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Juneteenth kicks off Twin Cities summer

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he 25th annual Twin Cities’ Juneteenth celebration takes place Saturday, June 15 at the North Mississippi Regional Park, 5114 North Mississippi Dr., Minneapolis.

The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Organizers say as one of the nation’s largest cultural

celebrations, the area Juneteenth celebration boasts an estimated attendance of more than 25,000 Minnesotans. This year’s theme is Remembering the Past, to Heal the Present to Succeed in the Future.

Juneteenth is one of the most important cultural celebrations in the nation, as it celebrates June 19, the date that Union soldiers,

landed at Galveston, Tex. with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This word came two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves be freed. Emancipation became official Jan. 1, 1863.

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Cheerios TV commercial sparks heated conversation

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer

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Left to right: Juanita Warren, Nii Ora Hokes, Spike Moss, Michael Chaney, Leola Seals, Mary Pargo, Sharon Glover and then State Representative Bobby Joe Champion in rear at the official proclamation bill signing by former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to commemorate Juneteenth in June 2010.

Editors note: Due to the complexity of the topic of blended families and interracial dating, Insight News has chosen to run a series of articles on the subject.

Who knew a 30-second television ad about cereal could cause such a commotion?

But that is just what the Cheerios spot, “Just Checking” has done, as it portrays a family of a biracial girl, a Caucasian mother and an African-American father. The ad, which has drawn more than two million hits on YouTube, (which has since disabled commenting due to a throng of racist comments

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Karamu Forum promotes civic engagement Notes on the struggle

By Professor Mahmoud El -Kati

An ambitious civic engagement movement is being launched by several African American churches in collaboration with Solidarity, a social activist volunteer group.

This collaborative effort towards community self-education, presented in a series of community forums, will begin at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m. – 12

Noon.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, a document signed by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863. This anniversary, along with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, August 28, 1963, will be used as a back drop to critical questions to be

raised at the forum. Together, the Proclamation of 1863 and the inspiring March on Washington represent two of the greatest events in our national heritage: The signing of the Proclamation

by President Lincoln and the groundbreaking patriotic oratory of Martin Luther King Jr. These events are separated by 100 years and yet are joined at the hip in the

struggle against the institutions of enslavement and segregation, which was a legacy of slavery and the caste system.

Discussion on two recentlyproduced Hollywood feature films, “Lincoln” and “Django Unchained,” will broaden the content of the forum.

The release of these two films marks unprecedented territory for

the American film industry.

Revealing anything of substance about American enslavement of Black People in Hollywoodproduced films has historically been an unmentionable; it has been a conspiracy of silence on the part of popular media. By presenting the question of slavery to popular

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700 Black mayors mean emerging political clout

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief ATLANTA (NNPA) – Sacramento, Calif.

Mayor Kevin Johnson, the newlyelected president of the National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM), told his colleagues that if they don’t improve the lives of their constituents, they don’t deserve to remain in office.

“We got these good seats, we’ve been elected and we get honored and esteemed everywhere we go,” Johnson said at a luncheon here at the group’s 39th annual convention. “It’s not

just for us. It’s for the communities that we represent. Our obligation is to bring more and more people along. Because if we don’t do that, then we’re not fit for the seats that we hold.”

Johnson, a former star NBA point guard for the Phoenix Suns, cited the enormous growth of the mayors’ group. He noted that the NCBM began as a small, Southern organization in 1974 and now is a national force with nearly 700 mayors in the U.S., representing 48 million people or 15 percent of the U.S. population.

In recent years, it has expanded its international reach and now has more than 26,000 mayors on its

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roll, including many from Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Columbia and throughout the Caribbean.

“In terms of [population served], we’re bigger than Spain, Canada and Australia,” Johnson said. “Think about that. If we come together in numbers, we have that type of strength as an organization to do some remarkable things.”

He continued, “The question we all have to ask ourselves is this: As African-American mayors, are our cities better off because we’re elected? Are the people we represent better off because we hold the seats that we hold?”

In too many cases, Johnson said, the answer is no.

“Any category that’s bad, Black folks are at the top,” Johnson said. “Any category that’s good, Blacks folks, we’re at the bottom. That’s hard to do.

We have somehow managed to do that.

“If you think about obesity, which is bad, we’re at the top. If you’re talking about unemployment, which is not good for us, we’re at the top. If you’re talking about dropping out, we’re at the top. If you’re talking about teenage pregnancy, we’re at the top. If you’re talking about being a renter instead of a homeowner,

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Sequestration damages our community

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported that nearly 140,000 low-income families could lose rental assistance and “thousands of other low-income families using vouchers could face sharp rent increases because of sequestration.�

Sequestration, the automatic federal budget cuts, was implemented on March 1.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, sequestration will slash $2 billion from housing assistance and community development programs funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Blacks received 43 percent of housing vouchers to supplement housing costs. Whites received 36 percent of housing vouchers.

Without the vouchers, these families would see those costs skyrocket. Other families will lose counseling services that help distressed homeowners navigate foreclosure proceedings.

“Due to sequestration, 337,000 victims of domestic violence, child sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, and other crimes will lose critical support and services they receive through the Crime Victims Fund to help them recover from the heinous crimes committed against them,� wrote Eric Stegman, the manager of the Half in Ten initiative at the Center of American Progress, a non-partisan education and research group.

The Victims of Crime Act, shelters victims from prohibitive costs associated with seeking justice, including sexual assault services, crisis intervention and investigation and prosecuting of child and elder abuse.

States could lose more than $37 million to fund these services and victims could lose their right to justice.

After reauthorizing the hotly contested Violence Against Women Act, legislation that assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, Congress left the funding of the programs to the mercy of the sequester.

More than 100,000 may be turned away.

Black women account for a disproportionate number of domestic violence victims.

According to a report by the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community at the University of Minnesota: “Black women comprise 8 percent of the U.S. population but in 2005 accounted for 22 percent of the intimate partner homicide victims and 29 percent of all female victims of intimate partner homicide.�

The institute also found that intimate partner violence among African Americans is related to economic factors. “Intimate partner violence among Blacks occurs more frequently among couples with low incomes, those in which the male partner is underemployed or unemployed, particularly when he is not seeking work, and among couples residing in very poor neighborhoods, regardless of the couple’s income,� stated the report.

Programs that benefit children are also reeling as a result of sequestration. Head Start, a government funded program that promotes school readiness for poor children, lost an average of 5 percent

Liberia strife toll: Starvation, massacres, child soldiers, rape Coalition for Justice in Liberia (CJL) symposium geared toward training staffers on how to unearth and report gross human rights abuses, including war related massacres taking place around the world, ended last week with participants pledging to work together to end a “culture of impunity� by perpetrators of genocides.

