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Finding Ihiti Leading with art:

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor Imagine pouring your heart and soul into something that you loved and which showed pride in self and community.

Imagine that beautiful, powerful creation being a coveted piece that was replicated to bring funds to a prideful heritage event. Imagine being offered on multiple occasions to sell that creation but refusing to sell because of the connection you have to the creation. Then imagine one day that creation vanishing without a trace.

Artist Esther Osayande knows all too well that reality.

For nearly two years Osayande has been on a quest to find “Ihiti.”

“Ihiti,” an original pastel

work, is the image of an African (or African-American) woman draped in a bright, colorful covering with highlighted hair that twists out in all directions.

With mocha skin, piercing eyes, a broad nose and full lips, “Ihiti” is power and beauty combined.

“Ihiti” is the Amharic word for sister. Osayande said her East African neighbor would often refer to the neighbor’s sister as ihiti.

“She kept saying ‘ihiti’ when talking about her sister and I thought that was the woman’s name,” said Osayande. “When I found out she was saying sister, I came up with the idea to create ‘Ihiti.’”

Recognized for her power and beauty, “Ihiti” – which adorns this week’s cover of Insight News – was converted to prints and sold as such – and used on other mediums

“Girls’ Club,” a work by artist, Esther Osayande. such as t-shirts and coffee mugs – as the symbol of an

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Juneteenth celebration.

“Many people asked to buy

the original, but I just couldn’t part with her,” said Osayande. “I sold a lot of prints, but couldn’t sell the original.

Osayande couldn’t sell the original, but she offered it up for display in the office of an area art collective. No big deal, thought Osayande. The office displayed several works of other artists – mostly artists of color.

“I would see it there and I just kept it as part of the collection,” said the artist. “Then one day I decided I am finally going to sell the piece and I went (to the office) and it was gone.

That was two years ago.”

Osayande asked staffers as to the piece’s whereabouts but no one had answers. It seems “Ihiti” had powerful legs to go with her other powerful features.

“Ihiti” walked out the door.

“I have the feeling that piece is hanging up in someone’s home,” expressed Osayande. “I

was really attached to that piece, but obviously, so was someone else.”

Thankfully, that isn’t the only work of Osayande, a part of the Seed Project, which teams artists of color together to learn from elder artists and from one another. The artists of Seed will be unveiling a mural along Olson Memorial Highway in 2019. In addition to her work with the Seed Project, Osayande, who has worked on a multitude of public projects will have art soon to be seen by area bikers along a path in Minneapolis. Osayande was also an artist on the “Celebration of Life” mural that featured the work of renowned artist John Biggers.

But with all the wonderful art Osayande has created, “Ihiti” may be the one closest to her heart … and furthest from her grasp.

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“Oh, that’s just Michele being Michele.”

And somehow that makes it OK. The “it” is the vile, contemptuous racists and xenophobic language spewed from the mouth of Michele Bachmann … former United States Congresswoman of the 6th Congressional District in Minnesota, Michele Bachmann … current advisor to the White House under President Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann.

In response to the tragic shooting of Justine Damond

by Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor, Bachmann told a group of state GOP candidates and others, “We had a man, Mohamed Noor, who was an affirmative-action hire by the hijab-wearing mayor of Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges.”

She went on to say Noor shot Damond for “cultural reasons.”

Those “cultural reasons” according to Bachmann … Noor may have flipped out suffering a “cultural seizure” at the sight of a woman wearing pajamas. The latter is what she said during an interview with far-right website, www.wnd.com. During her July 19 talk with her GOP friends, which was on the subject of the changing demographics of the state, Bachmann warned her GOP pals – and trust, these are her buddies – to not shy away from their racists musings.

“Too many people are afraid of being called ‘racist,’ ‘bigots,’ ‘Islamophobe; I’m not afraid of it,” proudly proclaimed the racist, bigoted Islamophobic Bachmann.

Bachmann’s words are not just words. For her followers and those who think like her, it’s a call to action. Hate crimes are spiking in the Trump era and Bachmann is happy to add fuel to the flames. Never mind the fact that in 2015 a Somali woman was slashed about the face at a local Applebee’s for no other reason than speaking

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Michele Bachmann in Swahili. Let’s not bring up the two Muslim men shot last year outside of a mosque in Minneapolis. Or the multiple mosque fires throughout the state. Bachmann is out for blood … in the most literal sense.

But where’s the rebuke?

Outside of those most affected, our Somali brothers and sisters, there’s been little outrage. Not too many people are coming to the already fearful community’s defense. Democratic leaders aren’t condemning Bachmann.

Of course, her Republican pals aren’t talking out against her. In fact, the head of the Minnesota GOP, Jennifer Carnahan … an ethnic minority herself … gushed over Bachmann’s words.

“Wonderful to be a part of last night’s event in Carver County.

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Michele Bachmann gave an incredible speech,” wrote Carnahan on July 20 on her Facebook page.

What’s the fear; that in condemning the vile of Bachmann, you’ll be labeled in support of the cop that killed Damond? That can’t be it … can it?

I condemn the actions of Noor. Justine Damond should still be alive … period. And with that said, I equally condemn the words of a seemingly unhinged Michele Bachmann.

Her rhetoric, if unchecked, will lead to further violence against Muslims … period.

And here’s the kicker … there’s talk of this racist, bigoted Islamophobe Bachmann running for governor of Minnesota. God help us all.

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Arradondo named police chief

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor No longer able to withstand the public’s growing distrust in the Minneapolis Police Department, Janeé Harteau resigned as chief July 21.

Harteau’s successor was quickly named by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges as Medaria Arradondo. Arradondo, a 28-year veteran of the force and a native of Minneapolis, is the city’s first African-American police chief.

The appointment of Arradondo to chief is viewed as a positive move in efforts to restore confidence in the department. The longtime veteran was considered a peacemaker during the protests following the police shooting of Jamar Clark in November of 2015.

Already there have been changes announced under the new chief. In affect are changes to the body camera program, which now require officers to begin recording

when they are dispatched to any call for service, or take part in self-initiated activity. Officers in the Damond case were heavily criticized for not turning on their cameras during the incident.

“Through our in-process, internal review, we found many officers activate their cameras quite often, and appropriately. We also know some officers are not using them as much as we would like them to,” said Arradondo in a statement sent to media. “The new policy sets clear direction.”

Arradondo began his career in 1989 as a patrol officer in the 4th Precinct, rising through the ranks to work in Internal Affairs before heading the 1st Precinct as an inspector in downtown Minneapolis.

In 2007 Arradondo – along with four other officers – was part of a lawsuit against the department claiming systemic racial discrimination and a

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Hate speech roils Minneapolis after police shooting of Justine Damond (GIN) Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame pushed back at the “trash talk” – including remarks by former Rep. Michele Bachmann – sparked by the death of Justine Damond.

At the July 23 meeting, Warsame was surrounded by some two dozen members of the Somali community as he held a news conference outside the Darul Quba Cultural Center in South Minneapolis.

