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U.S. criminal justice system needs reform Black Press of America

Barbara Arnwine

Arnwine resigns Lawyers’ Committee

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Interim President, NNPA I know from firsthand experience that the “criminal justice system” today in the United States is in serious and urgent need of reform, repair and restructuring. Millions of families have been devastated by the “overcriminalization” of people in America. Black American families in particular have suffered and continue to suffer disproportionately as a result of an unjust system of justice.

When I was unjustly incarcerated in the 1970s as member of the famed Wilmington Ten civil rights case, I personally witnessed how the massive warehousing of prison inmates in overcrowded prison cells led to unspeakable dehumanization and selfdestruction. In fact, the inhumanity and senselessness of the prison system itself directly contributed to the increased in violence and prison recidivism.

Forty-five years ago, the myriad of problems concerning the nation’s courts and prison systems was not seen as a national priority. Today, however, the dysfunction of the criminal justice system is not only a matter of national and global

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Mikayla Hayes (22) pulls down a rebound in the Minnesota State High School League girls’ 3A championship game against Marshall.

Hayes, who scored 13 points and grabbed 6 boards in the game, was named to the All Tournament team for a second consecutive year.

Park Center girls repeat as AAA state basketball champs

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writers Although this season’s road was a bit rockier the outcome was the same as the Park Center (Brooklyn Park) girls basketball team beat a familiar foe in the title game to capture a state crown for the second year in a row.

In a rematch of last year’s

epic triple overtime title game, Park Center was able to beat a very talented Marshall (Marshall, Minn.) team 52-45 to take home the Class AAA crown. In a hard fought contest, the Pirates were able to pull ahead late with a key three pointer by sophomore guard, Ann Simonet. Sophomore forward Mikayla Hayes led a balanced attack with a team high 13 points. Senior guard Hannah Schaub – who missed

last year’s state tournament due to a torn ACL – finished with 11 points while dishing out 6 assists.

Sophomore guard/forward Fayisayo Ayobamidele came off the bench to score 11 points and played lockdown defense against the Tigers of Marshall. Simonet finished the game with nine points.

While the Pirates of Park Center struggled at times during the regular season, the

team gelled following a loss to Hopkins (the class AAAA champs) and won their remaining regular season games and cruised through the 3AAA section to advance to state. The Pirates (257) rolled past Richfield – a team that shocked many by advancing to state – in the first round of state and beat Kasson-Mantorville

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By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Barbara R. Arnwine does not back down from a fight.

After the U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of rulings that limited the rights of employees to sue their employers for discrimination, she was a key player in a coalition that effectively reversed the rulings by persuading Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

When many members of her own staff at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law were reluctant to file suits against federal agencies in connection with Hurricane Katrina, she persisted, eventually winning a couple of landmark verdicts.

And when so-called

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Paradigm shift: Leading Millennials vs. managing them stake— they recognize that they have a new breed of employee and must embrace the diversity and change that accompanies them. Such executives are able to step outside of their own subjective discomfort and commitment to the status quo to clearly see “No” as the only viable response to the pivotal question Hannam and Yordi pose in their report: …Do we want our legacy to be of mentoring and empowering the next generations, or of fighting them tooth and nail?’ Organizations that embrace generational differences in values, ways of getting things done, and ways of communicating will thrive.

Analysis

By Irma McClaurin, PhD Culture and Education Editor Part 3 of a 3 part series Listening to the laments of some senior executives about Millennials, one would imagine that the walls of federal agencies are about to tumble down as Gen Ys’ visit their own brand of work chaos onto the federal civil service.

But a few senior executives truly understand what’s at

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Insight 2 Health Take it to the Mayo

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Commentary

Education

Lifestyle

Low-income children to get shafted by Congress

Nothando Zulu has the gift of gab

Healthy relationships require two healthy people

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ROUND 5, WEEK 9

Take it to the Mayo I2H Blog

By Carmen Robles Week nine of the Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge Round Five ended with a field trip to the $50 Million Dollar Mayo Sports Clinic in Block E downtown Minneapolis.

The 20,000 sq. ft. facility opened its door to host the seventy plus I2H Fitness Challenge participants and their invited guests. Guests included Senator Bobby Champion, former I2H participants, community leaders, neighbors and family members.

Host Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Founder, Mayo Women’s Heart Clinic, Rochester, and Mayo Clinic’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion, greeted community participants with a warm welcome and introduction of Mayo Sports Clinic staff.

The program included blood pressure screenings, sharing of health related educational materials, an informational power point presentation and opportunity to ask questions of Mayo doctors.

Healthy snacks and drinks, a nifty back pack with two Mayo Clinic books ‘Guide to Stress Free Living’ and ‘Healthy Heart for Life’ were among the highlights of the on-site visit to the Mayo Sports Facility Clinic.

The icing on the cake was the opportunity to have Tyrone Minor, his wife Jaime Minor and the team

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Top: I2H participants work out. Middle (l-r): Donato De Quarto, Certified Personal Trainer; Julie McMahon, Owner, Sound Nutrition; Theresa Behnke, Certified Yoga Instructor, Adam Stein, Certified Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor; Jamie Minor, Certified Yoga Instructor and Certified Personal Trainer, Tyrone Minor, Owner, F.I.T. Lab, Co. and Chizel, Inc.; Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Founder, Mayo Women’s Heart Clinic, Rochester, and Mayo Clinic’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion; Al McFarlane, Editor, Insight News.

Bottom : Dr. Sharrone Hayes, MD (left) and State Senator Bobby Champion. save the world.” The Mayo Clinic is doing just that, taking care of our home in Block E, downtown Minneapolis.

When I asked my teammates to share a favorite part of the day, this is what they replied: Whitney Cantrell: Tyrone’s mother was there. Willie Pearl is her name. She walks daily and does Yoga twice a week. Super sweet woman.

of I2H fitness experts lead our training session in the new 21st century cutting edge gym. Tyrone’s mother Willie Pearl Minor and Jamie’s parents Joyce Suek and Lou Hudson beamed with delight at their children, sparking a contagious wave of pride among us...proud to be part of their journey, affirming we’re all in it together. And we’re in it to win it, for ourselves and for our community.

The I2H Fitness Challenge is much more than an affordable fitness program. It is a comprehensive model for a

complete transformation, from the inside out. The I2H fitness, nutrition and mental health components work in concert to affect change. Change means viewing food as fuel and knowing how it is connected to our emotions. Change means looking anew at how we view this machine we call our body.

The Minors and their team are passionate about addressing the obesity epidemic. They walk us toward lifestyle change, taking us by the hand, helping us one step at a time. The journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step.

Tyrone Minor and his A-Team

of champions are serious about affecting change. About creating an awareness within the AfricanAmerican, ethnic and immigrant communities is what fuels their motivation, dedication and commitment.

The Mayo Clinic’s hosting the I2H wasn’t just a media opportunity for them. It was about rising to the occasion and sharing their knowledge, resources and expertise with a demographic that is in a health crisis. The Mayo Clinic is world renown but as my sister Luisa always says “you have to take care of your house before you can

Sheila Sweeney: “It was wonderful to see the glow come from within both Tyrone and Jaime, as we were inside and into the new facility. The Minors were there as leaders. The Minors were there to assist us in taking our lives to newer heights within the health and fitness world. This trip to Mayo helped me to realize that the F.I.T. Lab staff are truly into seeing all of us make and keep the commitments we made to better ourselves.

It was wonderful to see all of the F.I.T. Lab staff lined up, proud to be who they are, and offering their God given talents to those of us who have come to them for help in getting this thing called fitness and nutrition right.

I felt great to stand up as a participant and represent! I believe in the vision of the F.I.T. Lab. I believe in the bringing together of mind and body as a formula for overall life change. I personally add the spiritual component to my journey and now I truly feel holistically well!

I have been told that I got my groove back at the Lab. After reflecting on what that means, I

would have to say that it’s the most real statement I’ve heard in a while!

I feel energized and invigorated and definitely plugged into the right source. I commend the Minors and all the professionals working with us at the F.I.T. Lab. They offer their best. How do I know that? I feel it, I see it, and I experience it every day at F.I.T. Lab. Jaime Stampley: What a wonderful experience it was to work out at the Mayo. I wanted to send you a special thanks for being so kind and supportive to my mom. She really enjoyed you and you made her feel comfortable and encouraged. She is taking a “hard” look at her health and her next steps and you have really helped in that journey.

Tania Milton: Saturday’s event was awesome.

I love the Mayo facility. It is big, bright and motivating, which is exactly what one needs while working out. The equipment that I walked by was great and looks like it would be interesting to try. I think that I can be pretty shy at times, especially in front of a camera.