Most of the speakers at the ceremony vowed that war criminals living in the United States and Europe will eventually be booked no matter how long they run or evade justice.

The conference, held at the Brooklyn Center City Hall, brought together a group of international human rights activists, lawyers and representatives, some from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and Naturalization.

Liberian human rights journalists were also among the panelists at the forum.

Among the journalists were CIVITAS’ director, Hassan Bility and former Associated Press correspondent James Kokulo Fasuekoi. Bility who presently runs CIVITAS, a human rights group based in Liberia, suffered severe torture at the hands of Charles Taylor’s securities prior to the fall of Taylor’s regime. Bility spoke about his ordeals in the former dictator’s prison and the process which led to his released. Taylor had agreed to free Bility but only if he would agree to leave Liberia. Bility was later flown to Ghana, and then to the U.S. after the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia reached a compromise with the former warlord.

Journalist and author, Fasuekoi who covered the Liberian Civil War for more than a decade before escaping the country two years after Taylor became president, introduced a new dimension to the event.

He screened vivid photographic slides of child-soldiers, mass starvation, massacres, warlords and rebel commanders, which brought fresh memories of the war. Some of Fasuekoi’s war images were so ghastly that some members of the audience

had to turn away from the screen.

Among panelists for were University of Liberia political science professor Alaric Tokpa and Tony Leewaye, a Minnesota based Liberian community organizer and social worker.

During the conference, participants spoke of gross human rights abuses including genocides carried out in Liberia with a focus on people whose actions led to the carnage and mayhem that characterized the 14-year brutal war.

Other places where gross human rights violations have occurred in the past such as the East African country of Rwanda and Guatemala in South America were placed under the spotlight and U.S. human rights activists and lawyers attending the forum briefed the audience on the level of progress they have made so far in those countries in terms of prosecuting perpetrators of abuses and massacres via international justice systems.

During opening remarks, founder and interim president of the Coalition for Justice in Liberia, Lovetta Tugbeh, lamented on the plights of vulnerable women and children throughout Liberia.

Tugbeh told the audience, “Soldiers (rebels) forced men to rape their daughters in front of others, mothers were forced to have sex with their sons; sisters with brothers.�

She urged the U.S. Department of Justice to work hand in hand with rights groups

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in and out of the U.S. in order to track down and subsequently prosecute “perpetrators of heinous crimes against humanity� and not allow them use the U.S. as a safe heaven.

Speaking further, Tugbeh assured the audience and victims of war that her new organization would not limit itself to the provision of rehabilitation and trauma counseling for raped and war victims, but would also strive make free medical services available to them.

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Twenty-eight percent of Head Start enrollees are Black and 41 percent are White. “Sequestration cuts are forcing Head Start programs across the country to drop

children from their ranks, despite research showing that every $1 invested in Head Start brings $9 in benefits to society,� wrote Sally Steenland, director of the Faith and Progressive Policy

Initiative at the Center for American Progress.

Experts estimate that 70,000 children will be forced out of those programs.

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BUSINESS Transformational giving: No vision, no gifts FUNdraising Good Times

By Mel and Pearl Shaw Philanthropy makes front page news with the announcement of large, transformational gifts.

Think Bill Gates. Oprah Winfrey.

Warren Buffet. With the news comes the question “What would it take for us to receive such a gift?” This three-part series seeks

to provide insights that can help nonprofits begin a conversation that may itself be transformational We recently asked Barbara Pierce, founder of Transformative Giving, to share her experience working with donors who give transformational gifts. Pierce works with local and national nonprofits who want to grow their major gifts programs. She has experience soliciting gifts ranging from $10,000 up to $10 million.

Her comments can stimulate conversation and an examination of how your institution or organization approaches fundraising, and those who can make transformational gifts.

We asked Pierce what guidance she would offer to an organization or institution who wants to secure transformational gifts, and she got right to the point. “You need to be able to answer, without hesitation, what you would do if a donor gave you a million dollar gift. It is harder to answer than you might first think.

If you don’t have a vision, don’t expect visionary gifts,” she said.

That’s a strong message. And we totally agree with Pierce.

Those who can give at the highest levels want to know your vision, how you would deploy a major investment. Pierce continued, “You also need to have the

organizational capacity to take advantage of such a large gift.

I use the word transformative because such a gift will transform an organization and if you aren’t ready, it can take you off course, possibly in the wrong direction.”

She also highlighted the need to have your financial house in order before focusing on transformational giving. “You have to be financially sustainable before you can take advantage of a transformational gift. This type of gift allows you to move beyond “we’re surviving” to a point where you are thriving.

As an organization, you have to demonstrate your capacity

to steward a transformational gift. Nonprofits need to have the business knowledge of how to ramp up in terms of institutional capacity and implement a plan for the vision that the donor is funding.”

Transformational donors look closely at your institution’s leadership. “The first things to be satisfied before someone will consider a major investment in your group is a belief in the management of your organization.

They want to know and trust your executive director or president and your board. These donors are people who have made smart decisions in earning and investing

money. They want to know such a gift will make a lasting impact, and that means it will be well managed.”

Next week: Part Two. Are you interested in donors or their money?

Visit Barbara Pierce at www. transformativegiving.com.

Copyright 2013 – Mel and Pearl Shaw Mel and Pearl Shaw are the authors of “Prerequisites for Fundraising Success.” They position nonprofits for fundraising success. Visit them at www. saadandshaw.com.

Tax tips for summer jobs Summer jobs offer students the opportunity to make money and learn some important life lessons about the working world, including taxes.

As a new employee, students fill out a Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, so their employer withholds the right amount of taxes from regular pay, bonuses, commissions, and vacation allowances.

Tips are taxable income so you need to keep a daily log to record them. If you receive $20 or more in tips in any one month from any one job, you must report the total tips to your employer or report the income on your tax return.

Self-employment income, from jobs like baby-sitting and lawn mowing, are subject to income tax. If your net earnings from self-employment are $400 or more, you have to pay selfemployment tax and file Schedule SE.

While students may not earn enough money from summer jobs to owe income tax, they will probably have to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes.

Your employer usually withholds these taxes from your paycheck, but if you’re self-employed, you may have to pay self-employment taxes.

If you had more than one job you should make sure all your employers are withholding an adequate amount of taxes to cover your total income tax liability.

You can see if your withholding is correct using the Withholding Calculator on IRS.gov.

Whether you’re required to file a return next year will depend on the type and the amount of your gross income, filing status, age, and whether someone is eligible to claim you as a dependent.