“What we’re seeing is a lot of rhetoric in the media,” said Warsame, blasting what he called “fake news peddlers

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Somali-American Minneapolis Police Officers. on Facebook” who had called Officer Mohamed Noor a “Somali killer cop.” Regarding

that Noor was an “affirmativeaction hire by the hijab-wearing mayor of Minneapolis” — an apparent reference to the fact that Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges has worn a head scarf when meeting with leaders of the city’s Somali-American community.

Bachmann also suggested Noor may have shot Damond for “cultural” reasons.

“This is very dangerous, because you’re seeing the action

Bachmann, Warsame said she was “talking trash” when she insinuated in a speech last week

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What the Philando Castile verdict means to us Who’s getting justice? Hearing this information is only making the racial war between the community and the police department bigger. The level of fear in the community caused by these officers is unacceptable.

Families are scared for their fathers, brothers, uncles, etc.

Acquitting that officer of all charges just made the racial divide bigger. More and more of our community is losing trust in the system

By Malik Riley, Roy Holliday, Marqueze Sherman, Malaysia Hayes, Wisdom Koyoto and Demetrius Knight, Black Male Student Achievement Summer Interns To fully grasp the concept of people of color not receiving justice from America’s court system, you must first have a proper understanding of the historical perspective of this phenomenon.

America has almost always failed to grant justice to its citizens of color, especially through its court of law. Rulings in cases like Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) and Brown v. Board of Education Topeka (1954), where people of color were granted basic human rights.

Being granted rights through the courts such as being free of housing discrimination and the access to the pursuit of a proper education, were and are a rare occurrence. From Emmett Till and Tamir Rice, to Eric Garner and Philando Castile, time and time again history has proven

Philando Castile that the American court system does not value Black lives.

All too often, Black males are seen as “thugs” when they are not. There are successful Black men in our community but they are seldom recognized or acknowledged as such. Knowing that former St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all three charges he faced in the killing of Castile has definitely caused uproar in the Black community, both here in Minnesota and across the country. Over the last year or so only two officers, out of 32 police murders of Black men were found guilty. What is this saying now? Who’s being protected?

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Solutions What we can do next, as a community is to bring in the police that are from within and outside of our communities to attend community events, so when problems arise in the community they can respond to us in a calm and collective way. We need to start changing the way the police are trained.

The police should incorporate community showings into their training where they go out and introduce themselves to the community to make the people safe. Parents within the community should hold meetings with the police, that are working in there community, because a parent should know who is going to be watching over there child when they are not around. If the parents are

comfortable with the police, then we can build off of that.

We also need to train officers to not use the gun right off the bat, because nowadays it seems like the police are very triggerhappy. They should use their non-lethal forms of engagement first, like the use of tasers and batons.

Bias

Not being experts on bias, what can be said is the ruling in favor of Yanez was absolutely ludicrous. As we all know with the recent killing of our Black men, younger and older, most were unjustified. It seems that these shootings occur with no reasonable idea behind them.

The difference between a bias and substantiated reasoning is that a bias is described as, lacking a point of being able to see how it affects the other party or it’s a systematic error in this situation. Law enforcement seems to believe because they feel “threatened” based on the skin color of the individual, they can take justice into their own hands. Yanez had the authority to murder an innocent man. As we sit at this table, writing this

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The intersection of Penn and Plymouth Avenues North in Minneapolis is undergoing a major transformation with the construction of Thor Companies’ new international headquarters.

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Transformation Randall Bradley Architect All architectural projects begin with a pen, paper, a hand, eyes, and a brain.

The Eiffel Tower, Rockefeller Center, the US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis City Hall, the Forbidden City, the Kremlin, college dormitories, the Sydney Opera House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling water and the IDS Center all began with synaptic

Peaces ‘n PuzSouls: Sheila Roby Sweeney addresses mental health David McCoy Insight News Intern “Mental health starts at infant health.”

Those were the words of Sheila Roby Sweeney; previously on “Conversations with Al McFarlane,” on KFAI Radio, on the heels of the Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge, which had entered the 10th and final week of the most recent installment. The two were discussing the importance of

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activity that moved to pen and paper as quickly as possible.

This is likely the swiftest action in any project. After this, things slow down considerably. There is friction – lots of it throughout the project. The time that it takes to draw a line is slower than the time that it takes to think it. Speed is not the goal.

Accuracy is.

All architectural projects have to respond, manage, and sometimes overcome the natural

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Sheila Roby Sweeney mental health with the focus was on Sweeney’s private practice clinic, Peaces ‘n PuzSouls.

“What I do is collect narratives of a person to give a mental prescription and a correct diagnosis,” said Roby Sweeney.

As a trained clinical social worker, Roby Sweeney has centered her work on behavioral health services, infant and early childhood mental health and the disproportionate representation of African-American students in educational programs. Her

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Publishers push for report on federal ad spending

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is set to begin work on a report detailing advertising spending by federal agencies – particularly as it pertains to Black and Latino media companies.

“After several senators joined our request, including Senate Democratic Leader (Sen.) Chuck Shumer, GAO sent us an update in February saying that the request would take about six months of work,” said Benjamin Fritsch, a spokesman for Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who first called for the report during a press conference with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) members and representatives of the National Association of Hispanic

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Publications (NAHP).

The GAO is a government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for Congress. Charles Young, the managing director of public affairs for the GAO acknowledged that the request for a new report was formally received in February.

“Staffing was not expected to be freed up from existing work for several months and we now expect to begin the work in August or September,” said Young.

In March 2016, Norton called on the office to issue a report on federal advertising contracts and subcontracts with minority-owned newspapers and media companies.

Norton said that the federal government serves as the largest advertiser in the country, and it is important that news outlets and media companies owned or published by individuals of color with a primary mission to serve communities of color have the same opportunities as other media outlets, especially as African-Americans and HispanicAmericans continue to grow in number in the United States.

“We believe that this request is particularly timely, because GAO will be conducting an audit of spending by federal agencies on

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NNPA President Benjamin Chavis speaks outside of the U.S. Capitol during a joint press conference between NNPA and NAHP. The press conference was attended by Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton in 2016. (far left). public relations and advertising,” said Norton.

In 2007, the GAO, which acts as the authoritative audit unit for the federal government, probed the spending on advertising contracts with minority-owned businesses by five agencies – the Department of Defense, Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The agency found that just five percent of the $4.3 billion available for advertising campaigns went to minority-owned businesses.

Thirty-one of Norton’s colleagues in Congress signed the letter, including Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) chair, Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) and legendary congressmen Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), and former CBC chair, Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.).

Seven months later in November, a group of senators, including Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) also signed a letter and joined the call for accountability in the federal government’s

advertising practices – or lack thereof when it comes to minorityowned news outlets.

Several aides to the lawmakers did note that journalists, who work for Blackand Hispanic-owned media outlets must do a better job of keeping the issue on the pages of their newspapers.

Dorothy Leavell, the new chairwoman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has vowed to do just that and she said she’s grateful to Norton.

“We are extremely appreciative of Congresswoman Norton for taking the initiative on this,” said Leavell, who is also the publisher of the Crusader Newspaper Group. Leavell added that the wait for the GAO report has been long enough. “Anymore delay will not be tolerated.”

