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Leadership for Social Justice Project in Tanzania

Rep. Ellison works a day with a Minnesota home care worker

Business group gearing up to drive business to Black car dealers

For leaders, there is a beckoning call to promote justice and freedom. Will you answer the call? Answering the call is the recognition that we lead to change the world. This is a simple but yet profound statement related to each individual’s capacity to infl uence the world around them through the exercise of leadership. Leadership provides a vehicle to change the world day by day, moment by moment. Change begins with the development of a collective vision of the future. Leaders inspire others to envision a world where justice and freedom reign supreme. This is a vision of fostering a global community that promotes love, justice, equity, and compassion. Imagine a world- where no person goes to bed hungry,

the spread of HIV/AIDS is eliminated and every child has access to primary education (U.N. Millennium Development Goals). This is a world where each individual can reach their full potential. A world where each person is empowered to cultivate one’s gifts and talents. Leaders recognize that we must move beyond imagining a new world to creating it. This a manifestation of our shared destiny and collective power. In spring 2015, I launched the Leadership for Social Justice Project with the goal in mind of building a global leadership community. The #LeadershipforSocialJustice project challenges everyday people to discover the leader within, take a stand for justice, and serve in the global community. It also serves as an indispensable tool for bringing leaders together to share their passion for social justice and build strategic partnerships. Dr. Mussa S. Muneja, professor at the University of Arusha, Tanzania, serves

Fifth District Rep. Keith Ellison joined Clara Nakumbe, a home care worker from Minneapolis for a “Work a Day” event to support raising the minimum wage. Nakumbe, a great-grandmother who, along with others, is a caregiver for her 42-year-old son. In the 11 years since her son was diagnosed with a severe form of multiple sclerosis he has gone from being able to do everything for himself to being completely dependent on others. Rather than have her son move into a nursing home, Nakumbe decided to give up

the job that she loved and made decent money at in order to care for him. Ellison spent time with Nakumbe and her son, hearing about and experiencing what it means to be a home care worker. Nakumbe shared why she has fought for the home care workers union in Minnesota and the historic fi rst contract that went into effect July 1, and why now she is speaking out as part of the national Fight for $15 campaign. “I know as a home care worker, and the mother of a

What’s a person supposed to do when they are trying to engage in an act of civil disobedience and the authorities refuse to arrest them, let alone issue a citation? That’s the predicament a group of protesters from the 1855 Treaty Authority found themselves in when the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) decided to allow certain members of the group to harvest wild rice without licenses outside of reservation land, on the very day the protest took place. The plan was to harvest wild rice without a permit, outside of reservation land. The arrest and/or citation was hoped to draw a federal court case which would help to force a judge to uphold the tribe’s right to hunt, fi sh and gather on land they ceded over the course of several treaties in the 1800s. The cornerstone of those treaties, the Treaty of 1837, unequivocally grants the

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — According to IHS, an international industry data company, Black Americans spent an estimated $8.4 billion on cars in just the fi rst four months of 2015. In the coming year, the U.S. Black Chambers,

Inc. (USBC) is determined to direct that cash toward Black-owned dealerships. “In the Asian community, their dollar stays in their community 28 days before it ever leaves,” said Ron Busby, president and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. “In the Hispanic community, their dollar stays 21 days before it ever leaves. But in the Black community, our dollar leaves within six hours. So we don’t

have to worry about the majority not supporting us, we’re boycotting our own.” The USBC is a national association of more than 100 African American Chambers of Commerce and small business organizations working toward Black economic empowerment. In signing a memorandum of understanding with the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), the USBC hopes

to appeal people in the market for a new car to buy from Black dealers. The agreement will connect Black car dealers to their local Black chamber of commerce, and will encourage the chambers to get the word out. The USBC also has an interactive listing of Black-owned car dealerships included in its online Black business database.

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Denisha Richardson begins Peace Corps service in Fiji

Richfi eld’s Alex Morales stationed at Manama, Bahrain

Denisha Richardson, 30, of Bloomington has been accepted into the Peace Corps and departed for Fiji to begin training as a youth development volunteer. Richardson will live and work at the community level to promote and develop healthy lifestyles and environmental awareness in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Sport. She will coordinate several skill-building activities, including co-teaching life skills classes, after school clubs and school gardens. “I have always enjoyed helping others and serving in my community,” said Richardson. “There are two quotes that truly inspire and motivate me – ‘Think globally, act locally’ and ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.’ These two quotes remind me that we are all interconnected and no matter how small the contribution, it all has meaning

and impact on the lives of others.” Richardson is the daughter

of Leonard and Denise Jefferson of Minneapolis and a 2003 graduate of John F.

Kennedy Senior High School in Bloomington. She graduated from Florida Memorial

University in Miami Gardens, Fla., in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in communications, specializing in public relations. “Prior to attending college the idea of serving in the Peace Corps crossed my mind, yet I allowed fear to get the best of me,” said Richardson. “Following college and after some much needed growth, the desire to volunteer with the Peace Corps was very present in my mind and now I feel I am not only ready to share all of my acquired knowledge and skill set, I am super excited to learn about another way of life and represent as a friendship ambassador on behalf of my country.” During the first three months of her service, Richardson will live with a host family in Fiji to learn the local language and integrate into the local culture. After acquiring the language and cultural skills, Richardson will be sworn into service and

assigned to a community in Fiji where she will serve for two years. Richardson will work in cooperation with the local people and partner organizations on sustainable, c o m m u n i t y - b a s e d development projects that improve the lives of people in Fiji. Richardson joins the 202 Minnesota residents currently serving in the Peace Corps. More than 6,495 Minnesota residents have served as volunteers since the agency was created in 1961. There are 63 volunteers in Fiji working with their communities on projects in health and youth development. During their service in Fiji, volunteers learn to speak local languages, including Fijian and Hindi. More than 2,385 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Fiji since the program was established in 1968.

MANAMA, Bahrain – A 2014 Edina graduate and Richfi eld, Minnesota native is serving on the mine countermeasures ship USS Monsoon. US Navy Petty Offi cer 3rd Class Alex Morales is a machinist’s mate and lives and works at a Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, where USS Monsoon is based. Bahrain is a small island country situated near the western shores of the Arabian Gulf. A Navy machinist’s mate is responsible for working on engines and maintaining them. They also work on the ship’s air conditioning systems. “With the ship’s engine, it’s all hands on,” said Morales. “It’s fun to work on them and fi x a problem. You’re always learning something new.” USS Monsoon was commissioned in 1994 and is the fourth Navy ship to bear this name.

