Mature adults should make exercise part of their daily routine, states Heritage Park YMCA Director Henry Crosby. The facility he manages is well positioned to help make this happen for Northside residents. The Heritage Park YMCA on 4th Avenue North is located inside the Heritage Park Senior Services Center that houses the Augustana Open Circle Adult Day Center and Neighborhood … [Read more...]
Council on Black Minnesotans being weakened
In the new movie Selma, Martin Luther King, Jr. works tirelessly to integrate Black Americans socially (education, opportunity), economically (jobs, housing), and politically (voting, holding office). He understood “American” refers not to race, religion or country of origin, but to the ideal of “truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…with certain unalienable … [Read more...]
Blacks now finishing high school at record levels
After 30 years of little to no progress, Black youth are completing high school at the highest rates in history. This is the finding in a new issue brief titled, “Young Black America Part One: High School Completion Rates are at their Highest Ever,” published by the Center for Economic Policy Research, a Washington-based think-tank. The report examines Census Bureau data for … [Read more...]
Podcast | Counter Stories: The myth of the absent Black father
Do African American fathers need to have "at home" status to have a role and impact as parents? Are Caucasian fathers and other minority dads in similar circumstances stamped the same way? MPR News' Counter Stories — a weekly podcast of diverse viewpoints featuring Anthony Galloway, Luz Maria Frias, Don Eubanks, and Hlee Lee — weigh in on the absent Black father myth and how … [Read more...]
Minnesota Grown Directory seeking new members Sign-up before February 6
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is updating its popular, statewide, Minnesota Grown Directory filled with direct-to-consumer farms and farmers markets. Membership and directory listing are open to Minnesota producers who grow or raise products. The 2014 edition promoted 978 farms and farmers markets. Minnesota Grown has more than 1,200 members including fruit and … [Read more...]