Leavell also said that it was unacceptable that federal agencies have largely excluded Black-owned media companies from delivering messages from the U.S. government to the Black community.

“I urge the officials at GAO to start today in their investigation and conclude it immediately,” said Leavell.

However, Young said it

typically takes months before a request to the GAO is acted upon.

Also, the change in administration had nothing to do with the length of time this process has taken since Norton’s call about 15 months ago, he said.

“The change in administration does not have an impact, just the various other GAO reviews already underway,” said Young, noting that the GAO did not receive a formal request until February.

Approximately 73 percent of the recommendations GAO made four years earlier in Fiscal Year 2012, have already been implemented, thus making any suggestion on advertising with minority-owned media an important step in the quest for Black and Hispanic-owned papers to receive advertising dollars.

“The NNPA anticipates that the new GAO report will once again substantiate what we already know and that is Black American-owned newspapers and media companies are not afforded equality and equity for annual federal advertising spending,” said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “This is a serious problem that urgently needs to be rectified by the government of the United States.”

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Time for a retreat other activities – these retreats need to blend fun and business.

With this column, we share a few suggestions for how to help ensure retreats are well planned for by both staff and board members.

FUNdraising Good Times

By Mel and Pearl Shaw Summer is often associated with beaches, family vacations, hot sun and good fun.

For those in the nonprofit sector summer is also the season for retreats. These are times set aside to focus on programming, strategy, growth, partnerships and – many times – fundraising.

While we believe in keeping the “fun” in fundraising – and all

Planning If you are charged with helping to plan a retreat we suggest you provide all participants with information in advance of the retreat. While not everyone will read and absorb the material, some people truly need to receive information in advance. They don’t respond in the moment – they need time to contemplate what is being asked of them in order to participate. There are others who don’t appreciate surprises. If they are giving their time to a retreat they want to know what is being

asked of them. Sending retreat material in advance to all members helps to ensure full participation.

Create an agenda that includes opportunities for participants to interact and provide input. When the focus is fundraising make sure you clearly communicate fundraising goals and priorities, including how much needs to be raised for each priority. Share the tools available to support fundraising, and provide guidance on how to use these. Update participants on the processes to measure and evaluate progress towards goals. Include time for small group activities such as creating a timeline and activity chart to guide the work of staff and board.

Participating

When you are a retreat participant you want to stay aware of what is being asked of you before, during and after the retreat.

The following are a few items you want to track. Do you understand the goals and mission set forth by the CEO? Are you clear on ways in which you can become engaged?

Do you know what is asked of you and by when? Is there commitment and buy-in from your fellow board members? What support you can expect to receive from fellow board members and staff?

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. What are the challenges we face? How can we overcome these? What are we selling in the philanthropic marketplace for the upcoming year? What has been the track record and success of the organization to date? How

will we be informed throughout the process? Is there a written plan that has had input from board staff and key stakeholders? What is the Plan B and Plan C if Plan A falters?

Retreats – or “advances” as some now refer to these gatherings – can be most productive.

Advanced planning and full engagement by all participants are a prerequisite. Our guidance … prepare, participate and then get to work.

Copyright 2017 – Mel and Pearl Shaw Mel and Pearl Shaw are authors of four books on fundraising available on Amazon. com. For more information visit www.saadandshaw.com or call (901) 522-8727.

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Racial inequality growing in U.S. schools

By Bria Nicole Stone NNPA Newswire Contributor Black families overwhelmingly believe that their schools are underfunded, and that racial inequality is growing, according to a poll conducted by the Leadership Conference Education Fund and the Anzalone Liszt Grove Research firm.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund, which is the education and research arm of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, developed the poll to “explore how Black and Latino parents and families view the American education system’s success in educating their children,” according to a press release about the survey.

Transformation From 3 realities of gravity, the seasons, thermal variances, vibrations, wind, ultra-violet and other solar rays and soil conditions. All of the materials that are components of the building; concrete, steel, brick, glazing, wood, flooring materials, ceiling finishes, light fixtures, plumbing fixtures and piping, electrical conduits and switches must accommodate the activities that human beings need to be functional in that space. All human beings regardless of height, weight, economics, intelligence, gender, race, age, religion, language, politics or meanness, need shelter. Architects and designers bring forth architecture for living, education, business, health care, recreation, athletics, manufacturing, transportation, retail/shopping, governance, entertainment, etc.

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Sweeney From 3 therapy clinic, located at 777 Selby Ave., St. Paul, further exemplify the kind of mindful work Roby Sweeney has dedicated her life to doing.

“Personalized prescriptions changes patterns.

Changed patterns let people take their lives into their own hands. Everyone’s background is important,” said Roby Sweeney. “You can observe children to understand adults, and then you can begin the healing process. We are coupling personal background with medicine. When one person walks into therapy they bring their ancestry and leave with a new future.”

Referencing her work with the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Association for Infant & Early Childhood Mental

Castile From 3 commentary, doing our best to make it one step closer to an uncertain future, we can’t help but think all it takes is one officer to feel frightened by our presence, for our lives to be over.

Let’s turn our attention to the charges that were levied against Yanez. The charges were reckless discharge of a firearm, child endangerment and manslaughter. Because our

The poll revealed that 90 percent of Black parents and families believe schools in Black communities are underfunded compared to white communities.

The poll also showed that almost 75 percent of Black parents and families believe that the education Black students receive is worse than what white students.

A report about the poll said, “Among Black parents and family members whose child’s teachers are mostly white, only 42 percent believe that schools are trying their best to educate Black students, 16 points below the share of those whose children have mostly Black teachers.”

Liz King, the senior policy analyst and the director of education policy for the Leadership Conference Education Fund, said that there has been a lot of research that’s come out lately that suggests an implicit bias that educators,

who are mostly white, have towards Black and Latino children.

The press release about the poll said that the findings come at a critically important time for public education in the United States as states are currently developing education plans as part of their obligations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

“These plans are states’ opportunities to make a clear declaration about their belief in the education of all children and a commitment to ensuring children get the education they deserve,” read the press release.

Republicans in the United States Congress continue to chip away at ESSA, making it harder for states to clearly define those commitments.

In March, Republicans voted to rollback accountability measures established by the Obama Administration,

Education Week reported.

“The Obama-era accountability rules, finalized late last year, set ground rules for how schools must be rated for school-improvement purposes, specified the requirements of (and flexibility for) states dealing with high testing opt-out rates in individual schools, and outlined how states would have to handle the ‘school quality’ indicator in accountability systems,” according to the Education Week blog post.

Opponents of the Republican-led rules change said, “that the move was unnecessary, would create confusion in states about whether and to what extent their ESSA accountability plans comply with the law, and could endanger crucial protections for disadvantaged students.”

In the report, researchers with the Leadership Conference Education Fund said that the

findings of the “New Education Majority” poll should be a clarion call for advocates and policymakers who must come to terms with the fact that a successful education policy must be responsive to the needs of Black, Latino and Asian children, who make up a majority of public school students in America.