It is one of the Navy’s 11 Avenger class mine countermeasures ships that are designed to remove mines from vital waterways and harbors. “On this ship, you’re part of a team that’s making a difference in the world. You also get to travel and enjoy exotic new places like Dubai and Kuwait,” said Morales. USS Monsoon is 224 feet long, 39 feet wide and displaces

1,312 tons of water. It is powered by four diesel engines and can reach speeds of more than 16 mph.With approximately four offi cers and 24 enlisted comprising the ship’s company, jobs are highly varied which keeps the ship mission ready — this includes everything from washing dishes and preparing meals to handling weaponry and maintaining the propulsion system. As a member of the crew, Morales and other USS Monsoon Sailors know they are part of a forward deployed naval forces team that is heavily relied upon to help protect and defend America on the world’s oceans. “Being deployed you’re constantly visiting new places and being in the action,” said Morales. “It’s great knowing you’re a big part of our country’s strategy in this area of the world.” In addition to USS Monsoon,

another Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship is forward deployed in Bahrain along with seven Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships. The world is increasingly complex and crewmembers aboard USS Monsoon, as well as the other forward-deployed naval vessels in Bahrain, assist with assuring international sea lines between the Middle East and Europe remain open and help protect against possible maritime threats. As a Sailor with numerous responsibilities, deployed halfway around the world away from friends and family back home, Morales said he is learning about himself as a leader, Sailor and a person. “In the Navy you work hard and learn to become a team with people you’ve never met before,” said Morales.

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BUSINESSBlack Economic Empowerment: Pilot entrepreneurship program aims to train Black business owners for success

12 things to consider before you start a nonprofi t

WASHINGTON, DC - Cathy Hughes went from sleeping on the floor of her radio station as a struggling single mother to the ownership of the largest Black-owned broadcast company in the U.S. and the first publicly traded company owned by an African-American woman. The late Ebony/Jet Publisher John H. Johnson, whose father was a sawmill worker and mother a cook, rose to become the first Black man to be listed among Forbes’ wealthiest Americans. These entrepreneurs are often used examples of the thousands of African-Americans, who, through courage, ingenuity and tenacity have succeeded in every level of business ownership in America. And financial

experts say entrepreneurship is yet growing among African-Americans across the U. S. despite the still frail 2015 economy. The University of Phoenix School of Business aims to fuel that growth by backing a new entrepreneurial education and training program with a $500,000 grant. The pilot program, in partnership with the U. S. Black Chambers, Inc., (USBC), is set to begin Jan. 1, 2016. It targets African-American small business owners, including USBC members, in various cities across the U. S. In a joint statement, the program is described as “a three-course, 15-week credit-bearing program that includes online classroom instruction taught by School of Business faculty, and takes students through courses including personal cash flow,

market analyses and financial performance.” The release says, “Students will create their business plans using this customizable program to develop a business model,

strategy, financial forecasts, competition benchmarks and implementation and performance tracking.” The USBC-University of Phoenix program comes amidst a growing trend of Black

entrepreneurship across the U. S. In its most recent reporting on business ownership, the U. S. Census says the “number of Black-owned businesses increased at triple the national rate” between 2002 and 2007. More recently, in June this year, Forbes reported that the number of businesses owned by African-American women has grown 322 percent since 1997, “making Black females the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S.”, according to a study commissioned by American Express Open. Also, Black Enterprise recently reported an increase in entrepreneurship programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The magazine said the growth in entrepreneurship coincides with innovative ways to deal with pessimistic job outlooks for youth and a still flailing

economy and unemployment rates when it comes to African-Americans. Though Black unemployment rates recently dipped below double digits, it remains twice that of Whites. Black unemployment rates for youth ages 16-24 also exceeds 28 percent, twice that of White youth. Targeting those who appear to be at the greatest economic disadvantage is apparently driving the new program, according to a release. “University of Phoenix is pleased to partner with USBC to provide African-American small business owners and entrepreneurs an exclusive program integrating teachings from business courses with insights from local market experts who understand the economy in their communities,” said

The nonprofi t sector is diverse and innovative. People are always creating solutions to the many challenges that arise. We see a problem and seek to fi x it. We experience something wonderful and we want others to share in our joy. There are two ways that nonprofi ts are different from for profi t organizations: most

nonprofi ts seek contributions from others as a form of revenue, and board members or trustees do not benefi t fi nancially. Nonprofi ts are often referred to as 501(c)(3) organizations. This is in reference to the IRS tax code that defi nes an organization as tax-exempt. Here’s what the IRS says: “The exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, scientifi c, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, and preventing cruelty to children or animals. The term charitable is used in its generally accepted legal sense and includes relief of

the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged; advancement of religion; advancement of education or science; erecting or maintaining public buildings, monuments, or works; lessening the burdens of government; lessening neighborhood tensions; eliminating prejudice and discrimination; defending human and civil rights secured by law; and combating community deterioration and juvenile delinquency.” “The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefi t of private interests, and no part of a section 501(c)(3) organization›s net earnings may inure to the benefi t of any private shareholder or individual.”

Before you fi le for 501(c)(3) status we suggest you take the time to answer the following: 1. What are the goals, vision and mission of the proposed nonprofi t? 2. Have you done the necessary research to determine if there is a need for the proposed nonprofi t? 3. Who will your nonprofi t serve? 4. Do you have community buy-in? 5. What type of people will you need to serve on the board? Have you identifi ed specifi c people who fi t your criteria? Have you talked with them about your idea and their willingness to serve on the

board? 6. How will you secure the funds you need to launch and sustain your organization? Who will you solicit? How will you secure their fi nancial support? 7. Do you have a business plan, strategic plan and fundraising plan? 8. Are there organizations providing similar services? 9. What will be unique about the nonprofi t? 10. Is your nonprofi t a profi t making business that has “gone bad?” Is it an unsuccessful business that you want to sustain with a different tax status? 11. Have you created a case for support that clearly

communicates your vision, fundraising goals and projected impact? 12. Do you need to obtain nonprofi t status in order to bring your vision to life? Could you become a program of an existing nonprofi t? Take your time: your community is worth it.

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After Hurricane Katrina: Changing hearts, minds and systems

NEW ORLEANS - Ten years after Katrina devastated New Orleans, it’s time for midcourse corrections in the restoration efforts. The coalitions of foundations, nonprofits and government should pause to ensure that their investments will improve upon the pre-Katrina conditions in communities of color and that the racial and class inequities that existed prior to the storm are being adequately addressed. Katrina was an awakening: the racial fault lines had been blurred in the city. Visits to Bourbon Street yielded fine food and music, but failed to

paint a full picture of the city Their communities and their challenges were tucked away from view. But with Katrina, impressions of New Orleans changed dramatically. When the hurricane struck

on August 29, 2005, more than 80 percent of the residents had evacuated, leaving behind the most vulnerable - those with neither the means nor money to flee. New Orleans was predominantly African-American (67 percent) and 27.9 percent of the city’s households were in poverty, including nearly 40 percent of the city’s children. More than 1,800 people died because of the storm, 123,600 people left the city and never returned, and the black population dropped to 60 percent. The chaos and devastation that unfolded as the surging gulf breached levees designed to protect the city vividly demonstrated the impact of the racial, housing, education and economic disparities. Many with access to information, transportation and funds for hotel rooms escaped; but those without resources were left behind -- some desperately seeking rescues from their rooftops -- to fend for themselves and depend upon badly flawed public services that failed them at this critical time. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, people had to reconcile our perception of New Orleans. How had we missed the racial inequities for so long? It was so clear that imbalance between haves and have-nots were a major factor in where the blunt of the devastation was felt. Many communities of color were more vulnerable and thus their residents suffered far more. This fueled the passion within the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to address the inequities. The Kellogg Foundation had worked with grantees in New Orleans since 1942. Given these longstanding relationships, the WKKF Board of Trustees was compelled to help the children, families and communities recover. The board immediately approved a $12 million appropriation to help provide food, clothing, shelter, rescue and relocation, though the board’s focus was also on long-term recovery. The swift grant making also helped attract other support, as WKKF funding was at times matched by other foundations, companies like Home Depot,

