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Grammy-nominated group pays tribute to Prince in benefit concert.

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Leading with art: KING to perform at concert benefiting area nonprofits

Paisley Park alums honor Prince

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor

Prince left us with many gifts before his untimely passing.

The man who made it hip to say you were from Minnesota … who put First Avenue on the map … who made Lake Minnetonka a household name worldwide

… who was Bruno Mars before Bruno Mars (and much better at it) … left an indelible legacy in music, in film and in our hearts.

But there’s another legacy that Prince left behind … his legacy of philanthropic giving.

During his existence here on earth, Prince Rogers Nelson gave countless amounts of money to those in need and to worthy causes.

This wasn’t celebrated during the

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artist’s life because for the most part … outside of a select few … most never knew about Prince’s giving. Many of the recipients of Prince’s generosity were unaware as to who was their benefactor.

It is that legacy and spirit of giving that has motivated a group of former Prince associates to band together in continued philanthropy. The PRN Alumni Foundation – made up of former staffers at Paisley Park – was formed last year to promote giving to various causes; most centering on children in need and music, but also giving to former Prince associates now in need.

This week the foundation will host a series of events, including a Thursday night (Sept. 7) concert with Prince protégées, KING (this week’s cover), at the Machine Shop and a Saturday noon (Sept.

9) panel discussion on the music and fashion industries at the Capri Theater – home to Prince’s first ever concert.

Jacqui Thompson, president of PRN Alumni Foundation board said the chosen weekend has special meaning.

“Sept. 11 marks the 30th anniversary of Paisley Park, so we wanted to do something to commemorate that and at the same time keep Prince’s legacy of philanthropy alive,” said Thompson.

The choice of Grammynominated KING to headline the inaugural benefit concert was a no brainer for the foundation, said Thompson.

“They are from here and Prince supported them and mentored them, and we felt it would be great to have them,” said Thompson.

For KING, being able to honor their former mentor is bittersweet.

“Nothing is the same as having him (Prince) here and we miss him dearly, but we’re honored to celebrate his life,” said Paris Strother, KING producer and vocalist.

Tickets for Thursday’s 9 p.m.

Machine Shop (300 2nd St. S.E., Minneapolis) concert are $50 general admission, $100 VIP and $125 reserved seat VIP. There will also be a silent auction with items such as a signed Carlos Santana guitar and artwork by Miles Davis.

Saturday’s panel discussion at the Capri, 2017 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis, begins at noon and tickets are $40 for a session or $100 for all sessions.

Tickets for both the concert and the panel are online at www. prnalumni.org.

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New Hopkins superintendent makes history August 28, 2017

By Sonya Goins The 2017-2018 school year is upon us and the new superintendent of the Hopkins School District is racing against the clock to get her office set up before the first bell rings on Tuesday.

Dr. Rhoda MhiripiriReed was hired in July to lead the district. She recently moved back to Minnesota from Monterey, Calif. For the past six weeks, she’s made the rounds, meeting staff and students.

“I’m just excited to continue meeting students of all ages, and have them get to know me and just see what our young people’s aspirations are, and kind of get a feel for what our students are looking for and dreaming about,” said Mhiripiri-Reed.

The new superintendent’s education qualifications are

impeccable. She holds a doctoral degree from Harvard University, a master’s from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s from Yale.

Mhiripiri-Reed has been an educator for more than 15 years. Before moving back to Minnesota, she was the associate superintendent of Monterey Peninsula Unified. Prior to that, she worked as the director of leadership development for the District of Columbia Public Schools in Washington, D.C. The Minnesota native was also a principal in the Anoka School District for six years.

Mhiripiri-Reed is the first female and the first person of color to serve as superintendent in the Hopkins district. Her goal was to work in a diverse environment, and she said “Hopkins is the perfect fit.”

According to the district, there are over 6,800 students in the district. Fifty-five percent of

Hopkins superintendent, Dr. Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed. the student population is white, 21 percent Black, 10 percent Hispanic, 7 percent Asian/ Pacific Islander, 6 percent two or more races, and 1 percent

Native-American.

“I think that Hopkins is a microcosm of the United States. It’s a microcosm of the metropolitan area, and as a

leader of color, I identify with sort of a global feel that exists in a community,” said MhiripiriReed. “It’s not necessarily hard for me to work in a homogenous

community, I just think that I, and other people, have a richer experience in a diverse

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Arradondo announces new leadership within MPD Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo has made some changes to the department’s executive leadership team.