Visit IRS.gov, the official IRS website, for more information about income tax withholding and employment taxes.

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EDUCATION Student summit organizes for school discipline changes

By Christina Cerruti, TC Daily Planet About a hundred middle and high school students from the Twin Cities metro area gathered at the Solutions Not Suspensions summit at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs of the University of Minnesota on May 11. They came to share their experiences with discipline procedures in their classrooms and to discuss how they think disciplinary action should be in their schools.

“We want to give them the tools that will allow them to have informed conversations with people in positions of power at their school about what the

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discipline at their school looks like and how to make it more equitable,” said Brandon RoyceDiop of the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership(MMEP), who organized the event with his MMEP colleague Cymone Fuller.

In addition to watching performances by spoken word poets and a presentation by youth advocates testifying to pass the Dream Act in Minnesota, the students spent the day absorbing facts and tips from speakers such as youth mentor and advocate Anthony Galloway, who outlined constructive ways youth can connect with adults at their school and get them to listen.

Civil rights lawyer and law professor Nekima Levy-Pounds delivered a powerful presentation about the School-to-Prison Pipeline, which is a serious issue that impacts many young people of color. According to Pounds, the School-to-Prison Pipeline refers to what happens when children are suspended, expelled, given a citation, or in some cases even arrested for incidents that happen during the school day. Her presentation included outlining some rights that students have in school and steps students can take to protect themselves in disciplinary situations that may carry legal consequences.

After placing calls from their cell phones to the District Superintendent for Minneapolis Public Schools demanding “solutions not suspensions,”

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Jeron Mariani of the Youthrive organization (speaking) and Malika Musa, a student from Hopkins High School. the students broke into smaller groups for a “brain-releasing” session, where each group listed suggestions and concerns that they had in their schools and then shared those thoughts with each other.

School Board member Richard Mammen was on hand during the session and encouraged students to talk to teachers and staff at their schools as well as their parents. “I

think (students) should expect the best. I think you should expect justice and when you don’t see it, I think you should say ‘hey, why didn’t that happen? Where is the accountability?’” said Mammen.

Sara Osman, a senior at South High School in Minneapolis and co-chair of the Students Together As Allies for Racial Trust (S.T.A.R.T) thinks that programs

like the Youth Summit should happen at every school so that students know their legal rights.

“People shouldn’t use the excuse that they didn’t know that they were going to get in trouble before they did whatever they did,” she said. Osman believes that walk-outs, like the ones at Hopkins or South High are “ a sign that students are now coming

to comprehend what sort of power that they have but it is also a sign of unrest, that there is something wrong with the administration.”

Osman thinks that a walkout should be seen as a last resort and that actions like listening sessions, where students could sit down with members of the school administration and talk out problems that they have with issues in schools, could prevent large-scale actions that disrupt the school day. Osman added she was shocked to learn about “your juvenile record being there until 28, I though 18 was the limit,” she said, which Levy-Pounds discussed in her “School-to-Prison Pipeline” presentation. “I thought that I wanted to go into law before this (Summit) but now this feels like I have to,” said Osman.

The Solutions Not Suspensions campaign has been working with youth and community members to make their voices heard as the Minneapolis School Board gears up to rewrite school discipline policies and procedures. “All the youth here (at the Summit) and their voices today are going to be embedded in the recommendations that we make for the new discipline policies for the district of Minneapolis,” said Royce-Diop.

If you are a student or community member looking to get involved with the Solutions Not Suspensions campaign, you can contact Brandon Royce-Diop at Brandonrd@mmep.org.

Helping students find their on ramp to science means letting them take wheel

By Dr. Danielle N. Lee “Teaching high school students was the best thing ever.”

This isn’t a statement often exclaimed by scientists with PhDs. We’re groomed to do research and teach college level courses to mature, engaged students. I was completely on track to do just that, until I signed up for a special teaching assistantship while in graduate school – the Graduate STEM Fellows in K 12 Education funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF GK-12). Instead of teaching general biology labs to college freshmen and sophomores, I chose to co-teach general high school biology and environment sciences. I served a classroom resource scientist at an urban high school in St. Louis.

I came to class full of excitement and optimism. I was going to help a new generation of students find their on ramp to science. I was greeted by disengaged students. Some had

mentally checked out of education.

I encountered students who professed often and loudly how much they detested science and how they were not suited for it, for no other reason than they were Black or poor. It broke my heart to hear people so young resign themselves to failure. My students were the real-life examples of the disparities in science education we hear about in the news.

African-American children, Latino children and those from low-income families score lower in standardized tests on science and math than white counterparts, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

As the weeks passed, I struggled to connect with them, make the lessons interesting and easy to understand. I worried that they were falling behind.

However, I soon realized I was completely off base. They weren’t remedial learners; they just weren’t interested in the lessons. The very students who would often put their heads down or disrupt class,

were often the ones who couldn’t wait to tell me what they watched on Discovery Channel the night before. They could repeat every fact about an animal or machine being built from watching a program one time; and other students would chime in – all with excitement in their eyes. It suddenly occurred to me, they did not hate science; they hated science class. After some serious reflection on what we were doing – lectures, worksheets, bookwork and hardly any hands-on experimentation – I could hardly blame them. That’s not what I do as a scientist. I study questions that are interesting to me.

I get a chance to ask questions, get dirty, travel, and make mistakes without being a labeled failure for an experiment that didn’t turn out as expected.

Suddenly, my frustration with them subsided. I no longer blamed them for checking out.

We were boring them to pieces not giving them the opportunity to explore questions they were personally interested in pursuing.

The classroom lessons were not representative of how awesome science really could be. They knew it, too. The science on television was fun, engaging, and interesting. What we were doing in the classroom was a far cry from that. Science is observation, asking questions, trial and error, revising, critiquing, reading, writing, trying again, presenting, summarizing, measuring, and much more. I sat down with my teaching mentor and decided to shift focus. Offering students a risk-free chance to do fun, handson science in an after school setting became my focus. Students wanted a chance to do something, go on field trips and experience science – not simply be told what someone else discovered long ago.

From that moment on, I have been an advocate for informal science learning opportunities.

Juneteenth From 1 The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on Texans due to the limited number of Union troops in the state who were charged to enforce the executive order.

Communities throughout the United States host Juneteenth events.

The area celebration highlights local Black-owned business and the importance of consumer support of these

These types of learning opportunities are especially important for students who may not be on the college track. They deserve a chance to demonstrate their genius – because they are brilliant, too. My students were shining examples of how patience and opportunity without judgment can provide the perfect setting for “least-likely” students to discover a love of science, too.