Time Warner, AOL, Walmart, McDonalds, and by religious organizations and government agencies. Since August 2005, the commitment to New Orleans has not wavered: 270 grants totaling $90.1 million have been approved in the last 10 years. Yet, we have learned that one foundation, nor a group of foundations, can successfully address these challenges alone; there must be partnerships that include all segments of the community, especially government, businesses and corporations committed to providing opportunities. Working with partners and coalitions, our work in New Orleans and the region after Hurricane Katrina has sought to lift families and children, helping to provide opportunities for them to thrive and an environment that improves life outcomes and restores hope for the future. The number of coalitions and partnerships is unprecedented in our work; we are energized by so many disparate segments of society uniting and connecting towards the goal of helping these communities rebuild. The tragedy has ignited a true sense of togetherness in this work. Moreover, what we have learned in New Orleans has triggered a significant change in the grant making at the Kellogg Foundation. We learned from community leaders that crime and violence in residential neighborhoods is desensitizing the city’s children, causing them to lose their sense of worth and value. A generation of young people is being rendered powerless, with no security, no protection and believing they have no future. In response, WKKF adapted its funding priorities and is now mobilizing its partners to help heal the wounds of children and young adults, restore their sense of being and create environments where they can thrive. This work is part of a collective community resiliency strategy, one that is a critical segment of achieving racial equity in New Orleans. Ten years after the storm, there also remains a need to

rebuild infrastructure and systems. For example the education system, while improving, is largely failing to provide children with the tools needed to be successful. To their credit, the public sector recognized that the old system wasn’t working and boldly embarked into new territory, a system dominated by charter schools. But results are not universally good. Community leaders assert that special education and parent involvement has been shunned. In a recent poll by NPR and the Kaiser Family Foundation, 53 percent of black parents were concerned about their children’s education, compared to only 17 percent of whites. Education is an area where the city should pause, work with the community and make corrections to ensure that all children are receiving a quality education. Educational success, achievement and job opportunities are all connected. To be sure, some of the investments are working. In 2011, young Bryaniesha Burks was in a rut. She and teenage friends were mired in poverty “sad, angry and depressed,” she recalls, because there was little hope that the so-called recovery of the city would ever affect their lives. But life changed for Burks when she found Liberty’s Kitchen. Established in 2008, the social enterprise transforms disconnected New Orleans youths by offering workforce and life skills training to unemployed and out of school teenagers and young adults. “I didn’t realize that I kept all that pain inside of me,” Burks recalls. “Every day, I would go about things in a negative way. I was a lost soul.” Now 22, and working at a job she loves, Burks says, the organization’s leaders “believed in me, when I didn’t believe in myself...They taught me to be brave.” In the aftermath of Katrina, her story demonstrated there was hope and successes. It was possible, in part, because funders, such as the WKKF worked with nonprofits, businesses, community leaders, and local government to support Liberty’s Kitchen and the critical work that it performs. It demonstrated that pillars in our society can break away from their sector

silos to form coalitions and partnerships that mobilized together to address barriers and help change hearts and minds. Overshadowing many aspects of life in New Orleans is a racial past that must be acknowledged and healed. Portrayals of the 10-year milestone after the storm enunciate the divide in the city. While many gains have been achieved, but for communities of color it is not a celebratory time; it’s merely a marker to gauge the many challenges that remain and lie ahead. Clearly, hearts and minds on both sides must be changed. Racial healing is a national WKKF endeavor that the foundation is bringing to local communities, such as New Orleans. Meaningful change happens locally. The foundation sponsored a healing day on Aug. 25 that brought representatives from all segments of New Orleans together - business, religious, community, academia and others to talk openly and frankly about race, its impact on the city and how wounds from the past can heal. As some champions are emerging, we do see progress. Mayor Mitch Landrieu made clear in his recent public apology for the city’s prominent role in the slave trade, no conversation about the city’s future is possible without a discussion of race and an acknowledgement of the devastating role that racism has played in the city. Through our work, WKKF has a better understanding of the trauma and the barriers presented by structural and systemic inequities. Our appreciation has grown for the resilience of the residents, their resourcefulness and their hope that better days lie ahead. The seeds for healing and progress are being planted and will blossom over time; we will continue nurturing teenagers and young adults like Ms. Burks. Her generation will be the light at the end of the tunnel. A better New Orleans is on the horizon, but we must recalculate, taking what we have learned to implement fresh, informed ideas. And racial healing must be a part of it.

La June Montgomery Tabron is president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

By La June Montgomery Tabron, America’s Wire Writers Group

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Byron Jones, chief financial officer, University of Phoenix. “The U.S. Black Chambers Business program allows participants to experience some of the most challenging exercises business owners undergo with the training, support and counsel they need from seasoned professionals with demonstrated success in owning and managing a business.” The University of Phoenix is widely known for its degree programs for working adults. Working with the USBC and the 250,000 small businesses that it serves appears a natural fit. The new program also deals with the key issue in sustaining Black-owned businesses. That’s access to capital. “Gaining access to capital continues to be a major hurdle for African-American small business owners, and properly navigating that process is often the difference between success and failure,” said USBC President/CEO Ron Busby, Sr. “We are excited to collaborate with University of Phoenix on this educational program to help provide needed resources to support Black entrepreneurs, and believe it is an excellent example of local leaders and educators working together to improve the lives of our citizens and communities.” In that regard, despite the growth in Black-owned businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported last year that there had been a steep drop in loans to Black-owned business by the Small Business Administration. The percentage had dropped from 8.2 percent in 2008 to 2.3 percent in 2013, a decline that the paper described as “unusually steep compared with other minorities.” Entrepreneurship experts who applaud the new program

are also quick to point out that amidst recent crisis, African-Americans are simply rediscovering and reviving their historic ingenuity. “Black entrepreneurship has been significant ever since we arrived in this country, we’ve always been entrepreneurs even before we got here,” says Jim Clingman, author, founder of Blackonomics.com, and founder of the Entrepreneurship High School in Cincinnati. “It was very significant during the enslavement period and thereafter when Black enclaves were built and owned by Black people. And then in the sixties of course we began to abandon those businesses in favor of businesses other than our own. And now 60 years later, we’re back to starting more businesses and growing those businesses and seeing the value once again of entrepreneurship.” According to a release, the rigorous USBC-University of Phoenix program includes an in-person micro workshop with USBC experts on “topics such as accounting and finance, marketing, operations and customer service”. The goal is “successful completion of the three program courses” which will lead to a feasibility plan ready to submit to a bank or microloan partner. The program is also worth nine hours of college credit toward a certificate at University of Phoenix. “University of Phoenix is committed to discovering and developing the next generation of African-American business leaders, so the program with USBC small business owners is a natural fit,” said Ruth Veloria, executive dean, University of Phoenix School of Business. “Knowledge and training drive success. That’s why our certificate courses, such as those in the USBC program, will provide participants relevant skills that can positively and quickly impact their businesses.”

