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Insight News September 7 - September 13, 2015
Vol. 42 No. 36 • The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • insightnews.com
Leadership for Social Justice Project in Tanzania Women Leading Change By Dr. Artika Tyner For leaders, there is a beckoning call to promote justice and freedom. Will you answer the call? Answering the call is the recognition that we lead to change the world. This is a simple but yet profound statement related to each individual’s capacity to influence the world around them through the exercise of leadership. Leadership provides a vehicle to change the world day by day, moment by moment. Change begins with the development of a collective vision of the future. Leaders inspire others to envision a world where justice and freedom reign supreme. This is a vision of fostering a global community that promotes love, justice, equity, and compassion. Imagine a world- where no person goes to bed hungry,
the spread of HIV/AIDS is eliminated and every child has access to primary education (U.N. Millennium Development Goals). This is a world where each individual can reach their full potential. A world where each person is empowered to cultivate one’s gifts and talents. Leaders recognize that we must move beyond imagining a new world to creating it. This a manifestation of our shared destiny and collective power. In spring 2015, I launched the Leadership for Social Justice Project with the goal in mind of building a global leadership community. The #LeadershipforSocialJustice project challenges everyday people to discover the leader within, take a stand for justice, and serve in the global community. It also serves as an indispensable tool for bringing leaders together to share their passion for social justice and build strategic partnerships. Dr. Mussa S. Muneja, professor at the University of Arusha, Tanzania, serves
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Dr. Mussa S. Muneja
Protecting a gift from the creator: Anishinabe harvest wild rice to test their treaty rights By Sheila and Tim Regan, TC Daily Planet What’s a person supposed to do when they are trying to engage in an act of civil disobedience and the authorities refuse to arrest them, let alone issue a citation? That’s the predicament a group of protesters from the 1855 Treaty Authority found themselves in when the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) decided to allow certain members of the group to harvest wild rice without licenses outside of reservation land, on the very day the protest took place. The plan was to harvest wild rice without a permit, outside of reservation land. The arrest and/ or citation was hoped to draw a federal court case which would help to force a judge to uphold the tribe’s right to hunt, fish and gather on land they ceded over the course of several treaties in the 1800s. The cornerstone of those treaties, the Treaty of 1837, unequivocally grants the
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Rep. Ellison works a day with a Minnesota home care worker
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A wild rice harvester of Chief Hole in the Day Lake.
Tim Regan
Fifth District Rep. Keith Ellison joined Clara Nakumbe, a home care worker from Minneapolis for a “Work a Day” event to support raising the minimum wage. Nakumbe, a greatgrandmother who, along with others, is a caregiver for her 42-year-old son. In the 11 years since her son was diagnosed with a severe form of multiple sclerosis he has gone from being able to do everything for himself to being completely dependent on others. Rather than have her son move into a nursing home, Nakumbe decided to give up
the job that she loved and made decent money at in order to care for him. Ellison spent time with Nakumbe and her son, hearing about and experiencing what it means to be a home care worker. Nakumbe shared why she has fought for the home care workers union in Minnesota and the historic first contract that went into effect July 1, and why now she is speaking out as part of the national Fight for $15 campaign. “I know as a home care worker, and the mother of a
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Business group gearing up to drive business to Black car dealers Inc. (USBC) is determined to direct that cash toward Blackowned dealerships. “In the Asian community, their dollar stays in their community 28 days before it ever leaves,” said Ron Busby, president and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. “In the Hispanic community, their dollar stays 21 days before it ever leaves. But in the Black community, our dollar leaves within six hours. So we don’t
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — According to IHS, an international industry data company, Black Americans spent an estimated $8.4 billion on cars in just the first four months of 2015. In the coming year, the U.S. Black Chambers,
After Hurricane Katrina Changing hearts, minds and systems
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Commentary Emmett Till’s life still matters
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have to worry about the majority not supporting us, we’re boycotting our own.” The USBC is a national association of more than 100 African American Chambers of Commerce and small business organizations working toward Black economic empowerment. In signing a memorandum of understanding with the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), the USBC hopes
$40 million partnership Thurgood Marshall College Fund launches Apple Scholars Program
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to appeal people in the market for a new car to buy from Black dealers. The agreement will connect Black car dealers to their local Black chamber of commerce, and will encourage the chambers to get the word out. The USBC also has an interactive listing of Black-owned car dealerships included in its online Black business database.
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Community New civil rights-themed playground dedicated at MLK Park
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