Promoted to assistant chief is Mike Kjos. Kjos has worked as a patrol officer and supervisor in the 1st, 3rd and 4th Precincts throughout his 29year career with the department.

In 2012 he was named the 4th Precinct Inspector before taking over as the 1st Precinct Inspector in 2015. He moved back to the 4th Precinct as an inspector before he was named the deputy chief of the Patrol Bureau. As the assistant chief, Kjos will lead the department’s day-to-day operations.

Art Knight has been named deputy chief/chief of staff.

Knight began his career with the Minneapolis Police Department in 1992, and has served in several investigative roles in addition to working in both the 3rd and 4th Precincts. His investigative

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experience includes assignments in Public Housing, Sex Crimes, Family Violence and Assault. Most recently, he has served as a lieutenant in the 4th Precinct and as the leader of

the department’s Procedural Justice Team, which facilitated department-wide training focused on history and how it relates to police interactions today. He has also been a volunteer coach for the

Police Activities League for more than 20 years. As the deputy chief/chief of staff, Knight will be a connection between the department and the community, while overseeing the department’s initiatives, including the National Initiative for Building Trust and Legitimacy.

The new deputy chief of Investigations is Erick Fors.

Fors began his career with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) in 1998 and has worked in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Precincts. He has also served as a field training officer, Crisis Intervention Team member, backgrounds investigator, juvenile investigator and homicide investigator. Most recently Fors has been the commander of the Violent Crimes Investigations Division, which includes leadership roles on both the Group Violence Intervention project and the department’s

U-Visa applications program.

Fors will now oversee the MPD’s Investigative Bureau, which includes all investigative units under both the Violent Crimes and Special Crimes Investigations divisions. Under that same umbrella, Fors is responsible for leading the Police Activities League and School Resource Officer team.

Henry Halvorson was promoted to deputy chief of Professional Standards.

Halvorson started his MPD career in 1992. He has served as a patrol officer in the 2nd and 3rd Precincts, and as an investigator in Public Housing, Sex Crimes and Internal Affairs.

As a lieutenant he has been a supervisor in both the 1st Precinct and the Internal Affairs Unit. Nationally, he has also been a leader with the Native American Law Enforcement Summit. Halvorson will lead many of the internal aspects of the

department, including Training, Internal Affairs, Records Information, Property and Evidence, and the Community Service Officer Program.

Bruce Folkens will be the commander of the department’s new juvenile division and Travis Glampe will be the commander of its new Technology and Support Services division.

“I feel like this is a good time to bring some new leaders on board who will greatly assist our department moving forward with the important work of culture change, accountability, and outcomes,” said Arradondo in a statement. “I believe these new leaders have garnered respect and credibility, not only within our organization, but out in the communities we serve.”

The changes took effect Sept. 3. In a statement, the chief said he will be filling in the newly vacated positions in the coming days and weeks.

Black in space: Remembering J. O s Powell‽

By Brittany Lynch He wrote his way to the world, through the world, and back out of it again.

The life of J.Otis Powell‽ ended the same way that his name did, in an interrobang, and his mark will forever be stamped on the Twin Cities and beyond.

J.Otis Powell‽ was a “bluesician” and soldier of words and jazz who fought fiercely for their protection and preservation.

“We don’t just write, language is something we do. Language is political. Language is activism,” he said. He shared this philosophy in his life, work and facilitation.

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Throughout his many years as a professional writer in the Twin Cities, he facilitated classes and workshops for the Loft Literary Center, The Humanities Center, Intermedia Arts and countless others. He was awarded by the Spoken Word Hall of Fame, published hundreds of poems, several books and a few musical compositions. Still, Powell‽ led with humility and passion. He sat in a circle with those he taught, demonstrating he had as much to learn from them as he had to offer.

Demonstrating the necessity to be critical of space.

Powell‽ encouraged writers to love their voice, to protect it while it developed, and to practice often.

He provided feedback with conviction and an expectation of improve-

ment. He had this way of stringing his words together that pierced you to your core, the same space from which his words originated. He led with love and listened with the desire to truly understand.

“Of all the things J. Otis Powell‽ taught me about, how to find a new way of listening is the primary lesson,” said friend and colleague Lisa Marie Brimmer.