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Pneumococcal vaccine can help protect you from serious infectionsLast winter Samuel thought he had caught a bad cold, but after two weeks of being sick, his health took a sudden turn for the worse. Samuel, only 35 years old, started having chest pain and trouble breathing. In a panic, his wife rushed him to the hospital while his children stayed with a neighbor. At the hospital they learned that Samuel had pneumonia, and he needed to stay in the hospital to get well. Over the next week, Samuel tried many medicines to kill the germs that made him sick. After he recovered, Samuel learned that his illness was caused by

pneumococcal disease and that it could have been prevented with a vaccine. As a smoker, Samuel did not know that he was at a higher risk of serious infections from pneumococcal disease. After this close call and being away from his family and work for over a week, he got the pneumococcal vaccine and now tells everyone that they should be vaccinated too. If you smoke, have asthma, diabetes, or another long-term health problem, the pneumococcal vaccine can help protect you from serious infections like pneumonia, meningitis (infection of the

tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord), and blood infections. Getting vaccinated can also help prevent less serious infections like sinus infections and ear infections. Vaccination helps stop these infections before they start, and helps ensure that you do not pass them to your family and friends. Pneumococcal disease is spread by coming in contact with the bacteria and then getting it in your mouth or nose. Sometimes a person infected with pneumococcal bacteria can be sick and you can avoid them, but often people are “carriers.”

Being a carrier means that the bacteria live in the nose or throat of a person, but that person does not become sick. You cannot tell who could be carrying the bacteria, so vaccination is the best way to protect yourself. Even if you feel healthy, conditions like asthma and diabetes place extra stress on your immune system making it harder to recover if you become infected with pneumococcal bacteria. People with asthma, diabetes, other breathing, heart, or kidney conditions, and people who smoke cigarettes should ask their doctor about what vaccinations can help

them stay healthy. People who have illnesses that reduce their ability to fi ght infections need to get two different pneumococcal vaccines to protect them. This includes people who have cancer, HIV, had surgery to remove their spleen, and cochlear implants (implants into the inner ear). People over 65 years of age should also get two different vaccines to protect them against pneumococcal disease. People in this age group

can have problems recovering from a pneumococcal infection. Ask your doctor or nurse if you have gotten the vaccines that you need. This includes fl u vaccine, because being sick with the fl u makes you more likely to get pneumococcal disease. Make sure you are up-to-date on your infl uenza and pneumococcal vaccines! For more information, go to: www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/pneumococcal/index.html.

an exemplary model of a transformational leader who is committed to leading change. His coursework focuses on developing innovative solutions to address the pressing social justice issues of the 21st century. Dr. Muneja has joined the Leadership for Social Justice Project by challenging his students to lead change

through the promotion of global development and community engagement. His students have committed to leading change through “progression, reinforcement, encouraging the democratic way, commitment, and innovation” to name a few. By making a commitment to lead change, each of Dr. Muneja’s students are picking

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Racially motivated murder of young Black Americans across the United States is not a new or rare phenomenon. For too long this brutally fatal manifestation of the madness of American racism

has persisted in the face of public horror and disgust. August 28 marked the 60th anniversary of the death of 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till, who was abducted, beaten and murdered near Money, Miss. for allegedly whistling at a White woman. At the time, Mississippi led the nation in the number of lynchings, according to records kept by the Chicago Tribune. The brutal death of the teenager visiting from Chicago served as inspiration for the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began in December 1955, four months after Till’s death. The current Black Lives Matter movement that continues to gain momentum and support

throughout the nation also engenders vivid memories from the past. The anniversary of Emmett Till’s murder and the subsequent not guilty verdicts that were given to Till’s confessed White killers stand as a painful reminder that systemic racial injustice in the U.S. has been a long-term reality for Black America. We have to credit the raw courage of Emmett Till’s beloved mother, Mamie Till Mobley, for not allowing her son’s murder to go unnoticed throughout the nation and world. Sister Mobley was a strong mother and she refused in the face of enormous

pressure to keep her son’s casket closed at his funeral in Chicago. Mamie Till Mobley resisted the advice of the funeral director and insisted that the casket carrying the badly mutilated body of her son remain open for public viewing. She said, “I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby.” And that is exactly what happened. Jet magazine and hundreds of Black-owned newspapers across the country put the horrible picture of Emmett Till’s crushed face on the front page of their publications. Millions of Black Americans and others responded with calls and demands for justice for Emmett Till and his family.

I had the opportunity on several occasions over the years to speak and meet with Mamie Till Mobley in Chicago and in New York City before she died in 2003. Sister Mobley was also a staunch civil rights activists and leader. I remember that she once said to me, “We have to keep on fi ghting for freedom no matter what obstacles that may put in our path. We have suffered too much to let anything or anyone take us backwards as a people.” Her words are still true and relevant today. As we are now preparing for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice Or Else! on October 10 in Washington, D.C., the legacy of Emmett Till and the piercing truth of the long life and struggle of Mamie Till Mobley still scream out to this day to demand justice and equality for Black America and all those who have been victimized and oppressed by racism and injustice. Recently, at Emmett Till’s gravesite in the Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago, there was a memorial service organized by the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation. Airickca Gordon-Taylor, co-founder of the foundation and a relative of Till, stated, “I see many parallels with what happened to Emmett, you can connect the dots…. Our

family, we had dealt with injustice for 60 years. We never had justice for Emmett Till’s murder.” Yes, the dots are being connected. The Black Lives Matter movement is growing and the memory of what happened to Emmett Till serves as an important reminder. Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, the young Black American woman who was arrested in Texas and found hanged in a jail cell just a few weeks ago, was also at the Till’s gravesite memorial. The pain that the Till family still feels is the pain that the Bland family feels. This is pain that Black America feels. Each generation of Black Americans has had to endure this pain, but at the same time continue to demand and struggle for racial justice, freedom and equality. Black Lives Matter. Emmett Till’s life still matters. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and can be reached for national advertisement sales and partnership proposals at: [email protected]; and for lectures and other professional consultations at: http://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/drbfc