However, I was not very shy at the event, which was surprising for me, as there was one person filming right in my face and it did not bother me at all. I am guessing it was because I was so in the moment of working out. Adam’s routine was hard but the room was full of energy. I just fed off of that. I am proud of myself for going and actually working out with everybody. Now I can say, oh I worked out there before.

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COMMENTARY Low-income children to get shafted by Congress Child Watch

By Marian Wright Edelman Congress is about to strike a deal that takes care of seniors and doctors but leaves lowincome and “at-risk” children short.

Congress’ annual struggle to avoid cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates so physicians will continue to give seniors the care they need is widely considered must-pass bipartisan legislation. Known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) or “doc fix,” this annual process often provides a vehicle for moving other legislative health priorities.

Last year, it included one year of funding for the important Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting program.

While Congress has long discussed passing a permanent “doc fix” – leaders in the House of Representatives have now released an outline for doing it and plan to act on it this week. They hope the Senate will

follow and act before the current “doc fix” expires March 31.

This is great news for seniors, but why is Congress leaving children behind by extending funding for the successful bipartisan Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) for only two years? The cost of the “doc fix” is about $140 billion, while a two-year extension of CHIP and home visiting funding is less than $6 billion. Yet in the House proposal this increase required an “offset” – meaning it had to be paid for, while the “doc fix” that is more than 20 times more expensive does not.

This is profoundly unjust to children whose lives are equally important.

A clean four-year CHIP funding extension and four years of funding for home visiting must be included in any final “doc fix” package. Certainly, the price tag is not the obstacle.

Funding for CHIP and home visiting for four years is expected to add up to less than $12 billion to serve millions of vulnerable children, a critical investment in the health of lower-income children.

Congress must stop playing politics with children and pass four more years of funding for CHIP and MIECHV

Today, more than 8 million children depend on CHIP for health coverage. Together with Medicaid, CHIP has played a vital role in bringing the number of uninsured children to the lowest level on record.

Simply put, CHIP is a bipartisan success story. But if funding is not extended quickly, up to 2 million children could become uninsured, and millions more would have to pay significantly more for less comprehensive coverage. This would reverse the progress made over the past two decades and create a health coverage gap among children in working families.

The vast majority of governors, both Democrats and Republicans, share our concerns about CHIP funds expiring abruptly. They are concerned about higher costs and inadequate benefits for children, budget challenges to cover children without CHIP, and an increase in uninsured children if CHIP funding ends.

The Children’s Defense Fund strongly supports a clean four-year extension of CHIP through 2019 because the new health insurance exchanges need at least four years to make changes to ensure children have comparable pediatric benefits

with costs to families no higher than in CHIP today. It is highly unlikely these improvements will be enacted and implemented by 2017.

CHIP coverage saves money for states and the federal government. It is more efficient than private health insurance, costs less than subsidized exchange coverage and provides the comprehensive coverage that gives children and families access to the pediatricians, specialists and special facilities children need.

Four years of funding for the Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting program is also a bargain. It brings quality home visiting to children and parents in every state and the District of Columbia and has bipartisan roots. Quality voluntary home visiting programs implement a two-generation strategy in which preschool children under age five and their parents benefit by being connected to community resources. MIECHV will end March 31 if funding is not extended. A four year extension will allow states to expand their programs and reach many more children.

Almost 80 percent of

families participating in the MIECHV program had household incomes at or below 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Line. As in CHIP, where states have flexibility to craft their programs, states that receive MIECHV funding can tailor their programs to serve the specific needs of their communities but have to meet certain benchmarks.

Congress must stop playing politics with children and pass four more years of funding for CHIP and MIECHV as part of the “doc fix” package if millions of children are not to be left with uncertainty and at greater risk. We need to ensure our children are healthy, supported, and strong if they are going to be able to support our growing number of seniors in the future.

Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www. childrensdefense.org

“Empire” shows that Black dollars matter Business

By Ron Busby, President U.S. Black Chamber, Inc. According to a Nielsen consumer report, African Americans are voracious consumers of media, watching 37 percent more television than any other slice of American demography. While that’s not new news, it is disturbing that we don’t completely understand the connection between our TV consumption and the huge profits generated by our connection to television.

To be fair, some TV programming can actually be beneficial. The recent coverage of the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” opened the eyes of generations of Americans who were unaware of the brutality of racial oppression in America. Much of television, however, is simply escapist entertainment for us, but a tremendous cash cow for programmers and advertisers. Take for example “Empire” on Fox. The network is known for its

Justice From 1 disgrace, it has also now become a multi-billion dollar counterproductive albatross around the neck of the nation.

According to a fact sheet by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), during the last four decades the prison population in the U.S. “quadrupled-from roughly 500,000 to 2.3 million people.”

There are nearly a million Black Americans in jails and prisons across the country.

The NAACP has identified the following other racial disparities in U.S. incarceration:

history of racist banter and has exploited Black America while simultaneously benefiting from Black consumers. Statistics show that “Empire” is Fox’s highest grossing show in three years, which translates into a huge pay-off for Fox. How big?

How about the $45.2 billion Comcast/Time Warner merger?

How about the $48.5 billion AT&T acquisition of DirecTV or the estimated $1.3 trillion dollars spent annually by Black consumers? Not to mention the $20 billion lawsuit filed by the National Association of African American Owned Media and Entertainment Studios Networks, against Comcast, Time Warner, and other civil rights organizations as party to a plan to ensure that profits from Black viewership continue pouring into the same pockets?

We’ve watched with interest and commented on this situation earlier, but the situation has not improved. We will reserve judgment on the soundness of Entertainment Studios Network’s CEO Byron Allen’s pending legal action, but there are a few things of which we are absolutely certain: • No telecom giant has a plan for meaningful

participation/inclusion of Black business in their day-to-day procurement activity; • No programming giant has a plan to include, develop or support the development of positive Black portrayals to any meaningful degree;

• No cable/pay TV provider makes programming targeting Black consumers available at their basic service level, which requires their best customers to pay extra to view their favorite shows; • No advertiser using the TV/

PayTV medium includes Black business in any significant way in the development, production, delivery/distribution of their products to this loyal consumer base.

Telecom companies and consumer product companies

• African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of Whites; • Together, African American and Hispanics comprised 58 percent of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately one quarter of the U.S. population; • According to a November 2007 report titled, “Unlocking America,” if African American and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates of Whites, today’s prison and jail populations would decline by approximately 50 percent; • One in six Black men had been incarcerated as of 2001. If current trends

continue, one in three Black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime • 1 in 100 African American women are in prison • Nationwide, AfricanAmericans represent 26 percent of juvenile arrests, 44 percent of youth who are detained, 46 percent of the youth who are judicially waived to criminal court, and 58 percent of the youth admitted to state prisons (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice).

The recent public outcries about allegations of police brutality, prosecutorial misconduct, and unfair targeting of judicial sanctions based on race and socioeconomic status are all

symptoms of a much border and larger systemic problem.

The problems of inequalities within the criminal justice system are structural and institutional. While the U.S. is only 5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s prisoners are being held in the U.S. Yet, the calls for reform of the criminal justice system are not revolutionary or misplaced. Both conservatives and liberals seem to agree that some fundamental changes need to be put in place when it comes to the nation’s courts, sentencing, jails and prisons.

What is missing is a sense of urgency to get reform actions and policies established. Every day and every hour Black America is negatively impacted

by the criminal justice system.

The Pew Charitable Trust has a study that documents the correlation between mass incarceration and the persistence of poverty in the U.S. There is no question that in the Black American community the lingering negative effects of imprisonment and poverty are closely related. Similarly a revealing Villanova University study on poverty and criminal justice found that “had mass incarceration not occurred, poverty would have decreased by more than 20 percent….. several million fewer people would have been in poverty in recent years.”

We all should find ways and means to tackle the reformation of the criminal justice system as a top priority.

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L-R: Trai Byers, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett and Bryshere Gray of “Empire”

are gearing up for an assault on your wallets like nothing you’ve ever seen, and if you’re riveted by the latest episode or game-of-the-week, you may not even notice your pocket being picked. Decisions about your money are being made right now. These decisions are being made by people who don’t know you, and whose only interest is how long you’re in front of your TV before you go buy the products they are selling.

We understand it’s about business – big business. We also understand that it is Black consumers’ money that makes the business so big. But if Black businesses don’t flourish as a result of all this activity designed to move dollars out of Black pockets, we’ll be back to “Good Times” in the projects instead of building Empires. All the more reason to invest money in the Black community. If you can devote time to watching your favorite television show, then you can also devote time to buying from your local Black businesses.

Make #Blackdollarsmatters not just a hashtag, but a way of life.

Ron Busby, Sr. is president of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.