From Huntsville, Ala., Powell‽ was raised to become a preacher, but early in life realized he “graduated” from his upbringing and with conviction pursued becoming a writer. Writing was his Red Sea, and he would unapologetically channel spirit to create a path for writers on the margins to be pushed center page. He was an interdimen-

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sional traveler, exploring jazz and language. He encouraged writers, especially Black writers, to see themselves in space. To see themselves beyond white supremacy, patriarchal constructs, and to be as free as they could write themselves to be. The interrobang in his name was as important to him as any other letter. Any omission or “misordering” of characters would be improper.

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Out of darkness, there is light Part four in a four-part series

By Tonique Ayler While up North I was in a whole new ball game.

I was getting cocaine from my dealer when he offered me drugs in exchange for sexual acts. With greed and hunger in my eyes I once again sold a little piece of my soul just to get high.

After a week he introduced me to meth and a needle.

So here I was now off of the cocaine but slowly surrendering my life to the devil himself; meth. I continued this lifestyle for the next three years. During those years I became completely out of control until the Drug Task Force made three controlled buys from me.

The effects of my lifestyle caused me to lack emotion. I’ve held onto sorrow and regret

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from my life in the sex industry and struggling with addiction.

I have had psychotic episodes and several failed attempts of suicide. I’ve been arrested 12 times; I have multiple felonies that I was certain only one with addiction would embrace. I knew I had to change my life but I didn’t know how. I continued to use my body as a means to make money to pay for drugs to use and to sell. I finally was arrested on five felony warrants, which sent me to county jail. I reached my bottom after sitting in the hole for 27 days waiting to go and serve a 75-month prison sentence. This is when I truly reached my breaking point.

The change came when I attended Narcotics Anonymous, church, and signed up for the Challenge Incarceration Program, also known as boot camp, which changed my life forever. In boot camp I learned integrity, accountability, honesty, team-work and respect. It was there when I realized I could live instead of just existing. No more staying up all night for days and getting high. No more selling myself to highest bidder.

No more desperate thoughts of running away from myself and hiding from the harsh world.

I was forced to face myself.

No more nightmares. No more wearing a mask, pretending everything had turned out perfect. I finally took my mask off. My addiction and poor choices led to my incarceration at Shakopee Prison.

A staff member from Resource reached out to me in prison and gave me hope. I knew my old life was a disaster and was now over. I would begin to start a new one. When I left prison, I literally had nothing but the clothes on my back.

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Tonique Ayler Resource provided me with food, toiletries and a furnished apartment to call home.

I did not have a good relationship with my three children because I was absent from their lives for so long. The day I was released from prison, Resource reunited me with my kids and my mom.

Throughout my life my mother put me through counseling, therapy and treatment. I was very secretive and rebellious. But through thick and thin she always loved and took care of my kids. She always loved me and accepted me for who I was and who I am today. To this day she is biggest my supporter and best friend.

With the continued support from RESOURCE’s programs, I am learning how to raise my children with healthy communication styles, and not to parent out of guilt. I learned how to love myself with all my flaws and accept all my life’s lessons as learning experiences.

Being successful without the need to sell my body increased my confidence. My addiction allowed me to numb my emotions for so many years.

Thanks to chemical dependency treatment, my case manager, peer support specialist therapy and my counselors, I now have the tools to cope … and feel my emotions. I have learned several self-help techniques and

self-care strategies. Resource has encouraged me and helped with my transition back into society. Due to my addiction and criminal behaviors, I had not worked in many years. Thanks to the scholarship funds that Resource provided, I was able to further my education in business and computer applications. I am currently mentoring other women who have gone through similar experiences like mine. I am speaking at events, churches, at colleges and other gatherings telling my story, which helps me with my healing process and leaves me feeling accomplished.

I also co-facilitate a 14-week intensive education group to

community.”

Mhiripiri-Reed has firsthand world experiences. She has lived in Kenya, Uganda, Italy and

Switzerland. Her father is from Zimbabwe and her mother is white; second generation Norwegian. The two met at

the University of Minnesota.

She credits her parents for encouragement and helping her to think outside the box.

“I never questioned who I could become or what I could achieve. I think because I always knew that the world is bigger than what I saw in front of my very own eyes,” said Hopkins’ top educator.