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Can Hillary survive email controversy?If you had asked me just a year ago if former Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States I’d have replied “no question.” I expected a near-coronation on the Democratic side, and a little rough-and-tumble on the Republican side. Jeb Bush, I thought, would have a few competitors nipping at his heels, but the Chris Christies, Bobby Jindals, and Scott Walkers of the world had ambition and followers, but nothing to top Jeb. I thought this would be a legacy race and while I didn’t much like the déjà vu feeling about 2016, it seemed to be inevitable. Now, the Republican nomination has turned into a reality television show, with feuds being played out on Twitter, and good sense is as likely to show up in these Republican gatherings as calculus is to be found in kindergarten. Now what promised to be a sleepy Democratic glide to the nomination has evolved into, if not a contest, at least a challenge for Hillary Clinton. As Clinton has muddled her way through the State Department email drama, potential competitors have circled her like sharks circling blood in the water. It has taken her months to grudgingly admit her mistakes. If she was going to give the emails from her private server up with an apology for her bad judgment, why didn’t she do so in the beginning? As it is, she has raised all kinds of questions about her honesty,

and allowed rabid Republicans to go after her with a vengeance. A progressive Democrat was likely to jump into the race regardless of what Clinton said or did. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have pushed Clinton to the left with their rhetoric, and few could have predicted that Sanders would not only enter the race but also attract millions of both people and dollars to support him. While the super PACs funding Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are collecting six and seven fi gure checks, the average Sanders donor has given about $30 to his war chest. There is blood in the water and Vice President Joe Biden is now considering vying for the presidency, and some see him as “insurance” in case Hillary implodes. The email drama should not sideline her from this race by itself, but weak showings in the early primaries, especially as she has already campaigned hard in Iowa and New Hampshire, will bruise her badly. Clinton supporters seem to think she has locked up much of the Democratic money, but with his long history in politics, and a group of loyal supporters, there may be more than a few pennies out there for Joe Biden. And, if Clinton even appears to stumble, there may be millions out there for Biden. Hillary Clinton has become a much better campaigner than she was in 2007 and 2008. She seems more approachable and friendly than she was then, although there are some members of the press who would say otherwise. We’ve seen much less of former

President Bill Clinton on the trail so far than we did last time around, which is a good thing. Lots of people love Bill Clinton, but his presence often raises the question about who will be running the White House. In some ways, Hillary Clinton has all her ducks in a row, just like she and her supporters thought she did before President Barack Obama said he was running for president. Clinton stumbled in early 2008, and she may stumble again. Her handlers need to make sure she speaks to the press more often and more transparently. She needs to tone down the sarcasm to build her likeability up. Her focus on working families and middle class families is great, but she might try to say a word or two about the poor. Poor folks won’t write checks, but if they feel included they can surely vote. If Biden jumps into this race, the African American community is likely to be confl icted. If President Obama endorses or supports his vice president, those loyal to him in the African American community will give Biden more consideration that they might have otherwise. At the same time, African Americans, generally, like former President Bill Clinton and much of that affection spills over to Hillary Clinton. And there are tens of millions of Democratic women who feel that it is overdue for a woman to lead our nation. Hillary Clinton needs to loosen up and lighten up, and that is not her nature. She

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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – On Tuesday [Aug.25], the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) opened the application process for the Apple HBCU Scholars program to help the most valuable company in the world identify the next generation of high-performing leaders of color in technology. The program, which targets students attending historically, Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), includes a scholarship for up to $25,000 during the recipient’s senior year, a summer internship at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., career-development opportunities, and the chance to serve as a TMCF Diversity Initiative/Apple brand ambassador. Students will also earn the opportunity to participate in the Apple HBCU immersion experience in Cupertino, Calif., during the spring of 2016 and access to an Apple employee for a unique mentoring experience. In the press release about the launch of the program, Denise Young Smith, the vice president of Worldwide Human Resources at Apple Inc., and a graduate of Grambling State University in Louisiana, said that the program is about

exposing gifted students from HBCUs to careers in technology. The tech industry has recently come under increased scrutiny for its lack of diversity by civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and others after companies like Google, Apple and HP published data on the ethnic and gender diversity of

their workforces. “We’re big believers that innovation will be strongest when talented people from diverse backgrounds are part of the creative process,” said Smith. “That’s why we’re so proud to be partnering with TMCF to help us fi nd the next generation of innovators.” The Apple Scholars

program is just one element of the $40 million partnership between TMCF and Apple announced earlier this year that will include the development of a talent database for hiring managers, research grants for faculty members and investments in entrepreneurship programs. “The call out to our

community is that when an organization as big and as well-known as Apple says, ‘I’m going to invest in you,’ they have actually lobbed the ball into our court and, if we miss it, we’re going to be hard-pressed to argue that HBCUs are relevant and worthy of future investments,” said said Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., the

president and CEO of TMCF. Taylor added that the partnership will also involve serious discussions about how to make HBCUs sustainable in the future. “[Apple] is absolutely convinced that if they want to solve their diversity challenge, they have to expand the schools that are producing the pipeline,” said Taylor. “Majority schools are not enough because everyone’s fi ghting for that same small pot of Black students.” Taylor said that the stakes are high for HBCUs and Apple to prove targeted investments like this can reap long-term rewards for industries pushing to diversify their ranks. Taylor added that it may be the last chance for Black colleges to make the case that they are not just historically relevant, but that they’re also currently relevant, as well. “This is Apple, one of the sexiest, most ubiquitous companies on the globe, so all eyes are watching and it’s just not limited to the technology space,” said Taylor. “I have meetings now with other companies in other sectors that say, ‘I am dying to hear how the Apple [investment] works out.” The application process opens on August 25, 2015 and closes September 18, 2015. Parents, students and faculty can learn more about the Apple HBCU Scholars Program at http://tmcf.org/our-scholarships.

Mychael Wright, founder of the Selby Avenue JazzFest and owner of Golden Thyme Coffee Café, recently announced the entertainment lineup for the 2015 festival. “This year, we’re focusing on the wonderful talent that resides here in the Twin Cities,” said Wright, in regards to this year’s entertainers. “I think people are going to be really impressed.” Headlining this year’s event is Walter Chancellor, Jr. A talented producer, saxophonist, keyboardist and fl ute musician, Chancellor worked on Prince’s “Emancipation” album and has been a mainstay of the Twin Cities contemporary jazz and R&B scene for more than a decade. He has also performed with Chaka Khan, Bobby Lyle,

Larry Graham, The Steeles and Debbie Duncan. The 2015 lineup also includes Salsa Del Sol, the Twin Cities-based, nine-piece orchestra that performs various

styles of dance music from the Spanish-speaking regions of the Caribbean. Additional acts include Dick and Jane’s Big Brass Band, Walker West Urban Legends of Jazz, Lex-Ham

Community Band and the Jazz Heritage Showcase. “As in 2014, this year’s showcase will be a two-parter,” said Wright. “First off will be Dick and Jane Revisited, featuring legendary Twin Cities

vocalist Maurice Jacox and jazz songstress Thomasina Petrus. After their set, we’ve planned a little surprise. Eric Kamau Grávátt is a highly acclaimed jazz drummer who has worked with such legendary acts as

McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson and the jazz-fusion super group Weather Report. He’ll be performing with a group he’s put together known as Source Code. It’s very exciting to have jazz royalty playing at this year’s Fest.” Besides a free day of entertainment, JazzFest also features a variety of food vendors, family activities and live artist demonstrations. “There’s plenty to do to make a full day of it,” added Wright. The 14th annual festival takes place from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the intersection of Selby Avenue and Milton Avenue in St. Paul. For more information, interested parties can visit the event’s website at www.selbyavejazzfest.com.