Dr. Danielle N. Lee is a postdoctoral researcher at Oklahoma State University. She is currently studying African-pouched rats, cricetomys gambianus, an interesting yet largely mysterious animal that uses its keen sense of smell to detect landmines. Lee blogs about urban ecology and diversity in the sciences at The Urban Scientist at the Scientific American Blog Network.

varied businesses. According to the Selig Center for Economic Growth, African-American’s disposable income increased to nearly $4 billion.

In addition to event vendors, there will be live entertainment, highlighted by musical performances of Ginger Patterson, Kovan Baldwin and spoken word artist, Floeme.

Admission to the event is free. For more information about Juneteenth, visit www. juneteenthminnesota.org.

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e a n a L a Timoth has fans overseas D E R g n i see

By H Harry arry Colbert, JJr. Contributing Write Writer Timotha Lanae may not Timotha T n yet (the (t the h operative word being yyet) ye t) be a household name in tthe h Twin Cities, but go to he London L ond ndon or Japan and she’s a bona b onaa fide star.

With With the pending July 2 United U nitted Kingdom and Japan releases rele re eases of her debut debu CD, ““RED, RE ED,” Lanae is all the th rage overseas. ov verseas. Buoyed by the release re elease of several singles s of off of the CD, preorders preord

“RED” have already sold out in London and Lanae is on a second printing of the 12-song project. Her single “People Pleaser” peaked at #6 on the UK soul music chart and a critic in Japan has hailed “RED” as the best CD of 2013 thus far. The Independent Chart Show in the UK has “RED” debuting at number one on its chart.

So how did this St. Paul product become an overnight sensation abroad?

According to Lanae, she

stepped out on faith.

“My manager, Ben Obi, used to do a lot of music in London and he kept saying, ‘I feel like they would love you in London.’

I wasn’t quite sure at first, but we went and he was right,” said Lanae who is preparing for her third trip within a year later this fall across the Pond. “In London there are so many outlets for soul music,

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Jazz legend Hugh Masekela comes to the Dakota

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer Most 74-year-olds are well into retirement enjoying their golden years.

But jazz horn legend Hugh Masekela is working harder than ever, touring the nation showcasing works from his vast and illustrious career.

Masekela is performing along with Larry Willis this Tuesday (June 11) at the Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. The duo has two shows; one at 7 p.m. and another at 9 p.m. Tickets for the early show are $40 and $25 for the later show.

Masekela, a native of South Africa, is known as much for his 50 plus year music career as he is for his efforts to end Apartheid in his homeland.

An acclaimed horn player, Masekela won a 1968 Grammy for Best Contemporary Pop Performance – Instrumental for his song, “Grazin’ in the Grass.”

So, what keeps a man deserving of a cushy retirement going? For Masekela, it’s simple – music is his life.

“I’ve been performing all

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my life,” said Masekela. “Music keeps me going. It’s my life.

When you ask me what keeps me going, that’s like asking someone, ‘How have you been breathing so long? What keeps you going?’”

Known as a trumpeter, Masekela will offer fans a bit more during his Dakota performances, as he will be singing as well.

“It’s a mode most people in Minneapolis haven’t seen me in,” said Masekela. “Everywhere we go it’s blowing people away. I really enjoy it.”

If the show seems like a gathering of two old friends on stage, well that’s because it is. Masekela and Willis have known each other for more than 60 years. The duo has recorded a 40-song box set from which they will showcase.

For ticket information, call the Dakota at (612) 332-JAZZ (5299) or go online at www. dakotacooks.com.

Hugh Masekela & Larry Willis at the Dakota Tuesday, June 11 Dakota Jazz Club – 1010 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis 7 p.m. – $40 9 p.m. – $25

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Rochelle Aytes

The “Mistresses” interview

By Kam Williams Born in New York on May 17, 1976, Rochelle Aytes is quickly establishing herself as one of Hollywood’s brightest starlets with an impressive film and television career on the rise. Rochelle is now starring on “Mistresses”, ABC’s new, nighttime soap opera premiered Monday, June 3rd at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Based on the British TV series of the same name, the show co-stars Alyssa Milano, Jess Macallan and Yunjin Kim. It is a provocative, thrilling, drama that finds four women with scandalous romantic lives caught in storms of excitement and selfdiscovery, secrecy and betrayal, and at the mercy of the complex relationships they’ve created.

Rochelle will play the lead role of April, a young widow raising two daughters and running a high-end linen shop on Robertson Boulevard. She was previously seen as a series regular on a short-lived but very funny sitcom for ABC entitled “Work.”

And she starred opposite Christian Slater on ABC’s “The Forgotten.”

She enjoyed a recurring role on the hit series “Desperate Housewives” and “Detroit 187.” In addition, she has shot guest leads on TV shows like “White Collar,” “Dark Blue,” “NCIS: Las Vegas,” “Daybreak,” “ER,” “CSI: NY,” and on Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne,” as Allen Payne’s love interest.

Lanae From 5 so it’s really great and wonderful to have all this excitement and buzz surrounding me. It’s been a blessing.”

“RED” is a beautiful collection of soul, jazz and R&B. A closely held project,

Lanae wrote 10 of the 12 songs and Obi produced half of the tracks and mixed the entire project. Outstanding Twin Cities bassist, Yohannes Tona, lent his talent, producing five tracks, including collaborating on the production with Obi on “Talking To Myself,” the first single released off of “RED.” Lanae got help from another soul music heavyweight, as Mint

Condition’s Stokley Williams croons on the song, “Radio.”

KMOJ’s Walter “Q Bear” Banks, Jr. also cameos on the track.

So why “RED?” “To me, red is a feeling, not a color,” said Lanae. “Red evokes so much emotion, whether it’s rage, power, love; the listener can decide. “Love and passion are the emotions at the top of my list with ‘RED.’”

With so much success overseas, it seems shocking that Lanae hasn’t garnered more acclaim in her hometown. But Lanae, who also is a star of stage and is finishing writing a musical, “REDdington,” said her love for the Twin Cities runs deep and feels the love will soon be reciprocated.

“KMOJ really embraced ‘Talking To Myself,’ and Pete

Rochelle made her big screen debut in the summer of 2004 playing the love interest of Shawn Wayans in the romantic comedy “White Chicks.” More recently, she starred in a lead role opposite Blair Underwood, Tyler Perry and Boris Kodjoe in “Madea’s Family Reunion.”

Kam Williams: Hi Rochelle. Thanks for another interview.

Rochelle Aytes: Thanks for having me!

KW: Congratulations on landing a lead role on your own TV series!

RA: Thank you, Kam. I am so excited for it to finally air.

KW: How would you describe the show in 25 words or less?

