessathletic (at least in terms ofspeed and quickness) startingquarterback, and MinnesotaHigh School product, Adam

Weber. The biggest name forthe Gophers, in terms ofMinnesota recruits, is JimmyGjere, a 6’7” 300lb linemanfrom Irondale High School.Gjere was ranked in the Top 20by ESPN, and any team thatlands a Top 20 player in alineman position has a goodreason to be hopeful.

In addition to the hometownrecruits for the Gophers, it wasalso interesting to see thesuccessful pursuit of nationaljunior college football stars.Names such as Tiree Eure, a6’7” tight end from LackawannaCollege, as well as others fromprime national recruiting areas,show that Gopher recruiting hasa strong, intelligent approachtowards developing the talent ontheir team.

The Gophers did not landSeantrel Henderson, but throughthe well-respected recruitingabilities of Head Coach TimBrewster, and the loomingpresence of national student-athletic superstars fromMinnesota, there should be abrighter day for football, andsports overall, for Twin Citiesyouth. It should be amagnificent homecoming infront of many Minnesotatelevision sets when SeantrelHenderson and the USC Trojanscome to visit TCF Bank stadiumon September 18, 2010. WeUSC fans apologize in advancefor the beat down, but withSeantrel Henderson on the line,at least it’ll be with MinnesotaLove.

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By Ryan T. Scottryan@insightnews.com

Mr T’sSportsReport

Henderson's big moment is an inspirationSPORTS

Seantrel Henderson with his USA Today Offensive Player of the Year trophy

BEWARE: Seantrel Hendersonand the USC Trojans arecoming September 18th.