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Courtesy the Thurgood Marshall FundA group of Thurgood Marshall College Fund interns. The Apple HBCU Scholars program is just one element of the $40 million

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can prevail if she tweaks her campaign strategy and opens up to the press. The email drama is likely to go away, but it won’t if she remains defensive. And

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off if a Republican wins the presidency in 2016, and virtually doomed if the blustering Trump wins the White House. Hillary Clinton is worth fi ghting for,

but she’ll have to tweak her style to rally the troops. Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist based

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high quality care providers. We are proud of the gains we made with our fi rst contract, but know we still have work to do to get to the point where home care workers and the people we serve get the dignity and respect we deserve. Siran (Nakumbe’s son) and I were honored to have Rep. Ellison in our home to see a little bit of what this job looks like, and proud he is joining us in the

Fight for $15 for home care workers across the country.” Ellison commented on how seeing home care work fi rsthand only served to reinforce that both home care workers and clients deserve better. “Seeing and experiencing the vital work done by home care workers like Clara today was a powerful experience. It makes (it) even more clear to

me the importance of home care workers being part of the Fight for $15 and a union,” said Ellison. “Clara, like countless others, gives her heart and soul to her work, and deserves pay and benefi ts that bring stability to the job and dignity to both the home care worker and the person they care for. I am proud to support the Fight for $15.” The Fight for $15 has already made waves in the

home care world, as 35,000 Massachusetts home care workers became the fi rst in the nation to win $15 an hour starting wage in their state contract in late June and 20,000 home care workers in Oregon recently reached an agreement to move their pay fl oor to $15. Minnesota home care voted in August of 2014 to form their union. They reached a contract agreement later that

year with the state, which saw workers receiving paid time off for the fi rst time, a raise in the pay fl oor to $11 per hour, the creation of a training fund and other signifi cant victories. The agreement was ratifi ed by both union members and the legislature, passing into law during the 2015 legislative session. The contract went into effect on July 1st.

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“It’s not just about OK go buy a car from Mercedes or BWM but if you want a BMW…here’s where you should go to [make] those purchases,” Busby explained. “The thing we determined is, let’s say you’re in a community and there’s not a Black-owned dealership of your [car] choice. We will contact the Black dealership [nearest you], and he will either meet or beat the price of that local dealership in your community, and ship it to you free of charge.” In addition to making it easy to buy Black when car shopping, the partnership will examine whether automakers are returning the favor of Black patronage by re-investing in Black communities. “We outlined where, which cars African Americans were spending money. And it was ironic that Toyota was the number one car for African American spending,” Busby said. “Are they spending money with us – that’s where we want to make sure. Are they advertising in our Black newspapers? Are they hiring Black employees? Do we own their dealerships?”

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“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8). Love is one of the most powerful forces in the world today, and it is the opposite of hate. It destroys hate, therefore, more love equals less hate. Love brings about life. Love heals. It is patient and kind. Love is a prevailing force that endures all things without fail. Those who love are of God.

First, love is powerful because love is internal. It is an inward emotion that produces an outward positive response. Because of this, no one can claim that they love a person who has become the object of their abuse. Unfortunately today people set their own standards for relationship and think that if they live up to them, they have done what is required of them. Their personal standard may allow abusive behavior if the abuser believes he or she is justifi ed. But we are held to a higher standard than this. This standard cannot and will not justify abuse. Secondly, love is powerful because love is the higher standard. Never accept or justify any kind of abuse. Love covers a multitude of faults, and it the

basis for demonstrating that we know God. Because God is love, he commands us to love one another. This is especially true for men and women. If a man or

woman does not love, protect, and preserve their family, they are operating outside of God’s word. Whether physical, emotional, or verbal, abuse is

not on love’s continuum. Finally, love is powerful because self-love is one of the most powerful forms of love. No one can really control another person’s action, but they can control their own. There may be times when the love of self compels a person to leave the abuser they love. (Providing anyone the space necessary to get the help they need is the highest form of self-love.) Every person has in them the power to separate themselves from harmful situations. This could one day save that person’s life. I often hear the quote “There is a thin line between love and hate.” But I did not agree with it. I believe that there is more than a thin line between love and hate. To me, they are polar opposites and are as far apart as east and

west. Think about this, if a person was in a plane traveling east, even if they continued in that direction for years, they would still be traveling east. They would never intersect with west in this direction. So it is with love and hate. Although both love and hate speak to the direction of a person’s heart, love is the positive direction and is the basis for a healthy relationship. Love is powerful so choose love.

Timothy Houston is an author, minister, and motivational speaker who is committed to guiding positive life changes in families and communities. For questions, comments or more information, go to www.tlhouston.com.

Today was an amazing day! I was fi nally able to do something that I’ve always wondered if I

could really do or not. It’s simply beautiful what a person can do when they set their mind to not fail. There are so many times in life when we will set out to do something and fear shows its ugly head and everything is put on the back burner for a while. I like to think of it this way, nothing should stand in the way of you taking those steps to your greatness. Anything you want

to do to better yourself should be a goal that your fear can’t stop! Nothing should stand in the way of you reaching new heights in your life. I often here people talk about what they will fi nally be able to do when they retire, or when they save enough money, or when their kids are grown and out of the house. All that is great, but what are you doing now to feel good about yourself.

Life isn’t about waiting to live, it’s about what you do while you’re living! I believe in doing things that will better my circumstances. I believe that anything I set my mind to completing, I’m going to do my best to make that dream a reality! Today was a great day for so many people. Today there are others who I believe completed some amazing goals! Today

there are individuals who decided that they would map out their journey to complete their new goals. Today was an amazing day for someone because they decided to start that business that they’ve been thinking of starting for many years. Today was great for someone who decided to go back to school and fi nish that degree while their kids are still in school. You see, lots of

people are having an amazing day! I want you to be one of them! And as always, stay focused, stay determined, and keep striving for greatness.

Penny Jones-Richardson is a published author and life coach. She can be reached via her website at www.thequeensproject.com or email at [email protected].