Researchers recommended opening the decision-making processes around educational policies to Black and Latino families, especially decisions regarding priorities and funding, integrating implicit bias and cultural responsiveness training into teacher preparation and professional development, preparing, hiring, supporting and retaining strong Black and Latino teachers, designing accountability systems that focus on high academic achievement, especially for Black and Latino

children and supporting and improving any school where Black or Latino children are not being effectively educated.

Given the context of ESSA implementation, King said that the federal government, states, school districts and schools have a great opportunity to put policies into place that are responsive to the needs and values of the new majority of public school children.

“We need to ensure that every single school is organized around excellence for every single child,” said King. “Parents in this poll spoke to the value of a state’s rating of a school’s success in educating children well, a central piece of ESSA’s accountability requirements, as well as the need to ensure that educators have the [resources] and preparation to support every child’s success and overcome historic barriers to opportunity.”

these considerations before the owner darkens their doorway.

LSE Architects (Lawal, Scott, and Erickson) considered these issues and likely more before they sat down with Thor Construction to begin the thinking needed for the specifics of this owner, this use and this location. The architect incorporates all of the applicable building, fire, exiting, access, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing codes and laws to this project. Architects look to the “fit” of the project in the street grid. Where should the exits and entries be located?

How is parking access? What are the cardinal directions for sunlight, prevailing winds, and orientations? Building massing is a predominate consideration.

How does the project relate or respond to the surrounding and adjacent buildings? Will there be “harmony” in the neighborhood or will this building “not fit” well?

After the initial “let’s get acquainted - here’s my team” meetings, the architect,

unlike doctors and the medical profession that deal with sickness and despair, or lawyers, who deal with trouble, deals with the hopes and the future idea of the project. The currency of architectural design is visual fulfillment, joy, happiness and the total body wellness of things being dreamt and then completed.

The architect achieves this by discussing the owners’ needs, desires and expectations. This initiates the writing of the architectural program. This is a list of rooms, shapes, sizes, uses, square footage calculations, adjacencies, locations and uses.

Once completed the architectural program, is very much like your grocery shopping list, and is referred to throughout the project. The architectural program is the basis for all subsequent drawings.

The architectural program for the building being erected at Penn and Plymouth Avenues North delineates a five-story building of 325,000 square feet (sq. ft.) with indoor parking for 632 vehicles on four and a half

levels with two levels below grade. There will be 12,000 sq. ft. of retail stores and shops, and 70,000 sq. ft. of office space.

The exterior facades shall be metal panels and windows.

Professional design services are typically undertaken in five phases.

The first set of drawings is the schematic design phase. The layout of the spaces and rooms begin here. Lots of sketches and several configurations of floor plans are generated for review, discussion and decisions. The preliminary cost estimate is generated from the selected scheme.

The owner then directs the architectural design team to enter the design development phase.

This phase allows for refinement of the proposed design. Building systems, equipment and products are researched and proposed for review by the owner. Sizes, shapes, and dimensions are finalized. Further development of the project design is done concurrently with the zoning code review, the building code

review, structural analysis and reviewing the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing code reviews. Other codes, laws and jurisdictional agencies may also require separate or additional reviews. Typically, the cost estimate is also updated during this phase.

Next, the final phase of drawing preparation has been historically referred to as working drawings, accommodated by a written specification. This phase is now known as the preparation of the contract documents. Lots of construction detail drawing, by hand and computer are included.

These are the legal documents that the contractor uses to build the project. It takes several months to complete these drawings. These documents are also used for bidding or negotiation of the price for the construction of the project.

Once the costs are accepted and construction begins, the architectural team administers the project for the owner. They act as a referee between the

builder and the owner to ensure compliance with the documents and review of the builder’s progress.

After several months of construction, the architectural team members prepare all necessary close-out documentation for the owner.

Keys are handed over from the contractor, the project is completed and then there is a grand opening celebration. All celebrate a successful project ending and move on. The architect, to their next design commission. The builder, to their next construction project.

The owner, to their use of the building for the purpose for which it was intended.

The successful completion of this project will bring joy to all.

Architect Randall Bradley is writing a multi-part series on the construction of the new Thor property at the corners of Penn Avenue North and Plymouth Avenue North in Minneapolis.

Health, Roby Sweeney, through multiple agencies, has delivered workshops, seminars, counseling and other informational sessions.

“I did data collection for my dissertation on young adult African-American moms reflecting on disconnect. I’ve wanted to start a class to teach about deliberate parenting and training around trauma. Trauma is often rejected because of generational rut.”

This rut Sweeney talks about is the kind of traditional parenting that is trusted “because that’s what my mother or father did,” according to Roby Sweeney.

“That’s systematic teaching,” explained the clinical social worker, who is a longtime participant in the Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge.

Roby Sweeney said addressing mental health at an early age is critical.

“There are really only three institutions in the African-American community

– the educational, mental and correctional,” warned Roby Sweeney. “I knew I wanted to create and put things together; if someone ends in a lock facility, what lead them there? The younger you start looking, the more malleable and impressionable (they) were.”

So how can a parent or guardian do more to help a child, especially one that is still learning to talk in these formative years?

Imagine your baby is crying how do you handle that?

“They could need a moment, but aren’t able to voice that concern. You have to pay attention to the child’s cues,” said Roby Sweeney. “(Parents should be) aligning the child’s feelings with (their) own and (by) acknowledging their feelings helps. It’s being attuned to the child. If your child is hot, it can be as simple as acknowledging that you feel the heat too. ‘It sure is hot today’ works.”

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judicial system has the mindset that police have nothing but the best intention while on patrol, it seems that convicting them of these murders is almost impossible. Sadly, I was expecting for Yanez to get off on the manslaughter charge, however what really disgusts me is that this man got off on the other two charges. Yanez was so reckless in the killing of Castile, that one of the bullets hit the backseat of the car just inches away from his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. Let’s not forget that the other charges of reckless discharge of a firearm and child endangerment seemed

like easy layups for conviction.

We saw the bullet holes in his car, we watched the video, we saw the trajectory of all of the bullets, and yet still not guilty was the verdict. If carelessly shooting into a car with a young child only feet away, with the intent of kill is justifiable, then we clearly are witnessing bias in action.

This murderous problem of police shooting civilians must be addressed.

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By Carmen Robles Afrodescendientes Saturday, July 15, 2017 6:30 a.m.

I awoke feeling my father by my side. Feeling blessings from the embrace of his regrets, his remorse stroking my hair, soothing the spirit of the little girl he discarded. I awoke feeling the freedom of forgiveness finally lifting from deep, deep, deep within my soul.

Transformation from the outside in Once I worked my way to finding my waist, to feeling

stronger and having energy, I began to feel different on the inside. Tears mixed with sweat seems to be the magic formula to this journey of transformation.

Slow, painful. So many setbacks, fallbacks, slip-backs. Those internal vines twisting within me are so deeply rooted, even with my imagination it was difficult to hold on to the beauty that is life.

To live. Not to just exist but to participate. To engage with other humans.

I was settling into the “just” category. Just going along. Letting the waves of living carry me to my destination … a destination so farfetched I was beginning to accept life’s defeats. In my third act of my cycle of physical existence I was convinced it is what it is. Just hanging on. Hanging on to old memories, old artifacts, old pain.