It is urgent and it is long overdue. So many lives and so many families are at risk. If we do not assert the responsibility to demand change and reform of a system that continues to brutalize and harm our families and communities, then we will not be our sisters and brothers keepers as we should.

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: dr.bchavis@nnpa.org; and for lectures and other professional consultations at: http:// drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/ drbfc

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Wells to serve as honorary chair for the 2015 NABJ Convention in Minneapolis WASHINGTON D.C. – The National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) president, Bob Butler, announced Bill Wells will serve as honorary chair for the 2015 NABJ Convention and Career Fair to be held in Minneapolis, Aug. 5-9.

“Wells is a committed member of NABJ who always supports our programs and services. We know he will have great ideas to make this year’s convention in Minneapolis very memorable,” said Butler.

“He will be a great asset to our convention team as they provide our members with career-building workshops and entertaining special events.”

Wells is president of W. Wells & Associates, LLC, a management company specializing in diversity strategy and inclusion solutions. Wells designs and facilitates workshops and executive leadership retreats focusing on organizational and

Bill Wells (left) and Leisa Richardson human resources issues.

“Bill has been enthusiastic about assisting with our

convention since we first mentioned it to him,” said Rod Hicks, chairman of the 2015

NABJ convention, which will celebrate the organization’s 40th anniversary. “He has

an excellent track record of bringing partners on board to assist with major projects.

Wells is closely connected and involved in various aspects of the Twin Cities community.

He has begun assisting in several convention programs, including JSHOP, the NABJ journalism workshop for high school students, as well as NABJ’s Town Hall, a collaboration with the Minneapolis community that will be open to the public.

Wells previously served as managing partner for Inclusion Inc., a company that provides inclusion and diversity solutions. In 2000, Wells was appointed to the position of vice president, Global Diversity / chief diversity officer for The St. Paul Companies (now Travelers).

Butler also announced that veteran journalist Leisa Richardson, of the Indianapolis Star, will serve as special events chair for the Minneapolis convention. Richardson was selected by Hicks and will lead the planning of the opening

reception, opening ceremony, three plenary sessions, the Salute to Excellence Gala and gospel brunch.

Richardson has been an NABJ member since 1985 and has attended every national convention since 1986. She served two terms on the board as a regional director and represented NABJ on the UNITY board of directors for two terms. She was convention chair for the gatherings in Las Vegas in 2007 and Tampa in 2009 and program lead for Indianapolis in 2006 and UNITY 2008 in Chicago.

NABJ expects thousands of journalists, media executives, public relations professionals and students in attendance to network, participate in professional development sessions and celebrate excellence in journalism.

An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization for journalists of color in the nation.

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Microconsulting ‘experiment’ yields strong short-term results Can just a few hours of fundraising counsel make a difference in the life of a nonprofit?

In early 2014, Dr. Jan Young, executive director of The Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc., purchased 90 hours of fundraising counsel on behalf of six Mid-South nonprofits, ranging in focus from urban farming to performing arts. Each organization received 5–20 hours of “micro-consulting” services with Saad&Shaw, a fund development firm whose counselOnDEMAND program provided a blueprint for Young’s strategy.

Throughout the year, some of the selected nonprofits chose to develop a business plan or write a case for support. Others prepared grant applications or conducted an organizational assessment. Time was also used for coaching and strategy sessions, board workshops and group exercises, and the creation of tools for future work.

“Working within a specific block of time seemed to help most of the organizations more quickly focus on their priorities or determine their level of readiness for a major fundraising effort, strategic business plan, or project,” said Young.

Early results are positive — more than $1.5 million in grants and in-kind resources to date. Of the six participating organizations, four have secured new grant funding or major donations, and two have reshaped their fundraising operations in preparation for future activities. All reported that they gained new insights into fundraising, fund development, and donor cultivation, solicitation, retention, and engagement.

“As a funder, we were able to direct resources to a greater pool of grantees, with sometimes better results than if we had made a similarly sized grant to a single organization,” said Young.

Young’s goal for this experiment was to explore the most effective ways to support the organizations served by The Assisi Foundation, which receives frequent requests for financial and technical support. “Many nonprofits think money is THE answer to their problems, but when we engage with them, we sometimes discover that their true needs are more complex,” she said.

For more information, visit www.assisifoundation.org or www.saadandshaw.com.

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BUSINESS

Revitalizing health care FUNdraising Good Times

By Mel and Pearl Shaw Healthcare is always in the news: advances in healthcare technology, groundbreaking research, and healthcare disparities are just a few. Yet there’s one story we rarely hear: the role of hospital or medical center related healthcare foundations. These foundations play important roles in communities across the country,

bringing together leadership, vision, money and initiative to help improve the delivery of healthcare.

Wanting to learn more we spoke with Tammie Ritchey, Vice President of Development and Executive Director of Regional One Health Foundation in Memphis Tennessee. For the past 10 years Ritchey and the foundation board of directors have worked behind the scenes to help improve healthcare across the mid-South.

We started our conversation wanting to know – in general terms – the role of a foundation in the life of a nonprofit healthcare system.

Not surprisingly, fundraising

is a foundation’s most obvious role. Foundations raise money for research, new buildings, and investments in projects that improve patient outcomes and increase employee training, and more. But, according to Ritchey, fundraising isn’t always the most important role.

“A less visible role is the work of keeping the mission and vision of the healthcare system in the public’s mind,” Ritchey shared. “The relationships a foundation forges with donors translates into the making of very strong advocates for not only the system it represents but also for improved community health care.”

Here’s an example she

shared, related to the health system’s challenges in 2010, and how things have changed. “The system was losing a great deal of money; we were downsizing staff, looking at service lines to cut, and working with an interim executive team for a couple of years. Now, we have stable permanent leadership, progressive minded thought provoking visionary leaders who have created a clear mission and vision for the system, and are putting together the strategies to make the vision a reality.

We have a formal physician’s group to care for our patients now, which we did not have before, and all team members are playing from the same play

book, all pointed in the same direction.”

Communication and relationships were key to changing the situation. “During difficult economic times, the foundation spent a great deal of time communicating what was going on inside the walls of the hospital with those who support us. We helped tell the story that was not getting told in the papers. We were able to strengthen a lot of relationships with community leaders even though we were not raising a lot of money. With the changes in our financial situation, we are now raising a great deal more money, and much of that is because we had established such

strong relationships with donors during our lean years.”

You can learn more about Regional One Health Foundation at www. regionalonehealthfoundation. org or by calling (901) 5458773.

Next week: the role of the board Copyright 2015– Mel and Pearl Shaw Mel and Pearl Shaw position nonprofits, colleges and universities for fundraising success. For help with your fundraising visit www. saadandshaw.com or call (901) 522-8727.

Juxtaposition’s DeAnna Cummings in Barcelona to study public markets This week, stakeholders from West Broadway Business and Area Coalition (WBC) and Juxtaposition Arts, two North Minneapolis organizations committed to developing public markets on the Northside, and 9th Ward City Council Member Alondra Cano will visit one of the world’s greatest market cities for Project for Public Spaces’ (PPS) 9th International Public Markets Conference, taking place Thursday, March 26-28, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.

The WBC and Juxtaposition (JXTA) became interested in attending the conference together due to the increasing success of the WBC’s West Broadway Farmers Market, Holiday Pop Up Boutiques, and JXTA’s growing campus and placemaking work. Mutual partners connected them with Council Member Cano, whose ward includes the Midtown Farmers Market; CM Cano and is very invested in strengthening the city of Minneapolis’ funding and policy efforts to

DeAnna Cummings better support public market infrastructure and development.

“There is currently a boom of creative placemaking activities emanating from Minnesota and markets are one of the original forms of placemaking. We’re excited for the opportunity of an immersive learning experience that we can share and build upon with our partners and colleagues locally,” said DeAnna Cummings, Executive Director of Juxtaposition.

DeVon Nolen, manager of the West Broadway Farmers Market, said, “I look forward

to sharing and learning some of the best practices around public markets internationally.

Increasing access to public space is critical to our work in advancing toward growing a vibrant cosmopolitan city where all citizens are safe and welcomed!”

The conference includes two full days of speakers and workshops, as well as an entire day touring and learning about the inner workings of Barcelona’s extraordinary markets, led by experts from the Institut Municipal de Mercats de Barcelona (IMMB), operator of the city’s remarkable market system.

“Locally, we have a demand for economic development projects that value the

environment and empower underserved communities,” said Ninth Ward Minneapolis City Council Member, Alondra Cano. “Globally, strong public market systems are effectively operating to meet these very demands and it’s time for the city of Minneapolis to view public markets as a serious economic development strategy.

I am looking forward to learning from other cities and countries attending this event and bringing a wealth of knowledge back to Minneapolis.”