The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) received a major grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to implement energy-effi cient ways to protect

the audiovisual material in the collections. The grant of $250,000 will be used to upgrade the mechanical equipment and optimize the temperature and

humidity in the existing cold storage area, helping to preserve a large audiovisual collection, including 3.7 million feet of fi lm, as well as thousands of oral history interviews, 200,000 photographs, 1.5 million negatives and 97,000 microfi lm reels of newspapers,

manuscripts and state government records. The new cold storage area will help extend the life of these delicate materials by four times their current life span. At the same time, MNHS will reduce its energy use dramatically, resulting in an expected savings

of $16,000 a year according to MNHS offi cials. “The sizable cost savings coupled with the ability to extend the life of these invaluable artifacts, makes this a very important grant,” said Shengyin Xu, MNHS sustainability and capital projects manager. MNHS expects to start the upgrade in 2018. The collections are available to researchers through the Gale Family Library and to the public through exhibits, print publications and online.

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fi ve Black-owned banks around the country. Other past partnerships have targeted Black-owned media, hotels, banks, and more. Black consumers can also foster these efforts via the USBC mobile app. Powered by GPS, it allows users to fi nd Black retailers, service providers, and more in their current area, in real time. “The reason that other communities and ethnic groups don’t have many of the same concerns that we have is because they are in control of their own economies. We very seldom in our conversations, talk about an economic agenda, and at the end of the day this is

still a capitalistic society,” said Busby. He also pointed out that supporting Black businesses isn’t merely a noble exercise – it is also a solution to unemployment. Studies show that people of color tend to hire other people of color. Therefore, if the estimated 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the country had enough profi t to hire employees, we could signifi cantly impact the lives of the 1.7 million Black Americans reported as unemployed as of July. Busby explained, “Currently African Americans spend less than 3 percent of their net income with Black businesses. If we want to decrease unemployment, or get rid of it all together, all we have to do is allow each one of those small businesses to hire one new employee. That doesn’t take an act of Congress, that doesn’t take changing the budget, that’s just changing our decision of where and how we spend our money.” The USBC-NAMAD agreement was announced at USBC School of Chamber & Business Management, an annual conference for Black chamber of commerce leaders and business owners held in Washington, D.C. each July. The agreement will continue through next summer. Then, the USBC will announce another Black trade organization partnership in a different industry for next year’s economic push. “Each year we talk about the commitment of ‘Black dollars matter,’ and how to reenergize our community through an economic agenda. Our deal is to bring facts and information to change the mindset, and then show you good examples to correct [habits],” said Busby. “If we know better, we can do better. We always look to someone else to fi x our community, and we own a trillion dollars.”

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A happy crowd of children, community members and civil rights activists gathered at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Aug. 22 to celebrate the opening of a new civil rights-themed playground. Numerous speakers, music and a ceremonial ribbon-cutting helped dedicate the unique and inspiring play area during the fifth annual Celebrate Our Beloved Community event. The new playground mixes in numerous educational opportunities detailing people, places and events that helped shape African-Americans’ struggle for civil rights. Park users can scan quick response (QR) codes with their phones to learn more about influential African-American inventors, hike over an oversized book staircase honoring notable African-American authors and scale a play surface bearing King’s likeness. There’s also a replica of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and a flag commemorating the Red Hand Division, a heroic Black World War I infantry regiment, among other civil rights-themed amenities.

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right to hunt, fi sh and gather in the entire amount of land the Anishinabe gave up. “The strategy is to get it into federal court,” said Robert DesJarlait, from the groupProtect Our Manoomin, who helped spread the word about the event. “That’s the only way this issue will be resolved. Though we have treaty rights, they aren’t going to give them to us.” The last time an Anishinabe group tested their treaty rights was 2010, when a group went fi shing in Lake Bemidji without permits. That time, the DNR refused to make arrests as well, though they did seize the fi shermen’s nets. In a statement, the DNR sent out a news release that said it granted the 1855 Authority a special permit that lasted just one day. “The permit was issued in response to the 1855 Authority’s stated intention to harvest wild rice at Hole-in-the-Day Lake in Crow Wing County in remembrance of Chief Hole-in-the-Day and to bring attention to clean water issues,” the statement read. Then later: “The permit was issued under statues and rules that allow the DNR commissioner to issue such permits for educational or exhibition purposes.” “I’m very disappointed today,” said Leonard Thompson, one of about half a dozen who went out on Hole in the Day Lake to rice. “The DNR ain’t

going to issue no citations, but the fact of the matter is they wanted to avoid a court date to bring this to light.” He’s referring, of course, to the 1855 treaty between the U.S. government and the Anishinabe people. That treaty covers a huge swath of land in Central Minnesota, which happens to be the area most effected by recent controversies over issues such as mining and pipelines that in

the courts, Native people are fi ghting to protect. The 1855 treaty doesn’t actually have the words hunt, fi sh or gather in it, says tribal lawyer Frank Bibeau, from the 1855 Treaty Authority, but since the 1837 treaty does protect the Anishinabe’s right to engage in these activities, the Supreme court found in 1999 that later treaties uphold that right. “We were intentionally

looking to target a lake along the pipeline corridor,” Bibeau said. In addition, there’s concern about the impact that current and future mines have on lakes and rivers. “We are not just talking about the pipeline but also about mining–there’s quite a bit of pollution,” says Robert DesJarlait. “There’s a 140-mile stretch of the St. Louis River which are wild rice dead zones because of all the sulfates,

and now they want a copper mine. Our wild rice will be affected by the pipeline and the mines,” he said. “for us, wild rice is a sacred plant to us. It’s a spiritual issue and a cultural issue.” For many, harvesting wild rice doesn’t make a whole lot of money–maybe enough to provide clothing for their kids. “Nobody gets rich off it,” he said. For the Anishinabe people,

“our responsibility is to protect the environment,” DesJarlait said. “Not just for the present generation.” Veronica Smith, from Fond du Lac, showed up to the protest in support of the wild rice harvesters. “Manoomin (wild rice) is our sacred food and it was a gift from the creator,” she said. “We need to protect that and that’s what we are doing.”

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Nothando Zulu & the Griot Festival RockTh e Griot Invasion of north Minneapolis at Bethune Park was successful through the tireless work of master storyteller, Nothando Zulu. Th is actress, comedian and storyteller used stories to teach students about James Weldon Johnson’s, “Creation,” their African origins, lessons on the Middle Passage, African-American emancipation and the Civil Rights and the Black Lives Matter Movements. Th e story, “Th e Legend of Africania,” was performed by youth members of WE WIN Institute and We Care

Performing Arts. With lines such as “I am as Black as the earth from which life springs. I love this land with its wide deserts, snowcapped mountains, grassy plains and rain forests,” youth took center stage at the festival acting out African joy, tragedy and liberation. Zulu is presenting the Master Storytelling Festival, Sept. 24 – Sept. 26, at University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC), 2001 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis and Macalester College in St. Paul.