The former fitness instructor and mother of two says she wants to be an effective leader for all students. She says there are many possibilities for what the Hopkins students can do in the future.

“I think it’s important for them see that the faces of leadership (can) look very different,” said Mhiripiri-Reed.

“I would also enjoy being a symbol of hope; that positive role model who signals that you can be anything that you put your mind to. It just takes hard work and lots of practice and some tenacity. So, I would love to serve in that way for students who need it. And maybe for our girls of color to see me as somebody they could emulate.”

But, Mhiripiri-Reed said she can’t do this alone. She is calling on the community to step up to the plate, and uplift young folks in the district.

“Our young AfricanAmerican, Black American, young people of African descent,

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examine sex trafficking as a slave-based system, the impact it has on victims’ lives and issues related to addiction and recovery. Resource has given me the confidence and opportunities to stay active in the community. I give back by volunteering at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights, serving meals to the less fortunate. I’m still making amends with my kids, building trust with my family, maintaining my sobriety, making all my counseling and therapy appointments, working a real job with benefits; all while on intensive supervised release from the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

My ultimate dream is to be become a women’s advocate at non-profit organization. I see myself advocating for causes.

My past can and will influence someone else’s future greatly.

What I have been through is no longer who I am. God has brought through the fire and now I’m coming back with buckets of water for those who are still struggling. I’m proof that sobriety works if you work it. I have good self-esteem. I have a wonderful support system, and I will make great contributions to society. And now I finally can be Tonique.

I would like to leave you with this song lyric by Kelly Clarkson. I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly/I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky.

The author, Tonique Ayler, shared her story of being trafficked on a recent edition of “Conversations with Al McFarlane.” The audio from that show is available online at kfai.org/ conversationswithalmcfarlane and by clicking the Listen Now tab for Aug. 8.

whatever people want to call themselves, our young people need sources of inspiration,” said Mhiripiri-Reed.

She says the community needs to wrap its arms around young people so they can thrive, and fulfill their dreams and become productive members of society.

“Anything I can do to partner with our AfricanAmerican, Black families, so their children can feel supported, I’m excited about working in those ways,” said MhiripiriReed.

One of the first things on the new superintendent’s to-do list is closing the achievement gap.

Once school starts, she plans to analyze the numbers and identify strengths, weakness; and come up with an intervention plan.

Mhiphiri-Reed said Hopkins is already a good school district, and she looks forward to building on that success. She says nurturing relationships with students is a key ingredient to making sure the learning environment is conducive for academic performance.

“You can find here in Hopkins, teachers who put students, not content first.

Because the content and the skill acquisition will come, especially if the relationship is strong,” said Mhiripiri-Reed.

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Welcome to the Post Grad Chronicles

By Abeni Hill My name is Abeni Hill and I am having a crisis … a quarterlife crisis.

It feels strange to write it. I remember the first time I identified that is what was happening.

The moment I realized I was having a crisis was a couple of days before my 25th birthday. I turned 25 in late August this year and the past few months leading up to it were the most difficult time of my life.

For the first time since I graduated from college in 2014, I am completely uncertain of what road I should take next in my life. There are no tests to pass, no grades to earn, and no grade level to enter.

I always knew I loved to write. I always knew I wanted to go into journalism, ever since I served on my high school newspaper. Life seemed to fall into place. It was all so simple. I knew what I needed to do to succeed in school, but I didn’t learn much about life.

Before returning to Minnesota last June, I spent

Abeni Hill during a visit to Belgium in 2012. the past two years as a teaching assistant in China. I worked at a local university in a city called Zhuhai and helped the students with their English papers and homework assignments. While working and living across the world from the U.S., I had the opportunity to travel across Southeast Asia.

It seemed like time stopped while I was abroad. I

wasn’t working on my career.

I hadn’t fully grasped that graduating college didn’t mean I was guaranteed a job.

Personal growth has never been so painful. I faced more rejection during my job search than I have ever faced at any time in my entire life. I have a very blurry picture of what I want my career to be, while watching some of friends and

family flourish in their careers and in life.

I have found solace in some of my friends who feel

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lost like I do. I found this is the most comforting thing about having a crisis: you find out you aren’t alone.

For that reason, I am calling this monthly column “Post Grad Chronicles.”

Every month, readers can read about how I am coping with the “quarter-life crisis.”