“Arguably the international model for a Market City,” says PPS, Barcelona boasts 43 food and non-food public markets, many of which have recently undergone major renovation.

The conference

will focus on new trends and innovations for the preservation and revitalization of public markets internationally – from temporary open air markets to permanent market halls to 24/7 bustling market districts.

Conference participants are traveling to Barcelona from over 40 countries and over 130 cities.

“It’s exciting to see Minneapolis neighborhoods and communities joining the national and international conversation on urban issues and placemaking,” said Kjersti Monson, Director of Long Range Planning for the City of Minneapolis. “Our city is a mosaic of assets and opportunities just waiting to be activated by strong local action

and capacity. I look forward to hearing reports from the field as these ideas evolve!”

Upon returning from Barcelona, the group will schedule presentations and talk backs to share their learning with the Twin Cities’ broader community of developers, artists, residents and others who have an interest in a Market Cities approach to development.

Look to westbroadway.org for updates.

Want to go to Barcelona with the group? Follow the group’s journey on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching the conference hashtag #publicmarkets15 and the Minneapolis group’s hashtag #publicmarkets4mpls.

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Car review: 2015 Cadillac ATS coupe

By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist AboutThatCar.com DETROIT – Cadillac has got something. Its two-seat version of the ATS sedan was slick, fun to drive and it had plenty of style. We test drove the 2015 ATS Coupe 3.6L RWD Premium. That translated into a 2+2 coupe with a 3.2-liter V6 that made 321 horsepower and 275 pound-feet of torque at 4,800 rpm.

Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, this powertrain was quick, responsive to driver input and propelled our test car just about effortlessly. The Cadillac ATS Coupe was pretty light at 3,400 pounds. We had the rearwheel-drive version of the ATS Coupe; it also comes with allwheel-drive. That meant our

Arnwine From 1 progressive forces urged her to be quiet about voter suppression in the wake of Barack Obama’s election as the nation’s first Black president, Arnwine was not deterred, issuing a famous “map of shame” identifying the states where such activity was underway.

The Lawyers’ Committee has announced that after 33 years –26 at the national level and seven years with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association – Arnwine will step down as president and executive director, effective June 30.

“She has steered the Lawyers’ Committee into a more active public policy role on a wide range of contemporary civil rights issues, including the response to Ferguson,” said Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League. “She has been a valued colleague, and a faithful

Millennials From 1 Those who chose the latter and embrace change do so because they see value. These are leaders who understand that “…the digital-savvy Millennials has the potential to change the face of work to be more collaborative, to use virtual teams, to use social media, and to offer more flexible work hours.”

Hannam and Yordi cite The Human Capital Institute that makes clear the old way of doing business in the federal government will not work: The homogenous human capital model of the past simply will not work with such diverse cohorts in the workforce…It is time to throw out the one-size-fits-all model of talent management and embrace a more flexible model.

And there is value in embracing a more flexible model of talent management.

Yet, there are many senior executives and managers who see the Millennials as “unrealistic” and utterly lacking in their failure to understand that “Government doesn’t work like that. ” They believe that incoming new workers have a strong “disconnect between their economic vision and their work ethic” meaning the Millennials expect to be rewarded before they’ve contributed their sweat equity and paid the proverbial dues.

In contrast, there are other senior executives who can see the shape of a new tunnel and the light shining at the end of it. These leaders are transformational in their perspective and thinking.

They are able to push their subjective feelings aside and objectively adopt a new paradigm—one that embraces the Millennial work force. In the new paradigm, they see possibilities in those Gen Y employees who expect economic rewards rapidly and fast results in their professional career mobility. They have encountered those Millennials who are as hardworking and bring a new “entrepreneurial spirit” to government service.

Like the Apple ad, these leaders recognize genius when they see it. They understand that the Millennials “think

test car got 18 mpg in the city, 28 mpg on the highway and 22 mpg combined. It was a nice package but on a long highway drive, our ATS’ 450-mile range may have been its only shortcoming, if that could be categorized as a shortcoming.

The car had a 50-50 weight distribution, a lightweight five-link rear suspension and a MacPherson-strut front suspension with direct acting stabilizer bar. Powering through a curved expressway entrance, the ATS Coupe tracked well, stayed perpendicular to the pavement and it could have gone even faster than the 45 mph we were going rather than the 25 mph maximum speed that was posted. It was a great ride.

The 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe handled with rifle shot accuracy. It had a belt driven

CAR TURN TO 9 servant. We will miss her leadership.”

Ralph G. Neas, former chairman of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 200 organizations, said, “Barbara has been a tireless champion on behalf of civil rights for all Americans.

Especially noteworthy were her leadership in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.” Arnwine started thinking about retiring five years ago, but was urged to postpone her move until after the organization could get through a capital drive and observance of the group’s 50th anniversary.

“Then, of course, all the voter suppression stuff started to happen. When that happened, there was no way I could go,” she said.

Energized by yet another fight, the high-energy Arnwine was the point person in the fight against voter suppression.

Morial said, “To execute the election protection effort, she marshaled countless people

different” and are the “crazy ones” who can make things happen in federal service: Here’s to the crazy ones.

The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.

The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. …

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

The Millennials cannot be ignored and “leading” them will require a new leadership paradigm. It is one in which leadership is a risk-taking venture and is ideational and visionary in being able to look ahead and spot the youthful talent that will move the organization to that futuristic point. In contrast, those preoccupied with “managing” Millennials will always be obsessed with how to make them fit their round character and work style into the status quo square pegs; they will insist that Gen Ys simply follow the rules that most [who have been there for decades] know carry little meaning beyond the fact that they exist.

To lead Millennials requires recognition of what they bring to the table: creativity, fearlessness, technological savvy, quick turnarounds, and comfort level with collaborative work environments. They are also highly mobile and agencies must be prepared to let them go when the time comes. Leaders must also be innovative about the type of reward structure they provide along with mastering social media as ways of communicating beyond face-to-face contact.

And they have to accept the reality that the Millennials thrive on constant and instant feedback. If they didn’t get it right, let them know, but don’t assume they didn’t get it right because they didn’t follow the usual process. Wait for the outcome but like any good leader, provide the necessary guidance and mentoring at the appropriate points along the way.

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hours, donated by volunteer lawyers, to staff a hotline, which served as an essential tool for the entire civil rights community.”

It was her “map of shame” that riveted the Black community. In 2011, her organization produced a colorcoded map of the United States detailing efforts to suppress the Black and Brown vote.

Unlike many who were discouraged by the brazen political power grab, Arnwine said as a student of history, she had come to expect such shenanigans.

“I know that you only advance when you’re vigilant and you fight constantly,” she explained. “In fact, one of the theories I talk about is that some expect Black progress to be linear when, in fact, it zigzags. We make tremendous advances and then there’s a backlash – people fight against it.

“Sometimes you’re zigging and zagging at the same time.

You can have a President Obama elected, in part because of the Black vote, but at the same time

have voter suppression.”

A larger problem, Arnwine said, is that America refuses to address racism in a meaningful way.

“If the goal is White supremacy and Black subordination, and you don’t have the structural mechanisms built into society to destroy that imperative, then the imperative is going to operate,” she said.

“The laws are helpful in fighting that imperative, but we don’t have enough structures. People are scared to fight structural racism.”

When asked why, she quickly replied, “Because it’s real change.”

In one of her proudest moments, she brought about real change for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

“Before we filed that lawsuit, I had to fight people on my own staff,” she recalled.

“Some refused to work on it and said it was far-fetched.”

John Britton, her legal director, didn’t share that view.

And the Lawyers’ Committee successfully sued the Federal Emergency Management

Millennials cannot be ignored and “leading” them will require a new leadership paradigm.

Now does that mean the Millennials don’t need guidance? To the contrary, even as one is changing the course of a river, you still have to swim in the current direction. And so Millennials do need mentoring; some senior executives recommend providing them with an historical orientation of the agency and of the federal service. It cannot be assumed that they learned these lessons in civics classes. Nor, should the telling of the history be a tactic to get them to conform to the organization’s cultural norms.

Millennials also must learn the soft skills of professional development – how to code switch in dress and speech, when the situation demands it.

And organizations must invest in the development of Millennial leadership sooner rather than later. According to Jack Zenger in his Harvard Business Review blog, in every sector around the world, the average age for leaders to participate in leadership training programs was age 42 while the average age of supervisors in the 17,000 companies he surveyed was age 33. He concludes that “we wait too long to train our leaders.”

And, it is quite possible that it will be the Millennials who determine the future direction of the Federal government’s Selective Executive Service.

Willing to be mobile, interested in new learning within a short period of time, the Millennials may be the direct line to establishing transformational leadership early. Who says it must take 20 years to become a leader?

History doesn’t validate that.