RA: “Mistresses” is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.

KW: Did you watch episodes of the British version of the program in preparation for the role?

RA: I have actually never seen the British version.

Rhodes of Black Music America has been a huge supporter. But the support in London has been so surreal, so you go where the support is and hope it trickles back here,” said Lanae. “I’m a Minnesota girl all the way.”

Though there’s no scheduled release date for “RED” in the United States, Lanae’s singles are available on iTunes, Amazon and other online

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retailers. For fans looking to see and hear Lanae perform, she will be performing at Rondo Days in July and during the Guthrie Theater’s anniversary celebration.

For more information on Lanae, fans can visit her website, www.timothalanae. com or www.savannahstreet. com.

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FLOW Northside Arts Crawl releases call for artists for 8th annual event

By Shaina Brassard, West Broadway Coalition FLOW Northside Arts Crawl seeks artists of all genres, ages and experience in the North Minneapolis Community to be a part of this year’s Art Crawl the weekend of July 26th – July 28th.

FLOW Northside Arts Crawl is both a community celebration and premier art event in North Minneapolis.

FLOW is a non-juried, selfguided tour of studios, galleries, theaters, commercial and vacant spaces over a mile and half of North Minneapolis’ main business corridor. From b-boys to ballet, graffiti to graphite, rap to rhapsody, fine artist to artisan,

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practicing to professional, FLOW showcases the great art being made every day on the Northside.

This year, FLOW is expanding to a full weekend!

Experience evening preview events Friday, July 26th, an exciting day of indoor and outdoor events along West Broadway from the Mississippi River to Penn Ave N on Saturday, July 27th and extended gallery hours the entire weekend of Friday, July 26th – Sunday, July 28th.

FLOW typically draws a crowd of 5,000 community members, art enthusiasts, neighbors and families.

FLOW is accepting proposals from Northsiders to exhibit or perform in select

spinach and peppers, and home fries!

From 6 KW: What makes your character, April Malloy, tick?

RA: April is the more down-toearth, motherly one of the girls.

She gets so worked up over prank phone calls and starts to believe that it is the ghost of her dead husband.

KW: What message, if any, do you want the audience to take away from the series?

RA: I hope that the audience is thoroughly entertained.

Each story line is very relatable to the average person’s life and hopefully they will find comfort in knowing that they are not alone.

KW: What is your guiltiest pleasure?

RA: Coffee and wine.

KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson question: What was the last book you read?

RA: DeVon Franklin and Tim Vandehey’s book, Produced by Faith. http://www.amazon.com/exec/ obidos/ASIN/1439171033/ ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?

RA: A cheese omelette with

KW: The Sanaa Lathan question: What excites you?

RA: Planning a vacation on a beach somewhere!

KW: The Mike Pittman question: What was your best career decision?

RA: Working with my team. I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them I wouldn’t have the opportunities that I’ve had.

KW: What was your first big break?

RA: My first big break was “White Chicks.” I had only been acting for about two years and I certainly didn’t feel like I was ready for such an opportunity. It could only be the hand of God blessing me.

I accept everything I’m given with great appreciation.

KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?

RA: To heal my mother.

She has kidney failure and osteoporosis. It’s very sad.

KW: I’m so sorry to hear that, Rochelle. I’ll keep her in my prayers. The Jamie Foxx question: If you only had 24

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Art making activity at FLOW 2012 venues along West Broadway as part of the Northside Arts Crawl July 26 – 28th. The organization is also seeking proposals for public art, interactive installations, artist booths, parade entries and art-making activities along West Broadway.

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defines artist in the broadest possible sense of the word and encourage emerging artists and innovative ideas for community engagement.

FLOW will match artists with participating locations along the route of the Art Crawl or artists may propose site-

specific work. Possible locations include (but are not limited to) businesses, storefronts, vacant spaces, building exteriors, organizations, pedal stage, and outdoor locations.

Submissions should include a short description of the artist’s proposal, artist bio, work

samples or links to websites, technical needs and contact information.

Details and Artist Application available at www. flownorthside.org.

FLOW Northside Arts Crawl is produced by the West Broadway Coalition.

hours to live, what would you do? Would you do the bad stuff, you never got a chance to do, or would you do good stuff to make sure you make it into heaven?

RA: I would do the good stuff. I want eternal life with my father.

energy up a bit, but I’m a silly person naturally and I love to laugh and have fun, so I tend to carry that same energy onto the carpet.

RA: Jesus.

with saving children.

KW: The Anthony Anderson question: If you could have a superpower, which one would you choose?

RA: That’s a hard one! It’s a tie between flying and healing.

KW: The Harriet PakulaTeweles question: With so many classic films being redone, is there a remake you’d like to star in?

RA: Yes--Pretty Woman. I love Julia Roberts and that red dress. I actually had someone duplicate it for my high school prom. [LOL]

KW: Can you come up with a Rochelle Aytes question I can ask other celebrities?

RA: If you could choose any other occupation what would it be?

KW: The Michael Ealy question: If you could meet any historical figure, who would it be?

KW: Attorney Bernadette Beekman asks: What is your favorite charity?

RA: Any one that has to do

KW: The Kerry Washington question: If you were an animal, what animal would you be?

RA: A butterfly or a bird.

KW: The Ling-Ju Yen question: What is your earliest childhood memory?

RA: I remember being very young and going to AA meetings with my father in Brooklyn. I thought it was fun because they served hot chocolate and cookies.

KW: The Anthony Mackie question: Is there something that you promised to do if you became famous, that you still haven’t done yet?

RA: No, but I promised to buy my mother a house when I became rich.

KW: The Viola Davis question: What’s the difference between who you are at home as opposed to the person you pretend to be on the red carpet?

RA: I feel like I am pretty much the same, minus the extra hair and makeup. I may turn the

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KW: Thanks, and thanks again for the time, Rochelle, and best of luck with “Mistresses.”

RA: Thank you so much, Kam. I really enjoyed answering these questions. They were very thought provoking.

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3. Paris Bennett chunkin’ the duces at Tryg’s.

2. Corey Collins and Jemika Hayes hanging out at Tryg’s.

5. (Left to right) Jennifer Moore, Channie Wilson, Dr. Keith Reed and Monique Chenier at the Crooked Pint Ale House.

4. Superman? Nope, DJ Drummaboi providing the sounds at Tryg’s.

6. Tiara Law and Brittany Dobbins hanging out at the Crooked Pint Ale House.

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We honor our fathers Man Talk

By Timothy Houston Cheryl A. Carter-Giller

Obituary: Cheryl A. CarterGiller Oct. 29, 1949 — May 21, 2013 Cheryl A. Carter-Giller, age 63, of Minneapolis, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, with her husband and daughter by her side at the University of Minn. Fairview Medical Center in Minneapolis after a prolonged and heroic battle with angiosarcoma.