Pulling boxes out from corners of closets. Rummaging through them

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to capture a lost moment. Only to find photographs melted together, faces of people unrecognizable.

Long-forgotten events that evoke no emotion yet need to be stuffed in a box in the back corner of a closet. My living space is 650 square feet. Those boxes taking up valuable external square footage are a reflection of the space they take in my head; in my soul. Just waiting. Waiting for opportunity to knock down my door, grab me by the hair and drag me out in the world.

That’s what my daddy used to do.

He did that last night in my dream. Only this time it was done with love, patience, gentleness.

This time he is holding my hand leading me to through the most exciting chapter of my life.

Carrying me to the most joyous of playlands in the whole wide world. The delightful carousel ride celebrating the accumulation of my life’s work. Telling my story and inspiring others to tell theirs.

My breast cancer diagnosis gave me a new lease on life. The Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge gave me the tools to honor that life

… to honor my body. The F.I.T. Lab trainers took me by the hand and led to the promise land of healthy life style transformation.

They led me through a difficult but doable journey … a journey of self-discovery, seeing what I’m really made of. It’s exhilarating to push myself to the next level. Four modified pushups turned into 19 full on pushups. The medication I am taking for five years has terrible effects on bone density.

My bone scan results last week showed a 5 percent increase in density “due to exercise” boasted my oncologist, Dr. Domingo Perez.

During the break between challenges I continue to take early morning classes, enjoying a grueling outdoor workout, welcoming the break of dawn. As I was jumping rope the other day I suddenly got a flash back memory that knocked me off my feet … literally. The rope entangled my feet and I went down like a beached beluga whale. Not a pretty site. Luckily, no harm no foul, just a bunch of bruising. A badge of honor since the activity evoked wonderful, passionate memories of rope jumping as a young girl.

Growing up in crowded cities of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Da Bronx, we played outdoor games such as hop scotch, handball and jump rope. I was a double-dutch rope jumper, sought out by teams at PS 19 in Brooklyn and Beha Junior High School in Manhattan.

A beautiful memory lost, buried under all of life’s regrets.

I had been an athlete, popular and competitive. I was suddenly feeling a wonderful connection to my youth; unexpected, wonderful perks of the Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge.

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Commentary Foot soldiers & dead flies: The White House Communications Department Contributing Columnist

By De’Vonna Bentley-Pittman The White House Communications Department has major human resource issues, partly because there seems to be a weird sense of nepotism occurring right before our eyes.

But, mainly because the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump has ignited a masterful plan to inject the White House with many of his powerfully rich friends.

With Trump’s approval rating below 40 percent and former

Arradondo From 3 hostile working environment.

The group put forth the claim that Black officers were offered less overtime and fewer training opportunities and thus, received fewer appointments than white officers. The city settled, paying the officers a total of $740,000.

While the immediate fallout follows the July 15 police killing of Justine Damond, killed after

Hate From 3 of an individual, a member of the police department, being blamed on the whole community. That’s unacceptable,” said Warsame.

Damond, 40, was killed July 15 after a late-night call to 911 to report a possible sexual assault taking place behind her home. Eight minutes

Communications Director Mike Dubke resigning late May, it was evident that the President needed to move fast and furiously.

On July 21, the White House released a statement confirming Anthony Scaramucci’s appointment as White House Communications Director and former Deputy Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s resignation. Prior to resigning, Spicer provided many opportunities for Republicans and Democrats alike to praise his departure. He seemed to be a huge supporter of Trump and spoke highly of his decisions around immigration, Obamacare, and others controversial legislative items. However, Spicer did not praise Anthony Scaramucci’s appointment as White House Communications Director and was not on board with the hiring of the New York financier believing it would add to an already chaotic and controversial

work environment. In concert with Spicer’s objection to Scaramucci’s appointment White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus was strongly against the appointment as well. And then, Scaramucci made it clear that he would be reporting directly to the president and not Priebus. Y’all, it sounds like there are some serious ruffling of feathers occurring behind those curtains.

In spite of what seemed to be a consistent theme and harmonious relationship between the president and Spicer, something changed behind the dark curtains of the Presidential offices. There are likely other internal issues that occurred in the White House that pushed Spicer out. Wait for it.

Within an eight-month span Spicer was out, and on June 5, Sarah Huckabee Sanders stood in front of the press room in his place. She was eventually introduced as the new Deputy White House Press

Secretary. Like watching the firing of our worst work enemy walk through a long hallway carrying boxes full of sentiments collected over many years – we agree we did not like him. Spicer gave Hitler mercy in his rant and references to Syria. To put it bluntly, he agitated us and got on our nerves. Still, something just doesn’t seem right about this and many feel weird about praising the departure of Spicer just yet.

Who is Scaramucci? His nickname is Mooch. He is definitely not new to political terrain, in fact he seems to have been waiting for his chance at the White House. Scaramucci has long been slated to work with the Republican White House. He served on Trump’s Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee and is former chair of the Republican National Committee. Scaramucci is known for being a hedge

she called police to report a possible sexual assault, the feelings of community distrust are deeply rooted. Though many have openly speculated as to police misconduct in the killing of 22-year-old Terrence Franklin in 2013, it was the killing of unarmed 24-year-old Clark that brought tensions to a fever pitch.

Clark was killed just a block away from the department’s 4th Precinct by officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. The 61-second encounter led to 18 straight days of protest outside of the 4th Precinct and additional

protests throughout the city, including a protest that for a time shut down traffic on Interstate 94. Furthering the rift, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman declined to prosecute the two officers, sparking another wave of protests. Ringgenberg and Schwarze remain on the force – Ringgenberg in the department’s 2nd Precinct and Schwarze in its 5th.

Days prior to the killing of Damond by Officer Mohamed Noor, the community decried the shooting by another Minneapolis Police Officer of two dogs inside a yard. That officer was at the

residence because of an accidental alarm. Harteau swiftly issued a statement in the matter saying the incident, which was captured on camera, was “difficult to watch.”

That statement drew heat when many remembered the former chief only issued a statement in the Clark killing nearly a year after the shooting, and in full support of Ringgenberg and Schwarze.

Insight News has contacted department in efforts to conduct an exclusive interview with the new chief.

later, when officers hadn’t arrived yet, she called again.

When Officers Matthew Harrity and Noor pulled up in their squad car, Damond approached. Noor, in the passenger seat, shot across driver Harrity, hitting Damond in the abdomen with a bullet.

Attempts by the officers to revive her were unsuccessful and she died at the scene.

Noor has not given a statement and has obtained a lawyer.

Warsame was asked whether

Noor or other East African police officers have received death threats since the shooting.

“I’ve spoken with a number of officers who are afraid,” said the councilman. “But the thing is, I’ve seen young children who are afraid … I’ve seen women who are afraid walking down the street and they haven’t committed anything.”

Thus far the city of Minneapolis had logged more than 55 complaints to its civil rights division,

many expressing concern or anger about the shooting.

