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Marsha Pitts-Phillips named PRSA Diversity and Inclusion officer Marsha Pitts-Phillips has been named the Minnesota chapter of Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) diversity and inclusion officer.

At its annual meeting in December, Minnesota chapter members unanimously passed several bylaw amendments including one that created the nation’s first full-

voting, board-level diversity and inclusion officer position to serve as part of the chapter’s executive committee. PittsPhillips, a long-time advocate for diversity throughout her career in communications, was unanimously elected to fill this new role at the group’s January board meeting.

“I am honored,

humbled and excited to be at the forefront of this initiative and take this responsibility very seriously,” Pitts-Phillips said. “Having the full weight of the board, leadership and membership behind this is extremely important to create progress, and we have that. As members of the communications profession,

we are at a time to join in on the discussion – and – to take action surrounding diversity and inclusion.”

While other chapters have previously created Diversity and Inclusion committees, Minnesota PRSA is the first to incorporate a full-voting, board-level position into its executive

committee. Pitts-Phillips said she plans to draw from past professional experiences in the Twin Cities community – as a working broadcast journalist, non-profit public relations leader and individual communications consultant – to develop relevant programs, initiatives and partnerships aimed at greater inclusion and understanding among chapter members and those in the local community of practice.

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“We have an exciting and aggressive agenda in the year to come, and I couldn’t be more excited about partnering with Marsha to take meaningful steps when

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Pitts-Phillips said. “In the case of Minnesota PRSA, we will

it comes to the diversity and inclusion opportunity both for our chapter as well as the profession more broadly,” said Gregory Zimprich, president of Minnesota PRSA.

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Seeking Governor’s appointment to Met Council Eight Black women are on the list of finalists to serve as members of Metropolitan Council, which recently selected finalists for each of the 16 council districts. The finalists will have an opportunity to provide public testimony at a public meeting scheduled for Feb. 13 at the Minneapolis Urban League, 2100 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis.

More than 200 applicants applied to serve as a council member. The nominating committee, which was appointed by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, identified five applicants from each of the districts.

The public meeting will provide an opportunity to see the selection process firsthand.

At each meeting, the nominating committee will interview several candidates for four different council districts. Time will not allow for public testimony at the meetings, though people may submit letters of recommendation for candidates.

The committee will recommend three candidates for each district to Walz by Feb. 18. The governor will make appointments by March 4.

The nominating committee has historically been comprised of seven members who

Aarica Coleman

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Joy Stephens

Kenya McKnight

Lynnea Atlas-Ingebretson

Nelima Sitati

Reva Chamblis

Shauen Pearce

are current or formerly elected local officials, plus the council chair as an ex officio member.

Walz expanded the committee to 12, including the chair and four additional ex officio members derived from the metropolitan community. Minneapolis City Councilmember, and council vice president, Andrea Jenkins (Ward 8) serves on the nominating committee.

Finalists include, District 1: Doug Anderson, Aarica Coleman, Kenneth Ferguson, Judy Johnson, Karen Skepper; District 2: Reva Chamblis, Nelima Sitati, Joy Stephens, Tim Willson, Della Young; District 3: Christopher Ferguson, Denny Laufenburger, Jennifer Munt, Douglas Reeder, Norrie Thomas; District 4: Deb Barber, Francis (Frank) Boyles, Gerald Bruner, Gail Cederberg, Molly Koivumaki; District 5: Katherine Bass, Molly Cummings, Joe Ellickson, Ron Erhardt, Leticia Guadarrama; District 6: Lynnea Atlas-Ingebretson, Janne Flisrand, Shauen Pearce, Paula Pentel, Thomas Streitz; District 7: C Terrence Anderson, Thomas Forsythe, Robert Lilligren, Kenya McKnight, Juana Sandoval;

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Meredith Moore Crosby pens career-path guide

By Maya Beecham You spend more than 90,000 hours in a lifetime at work.

Are you happy? One third of your life you commit to a job.