Cheryl was born Oct. 29, 1949, in Ashland, to Peter J. and Ellamae Kupczyk.

Survivors include her husband of 25 years, Richard Giller; a brother, Peter Kupczyk (Chris); a daughter, Chrysten Houston (Covelle); and two granddaughters, Kayla and Kori Houston.

A private Celebration of Life for family and close friends will be held at a future date.

Cheryl will be laid to rest at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.

Please visit www. yourtribute.com to share your memories of Cheryl with the family.

Happy Father’s Day! The time for us to honor our fathers has come once again. The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or recognized in other

ways to be made to feel special.

Modern version of Father’s Day celebration originated in the United States of America and thereafter the tradition spread in countries around the world.

The quest to publicly honor fathers began in the mind of one.

Sonora Louise Smart Dodd a loving daughter from Spokane, Washington is credited with getting Father’s Day started in the United States. In 1909, while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon, the idea of a Father’s Day celebration originated in her mind. At age 27, Dodd pondered if there is a day to honor mother then why not for father? Dodd felt strongly for fathers because of the affection she received from

her own father William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran.

Great things happen when one refuses to be denied. Inspired

by Anna Jarvis’s struggle to promote Mother’s Day, Dodd began a thorough campaign to commemorate Father’s Day in the US. The Spokane Ministerial Association and the local Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) supported Dodd’s cause. As a result Spokane celebrated its first Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. Although there was some initial hesitation, the idea gained gradual popularity all over the US and Father’s Day came to be celebrated in cities across the country.

Although the campaign

began with one, it later took on a life of its own. President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge also supported the idea of a national Father’s Day in 1924. After a longdrawn-out struggle of over four decades, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day in 1966. Then in 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored for her contribution at the World’s Fair in Spokane in 1974. Dodd died in 1978 at age 96.

In 2013, we continue to honor our fathers. Although my dad passed away in 1999, I still look forward to the celebration.

I now get to celebrate with my son and grandson and all the men in my life who are worthy of recognition. If your father is living, call or visit him, if not, recognize one of the fathers in your sphere. You will be glad you did. Happy Father’s day!

Timothy Houston is an author, minister, and motivational speaker who is committed to guiding positive life changes in families and communities. To get copies of his books, for questions, comments or more information, go to www.tlhouston.com.

Speaking fear invites it into your life The Moore Therapy Movement

By Dr. Darren D. Moore Ph.D., LMFT Greetings.

I want to first say thank you to everyone who has been reading my column. I have received a number of calls, text messages, and emails from individuals. You inspire me to continue writing and I know that if I can just touch one person’s life (young or old,) my writing is not in vein.

Today, I wanted to talk to you all about a topic that I think is very important, so please pay attention … the topic at hand is fear. What is fear? Fear is a four letter word that can have the ability to stop you dead in your tracks. It can disable you, hinder you, and prevent you from reaching your full potential. When you speak fear, you manifest fear. You invited it into your life and you allow it to control you. When you speak fear, you dwell in self-doubt, and you block yourself from obtaining blessings. Trust me, I know a little something about fear.

I remember before I started my doctorate, I came up with a number of excuses regarding why I should not start the program.

I was afraid. I was afraid of success, afraid of failure, afraid of change, afraid of not knowing what to expect, among other fears. I second-guessed myself and for a split second, I almost backed out. One day, one of my co-workers at the time, Ms. Angela G. Kimbrough, looked over at me and said, “God does not give you the spirit of fear.” It was at that moment, that I knew I was supposed to move to Virginia and tackle what was a difficult challenge – to obtain my Ph.D. At

that time in my life, I really needed to hear those words. It makes me think about how God can speak through people, when you least expect it. I ended up moving to Virginia and focusing on aligning myself with God’s will. Virginia Tech was a beast. If I was to sum up my experience, I would have to use Charles Dickens’s quote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Nevertheless, citing Julius Caesar, “I came, I saw, I conquered.” My point in saying this is if you can get over your fears, you can conquer anything. Yes, that is what I said – if you can get over your own fears, you can conquer anything and

When you speak fear, you dwell in self-doubt, and you block yourself from obtaining blessings

obtain any goal that you desire.

What are you afraid of? Fear, no Moore.

What is fear? Fear is a tool, a mechanism, a strategy that is used to hold you back, prevent you from doing something, and is used to control you. One of the goals of fear is to keep you stagnant, to keep you trapped; to keep you enslaved, oppressed, depressed, and stressed. You get the picture.

If we think about fear from a historical perspective, I am sure you can think of many situations

in which fear was used to “keep others in line.” Not only do we speak fear into our own lives, we consciously and sometimes unconsciously speak it into the lives of others. Then again, sometimes we project fear onto others maliciously, with the attempt to harm.

Have you ever told a friend about something that you wanted to do, and felt like they doubted if you could actually do it?

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COMMUNITY Summer meals to be available through the MPS Summer Food Service to all children ages 1 to 18 without charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.

In 2012, the summer food program served over 375,000

meals.

Sites and times can be found in the attached PDF document.

For updated information about the Summer Food Service program, please visit the MPS Culinary and Nutrition Services Department website at http:// nutritionservices.mpls.k12.mn.us or call Sara Eugene at (612) 6682847.

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) is participating in the Summer Food Service program from June 10 through August 16. The program provides free meals to all children ages 1 to 18 at more than 100 community locations and school sites across the city and is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This summer, adults and

caregivers over 18 who are accompanying a child may purchase an adult summer meal option card that can be used to receive reduced priced meals at any of the summer meals program sites. The cards cost $15 and each card contains 20 punches worth 75 cents each.

Breakfast or a snack will cost 75 cents, while lunch or dinner

meals will cost $1.50.

MPS nutrition services collaborated with community liaisons and the Health and Safety Youth Committee in developing the adult meal option card to reduce barriers that precluded parents and caregivers from eating with their children at summer meal sites. Cards will be available for purchase beginning

June 10 at the MPS Culinary and Nutrition Center, 812 Plymouth Ave, N. Organizations may purchase cards to offer to participating adults, encouraging families to eat together and increasing access to summer meals. Cards carry no cash value and will not be replaced if lost or stolen.

Meals will be provided

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of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi – a New York-based firm. And, true, multicultural families are far more prevalent than they were in years past, but 46 years after Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court case that outlawed states from barring interracial couples the right to marry, there are very few television acknowledgements of blended families.

