Insight News ::: 6.24.13

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June 24 - June 30, 2013

Vol. 40 No. 26 • The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • insightnews.com

Rep. Keith Ellison leans down to greet Fraser Head Start student, Hamsa as Tre’ Jour (braids) and Miles (yellow shirt) enjoy their lunches.

Ellison renews call to end sequester; says area’s most vulnerable hardest hit

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer Parents in Community Action (PICA) Head Start Executive Director Alyce Dillon said her

program’s resources are stretched to the max. If further federal cuts, known as sequester, are to occur, Dillon is forecasting a bleak future for those who could be dropped from Head Start, the federal preschool educational, health and nutritional

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program for disadvantaged children. The 43-year veteran of the program said Head Start in Hennepin County is already in a dire predicament.

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Successful businesses, communities, linked Like fashion and design, education should be accessible to everyone, Target executive Laysha Ward said. “Successful businesses and successful communities are inextricably linked,” Ward said. “Target democratized design; now we’re working to democratize education, because we know that our future success, and that of the global economy, depends on an educated workforce.” Ward’s remarks were made June 13, at the third annual gathering of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America in Chicago. The event, hosted by former President Bill Clinton, founder of the organization, focuses on finding solutions that promote economic recovery in the United States. As part of a panel session about achieving economic and social mobility moderated by Clinton, Ward, Target’s president of Community Relations (pictured above, center), shared her thoughts on the importance of public/ private partnerships to drive social impact and create shared economic and societal value, centered around

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White House

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Right to left: Colleen DeCubellis, executive director of Hunger Solutions and SNAP recipients Evelyn Shelafeo, Erin Pavlica and Tyler Lindroth offer first-hand insights on the importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a listening session at the state Capitol.

Pending cuts to food stamp program could mean additional hardship for those in need By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer For those with little or no income, government food assistance is the only way in which some are able eat. But come Nov. 1 that assistance may be greatly reduced. This past May the House Committee on

Minneapolis Mayor Candidates head for November ballot

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Agricultural passed the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (H.R. 1947), also known as the Farm Bill. The bill cuts Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits – formerly know as the food stamp program – by $20.5 billion over the next 10 years. Fourth District Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) said these

cuts will result in virtually ending access to vital food assistance for nearly two million vulnerable children, families, seniors and persons with disabilities. McCollum said the “massive cut targeting hungry Americans” – in addition to a

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Jewel James, Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House

Inside the White House:

Jewel James By April Ryan AprilDRyan.com Jewel James is one of the political rising stars in Washington who in her early thirties has the ear of the President and Vice President. Her work experience includes working on Capitol Hill as support staff for the Congressional

Black Caucus for a few years when Congressman Elijah Cummings and Congressman Mel Watt headed the group of black federal lawmakers. Just like Maryland Congressman Cummings and North Carolina Congressman Watt who have ascended to higher rankings, her diligence and hard work

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Education

Community

Health

Another North Minneapolis program kicked out of Cityview

West Broadway Farmers Market set to nourish North Minneapolis

Microbiome: Caring for the community inside of us

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