Simply put I am using this column and Insight News as my accountability partner to continue to challenge myself and be a self-starter for my own personal growth. I will write about my struggles with becoming an adult and finding self-love and self-confidence.

Please join me on my journey to finding and protecting my magic.

Abeni Hill is a parttime Editorial Assistant at Insight News. Hill graduated from Augsburg University with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and journalism.

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NorthPoint brings Fit4Fun to Open Streets West Broadway

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NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center will host its sixth annual Fit4Fun event on Saturday,

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Fit4Fun began in 2011 when the center’s staff wanted an event to inspire the community to be healthy and show residents ways to be fit for little to no money.

“It began as a discussion amongst a group of medical providers and dieticians to create an event to aid in combatting childhood obesity and inactivity,” said NorthPoint family physician and the event’s co-chair, Dr. Kevin Gilliam. “We realize that the best way to affect real change is to work with people directly and show them what you are talking about, and also show that you are willing to do it with them.”

This year, Fit4Fun is partnering with Open Streets and will have various activities such as Zumba, a bicycle tour on North Minneapolis bike trails and a bike giveaway. Open Streets West Broadway will allow residents to walk, bike, and even skate on the streets and explore the community without the threat of vehicles on the roadway.

“That is also why we always include a three-mile (5k) and one-mile (2k) walk/ run in our event,” said Gilliam.

“To literally take to the streets and show people how beautiful the neighborhoods are in North Minneapolis when given the opportunity to slow down and appreciate them on a slow walk or fast run.”

Gilliam’s co-chair, NorthPoint’s operations officer, Kimberly Spates, said the event is a way for NorthPoint’s staff to demonstrate to the community how to incorporate health into everyday life.

“You can eat really good food from the Open Streets vendors and then come down to Fit4Fun and work it off with

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hip-hop aerobics,” said Spates.

“Additionally, through our partnership with Open Streets we will have performances from Sanctuary Church and our youth from Appetite for Change.”

Spates also said the partnership with Open Streets provides an opportunity to strengthen the center’s relationship with the community.

“We are partnering in the 800 West Broadway building, with the Minneapolis Public Schools and Minnesota DEED Hired Workforce Center and felt it was a good opportunity to develop a new partnership with the West Broadway Business and Area Coalition that is coordinating Open Streets Broadway,” said Spates.

Gilliam said participants

will not only have the chance to exercise, but will also have access to health screenings and tests such as dental and mental health screenings and free HIV testing.

More information can be found on NorthPoint’s website, www.northpointhealth.org, or call (612) 543-2500.

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MNHS: HISTORY FOR ALL On August 19 and 23, during the beginning of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, two separate battles between Dakota warriors and settlers took place in New Ulm, Minnesota. This war, often called “the Sioux Outbreak” or “Uprising” in the past, scarred all who resided in the region.

Attack on New Ulm by Anton Gag was painted more than 40 years after these events took place and depicts a single event with diverse interpretations. To Dakota people, this painting tells an incomplete story. It shows the attack, but not why it happened.

To settler descendants, Gag’s work illustrates the damage done to their ancestors’ lives and lands.

There is no single interpretation of the painting that will bring closure to this event and allow the community to come together over their shared tragedy. Instead, we continue to choose sides in a war with no winners.

that paintings with antiquated and culturally inaccurate depictions of American Indians should be removed from the Governor’s Reception Room. Two of the paintings, Discovering the Falls of St. Anthony and The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, were installed in a new exhibit on the third floor of the capitol, titled Reconciling History: Views on Two Minnesota Paintings.

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The committee recommended removing Attack on New Ulm from the capitol. The Minnesota Historical Society decided to display the painting at the James J. Hill House to allow guests an opportunity to view the painting and develop their own thoughts about the history it depicts.

Visitors are encouraged to leave their thoughts on the painting in the notebooks located within the gallery.

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An involved parent is a great parent Man Talk

By Timothy Houston A new school year is underway and progress reports will soon follow.

This will be the ďŹ rst indicator of how your student is performing. It has been proven that parent participation is a key factor on a child’s academic performance.

Parents’ active involvement with their children’s education

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at home and school brings great rewards. It is more than just parents. Grandparents, family members, teachers and people of inuence are instrumental in helping each child succeed.

Parents help to set the value of education to the child, and the greater the participation, the greater the value. There is a huge upside to parental involvement.