“What’s the problem?

What could people be so upset about,” questioned Stephanie Webster. “It (those outraged by the commercial) shows racism is still real and alive.”

Webster, 42, is the product of a family very much like the one depicted in the Cheerios ad. Her mother is white and her father is African-American.

“How limited is your experience if that commercial can create this type of reaction,” asked Webster, who was born in St. Joseph, Mo. and moved to Minneapolis when she was 17-years-old.

“This is normal to me.”

Webster said as a child her mother, who was active in her area NAACP, would color Webster’s male dolls brown to

reflect her real-life family.

“The first thing I noticed (about the commercial) was the little girl; then it showed her mom and it immediately made me happy,” said Jen White, 32. “That’s been my whole life growing up because (my look) didn’t match my mother.

I noticed growing up there was never a family on TV that looked like mine.”

White, who is also biracial, said the commercial gives her reason to applaud General Mills for choosing to air the commercial, which first hit national networks on May 27. And though the ad was produced by a New York-based agency, White feels the fact that General Mills in located in the Twin Cities, an area known to have one of the highest concentration of interracial relationships in the nation, played a role in the spot’s conception.

“I think there’s definitely a connection,” said White.

“There are probably some in the company that are in interracial relationships or who know people in interracial relationships.”

Lakisha Mitchell said

the commercial provoked an emotional response from her.

“It (the little girl) looked like it could have been me,” said Mitchell, who is biracial and grew up in St. Louis.

Mitchell said though she’s 37, she still deals with certain pains of growing up as a biracial child, but thinks younger biracial children can feel supported by seeing positive images of blended families on television.

“The mixed girls behind me can see this family image and know that it’s OK to have a white mom and be out in public with her and love her; and at the same time be out with your Black dad and love him,” said Mitchell, who said her father was shot and beaten by whites for having a relationship with her white mother.

Adrian Perryman, 28, of St. Paul said he became aware of the Cheerios ad campaign only after the spot had become the talk of the Internet. He said though he supports Cheerios for running the ad, he is not surprised at the racist comments it received on YouTube.

“On the Internet people

can speak their minds without people knowing who they are, so it isn’t shocking,” said Perryman, who is biracial.

Perryman said 30-second spot showed blended families in a positive light.

“I felt relieved and comforted because the (blended) family was being represented in such a good way. I felt supported.”

fundamental change.

“We’re where the rubber meets the road,” Johnson explained.

“Don’t expect Washington to solve our problems. That’s what this organization is all about.”

He said, “I’m just saying to us today, we have an opportunity to do something really special.

And it’s not only about talk, it’s about us holding ourselves up and banding together as one unit and making sure our voices are heard, that we have a seat at the table.

“We don’t just want a seat at the table, we want more than one seat at the table. And when you’re at the table, we need to be able to

make decisions at the table and give some solutions and problemsolving ideas.”

Johnson was passionate as he discussed the future of the organization.

“The National Conference of Black Mayors – that name needs to mean something,” Johnson

stated. “Every decision that we make going forward needs to be in the best interest of this organization. It’s not about one individual, it’s not about our cities, it’s not about any staff or mayor. It’s about what’s in the best interest of this organization.

And that’s the commitment we’re

all making here.”

He also said, “There are many people who counted us out. They said over and over, this organization can’t last. And we’re standing here after 39 years and the best days are ahead.”

This series of forums will be held monthly at our faith institutions and are open to all members of the community: faith and secular, our youth and seniors, activists and scholars, the people with ties to the criminal justice system, from both Adult Basic Education Supervisor sides and of the law.

Saint Paul Public Schools seeks an Adult Basic Education And last but not least, Supervisor. Candidate must have Master’s degree in the working class, education, community education or related field, hold employed or not. valid teaching license from MN Department of EducaT h e tion in adult education or related subject, and five years will be professional experience, including program develop- meetings ment, training and supervising other staff members and held under the title

Karamu House. The first Karamu House Meeting will be held at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 1505 Burns Ave., St. Paul.

Karamu is a Swahili word, which is widely spoken in East Africa. It means “center of community life, a place of festive enjoyment.”

Solidarity is comprised of a group of African American citizens who are committed to social action. The word Solidarity is a call for any and all who are

sincerely committed to serve.

Solidarity is committed to serve the struggle historically and contemporarily for social justice, participatory democracy, and pro-human values. Solidarity is a call to all who dare to struggle and dare to win. Over the past 2.5 years, Solidarity has sponsored several community political education programs at the renown Capri Theater; documentary films with expert panelists has been the format. The response to these presentations has been

positive beyond measure. In addition, Solidarity presents every fourth Friday of the month, classic African American Films with educational, political and entertainment content.

This collaboration between our churches and an activist group bound to the history of the Black church institution is an attempt to energize our community towards social change.

For more information, call (651) 774-5503.

ever stopped and wondered why people would respond this way?

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must dwell on your dreams, focus on them, believe in them, and then align yourself with your goals.

You must also have faith that your goals can be achieved.

A couple of weeks ago I gave a workshop on obesity and mental health in Georgia. During this workshop the audience got into an interesting discussion about manifesting one’s dreams.

One of my friends Ms. Alaina L. Lewis of Electric Heart Media, LLC and Insight News (who flew from Minneapolis to film the workshop,) gave us her perspective about fear. Through an interesting dialogue, Ms. Lewis told the audience that success is about numbers. She continued to mention in a room full of 100 people that everyone can have the same dream. She later mentioned that only two out of the 100 hundred will actually manifest their dreams.

Of course, the audience asked about what sets the two individuals apart from the remaining ninety-eight. She said, the two individuals’ desires for their dreams are so powerful that they outweigh their fear of failure, and when you get past your fears you also move in front of those 98 individuals. These 98 individuals who can’t get past their own fears, become null and voided.

The point being, success is about overcoming fears and not letting your fears get the best of you.

With that being said, I want you to do me a favor, that is if you trust me. I want you to take a sheet of paper out and write down all the things you are afraid of. Maybe it is starting a new career, investing in a business, going back to school, leaving a relationship, etc.

I want you to read the list out loud to yourself saying, “I am afraid of (blank).” As you read through your list, I want you to think about how much of your life you have spent operating out of this fear.

I want you to think about all the times you allowed this fear to overwhelm you, to take over your life, to control you, to interfere

(or should I say interfear) with obtaining your goals.

Next, I want you to apologize for not believing in yourself, by saying, “I apologize for being afraid of (blank),” for each item on your list. Next (and this is the most important), I want you to recite, “I am no longer afraid of (blank) for each item on your list.