Several were characterized as derogatory, discriminatory or anti-Muslim. At least one death threat was made against Noor.

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the U.S., roughly 57,000 people according to the latest census figures, most of whom live in the Twin Cities. Somali immigrants have been coming to Minnesota from their war-torn homeland since the 1990s.

fund manager, but on Jan. 12 of this year President-elect Trump attempted to appoint Scaramucci as Director of White House Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs. George Sifikas was appointed instead due to Scaramucci’s swearing in delay and an extended review of his finances. Sound familiar?

What we do know is the Republican Party struggles with the acceptance of critique, or the very spirit of critique. And, because it has been proven that criticism speaks louder than praise Republican communications staff members are dropping like flies.

Scaramucci will be expected to be a foot soldier walking to the tune of President Donald J. Trump. If he can’t do that, he too will be among others who came into the White House praising the president, but once they got

a good view they were willing to walk away from it all, or be forced out. If Scaramucci has a thread of decency and integrity he won’t last long. If he so much as bends down to tie his shoes or questions the major human resource issues occurring in the White House he will have missed the drumbeat, and just like all the others before him he will be out. Scaramucci has already begun, just like Spicer to try and get into our heads.

“There has been a disconnect between the way we see the president and how much we love the president,” said the new director. But we know how this will end.

De’Vonna Bentley-Pittman is an author and blogger residing in the Twin Cities. For more on Bentley-Pittman go to www. devonnapittman.com.

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Lifestyle Cindy Kent, bound by faith, duty Meet Opportunity

By Meredith Moore Crosby Cindy Kent is someone who seeks to use all of her gifts and talents.

Kent is president and general manager of 3M’s Infection Prevention Division and has been in the Twin Cities community for more than a decade. She hopes people will realize how multidimensional and powerful we are as human beings and encourages being open to the possibility of both doing and being more,

saying only when you try, can you achieve.

Kent believes our power starts with one source. She desires to be a blessing to friends, family and the kingdom of God. She wants to bring light and hope in the world by showing up as a more authentic leader and by encouraging others to do the same. She wants everyone to have the confidence to pursue higher education with the support of role models, mentors and other resources.

Every day Kent wakes up hoping to be her own personal best self – mind, body and spirit. She wants to use her life experiences and resources to positively transform the lives of others, and she wants to leave every place and situation that she’s in better than she found them. Kent strives to be a magnet

Cindy Kent for positive, productive people who are changing the world.

Kent understands “we” are all of “us” despite the objectification that happens because of

differences. She’s seen the power of finding common ground, and wants to be part of the solution and not simply pointing out problems without offering a corresponding solution. If she doesn’t have a recommendation she won’t bring up an issue. She believes in karma, and is intentional about words and their potential impact – positively or negatively – on others.

Kent was one of 20 selected from several hundred applicants to participate in the 17 class of the Henry Crown Fellowship of the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. An ordained minister, Kent talks freely about her faith, focus and purpose.

“I’ve always spoken openly about my faith and had never thought of it as being as

courageous as others give me credit for being,” said Kent.

“I’ve also always been a very passionate advocate in corporate diversity initiatives throughout my career – especially being in healthcare and the med/tech industries. I make every effort to ensure that candidate slates are diverse, a reflection of my own values. I hope that in having these crucial conversations, in these environments, I can help usher in a new level of consciousness in the corporate ranks.”

Kent is in heavy demand as a female corporate mentor of color.

She is always gracious, but must balance her passion for mentoring with the fact that she is president and general manager of the largest healthcare business at 3M. For Kent, the community can help

her by having more corporate leaders take a direct and active role in community building and mentoring would-be business owners.

We’ve got 25 Fortune 1,000 corporations headquartered in Minnesota that attracts lots top talent to our community, that’s a tremendous opportunity to support our community. We have an obligation to lift while we climb. Kent encourages other corporate leaders to both mentor and sponsor future talent both in and beyond their organizations.

She often uses time on her commute to and from work for mentoring calls.

Kent’s measure of success is net impact. She is grateful for every moment, especially this one.

Take responsibility for your actions Man Talk

By Timothy Houston Who I am inwardly will always supersede who others believe me to be.

To be popular outwardly while failing inwardly will not work. We all must continually work to be better because the

positive change that we make in our personal life will make our public life better as well. Some mistakenly look for change to take place outside of them. They believe that their life will be better if the other people in their life would just act right. The truth is, we can only own our actions and reactions. Consider these key areas for which we must take responsibility.

Take personal responsibilities for your actions. The devil did not make you do it; you were selfgoverned. It was your thoughts and words that you acted upon. When you are self-governed, you will be

become unbelievable, unreliable and undependable. These choices will always lead to consequences that will take away from the positive life you should be living.

Your actions must be governed by a higher standard than yourself.

When you take responsibility for your actions, you allow God to order your steps and guide your path. You then become believable, reliable and dependable. You will be at peace, and your life will be full of prosperity because your actions are governed by a higher standard.

Take personal responsibilities for the things you say about

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yourself. Your conversation is an outward sign of how you inwardly feel about yourself. You say what you believe. As you establish positive belief in yourself, you will speak positive words and your actions will change. Words create actions. They are the catalyst for positive achievement. What type of things are you saying? Your words are a reflection of who you are internally, and they will set the stage for what you will accomplish externally.

Take personal responsibilities for the way you see yourself. If your feelings and circumstances are your yardstick, you may see

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living a positive life already know this. They take ownership and responsibility for their life. They do not look to or blame anyone for their present condition. They own it. You can live this positive life as well. Make sure your heart, words and actions line up, and take personal responsibility for your thoughts, words, and action.

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East Shore Place 805 Wildwood Road Mahtomedi, MN 55115 (651) 770-7964 NOTICE: OPENING THE 1 BEDROOM WAIT LIST Project-Based Section 8/202; rent based on income for qualified applicants.

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For more information visit the court’s website, www.mnd.uscourts. gov, Employment.

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Monday, July 31 FILM/DISCUSSION Sundance Institute Workshop/ Discussion Walker Library 2880 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis 6 p.m. -8 p.m.

The Minneapolis Film Collective hosts a follow-up talk with the Sundance Institute.

Learn more about the festival and get insight in the film world.

July 31 August 13, 2017

Tuesday, Aug. 1 BLOCK PARTY Black Excellence National Night Out 2017 H. White Men’s Room 1500 44th Ave. N., Minneapolis 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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

FOOD/HIP HOP

Wednesday, Aug. 9

Klassics Pop-Up Experience Vol.2 Breaking Bread Café 1210 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. $50

Soul Bazaar Icehouse 2528 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis 9 p.m. – 2 a.m.

21-plus $8

FILM “Hidden Figures” Capri Theater 2027 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis 7 p.m. $5 advance As a part of the First Thursday’s film series, catch the critically acclaimed film on the Black Women of NASA, “Hidden Figures.”

Friday, Aug. 4 ALT SOUL/ROCK Gary Clark, Jr. Palace Theatre 17 7th Pl. W., St. Paul 8 p.m.