African-American Folktales

Commentary by Nothando Zulu

Th e tale-telling tradition of

African-Americans in the “new world” came, directly or indirectly, from the places where our ancestors lived throughout

the continent of Africa. Not all types of African traditional tales survived the transatlantic passage to the Americas with their vigor and moral range intact. While some of the myths of the West Coast of African cultures are encountered, in most of African-America, neither myths nor other details of African religious practices were maintained in any full and systematic manner. Th e grand bardic forms of epic and other kinds of praise singing, the elaborate recitations of genealogies, and with a few important exceptions, the chants accompanying “the casting of cowrie shells” were

lost. Th e epic accounts of great heroes, heroines and leaders of the people have been replaced by stories and prose, song or jingling verse. Even the dilemma tales, so characteristic of African situations of moral disputation, seldom made their way to this side of the ocean, indicating that most of the political and philosophical dimensions of the African story were lost to us in the Middle Passage. What did survive was the importance in the lives of the captives and their descendants. Griots told at night – for entertainment as well as

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Monday, Sept. 7HEALTH

Donation Based Yoga ClassProspect Park United Methodist Church22 Orlin Ave. S.E., Minneapolis 6 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Every Monday night, classes are taught by certified yoga teachers with specialty training in mindful yoga, adaptive yoga, and yoga for anxiety and depression.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 ROCK/PERFORMANCE

RadkeyFirst Avenue/7th Street Entry701 1st Ave., Minneapolis6 p.m.All ages$8 advance/$10 door

Missouri-based garage punk band, Radkey, keeps “Black Rock” alive along with Soap Scum and Blood Cookie.

Wednesday, Sept. 9HIP-HOP/PERFORMANCE

Sisters with SoulIcehouse

2528 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis9 p.m.21-plus$5 advance, $7 door

B Dot Croc and DJ Keezy return with another installment of the successful Sister with Soul party. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2188825.

REGGAE/DUB PERFORMANCE

Lee “Scratch” PerryCedar Cultural Center7 p.m.$22 advance, $25 door

Lee “Scratch” Perry along with King Tubby, helped shape the sound of dub and made reggae music a powerful part of the pop music world. Celebrating

the 40th anniversary of Perry’s “Super Ape” he will be performing the album in its entirety.

Thursday, Sept. 10 JAZZ/PERFORMANCE

Kamasi WashingtonIcehouse2528 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis$22 advanced, $25 door

Kamasi Washington performs with special guests Tamara Renée and Javi Santiago.

HIP-HOP/PERFORMANCE

Gravity Nights No. 20 T La Shawn “Preciouz Jewelz” CD releaseHoney205 E. Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis10 p.m.

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Walker Art Center to survey the full career of American painter Jack WhittenTh e Walker Art Center will present “Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting,” the largest full-career retrospective of the American painter Jack Whitten at the Walker from September 13, 2015 through January 24, 2016 in the Target and Friedman Galleries. For the past 50 years, Jack Whitten has explored the possibilities of paint, the role of the artist, and the allure of material essence in his innovative studio process. With compositions that are abstract and elegiac, Whitten foregrounds the material properties of paint—pigmentation, viscosity, and mark—to capture the momentary and suggest the enduring. Featuring some 60 pieces, the traveling retrospective charts the artist’s work across the decades, bringing together his best-known canvases alongside signifi cant but under-

recognized bodies of work. “For fi ve decades Jack Whitten has produced inventive abstract work steeped in questions of history, culture, race, and identity in America,”

said Olga Viso, Executive Director of the Walker Art Center. “Th e Walker is thrilled to present the fi rst exhibition to span the full breadth of the artist’s work in depth.”

Born in Bessemer, Alabama in 1939, Jack Whitten came of age in the segregated South and was an active participant in the civil rights movement before moving to New York City in the early 1960s, where he enrolled at Cooper Union and discovered his own experimental language of abstraction. As a young painter, Whitten moved freely between communities

of racially-identifi ed artists and those associated with the New York School whom he met at the Cedar Bar. Th roughout the 1970s as he honed his materials-based experimentations, Whitten emphasized formal innovation and devised tools to help produce his eff ects—long-handled squeegees, rakes, and serrated combs that allowed him to realize the total picture

plane in a single gesture. Many of the resulting works were featured in Whitten’s 1974 one-person exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Join artist Jack Whitten and art historian Richard Shiff for a wide-ranging discussion about the artist’s decades-long commitment to the medium of painting. Shiff , a renowned scholar and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who has published widely on Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, Ellsworth Kelly, and others, will engage Whitten in a dialogue about his survey exhibition, “Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting,” as well as the past, present, and future of the medium.

Opening-Day Artist TalkSunday, September 13, 2 pmWalker CinemaFREE

Photo courtesy the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York

Jack Whitten in his 40 Crosby Street studio, New York, circa 1974–1975

Jack Whitten, Apps for Obama, 2011-Collection of Danny First, Los Angeles; © Jack Whitten/Artists Rights Society

(ARS), New York

21-plus$5

Anchormen member T La Shawn performs songs from his new album, “Preciouz Jewelz” with special guests, House of DJs, Ken-C, Remo Williams and more.

Friday, Sept. 11

REGGAE/PERFORMANCE

Catch a Fire Tour featuring Damian and Stephen MarleyCabooze Outdoors 917 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis6 p.m.$36 advance, $40 door

Possibly the biggest reggae/dancehall concert to hit Minneapolis, see the Catch a Fire Tour with legends Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, the Royal Family of Reggae Morgan Heritag, Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser and Blak Soil, Jo Mersa and Black Am I .

Saturday, Sept. 12 ROCK/HIP-HOP/FESTIVAL

Summit Backyard Bash Summit Brewery 910 Montreal Circle, St. Paul

9 p.m. – 2 a.m.$15 advance, $20 door

Summitt Brewery’s gigantic party returns this year with Toki Wright and DJ Willie

Shu, Lydia Liza, The Suburbs, Gramma’s Boyfriend, Al Church, Black Market Brass and Hotpants DJs.

Sunday, Sept. 13

FUNK/PERFORMANCE

Hot Black Funky Whiskey Junction 901 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis8:30 p.m.No cover

Hot Black Funky brings their weekly funk, R&B, soul, Latin mash up to Whiskey Junction .

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instruction, in the traditional African style – stories in which the entire community might be involved in the telling. Th ese stories as performances

provided entertainment by which the community could celebrate its identity as a group simply by singing, dancing and most important laughing together. Th e African and African-American stories more commonly chronicled how a trickster or other used his or her wits to get something needed or

wanted. Tales of upright character were to form and important part of neighborhood and family life through the African-American community. Not only was the idea of acting sensibly and commanding respect the bedrock of the African-American behavior system, but

this way of acting was bound with notions of teaching Black children how to deal with the “white folks world.” Th ey are moral stories, oft en in the form of how certain animals got to be the way they are because of their misbehavior and or the result of their human condition. Th is is in direct opposition to the most

common form of story about African-Americans, in which we are portrayed exclusively to be responsible for our human condition. One of the special delights of folktales of any sort is seeing how things of this world can be put together and taken apart, constructed and exploded

without the need for logical explanation. Folktales operate in their own worlds, ones that depart from the everyday but in predictable directions. We can therefore give ourselves up to these alternative worlds without care – or even in the spirit of celebration and affi rmation.

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