After you have completed reciting what you are no longer afraid of, I want you to tear up the sheet of paper into small pieces. Hold the small particles in your hand. Walk over towards the trashcan, and throw each piece of paper away (one by one). As you are throwing your fears away, I want you to repeat to yourself… “I will fear, no Moore.”

As you begin to let your fears fade away, I want you to think about how you will replace the space that you have now created in your life. What about filling the space with courage, perseverance, diligence, obedience; something positive? Try it and see what happens, and then let me know. I will be doing the same. We can do it together. Let’s practice speaking positivity, speaking things into existence – speaking Moore.

I hope to hear from you soon, but until then, stick around, “there’s Moore to come.”

Darren D. Moore, Ph.D., LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, an assistant professor in Marriage and Family Therapy at a University in Georgia, and the founder of The Moore Therapy Movement. He is a north Minneapolis native, obtained his bachelors’ degree in African American Studies from the University of Minnesota, his masters’ degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Valdosta State University, and his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech. Moore can be reached by email at ddmoore@ vt.edu or via talk/text at (612) 2963758. Please note this column is for educational purposes only.

It is not to diagnose or treat any mental health issues.

From 1 from anonymous posters), has sparked a national debate on interracial dating. For many of biracial descent, the commercial is long overdue in showing their reality. For General Mills, the parent company of Cheerios, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, the commercial was just another way to sale more cereal.

“There are many kinds of families, and Cheerios celebrates them all,” said Camille Gibson, vice president of marketing for Cheerios.

“Our actors reflect many families across America, so we are actually a little surprised to see this ad become a story of its own.

Multicultural families are everywhere these days, including on television.

Consumers are actually responding very positively to the ad.”

Several biracial individuals in the Twin Cities are among those responding positively to the spot, which is a brainchild

Mayors From 1 we’re at the top. Come on now.”

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3. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address.

Attach additional sheet(s) if necessary: Alicia Renee Trice, 2533 14th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404

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Classic films screened at Homewood Studios Gangsters- we all love them whether we choose to admit it publicly or not. This summer for three Fridays only come delight in your love of gangsters. Northside Film Classics is returning to Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave N, with a three film screening of gangster classics. Our series debuts Friday June 14 with “Devil in a Blue Dress.” Directed

by Carl Franklin, “Devil in a Blue Dress” features Denzel Washington in peak form as an impromptu Private Investigator Easy Rawlins struggling to survive in grimy 1940’s Los Angeles.

Admission is free. Film to begin at 7:00 with discussion to follow.

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HEALTH DHS welcomes state’s ranking as healthiest state for seniors A report released last week recognizes the direction Minnesota has moved over many years to support older citizens’ access to health care services and long-term services and supports, Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson said.

The ranking of Minnesota as the healthiest state for seniors also paves for the way for improvements for seniors just

enacted by the 2013 Legislature, she said.

“Minnesota has long been a national leader in improving outcomes for older people and offering them opportunities to remain at home and in their communities as they age,” Jesson said of the United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report for 2013. “Our newest initiative, Reform 2020, is on track to

continue this strong tradition by providing even better service and more opportunities to keep seniors healthy and active.”

Reform 2020 is the state’s bipartisan initiative to transform the state’s public health care programs to better meet the challenges of rising health care costs and a growing aging population while still providing people the services they need to lead fulfilling lives. The

initiative includes strategies for better service design, care coordination and integration and ways to make it easier for people to understand and access services and supports.”

The Reform 2020 initiative includes such features as more help for people to return to their homes after nursing home stays, a report card to provide information to consumers on long-term services and supports

and a critical access study to determine where there are gaps in home and community-based services. Also approved were additional supports for in-home services that help seniors remain in their communities.

Jesson noted that the United Health Foundation’s report follows the 2011 report by AARP, the Commonwealth Fund and the Scan Foundation that found Minnesota leads the

nation in long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities. That report found that as many as 200,000 people could be kept out of nursing homes each year if other states emulated Minnesota’s offerings of long-term care information and home-care options.

More information about Reform 2020 is available on the DHS website.

The “All One Ocean” campaign

By EarthTalk®, E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What is the “All One Ocean” campaign?

--Bill O’Neill, Los Angeles, CA All One Ocean is a non-profit campaign launched in 2010 by long-time author, activist and organizer Hallie Austen Iglehart with the goal of reducing the amount of plastic and other trash that ends up in the ocean where it compromises the health of marine wildlife and ecosystems.

Iglehart was incensed to learn that a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles die each year from ingesting plastic in the water column—and created All One Ocean to do something about it.

Contrary to popular myth that most ocean pollution is oil spilled from ships, most of it is landbased litter. “The most dangerous litter is our throw-away plastic because of its longevity and capacity to increase in toxicity, eventually returning to the human food chain in a more lethal form,” reports Iglehart.

“Much of our plastic ends up in the ocean in giant collections of trash called gyres, created by circular ocean currents,” she adds.

“They trap debris for decades where it continues to break into ever smaller, more toxic pieces, never fully biodegrading.” Of particular concern to Iglehart is the fact that much of this carelessly discarded plastic winds up in the bellies of marine life, contaminating not just ocean ecosystems but in some cases the very seafood on our dinner plates.

The main project of All One Ocean is the creation and maintenance of permanent, community supported Beach Clean Up Stations, which are essentially boxes containing reusable bags for beach visitors to use in picking up trash during their time on the sand and in the surf.

The idea is to empty any garbage into a trash can somewhere (so it can find its way to a landfill instead of out into the ocean) and then ideally return the bag empty to the box. Each clean-up station also provides a sign with information on the extent of the problem and other ways individuals can help.

The idea, according to Iglehart, is to provide “a simple, doable way for people to have fun cleaning up trash as they enjoy their beach activities.”

“The Beach Clean Up Station is a practical way to insure that clean up is happening everyday on all our beaches,” says Iglehart. “Like ‘adopt a highway’ campaigns, Beach Clean Up Stations create community around

care for and education about these clean up hubs.”

She would like to see Beach Clean Up Stations in place at coastal and even freshwater beaches all around the world, but for now the group is starting out in Northern California. The first one was put in place at Limantour Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County there, with several following at other San Francisco Bay area beaches.

Iglehart hopes the campaign will encourage people to reconsider their consumption of single use plastics, since the production and distribution of such items contributes not just to the demise of the oceans but also to increased global warming.

Unlike many environmental issues that seem beyond our control, cleaning up beaches is something anyone can do and indeed every little bit helps.

“Every tiny piece of human trash picked up,” Iglehart reminds us, “is one less toxin in someone’s stomach.”

CONTACT: All One Ocean, www.alloneocean.org.

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A network of care, all around you.

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