Does your paycheck truly reflect the investment you made in work ethic, time, commitment, and loyalty? You show up on Monday fully using your gifts, talents and abilities for the task at hand. Are you burnt out by Friday with stress, lack of appreciation for a job well done, and passion that is trampled? As you assess your career path, there is someone to help you plan next steps.

Meredith Moore Crosby is invested in people evolving into a fulfilled and whole individual.

“Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Moving Your Career Forward,” is a book penned by Moore Crosby to help readers in charting their path to success. She shares her testimony of lessons learned while experiencing corporate advancement with global impact. Additionally, she provides guidance and tools to help readers realize their value and

Meredith Moore Crosby act accordingly.

“If you can participate in your own rescue, if you can show up for you every day, imagine what could be possible for your life.

Instead of waiting for somebody else, do it for yourself. You have to participate in your own res-

cue,” said Moore Crosby.

In fact, it was the facilitation of her own rescue that helped Moore Crosby understand the severity of the issue, and the opportunity. A graduate of Howard University (Washington, D.C.) for undergraduate studies, and a

graduate of Northwestern University (Chicago) for graduate studies, Moore Crosby made quick strides in corporate advancement excelling in executive corporate leadership positions. Some of her major opportunities included serving as a director of Global Community Engagement for McDonald’s Corporation and serving as director of Strategic Initiatives for 3M Corporation.

In all the success she garnered there was more she wanted to achieve.

“I met Valerie Burton, (life coach, author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur), when I was at McDonald’s and she was kind enough to feature me in her book and so I reached out to her to say I feel like I am at a point in my career where I need new skills. I think I am at a point in my career where I am ready to pivot and do something different and she is one of a handful of people that can certify coaches.

I didn’t want to be a coach if I wasn’t going to be certified,” said Moore Crosby.

In 2016, Moore Crosby joined Leverette Weekes, a company founded by her father,

Cornell Moore, to develop talent and business partnerships in real estate, sports, food and beverage, hospitality, banking and manufacturing. Her responsibilities entailed revitalization of the brand and working on diversity needs of the tech industry. In September 2017 Moore Crosby was appointed CEO and president of the company. She led the work of relaunching the company into a public relations, executive coaching and consulting agency. Leverette Weekes works with clients such as Lyft, the Knight Foundation, Shine Text and other Fortune 100 companies, to develop strategies for promoting inclusion, communication and advancing career opportunities.

“What I found is that people didn’t know the words to have a conversation to get unstuck. And my job in all these companies was to figure out why people were stuck and how to get them out of that because it was in the companies’ interest for you to be the best performer in your job. I started writing this book. I also wrote it for a mom that didn’t have the time to go sort through Amazon for what is the best for

Anika Bowie announces St. Paul City Council candidacy Minneapolis NAACP executive board member Anika Bowie is running for St. Paul City Council.

Bowie announced her candidacy to represent Ward 1 on the first day of Black History Month.

Born in the historic Rondo neighborhood Bowie said, “With over 100 years of history in Rondo, my family roots run deep in the heart of Ward 1. The residents of St. Paul nourished the seed of servant leadership in me and with their support, I aspire to serve as City Council.”

Since 2016, Bowie has served as an executive for Minneapolis NAACP leads the Ramsey, Hennepin and Dakota County Warrant Resolution Day initiative, which helps hundreds of people resolve warrants issued for minor offenses. She currently serves on the St. Paul Police Civilian Internal Af-

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fairs Review Commission and leads the Restore the Vote Minnesota Coalition of more than 50 organizations throughout the state. The coalition seeks to restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions.

“Throughout my career, I have advocated for art, education, restorative justice, and racial equity, and criminal justice reform,” said Bowie in a statement. “My community was built by laborers who made St. Paul a vibrant place to live. As a candidate for Ward 1, I will continue the path of servant leadership by putting our community first.”

Bowie, who lives in the Rondo neighborhood, will seek DFL endorsement. She graduated from Central High School in St. Paul and holds a Bachelor’s in criminal justice from Hamline University.