Most of the leaders we now admire globally began their

leadership journey early in their lives. Thus, if the United States is to keep up with the rapid pace of change, and the local and global challenges

Agency (FEMA), contending the agency had a legal obligation to provide housing assistance to victims of natural disasters.

She was invited to address some of the victims at a small church in Gulfport, Miss.

“I will never forget it,” she recounted. “It was a speech I gave where so many people were openly crying. I talked about how God moves even in the midst of tragedy…It was a profound moment. I said to the people that as long were they were willing to fight, that we would be fighting with them; that we weren’t going to be disappearing when the cameras disappeared; that we weren’t going to disappear when the money disappeared; that we weren’t going to disappear when all the volunteers started leaving. I said the Lawyers’ Committee was going to commit itself for the longrange fight for that community and we did. That’s something I am very proud of. We ended up winning over $170 million in a lawsuit against HUD [the Department of Housing and

Urban Development] that helped build housing for that region’s poor people who had been ignored.”

Last May, Arnwine was a finalist for president of the NAACP. One NAACP board member told the NNPA News Service at the time, “All of our civil rights organizations have a problem with a woman serving as their chief, day-today spokesperson. Second, the clique that runs the board wants someone they can control, not someone like Barbara, who is talented and her own person.”

Arnwine said is not ready to announce what she calls her “encore career” will be. She is hosting a weekly radio program in Washington, D.C. that she hopes to expand. She plans to do more public speaking. And she hints that she might create a new organization devoted to developing new leadership.

Whatever she decides to do, chances are she’ll be fighting to improve the plight of African Americans and not backing down.

and transformations that are affecting the world, then it must have a cadre or esprit de corps of leaders to guide it.

Watch out for the Millennials. Like it or not, they are our next generation of leaders. We can try and hang onto the old ways of doing business kicking and screaming. Or, we can bite the bullet, acknowledge that it’s time and groom Gen Ys to catch the baton while pushing the envelope of federal executive service in new directions and even further than we ever dreamt we could or ever admitted we were willing to do.

anthropologist is the Culture and Education Editor at Insight News. From May 2013October 2014, she was a senior faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute, housed in the Center for Leadership Development (https:// leadership.opm.gov/index. aspx ), Office of Personnel Management, United States Government. Established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, FEI ‘s mission is to provide senior executives with leadership education through its residential program.

McClaurin also coordinated FEI’s leadership programs for USAID during her final months, which included teaching courses on leadership and resilience and being an Executive Coach.

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Minneapolis/St. Paul Alumnae Chapter presents its

19th Annual Literary Luncheon Iyanla Vanzant Photo credit: Harpo Inc./Chuck Hodes

Inspirational Speaker Author of 16 books 5 New York Times Best-Sellers Executive Producer and Host of the critically acclaimed reality series Iyanla: Fix My Life

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Iyanla Vanzant Saturday, April 11, 2015 11:30 a.m.

Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Hotel 11 Kellogg Boulevard East St. Paul, MN 55101 Admission $75 For ticket purchase information, please visit www.dstmsp.org Event inquiries may be directed to: mspliteraryluncheon@gmail.com Tickets are non-refundable

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EDUCATION

Nothando & Vusi Zulu

Anyia Jackson

Ashantae Braxton

Tadaijah Jordan & Dae’Aune Austin

Keijah Jackson

Nothando Zulu has the gift of gab Written by Dae’Aune Austin, Ashantae Braxton, Anyia Jackson, Keijah Jackson, Tadaijah Jordan and Shuan Washington of the WE WIN Institute Women’s History Month is an opportunity to give homage to sisters who are loved by their community and have made life better for all.

One of these remarkable

women is Nothando Zulu who is a master storyteller that shares wisdom through her tales. Zulu grew up on a farm, outside Franklin, Va. Even then, she knew that storytelling was her calling; as she recalls being rewarded in school for her stories. Her mother died when she was 17, which is when she moved to Minnesota.

In 1976, Zulu founded the Black Theater Alliance with others, including Lou Bellamy of the Penumbra Theater. They performed without props at community events and parks. In 1991 she changed the name to the

Black Storytellers Alliance.

Zulu is an actress and a comedian. Her hilarious character, “Aunt Dicey� has pranks that are synonymous with the legendary Moms Mabley. She has also played iconic figures such as Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer, who changed the course of history for African-Americans.

Zulu has a love and passion for her community, and especially the children.

WE WIN Institute youth studied about the life of Zulu.

They created a collective essay that tells about her contributions,

which includes pictures from some of her performances. It is imperative that children learn about – and are able to interact with – leaders who live in their communities. WE WIN students who worked with Zulu took pride in writing about someone they knew and loved.

Nothando Zulu is an incredible, inspiring and amazing African-American woman. Zulu is a master storyteller who has been telling stories for more than 30 years. She has been given numerous awards and she founded the Black Storytellers Alliance of

Minnesota.

Through her storytelling, she educates her audience about African and African-American culture. Her stories help her listeners visualize the characters.

Zulu has been given numerous awards including the Ruby Dee Award, the Black Music award, the Ndugo award, the City of Minneapolis award and an award from WE WIN Institute. These awards show how much the community loves, respects and honors her.

Zulu and her husband, Vusumuzi Zulu, founded the

Minnesota chapter of the Black Storytellers Alliance. Every year they do a three-day storytelling festival to celebrate the art of Black storytelling. Griots (storytellers) from all over the world perform at the annual festival.

Nothando Zulu is a talented storyteller who has been entertaining Minnesota and the world for a long time. Zulu is a leader who is passionate about her stories and she is brave enough to tell her stories to the world.

Nothando Zulu is an example of Black excellence.

Sankofa Series forum to address children’s education in the 21st century The Sankofa Series, a grassrootsbased organization whose mission is to inspire change through engaging discussion and reflection, recently announced their next event.

The Education of Our Children in the 21st Century will focus on the teachings and lessons of Professor Mahmoud El-Kati’s nearly completed essay, “Towards an African Education.�

This enlightening, relevant and thought-provoking essay will be used to help inspire community thought and commentary that will assist Professor El-Kati in completing the manuscript and creating a collaborative publication in which he will serve as the editor.

To help facilitate input, 20 young adult facilitators from local activist movements and colleges will host tabletop discussions. The discussions will be used as a platform to reflect on the education system’s current condition. In addition, groups will discuss strategies and commit to

action in an effort to address this most pressing issue facing our community. “Sankofa Series organizers are very excited about our upcoming event,� stated Anura Si-Asar, a member of the event’s planning group and the owner of Papyrus

Publishing. “Using community insights and opinions is a very unique and compelling approach to finishing Professor El-Kati’s essay. With the current state of education, I’m very sure this Sankofa Series will be a very impassioned event.�

Dr. Nakeisha Lewis

Dr. Sheneeta White

Dr. Janine Sanders Jones

Eric Mahmoud, Founder and CEO of Seed Academy, Harvest Preparatory School, Best Academy, S.i.s.t.e.r. Academy and Mastery Schools will deliver the event’s keynote address. Under his leadership, Harvest Preparatory and Best Academy have shown the most impactful results in terms of closing the academic achievement gap between white and African American students.

The Sankofa Series: The Education of Our Children in the 21st Century will take place on Monday, April 20th from 6 PM to 9 PM at BEST Academy (former home of Lincoln Middle School), 2131 12th Avenue North in Minneapolis. The event is free and open to the public; however, event registration is strongly recommended. A complimentary copy of the foundational essay,

“Towards an African Education,� will be given to each registered attendee. Additional information and registration sign-up is available at mahmoudelkati.com.

The Sankofa Series would like to thank Papyrus Publishing and Solidarity-Twin Cities for their assistance and dedication to and the F.R. Bigelow Foundation for their fiscal support of this project.

Professor Mahmoud El-Kati and Seed Academy, Harvest Preparatory School and Best Academy President Eric Mahmoud discuss the upcoming Sankofa Series community gathering with students Abdinizak Muse, Alexander Walker and Tezara ForrestMendkem. The free community event will take place on Monday, April 20th from 6:00-9:00 at Best Academy in Minneapolis.

PhD Project professors Lewis, White, Jones promoted at University of St. Thomas The PhD Project, an awardwinning program to create a more diverse corporate America, announced three Project participants have been promoted to associate professors with tenure at the University of St. Thomas.