Sold Out

H. White Men’s Room invites you to party, meet neighbors and have some food as part of National Night Out.

One of the true musicians of this generation, Gary Clark, Jr. returns to Minnesota to play the newly renovated Palace Theater in downtown St. Paul.

Wednesday, Aug. 2

Saturday, Aug. 5

CONCERT

POP

Oakdale Summer Concert with Sawyer’s Dream Richard Walton Memorial Park 1584 Hadley Ave. N., Oakdale 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Americana folk band Sawyer’s Dream plays a youth friendly concert in Oakdale.

Bruno Mars: 24K Magic World Tour Xcel Energy Center 199 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul 8 p.m. $215-plus A showman and pop icon, Bruno Mars plays the Xcel to a full house.

Thursday, Aug. 3

Sunday, Aug. 6

Get a full course meal of soul food and Caribbean cuisine from Chef Gerard Klass served up with some hip-hop flavor with DJ Miss Brit on the wheels.

Monday, Aug. 7 Musical Mondays Hell’s Kitchen 80 S. 9th St., Minneapolis 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

21-plus $5 suggested donation Musical Mondays at Hell’s Kitchen is a monthly cabaret series featuring musical theater performers in the Twin Cities, hosted on the first Monday of every month.

Tuesday, Aug. 8 International Reggae Allstars Bunker’s 761 N. Washington Ave., Minneapolis 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.

21-plus $6 The islands come to the great north during this weekly live reggae event featuring the International Reggae Allstars.

Soul Tools’ “Soul Bazaar” is a national touring party combining music, art, games and more for those labeled nonconformists, misfits, weirdos and those who love them. Curated by Toki Wright, performers include Big Cats, Blazz, NatanYael, Mamadu, and FreeQueenSee.

Thursday, Aug. 10 Youth United 2017 Neighborhood House 179 Robie St. E., St. Paul 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Ages 13-18 No charge This day of conversation and learning helps youth develop skills for confronting community challenges and making a difference. Workshops include sessions on legal rights, mental health and community organizing.

Friday, Aug. 11 Raquel Rodriguez Icehouse 2528 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis 9:30 p.m.

21-plus $10 advance, $12 door

Raquel Rodriguez, comes to the Icehouse as a follow up to her sold out show back in March of 2015. Joining her are local favorites, jazz/funk band, New Sound Underground, and J Thompson will be on the turntables.

Saturday, Aug. 12 Fit and Fabulous NEON 1007 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

No charge Come out and enjoy a little “me time” with a party designed to motivate you to conquer your health and wellness goals.

Sunday, Aug. 13 Twin Cities Natural Hair & Beauty Expo Ramada Plaza Minneapolis 1330 Industrial Blvd. N.E., Minneapolis 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. $10 The Twin Cities Natural Hair & Beauty Expo is a oneday event designed to allow women across the cities to meet, network and exchange ideas with others of like interest. The Event features educators and vendors, along with live entertainment.

Los Angeles-based soul singer,

New Twin, Jaime Garcia

Trade for Garcia makes sense

By Fred Easter The most important thing about the Twins pursuit of Jaime Garcia is it signals the team’s interest in pursuing the playoffs this year rather than off loading major league assets in exchange for prospects.

Makes sense. Our prospects are in the major leagues now.

Garcia comes from the Atlanta Braves and has experience with thoracic outlet syndrome, the condition that cost Phil Hughes most of two seasons. You’d think that would’ve given the team pause, but Garcia does have nine quality starts and a sub 4.00 ERA. A quality start is at least six innings pitched with three or fewer earned runs charged.

Aside from Ervin Santana and Jose Berrios there haven’t been many quality starts recorded by Twins starters. Garcia will be a free agent at year’s end, so this is effectively “a rental.” If he’s effective and he likes this young team’s potential, maybe he and the team will find it mutually beneficial to keep him here longer term.

I must admit that this

diehard fan was hoping we’d add the Oakland A’s Sonny Gray to our rotation.

Congratulations to Rebecca Brunson for being named a WNBA Western Conference all-star.

Opposing players and coaches appreciate the importance of the work she does whenever she’s on the court. Box out and rebound. Tenaciously defend a dangerous opponent big. Hit the open shot when it’s there. That last part would’ve endeared Ricky Rubio to fans and coaches alike.

I remember when Lou Holtz was signed to coach Gophers football. Even he didn’t get the hype that has accompanied P.J. Fleck’s arrival and every move.

Maybe that’s just a function of media and marketing growth, but, expectations are soaring. No mere mortal could exceed those expectations.

While we’re on Gophers sports, can you remember a time when the basketball team appeared poised to improve on what was a very good year?

New York, the nation’s cradle of point guards, has contributed another of its phenoms. Isaiah Washington, New York’s 2017 Mr. Basketball will be in “The Barn” this season. Kenny “The

Jet” Anderson, Stephon Marbury and Sebastian Telfair are other Big Apple point guards who have been so honored, and had stellar college and NBA careers.

Jamir Harris, a skilled point guard from New Jersey, will also be a Gopher frosh this year.

New Yorkers, like this diehard fan, consider New Jersey a suburb of NYC … unless it’s southern New Jersey, which is a suburb of Philadelphia.

Dupree McBrayer may be as good a recruiter as Coach Pitino himself. Dupree played with and against Washington on the tough NYC playgrounds. There will be added depth up front, too. I’d pay to watch practice.

Congratulations to Jessica Allister, Gophers softball coach, on a phenomenal season. Our Lady Gophers spent large parts of last season ranked No.1 in the nation. I felt the team was victimized by the NCAA by being prevented from hosting a regional tournament. The disappointment and travel to Alabama proved too heavy a load, as their bats fell silent.

Sadly, best wishes on her success rebuilding Stanford University’s program. She is returning to her college roots. Who can blame her for that?

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Three artists examines themes of identity and culture through drawings, paintings and films

Mia exhibits Somali artists The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) will present “I Am Somali: Three Visual Artists from the Twin Cities,” an exhibition that celebrates the work of Hassan Nor, Aziz Osman and Ifrah Mansour.

The artists share stories of exile, memory, identity, pride and resilience through drawings, paintings and film, displayed alongside traditional objects illustrating daily life in Somalia.

On view Aug. 19 to April 29, this exhibition marks the first time Mia will show work by contemporary Somali artists.

“Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali community in the U.S.,” said Jan-Lodewijk

Hassan Nor’s “Vignettes of Life in Somalia.”

Grootaers, head of the Arts of Africa and the Americas and curator of African Art at Mia. “It is an honor to showcase three generations of Somali artists who live in the Twin Cities.

Their work counters the widely held idea that art by Muslims is non-figural, and they examine identity in a personal, vulnerable way, which is recognizable across cultures and religions.”

Nor and Osman were born in Somalia and grew up there, migrating to the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s after the outbreak of civil war at home.

Their drawings and paintings look to the past, depicting life in Somalia before the war and on their way to the U.S. Mansour, meanwhile, was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Minnesota.

Her video addresses the cultural ignorance and stereotypes she encounters in her daily life.

To add context to the contemporary artwork, Mia is collaborating with the Somali Museum of Minnesota to showcase five traditional objects illustrating daily life in Somalia.