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Financial impact Al McFarlane: One of the things I appreciated about you, Congressman Ellison, was your simple but powerful impactful decision to locate your District office in North Minneapolis.

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a woman of color who has kids, working in corporate America, and has a great job,” said Moore Crosby. “That’s where (the inspiration) came from.”

Richfield Mayor Maria Regan Gonzalez – the first Latina mayor in Minnesota’s history – has benefitted from the coaching of Moore Crosby.

“We need (Moore Crosby’s book) now more than ever,” said Regan Gonzalez. “We all know our country and our world is rapidly changing and we need leaders, like (Moore Crosby) said in the book, that can get above the clouds, that can get out of the day to day reactivity, polarization and othering; so that we have strong woman leaders that can focus on our goals and on our vision and keep ourselves, our families, our businesses and our communities moving forward. That is exactly the type of leadership we need. The book is all about helping us get unstuck to step into our power and help transform our communities and our countries.”

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quarters building, the GloverSudduth Center for Community and Economic Development at the corner of Plymouth & Penn, the heart of Minneapolis’ Black community.

You accomplished several things by doing this. Number one, the Urban League itself was under financial siege. There were policy considerations, I believe, political considerations that made it difficult for organizations like that, legacy organizations, to get and keep and sustain revenues to promote the programs that they had been providing to our community.

Your decision to locate your office, to be a tenant that paid rent, who could pay the rentKeith Ellison: On time.

Al McFarlane: ... on time for duration of your terms in Congress was a powerful and sustaining decision. So, I want to applaud you for that because

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Insight 2 Health Northside youth embrace winter, own outdoors at Minne-Loppet The International Ski Federation (FIS) has awarded the Loppet Foundation third place in its annual “Bring Children to Snow” international campaign for the MinneLoppet, learn-to-ski program for elementary school children in North Minneapolis.

The campaign is aimed at engaging and encouraging younger generations to get involved in winter sports and is open to contestants from all over the globe. The MinneLoppet program, being named as one of the top SnowKidz programs globally, comes on the heels of the program’s biggest year ever, reaching more than a thousand kids in 10 North Minneapolis elementary schools during the 2017/2018 winter season.

Combining outdoor cross-country ski lessons with an indoor classroom curriculum on health and wellness, the Minne-Loppet program works to equip kids with the tools they need to live healthy and active lifestyles beyond the 10-week program. The Minne-Loppet program culminates with a 1K race event, as part of the City of Lakes Loppet Festival.

Adventures director, Anthony Taylor, has been working to grow the MinneLoppet in North Minneapolis over the past several years and also generally to get more underrepresented groups outdoors and active through year-round programs and events.

“This is a huge honor. The Minne-Loppet really is a world-class program, and it’s also a central piece of our work to build community around an active and outdoor lifestyle.

It’s amazing that our partnership with Minneapolis Public Schools, as well of the youth and families of North Minneapolis, is being recognized on a global scale by FIS,” said Taylor.

The Loppet Foundation works through a variety of program areas to bring its vision to life. From trails and recreation to youth programming to competitive racing clubs, the foundation wants to see everyone in the community outside and active throughout the year, and the Minne-Loppet program is a big part of that.

Executive Director John Munger summed it up in saying, “The Minne-Loppet program is a great tool for helping kids build confidence and engage with an active outdoor lifestyle. But what’s often overlooked is how it also engages the teachers, parents, and coaches with the kids and with cross-country skiing — creating a model of that vibrant and inclusive outdoor community we are working to create in Minneapolis.”

In the 2018/2019 winter season, the Loppet Foundation anticipates the program will grow to reach 1,100 elementary students in 11 schools through the MinneLoppet. As the program continues to expand, representatives from the Loppet Foundation hope to increase opportunities for community-wide engagement with cross-country skiing, and outdoor sports widely.

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Northside students King Jones(right) and Radaya Buckner(left) hit the slopes Saturday, February 2 at Wirth Park Minne-Loppet.