Dr. Nakeisha Lewis, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure and received her Ph.D. in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Sheneeta White, has been promoted to associate professor of operations and supply chain management with tenure and received her Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Janine Sanders Jones, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure and received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Lewis is one of only 95 female African-American marketing business school professors in the U.S. White and Sanders Jones are two of only 184, female AfricanAmerican management business school professors in the U.S. The PhD Project was created in 1994. The project’s vision is to diversify corporate America by increasing the number of minority business professors (AfricanAmerican, Hispanic-American

and Native-American), who attract more minority students to study business in college. “These three professors have succeeded in the very difficult endeavor of being promoted to associate professors with tenure,� said Bernard J. Milano, president of The PhD Project and president of the KPMG Foundation, founder and lead funder of the program. “They have demonstrated dedication, hard work and intelligence in joining the rapidly growing ranks of minorities choosing to influence the next generation of business leaders as college professors. The PhD Project takes great pride in their achievements, and looks forward to following their success throughout their careers.�

The PhD Project, a 501(c) (3) organization that the KPMG Foundation, recruits minority professionals from business into doctoral programs in all business disciplines. Since its inception, The PhD Project has been responsible for the increase in the number of minority business professors from 294 to 1,269. Through the program, 308 minorities are currently enrolled in doctoral programs. According to those

affiliated with The PhD Project, the project attacks the root cause of minority under-representation in corporate jobs. Historically, very few minority college students study business as an entrĂŠe to a corporate career. Officials with the project say diversifying the faculty attracts more minorities to study business and better prepares all students to function in a diverse workforce.

Each year, highly qualified professionals who are considering leaving their careers to enter doctoral programs in business are invited to The PhD Project Conference where they hear from deans, professors and current minority doctoral students about the benefits of pursuing a business Once a person enters a program, every minority business doctoral student in an accredited U.S. business school becomes a member of one of the project’s five Doctoral Student Associations (DSAs) – accounting, finance, information systems, marketing and management.

For more information on The PhD Project, visit www. phdproject.org or contact Lisa King at (646) 234-5080 or lisak@ mediaimpact.biz.

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LIFESTYLE Healthy relationships require two healthy people Man Talk

By Timothy Houston Spring is in the air, and relationships old and new will be in full bloom. This is a good time to do some self-evaluation because no relationship can ever be better until you are better.

Improving yourself improves your relationship. Don’t worry about the other person. Who you choose to be in a relationship with is a by-product of how you feel about yourself. Two healthy people are needed to build a healthy relationship.

First, take an honest look at yourself to determine if you are “relationship healthy.” How do you measure up in the areas of trust, honesty, communication, and commitment? How are you at anger management or conflict resolution? Do you have a healthy spiritual relationship with God? Are you financially responsible? Improving on any or all of these areas will improve your relationship.

Is your personal life in order? What is your relationship like with your family and friends? If you are not able to sustain a healthy relationship with family and friends, what does that say about the potential for a healthy intimate

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relationship? Brokenness inside of you will result in some form of brokenness in all of your relationships.

Secondly, a healthy relationship requires two healthy people so the other principle in the relationship must be evaluated as well. How do they honour their words? Have you witnessed them being dishonest with others in your presence? Do they honour their commitment

with others? If a person is not honest with themselves, they will not be honest with others, and ultimately, they will not be honest with you. Be careful with this measurement. Before you turn the mirror on them, you must complete your selfevaluation.

Finally, a healthy relationship requires good spiritual health.

Each of the principles in the relationship must be measured

against God’s word. Don’t use yourself as a guide. If you have been dealing with counterfeit relationships your whole life, you may not know the real thing when you see it. Also, you are who you attract so neither of you will be qualified or capable of evaluating the other. Let God’s word be the measurement. When a man or a woman honours and keeps God’s word, they are living at a standard greater than

themselves. This is the true test of spiritual and relationship maturity.

Healthy relationships require two healthy people. Improving your relationship is hard work.

You or the person that you are interested in may not be relationship ready. You must first evaluate yourself, if you are not relationship healthy, you should not be in one. You cannot build on a shaky foundation.

Once you are healthy, you will be able to see the real from the fake and determine respect from disrespect.

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.

Take time to sit and be still for a moment Motivational Moments

By Penny JonesRichardson There is value in resting and taking time out to care for

you. So often we spend so much time looking out for others that we forget to look out for ourselves. Recently, my schedule has been so busy with a full time job, writing, and my Life Coaching practice, that I had to take a moment and just breathe. Don’t get me wrong, I am completely grateful for all that I have been blessed to do, (especially the opportunity to help others reach their goals

and change their lives), but there are times when I too have to find the time to just sit and be still for a moment.

I spoke with another Life Coach who recently experienced the same thing that I did. She talked about feeling exhausted at times and just needing time to go to her “happy place.”

This is a place that she described as a place in her home

where she will not be disturbed for hours at a time. This time is spent doing nothing or just meditating.

There are times when I share with individuals the importance of nurturing yourself.

No matter what you do in this life, you should always take time to rest and just think for a while.

Spending time in thought is the best way to recuperate from a hectic day or even a busy week.

There are so many people out here who won’t take the time to relax because they may feel like relaxing is wasted time. I am here to tell you, it is very important for your health that you take time to rest your mind and your body. I am not saying each day you need to shut down and disappear, but each day there should be time spent doing reflection of the day and it’s events. And most likely this time is done quietly or during meditation.

Just think about it for a moment how busy your days can be with work and family and other daily distractions that

go on in your live. I promise if you spend time relaxing, this will do wonders and make you feel regenerated with the energy to tackle another hectic day.

Because another day is coming and you have to be at your best to complete your goals!

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 penny@thequeensproject. com.

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COMMUNITY Celebrating Boys & Girls Clubs Week From March 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 3, 2015, during Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring Break, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities will be celebrating Boys & Girls Club Week.

The week-long celebration encourages communities, families, friends and supporters to experience first-hand how Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities is making a difference in the lives of young people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the heart of our organization is a desire to positively influence the lives of young people in our community,â&#x20AC;? said Erin Carlin, President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want the Twin Cities to experience the life-

Club teens at Cargill every day. Boys & Girls Club Week is a great time to see how we impact the lives of young

changing programs we offer to the hundreds of kids in the community our Clubs serve

people through programs aimed to promote academic success, a healthy lifestyle and

good character.â&#x20AC;?

During this week, Club teens will be getting the unique opportunity to do career day visits at several supporting corporations including: Allianz, Bell State Bank and Trust, Cargill, and Coca-Cola.

Boys & Girls Clubs offer a safe and fun environment for kids during spring break.

From three on three basketball tournaments, spelling bees, movie days and each Club will have fun and educational programming to help youth get the most out of spring break.

Clubs will be serving free breakfast and lunch daily. The already low membership fees ($5 for the year) for the Clubs and registration fees for the Voyageur Camp program will

Basketball From 1 (Kasson, Minn.) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; pulling away in the second half â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to face off against Marshall.

Marshall (29-2), advanced to the title game by crushing Princeton (Princeton, Minn.) in the opening round of the state tournament and then surprising top seeded Orono in a tight contest.

Though the title game was filled with drama (maybe not as much as last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thriller), a bit of additional drama came postgame when Marshall head coach Dan Westby blasted the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) for its choice of referees â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one in particular â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and essentially blamed his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss on calls made by referee Charles Moore of Maple Grove.

Westby even insinuated that last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss was due in part to Moore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two years in a row we get the same official from Maple Grove doing this game. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just unfair. That would be like having an official from Marshall.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just wrong and the league should know better,â&#x20AC;? said Westby to a group of reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re angry. Last year we took it. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say anything. It would have been great to have the game decided by the players on the court but to have it decided by that, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re angry.â&#x20AC;?

Westby pointed to a couple of

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Fayisayo Ayobamidele (25) drops in a lay-up during the 3A finals against Marshall at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. Ayobamidele finished with 11 points and was named to the All Tournament team. off-the-ball fouls called by Moore as his proof that the Maple Grove ref was biased.

Not lost on a few people who heard about Westbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments is the fact that Moore is AfricanAmerican and Park Center is a very diverse team with 10 on its roster being African-American.

Brooklyn Park, home to Park Center, has the second largest Black population in the state.

Marshall fielded an all-white team both years in the state finals. Also not lost on Westbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments is the fact that Park Center and Maple Grove have a heated rivalry making the claim

of bias for geographic reasons harder to fathom.

The statistics of both championship games do not seem to support Westbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claims either. In this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final, 29 total fouls were called â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 15 on Park Center, 14 on Marshall. In last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest fouls were dead even, 18 apiece with Park Center superstar senior Cayla McMorris and Pirate co-captain McKenna DuBois both fouling out.

When asked about Westbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments, tournament director Lisa Lissimore said she found them to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;very surprising.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dan has been a part of these

tournaments for a number of years and always demonstrated good sportsmanship,â&#x20AC;? said Lissimore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was so out of character for him.â&#x20AC;?