The artifacts include milk containers, a pair of sandals, a camel bell and a Qur’an stand.

The exhibition’s title comes from a poem by Abdulkadir Hersi Siyad. In Somalia, poetry has long been the preferred medium for artistic expression; in fact, the country is sometimes called “the land of bards.” This is in part because of Somalia’s long Islamic tradition, which discourages the visual depiction of people but elevates the spoken word.

Yet Somali artists have also turned to other media, including drawing, painting, photography and video. Programming related to “I Am Somali: Three Visual

Artists from the Twin Cities” includes a panel discussion on Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. with Nor, Osman, and Mansour about issues they take to heart, such as art-making in Somali society, knowledge of traditional Somalia across generations and being an immigrant in the United States.

The talk will be moderated

by University of Minnesota sociologist Cawo Awa Abdi and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, author of “Somalis in Minnesota.” Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for My Mia members and free for African Art Affinity Group members. For reservations or information, call (612) 8703000.

John Jamison stars as Joseph in Schneider Theater’s

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” directed by Michael Matthew Ferrell runs in the Schneider Theater, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington, through Aug. 27.

Set to a new beat in Ferrell’s staging, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is reimagined to reflect the director’s lyrical and athletic styles. This story is about overcoming odds and

fulfilling one’s destiny.

Featuring one of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s catchiest scores in a myriad of musical styles, “Joseph” tells the tale of a young dreamer haunted by prophetic visions that he will one day rule over his 11 jealous brothers. Fueled by animosity, his brothers sell Joseph – played by John Jamison – into slavery in dangerous and unfamiliar Egypt, where he must find his own way and face the greatest

trials of his life.

Denise Prosek, resident music director of Theater Latte Da, will music direct the show.

This is her first time working with Artistry – the company presenting the play.

Artistry is a regional arts nonprofit serving more than 70,000 people annually through theater, visual arts, arts education, and creative placemaking programs.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” runs

through Aug. 27. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m.

There will be three Wednesday evening performances at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2, Aug. 9 and Aug. 23.

A “pay what you can performance” will be held on Aug. 14. For more information visit www.artistrymn.org.

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Small town is the vacation home to the Midwest Black middle class

Idlewild: Heaven on earth

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor

When I first heard about a place called Idlewild it was because a movie bared its name. I enjoyed the movie, but the movie – as entertaining as it is – does this magical place no justice.

Now there are a few Idlewilds throughout the U.S. but thee Idlewild I’m talking about is the one in Michigan.

And though it has fallen on hard times, there’s something so wonderful … so serine … so liberating about the place, that it’s comeback is inevitable. In fact, it’s already begun.

But to tell you where Idlewild is today, I need to tell you a bit about where it

was. Some of it you can get from Wikipedia. But I was blessed enough to get it from those who know it best … the “Idlewilders.” And you can’t talk Idlewild without talking about the town’s unofficial ambassador and historian, John Meeks. Meeks is 95 years old and when it comes to Idlewild, he’s seen it all. The ups and the downs. To hear the stories from Meek makes you wish you were there to experience Idlewild in its heyday.

In its heyday Idlewild, situated in mid-Michigan about three hours north of Detroit, four hours north of Chicago, five hours north of Cleveland, eight hours north of St. Louis and a between nine and 10 hours east of Minneapolis/St. Paul depending on if you drive the whole way

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Martha’s Vineyard is to wellto-do Blacks on the east coast, Idlewild is to Midwesterners.

Those that had property in Idlewild included Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the first person to perform open heart surgery, intellectual, W.E.B. Du Bois, famed businesswoman, Madam CJ Walker and more. Situated on Idlewild Lake, according to Meeks, the town played host to premiere entertainers such as Della Reese (he said she put on a show), Jackie Wilson, The Four Tops, Dinah Washington and B.B. King. Others said to have performed there include Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Aretha Franklin. According the Idlewilders, many of these performers couldn’t get gigs at a lot of other places such as Las Vegas because of ethnicity.

Too, due to racism, most Idlewilders wouldn’t be able to see the performers at other venues because of their skin color. If they could, they would be relegated to the back or the balcony. By no means does affiance equal equality.

Skin color didn’t matter in Idlewild. Well, actually, it did. It was celebrated. It still is.

I was introduced to Idlewild in 2015. A wonderful friend of mine, Dana Joubert Hayes, along with her mother, Saundra McClinton Joubert, own a home that sits on the lake. Joubert Hayes invited me up in August of that year. I had just experienced a very rough patch and she suggested the trip as a much-needed getaway.

Truthfully, I was more excited about going to Detroit as we were planning on trying to see Erykah Badu that weekend. We never got to see Ms. Badu. But I got something of far more value.

I got to experience Idlewild.

There’s no glitz or glamor to Idlewild; it’s about a rural as it gets. You’ve got to know where you’re going to get there and as they say, “blink and you’ll

The sign at the edge of town welcoming visitors to Idlewild, Mich.

Idlewild’s cultural significance is detailed in this marker, designating the town a historical site. miss it.” There are a couple of event centers – one a small skating rink that doubles as a concert and party hall, another that just opened, a shotgun style event center owned and operated by one of the many Idlewild clubs; this one the MidMichigan Idlewilders – there’s one nightclub, the Red Rooster, and the closest shopping is the next town over in Baldwin, Mich. There are no stoplights in Idlewild.

But what is in Idlewild is the spirit of triumph in the face of adversity. The people of Idlewild – both the “weekenders” and those who have relocated – are living that often talked about “American Dream.” In their hometowns they are doctors, lawyers, teachers, social workers, business owners, etc. But in that small town in Michigan they are simply Idlewilders.

Idlewild in indeed a magical place. Sitting by the lake at night with the sounds of nature, the crackle of a fire and the echoes of laughter from a home across the lake it’s easy to see how this rural oasis draws in so many. Yes, the town is Idlewild, but it could easily be called Nirvana.

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St. Paul as the St. Paul Saints packed the house for what turned out to be a 10-2 victory over the visiting Salina Stockade.

The Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis played host to renowned Jazz

saxophonist, Pharoah Sanders, two days last week (July 25 and July Harry Colbert, Jr. 26); and around town Barber Teto Wilson gives Deji Okewole a fresh fade at Wilson’s shop on West Broadway people were going about Avenue in North Minneapolis. their daily business, all making up scenes for this week’s “Snapshots.”

Insight News cameras were roaming throughout the Twin Cities this past week taking in some of what the area has to offer.

It was 1993 Day on July 21 at CHS Field in

It was 1993 Day at CHS Field. To celebrate the year the Saints were founded the scoreboard flashed images of the musical icons of that year. (Above) Before all the kid movies, Ice Cube was “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted” and (below) Dr. Dre was better known as a producer and rapper in 1993. Today he’s known as the man who revolutionized the headphone industry with his now-everywhere Beats by Dre.

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Fans at Saints games come out for the spectacle as much as they do for the play on the field. Here, the homeplate umpire kisses a pig in between innings.

Legendary saxophonist, Pharoah Sanders, during one of his four shows at the Dakota Jazz Club.

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