“Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” a traveling exhibit, opened at St. Paul’s Minnesota History Center in September. Over 200 artifacts, photos, film footage and interactive displays are featured. One of the exhibit’s 10 sections, “Pro Football’s Road to Equality,” uniquely caught my attention. It is billed as “an inspirational story of the rise of … [Read more...]
Outreach, collaboration are priorities for Southside health clinic
ADVERTISEMENT By Brandi D. Phillips Contributing Writer Southside Community Health Services is an organization with a long history of serving the community. Director of Development and Communications Autumn Chmielewski told the MSR, “We are a clinic that has been serving the South Side of Minneapolis and local areas for 45 years. “We actually started out as a … [Read more...]
Bias hinders diversity in hiring for environmental organizations
By Anthony Advincula Contributing Writer Diversity at the leadership level in the environmental sector remains low despite a high proportion of well-educated and qualified people of color in the United States, according to a report recently released. The problem: systemic bias in the hiring process, but also environmental organizations’ unwillingness to mandate diversity … [Read more...]
Transforming the North Side — 44 groups collaborate to bring in living-wage jobs
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer In North Minneapolis, the corners of Penn and Plymouth Avenue for decades have not lived up to their thriving business history during and before the 1970s, businesses owned and/or operated primarily by African Americans. Currently on the northwest corner sits Estes Funeral Chapel next to NorthPoint Health and Wellness. Across the street on … [Read more...]
Fake news vs. real news — Can we still tell the difference?
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Before the November presidential election, 32 percent of Americans believed journalists were trustworthy, according to a Gallop poll, which called it the lowest rating in history. Some believe that after the November election, the trustworthy factor may have taken another hit as some blame journalists’ reporting of polls and the proliferation … [Read more...]