The director said that the league is gathering more information regarding Westbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments and the board of directors will meet to determine a course of action. Lissimore said even had it not been Moore, there would have been at least one official from the metro area on the game and she felt all tournament officials performed admirably. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We go through an extensive

process of assigning officials to a game and they are carefully observed and evaluated,â&#x20AC;? said Lissimore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an expectation that coaches coach, players play and officials officiate and the league expects everyone to do their job.â&#x20AC;?

Second year Park Center head coach, Chris VanderHyde, was unfazed by Westbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks and focused on his team saying his girls pushed hard all season with the goal of defending its crown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After you win one (state title) youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the target on your back and especially from Marshall, the team that probably

different. It had its own doors, rear fenders and trunk lid. The front fascia and front fenders were altered to accommodate the Coupeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wider track and the Coupe is the first Cadillac to sport the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revised crest badge.

The Coupe also shared what is becoming a Cadillac signature, LEDs that form light sabre-like vertical fins that frame the headlights, the grille and the lower front fascia.

Our test vehicle also featured illuminating door handles. But with any vehicle, luxury is conveyed in the interior and the ATS Coupe did not disappoint.

The interior from the sedan carried over into the Coupe.

In fact, this interior is used in every Cadillac.

It featured hand-cut and decoratively stitched upholstery material and leather. Our test vehicle had real wood trim; carbon fiber and aluminum trim are also available. But run your hand on the open pore wood trim of our test vehicle and the grain in the wood could be felt.

It was a small characteristic but a giant step towards Cadillac returning to its pinnacle as one of the best luxury marques in the world.

Our coupe was a 2+2 and that translated into full back seats that were pinch for the passenger/s who had to sit in them. The seat backs would

fold creating more cargo space.

Of course, the car featured the CUE system. This infotainment system is still a love it or hate it affair. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very little controversy over how it looks: clean, angular and melded with Cadillacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall design language. That no doubt is why the CUE (Cadillac User Experience) appears at home in every Cadillac.

The Coupe featured the most up-to-date version of CUE. It had text to voice and Sire Eyes Free for iPhone operating systems six and seven. Cadillac said it could be connected to the ATS by voice controls.

There are no buttons on

the CUE system. It had an eight-inch touch screen as well as a capacitive faceplate.

Complaints have been lodged that it is too slow, it is hard to operate and even more difficult to master. But the more we encounter this system, the more comfortable we become in its operation. That was the case with the 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe.

Our test vehicle also featured OnStar and it held the latest technology from General Motors. Cadillacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CUE on the ATS had a 4G LTE. In other words, the 2015 Cadillac ATS was a rolling Wi-Fi hotspot capable of connecting seven devices. This ATS Coupe had

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really wanted to beat us, so these girls really worked hard for it,â&#x20AC;? said VanderHyde.

While Park Center is loaded with girls who can fill the cup with buckets, VanderHyde said it was the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense that sealed its second state title praising the post play of Hayes and the perimeter defense of the guard heavy Pirates.

VanderHyde said he was proud of each of his players â&#x20AC;&#x201C; many who came off the bench to play critical minutes during the tournament â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and offered particularly praise for senior Schaub. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so special. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to come back from an injury like that and I feel like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s come back and is playing at the same level, if not a higher level,â&#x20AC;? said the Pirates coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had her heart broken when she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t (play) last year (in the tournament), so to see her perform like she did this year is really special.â&#x20AC;?

With the victory still fresh, the Park Center coach is already looking forward to next year even though the team will be moved up to Class AAAA. VanderHyde said with players such as Hayes Ayobamidele, Danielle Schaub and Simonet returning, he has a squad that can compete at the higher level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We play in a four-A conference already and we played Eastview (Apple Valley) last year and Hopkins this year so we know we can play at that level,â&#x20AC;? said VanderHyde. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our girls are ready for it; we have a strong enough group.â&#x20AC;?

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The Boys & Girls Club wants each Club kid to have a great future, reaching their full potential, and growing up to become a generous adult who sees the value in helping others.

U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, District of MN, is accepting applications for a fulltime Deputy Chief Probation Officer II for the Minneapolis Office. Salary range is $104,508 to $168,700. For a complete job description please visit our website, http://www.mnp. uscourts.gov , Career Opportunities. EOE.

Executive Director NASW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Minnesota Chapter The NASW Executive Director must have comprehensive knowledge of and commitment to the social work profession, social work values, and the NASW Code of Ethics. The position requires a person who is adept with regard to organizational administration, membership engagement and growth, membership service provision, financial management and fundraising, and political acumen. For the full job posting, including application instructions, go to: www.nasw-heartland.org/?page=MNExecPost.

President and CEO Minnesota Communities Caring for Children/Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota announces a search for the position of President and CEO. We are a strong, mission-driven state-wide organization.

Our mission: We empower individuals and communities to stop child abuse and neglect before it starts through education, advocacy and family support. We are accepting resumes and cover letters until March 28, 2014 which may be sent to ceoposting@pcamn. org. Full posting information is available on our website, www.pcamn.org. Please no phone calls.

Church Administrator

Church Administrator position needed at Pilgrim Baptist Church in St. Paul. Send resumes to sdilworth@pilgrimbaptistchurch.org

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Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative is hiring a Family Advocate for our Families Moving Forward program center in Minneapolis. Help us end homelessness! Visit: www.beaconinterfaith.org/careers for details.

Vacancies Cokato Apts, Cokato, MN (a seniors complex 62 or over or handicapped) has vacancies on 2nd Floor for one BR apts. Waiting list open. Contact Don at 320-286-2758. E-Mail cokapts@embarqmail.com

North Memorial Needs Volunteers to Help Victims of Domestic Abuse SafeJourney, a program serving North Memorial Medical Center and Maple Grove Hospital, helps patients and individuals in the community who are experiencing domestic abuse. Volunteer advocates are needed to provide a listening ear, support, safety planning, information and referral. You do not have to have previous knowledge or experience, but rather looking for people who are sensitive to the issue, caring, and non-judgmental. Advocates sign up for 2 on-call shifts per month. Flexible scheduling - daytime, overnights, and weekends. Training is provided. Deadline to apply and schedule a short interview is January 26. Please call Suzy at 763-581-3942.

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ORDWAY PRESENTS

Helado

Negro

By Carmen Robles The Ordway’s Concert Hall’s three weeks of celebratory events dubbed “Rock the Ordway” continued with Liquid Music. a concert series presented by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

The series aims to reach new audiences through innovative programs that promise to open ears, minds and hearts to new sounds and experiences. The goal is to encourage a love of adventure an exploration in boundary-defying music.

The world premiere of Helado Negro’s Island Universe Story (Cuentos del Universo Solitario), an infinite series of music produced by Helado Negro, opened to a full house.

Musician and composer

Helado Negro brought his original expressions in music and the visual arts to the Ordway’s Music Theater at the new 1100 seat Concert Hall. The moniker Helado Negro, which translates to Black Ice, is a pseudonym for artist Roberto Carlos Lange, who delivered a groundbreaking, Latininspired sonic performance which was 18 months in the making.

A child of Ecuadorian immigrants “Helado Negro” has synthesized the Latin influences he heard growing up in South Florida, his experience with various rock outfits, modern electronic beats, and work with progressive classical composers into the hazily upbeat, groundbreaking

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Helado Negro

Sounds of Blackness rocks the Ordway

By Carmen Robles

Courtesy of the Ordway

Sounds of Blackness

Gary Hines said it best.

“We’ve traveled the world but there’s no place like home.”

The Sounds of Blackness instrumental and vocal ensemble last week came home to Rock the Ordway’s brand new $42 million Concert Hall in downtown St. Paul.

Sounds of Blackness had its humble beginnings at Macalester College in 1969 with Russell Knighton. The Macalester College Black Voices was officially changed to Sounds of Blackness (SOB) in 1971 under the direction of Gary Hines.

The Ordway’s Concert Hall’s three weeks of celebratory events dubbed “Rock the Ordway” included the incomparable Sounds of Blackness. Their heavenly voices celebrate and claim the culture and history of African Americans through every “sound of blackness”: Jazz,

Blues, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Hip Hop, Reggae, Ragtime, Spirituals, work songs and field hollers.

Sounds’ expansive repertoire also highlighted the definite sounds of Tango and Calypso beats.

Their numerous achievements include three Grammy Awards, four Stellar Awards, one Emmy nomination, the International Time for Peace Award, the International Dance Music Award, five NAACP Image Award nominations and a 2012 NAACP Image Award for Best World Music Recording.

Sounds of Blackness has performed to global television audiences of over a billion people on at least five occasions; at the 1992 and 1993 Grammy Awards, the 1994 World Cup, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships. They fueled

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Hasani Harris

The Third Place Gallery 3730 Chicago Ave. S., Studio B, Minneapolis 7 p.m.