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New interactive map shows wide variations in home radon testing With Minnesota homes shut tight against the cold, dangerous levels of cancer-causing radon gas can build up during the winter months.

To draw attention to this risk, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) urge Minnesotans to test their homes for radon. This year, a new online tool is available to help target the efforts.

A new interactive map from MDH shows radon testing rates for every census tract in Minnesota. Census tracts are areas within counties about the size of a neighborhood. Only about 1 percent of properties tested for radon every year, despite years of public awareness campaigns urging all homeowners

and residents to test. Health officials say two in five homes in Minnesota are likely to have dangerous levels of radon.

The new map shows wide variations in testing rates across the state, as well as significant disparities. Testing rates are generally lowest in areas with more households living in poverty.

In the seven-county metro area, testing rates are lowest in the urban core tracts of Minneapolis and St. Paul and highest in the western suburbs of Hennepin and Carver Counties. Regionally, south and southeastern Minnesota have higher radon testing rates than northern Minnesota.

Radon is an odorless, col-

orless gas that occurs naturally in Minnesota soils, and enters homes through cracks or openings in walls or foundations. Radon is linked to more than 21,000 lung cancer deaths in the U.S. each year. Radon is the secondleading cause of lung cancer in the United States today. The average radon level in Minnesota is more than three times higher than the average U.S. radon level.

“This map is important because it helps us see where we need to target resources and improve outreach to increase testing,” said Dan Tranter, MDH indoor air supervisor. “This map can also help homeowners and residents by showing where radon

hot spots are – areas where more homes have radon levels above 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L), the action level to fix homes.”

According to the Annual Testing Rate map from the Minnesota Public Health Data Access Portal of MDH, there were 79 properties tested annually (2010-2016) for radon per 10,000 housing units. Of these properties tested, 44 percent had elevated radon levels, at or above 4.0 pCi/L. The census tract with the lowest rate of testing had less than one property tested per 10,000 units or .01 percent. The highest census tract had 321 properties tested annually per 10,000 housing units or 3.21 percent.

“We recommend that every home in Minnesota be tested at least every five years, which means about 20 percent of properties should be tested every year,” Tranter said. “We hope this map will be a tool that Minnesotans, including public health officials and other radon partners, can use to help more people understand the importance of radon testing and thereby increase our overall rate.”

Even if a county has a lower average radon level, it is important to test since radon levels can vary widely between homes – even in the same neighborhood.

The only way to know is to test.

In homes found to have

high radon levels, radon reduction (mitigation) typically involves installing a venting pipe and fan to pull the gas from under the home to the outside.

This reduces the amount of radon in the home to low levels.

During National Radon Action Month in January, MDH is partnering with local public health departments and other organizations to raise awareness and make test kits available to Minnesotans at low or no cost.

For more information on radon testing and mitigation, call the MDH Indoor Air Unit at (651) 201-4601 or (800) 7989050.

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MNxMN conference boosts Minnesotans’ civic voices Reparations, police brutality, disrupting mass incarceration, and how Minnesota’s child welfare system hurts Black children and families are among the topics at a February conference dedicated to empowering civic engagement in Minnesota.

Scholarships, discounted registration for students, and early bird registration are available for the MNxMN 2019: Beyond the Vote conference, Feb. 24, at Harding Senior High, 1540 Sixth St. East, St. Paul, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. MNxMN is

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a community of activists and advocates across the state working to build a more equitable Minnesota.

The day-long program features workshops and activities to deepen attendees’ knowledge about issues, develop advocacy skills and build relationships between new and experienced activists and advocacy organizations in Minnesota. Speakers include representatives from NAACP Minneapolis, ACLU Smart Justice campaign, Black St.

Paul, and the Advocates for Human Rights. Other workshop and forum issues include health care reform, deportations, Islamophobia, disability rights, sexual violence, municipal IDs, electoral politics and how the Legislature and courts work.

Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins Morales, who describes himself as a healer and trickster organizer, will keynote this second annual MNxMN gathering.

Lionel Richie coming to Minnesota State Fair Lionel Richie is headlining the Minnesota State Fair.

The iconic R&B/soul/pop star will perform at Minnesota’s “Great Get-Together” Aug. 30 inside the fair’s grandstand.

Tickets are on sale at www.etix. com/ticket/v/8597 and are $57 and $67.

Richie, who is known to younger audiences as a judge on American Idol and slightly older

audiences as the father to reality star pioneer Nicole Richie, is best known for his numerous contributions to music. As a founding member of the soul/ funk group, The Commodores, Richie penned and sang lead on a slew of hits that include “Easy,” “Three Times A Lady,” “Endless Love” featuring Diana Ross, “Sail On,” “Brick House,”

“Just to Be Close to You” and more. As a solo artist, Richie made what sometimes can be a difficult transition out of a group into a solo career.

His solo credits are arguably more impressive than his work with The Commodores. As a solo artist Richie enjoyed great success with smash hits such as “All Night Long,” “Hello,”

“Dancing on the Ceiling,” “Say You, Say Me” and more.

A proleptic writer, Richie wrote “Lady” for country star, Kenny Rogers. “Lady” has the distinction of reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Country, Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. The song, originally written for The Commodores but given to Rogers once the group turned it down, also ranked on Billboard’s Hot R&B chart (then called Top Black Sin-

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gles), peaking at 42. It was the first record to separately chart on those four boards.

Richie, along with Michael Jackson, also wrote the world’s first multi-platinum single, “We are the World,” a charity song performed by the supergroup, USA for Africa. The song raised more than $63 million for worldwide famine relief.

An opening act for Richie at the State Fair has yet to be announced.

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communities in a positive way, that build multi-layered networks and relationships that you can count on. You’ve done that. How will that translate into what you will likely do as a large employer at the state Capitol?

Keith Ellison: We’ve got two office locations. I hope to have more than that, but for now, we’ve got two. We were in the Capitol, right across the hall from the Governor’s office.

Then we have eight floors in the Bremer Building.

Currently, the Attorney General has about 340 employees and about 130 lawyers. We need more lawyers and we need more staff.

Al McFarlane: How do you get that? What’s the mechanism for getting the money to get more?

Keith Ellison: State legislature. I think there’s an important case to be made. There’s no shortage of consumers being taken advantage of our there.

There’s no shortage of wages being stolen, wage theft. There’s

no shortage of people in small counties out in greater Minnesota who need extra help. That’s what they’re telling me. We certainly need more community engagement, so people can really feel the benefit of their institution and make a personal relationship and connection with the Attorney General’s office. That’s a case I will make to the state legislature.

That’s why I’m going to be working with Democrats and Republicans, helping them understand that there’s no Republican or Democratic way to make sure that a senior citizen does not get ripped off by some slick talking sales person on the phone trying to get her into a financial product she cannot afford, and end up with her house being taken away.

So, we’re going to make that case. And we’re going to have a strong, durable relationship in the Attorney General’s office that can sustain political shifts, because I plan on being there for a while. We have to have relationships on both sides of the aisle.

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The APY is accurate as of December 7, 2018 and may change at any time without notice. Fees may reduce earnings. Offer expires March 22, 2019. Offer subject to change and may be discontinued at any time without notice. Minimum new money deposit requirement of at least $25,000 is for this offer only and cannot be transferred to another account to qualify for any other consumer deposit offer. If you wish to take advantage of another consumer deposit offer requiring a minimum new money deposit, you will be required to do so with another new money deposit as stated in that offer’s requirements and qualifications. Those who take advantage of this bonus offer cannot also take advantage of any New Dollar promotional interest rate offer during the same promotional period. Offer cannot be: paid without a valid a U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number (W-9), combined with any other consumer deposit offer (limit one bonus per customer/account), reproduced, purchased, sold, transferred, or traded. **Zelle and the Zelle related marks are wholly owned by Early Warning Services, LLC and are used herein under license. © 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.

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