This Friday celebrate the release of Hasani Harris’ first chapbook, “I’m Sorry, I Tried To Make This Funny.”

Saturday, April 4 SPORTS/COMEDY Harlem Globetrotters Target Center 600 1 st Ave. N., Minneapolis 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $24 and up

March 30 – April 5

Aesthetically It! is a list of picks from the editors of Aesthetically Speaking.

Aesthetically It! features venues, events, outings and more that are worthy of “It” status. If you have a venue, event or outing that you feel is “It” worthy, email us at aestheticallyit@ insightnews.com

Ibeyi

The world famous Harlem Globetrotters, featuring some of the greatest athletes and entertainers on the planet, will bring their unrivaled family show to Target Center during the Harlem Globetrotters 2015 “Washington Generals’ Revenge” Tour.

Sunday, April 5

Monday, March 30 WORLD/PERFORMANCE

ECLECTIC/ PERFORMANCE

Ibeyi with Flo Morrissey The Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis 7:30 p.m.

All ages $15

Quantic with DJ Vadim First Avenue 701 1st Ave. N., Minneapolis 18-plus $15

Alondra Cano Ibeyi has its Minneapolis debut at Cedar Cultural Center. Twins Lisa and Naomi Diaz are the daughters of the late Cuban percussionist Anga Diaz.

Naomi plays percussive instruments, the Cajon and the Batas, while Lisa plays piano. Together the twins have learned the songs of their father’s culture, Yoruba.

Tuesday, March 31 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Cafe con Alondra: Raise the Wage!

Du Nord Craft Spirits 2610 32nd St. E., Minneapolis 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

City Council Member Alondra Cano announced the Cafe con Alondra monthly event series at end of March. Join her on the last Tuesday of each month to meet neighbors and discuss issues of concern.

Guests include Ty Moore with 15 Now, legendary visual artist Ricardo Levins Morales and workers organizing with CTUL. For more information call (612) 673-2209.

Wednesday, April 1 REGGAE/PARTY

Reggae Happy Hour Red Sea 320 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis 10 p.m.

No cover Every Weds join Sound of Fujun and DJ Diamond One for a night of free reggae music at the Red Sea.

Danielle Daniel, Khary Jackson, Jayanthi Kyle, Kwame Nothando and Vusumuzi Zulu. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

For more information call (612) 724-6273 or go to www.

Friday, April 3

Bloomington, Ill. native Futuristic brings his high energy show to the Skyway Theatre with Seattle’s producer/ rapper/singer, Sam Lachow.

HIPHOP/PERFORMANCE Hasani Harris’ Chapbook/ Poetry Album Release Show – “It’s Just Not That Funny”

Thursday, April 2

ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO: AFRICA’S VISUAL POET

DANCE/HIPHOP/ PERFORMANCE

WALKER CINEMA Thu–Sat, Apr 2–4

Futuristic & Sam Lachow Skyway Theatre 711 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

‘Many Ways to Tell a Tale’ comes to Patrick’s Cabaret Five storytellers approach the oral tradition from different perspectives in “Many Ways to Tell a Tale.”

The performance takes place Saturday, April 11 at Patrick’s Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis, with each storyteller flexing their creative muscles with tales from the ancient to the future. The show is curated and hosted by Beverly Cottman.

“Many Ways to Tell a Tale” is part of the 2015 Guest Curator program at Patrick’s Cabaret, which invites four emerging and/or established curators to bring their own events to the stage. The second of four Guest Curated Cabarets in the Spring 2015 season at Patrick’s Cabaret is “Many Ways to Tell a Tale” curated by Cottman. Her onenight only April event is part of Patrick’s Cabaret’s weekend of literary events tied to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference. Also presented are Hick Poetics Anthology Release on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and a literary tribute to Grant Hart and Hüsker Dü on Friday, April 10. That show is at 9:00 p.m. “Many Ways” takes place at 7:30 p.m.

“Many Ways to Tell a Tale” features Bill Cottman,

7:30 p.m. $12

DJ Vadim has become well respected as an innovator in a number of areas during his career. In 1994, Vadim founded his own independent record label, Jazz Fudge and signed to Ninja Tune the following year. See Vadim live with Quantic .

patrickscabaret.org.

Patrick’s Cabaret supports a broad spectrum of artists, specifically reaching out to artists of color and GLBT/ queer-identified artists and those with disabilities.

In his first stop on a US tour, Oscar-nominated director Abderrahmane Sissako comes to the Walker to present this short retrospective.

THU, APR 2 7 PM, FREE

FRI, APR 3, 7 PM

SAT, APR 4, 4 PM

SAT, APR 4, 7:30 PM

Life on Earth (La vie sur terre) with October (Oktyabr)

Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono)

Bamako

Timbuktu

walkerart.org 612.375.7600 Support for this program is provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Institut Françaìs; and the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago. This presentation is made possible by generous support from the Bentson Foundation and Elizabeth Redleaf.

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Conference looks at art and placemaking

By John Akre, TC Daily Planet The third annual Community Connections Conference attracted over 500 people to the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 21 to meet, learn, and get inspired for the work of creating a more equitable and connected city of Minneapolis. The Conference, organized by the city’s office of Community Relations and a committee of volunteers from across the city, was subtitled “Creative Engagement and Action Using Arts and Placemaking.” Neighborhood groups, community nonprofits, arts organizations and city departments exhibited at the “Village Square.” Many of them held interactive exhibits, such as artist Aldo Moroni’s citymaking project at the Bottineau Neighborhood’s space.

This year’s conference

Negro From 10 music he is known for today.

“The idealistic side of me pursues irresponsible possibilities and the realistic side knows that everything comes in waves and that this wave is great. I hope to keep as much of what I do within the idealistic, realistic and

Sounds From 10 the presidential campaigns of President Barack Obama and their latest CD, The Sounds of Blackness and its first Single, “Fly Again,” are inspiring the world and a new generation

was called a “nonconference,” because it dispensed with the

uaual keynote address and workshops, instead holding a

number of “Learning Labs” on Placemaking, and performances.

Check out the video on the Daily Planet site. This video

shows just a small part of what went on during the day.

sometimes the surrealistic.”

Roberto Carlos Lange was quoted in a Sam Tygiel article posted in Liquid Music March 13, 2015.

“Helado Negro” it’s somewhat of a synthesized, cool, relaxing, dreamy funk, that doesn’t take you away from the lyrics, but just brings you into the mix. In other words, you don’t just get absorbed by the techno aspect. You’re drawn into the

lyrics. And you flow in a most beautiful way.

This is music that would go wonderfully by a fireplace or, at the beach, or just being in a dimly lit room, alone, or with someone you love being around. It is just beautiful and relaxing, yet exuberant at the same time in the most amazing way.

Helgado Negro performance was made possible by a Joyce Award

from the Joyce Foundation.

Special mention was given to the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for its boldness in supporting Liquid Music, and to the Minneapolis Music Company’s String Octet.

Nestled among St. Paul’s historic corner, the Ordway neighbors include the Landmark Center, which was completed in 1902; the illustrious Saint Paul Hotel, who started welcoming

guests in 1910; the beautiful library that was built in 1917; and the St. Paul Athletic Club who first opened its doors in 1910.

All structures surround the beautiful Rice Park right outside their front door.

The recent addition of the $42 million Concert Hall is both visually stunning and acoustically mesmerizing making the Ordway St. Paul’s gem.

The Ordway Music Theater’s “Give My Regards to Ordway” 2015-2016 season 30th Anniversary is about to begin. To see the lineup of performances or for subscriptions, information and/or tickets log on to http://www.ordway.org. You can also call the Ticket Office at 651.224.4222 or their Main Office at 651.282.3000

once again.

The 28 member ensemble commanded the prestigious stage the moment they filed in, one by one, looking positively elegant in their tuxedos and gowns a fitting look for the glamorous Ordway Music Theater Concert Hall. From the moment the first member

stepped out, the audience rose to their feet and welcomed home Sounds of Blackness with a rousing round of applause that increased with intensity as each member walked onto the stage.

Coré Cotton, former Sounds of Blackness member who’s now a corporate

attorney for a Fortune 500 Company, was pulled from the audience and hoisted onto the stage making the concert a true family, coming home reunion.

On behalf of Sounds of Blackness, Gary Hines, thanked the audience, Ordway staff and volunteers

giving special mention to Patricia Mitchell, President/ CEO and to our community sister Robin Hickman, who is Ordway Community Partnership Advisor for Education and Engagement.

The Ordway Music Theater’s “Give My Regards to Ordway” 2015-2016

season 30th Anniversary is about to begin. To see the lineup of performances or for subscriptions, information and/or tickets log on to http://www.ordway.org/. You can also call the Ticket Office at 651.224.4222 or their Main Office at 651.282.3000.

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