According to studies, the children of involved parents are absent less frequently, behave better, do better academically from pre-school through high school and go farther in school.

When a child knows the parent is interested in his or her education through direct action

and active involvement, he or she becomes more active and interested in their education as well. Participation matters.

Telling the child about the value of education will only lead to them forgetting; but being actively involved with the child will lead to understanding.

Parents don’t need money or a degree to be involved in a child’s education. Research also shows that a home environment encouraging learning is even more important than parents’ income, education level or cultural background. Every parent can make a dierence regardless of ďŹ nances or educational background. By

actively participating in a child’s education at home and in school, parents send some critical messages to the child. They’re demonstrating their interest in his or her activities and reinforcing the idea that school is important.

For this to be most eective, the parent must be engaged in the child’s education at home and at school.

At home, read to your child. Reading aloud is the most important activity that parents can do to increase a child’s chance of reading success. Discuss the books and stories you read to your children. Help your child organize his or her time. Limit

television and video games on school nights. Talk to your children regularly about what’s going on in school and check homework every night.

At school, meet regularly with a teacher or other school sta member, determine where, when and how help is needed and volunteer your time.

Parents help to set the value of education for their children, and children do better when parents are involved.

This is more than simply making sure they do their homework. Reading to your children, limiting the amount of television and video games, and taking to your children regularly about school is vitally

important. You can change the course of your child’s life and future by your involvement.

Make it a habit to read to your child or children or have them read to you on a daily basis.

This minor change will have a huge impact. You don’t need money to be great in your children’s life. An involved parent is a great parent.

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

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walk, then I can write. That doesn’t hurt me. Even if my body is betraying me, my soul and spirit are ďŹ ghting for me.â€?

He released his ďŹ nal book, “Waiting for a Spaceshipâ€?, earlier this year, but despite it’s ironic title the book wasn’t written to allude to his kidney failure and projected passing. Named after his poem, it was an ode to Afrofuturism, Sun Ra and the spaceship like strips of

light that would appear in his home during sunset. This irony was Powell‽ at his essence. He would speak and write in entendre that took years to develop and understand.

He was the deďŹ nition of an interrobang; Black, unapologetic and holding the duality of question and exclaim. On Aug. 28th, a historical date in Black history, it was announced that Powell‽ had passed, leaving behind friends, family, col-

leagues and a community rich in poetry and jazz. “I won’t be able to listen to Hancock’s ‘Crossings’ or Coltrane’s ‘Love Supreme’ without thinking of him ‌ probably Coltrane period. He brought the ancestors with him wherever he went and now he’s one of them,â€? said Brimmer. “Somewhere, on a spaceship I suppose, one of them has said, ‘Welcome Black brother.’â€?

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Selby Jazz From 7 Collective – an all-star group composed of jazz performers from throughout the United States. The MotorSOUL Collective is the brainchild of classically trained violinist, composer

and music producer J Daemyon.

The group also includes Twin Cities resident and Sounds of Blackness member, Patty Lacy. “The essence of The MotorSOUL Collective is an artistic desire to reclaim and revitalize music and creativity,� said Daemyon. “The MotorSOUL Collective

insightnews.com embodies the musical hybridization of traditional art forms and culture in modern ways. We are here to articulate a personal and culturally enriching artistic and esthetic statement through a globalized and diverse musical vernacular that is innovative and evokes a cross-disciplinary artistic theory of cultural diversity through melodic

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The event also features New Sound Underground, which incorporates a wide array of styles including funk, jazz, fusion, rock, soul, R&B and gospel.

The band released its selftitled album in 2013. This group’s success has allowed the band to perform at prominent venues including First Avenue (Minneapolis), The Dakota Jazz Club (Minneapolis), The Twin Cities Jazz Festival (2013, 2016) and for Prince’s “Paisley Park After Dark� series. The band released its second album, “Push,� earlier this summer.

Other acts to perform include the Selby Ave Brass Band, Walker West Music Academy’s Urban Legends of Jazz and Salsa Del Sol. “With 2017 marking

our 16th anniversary, I wanted to bring in a mix of past Fest performers and a few acts who are starting to tear things up,� said Wright. “I think people are going to be really impressed.�

Besides a free day of entertainment, JazzFest also features a variety of great food vendors, family activities and live artist demonstrations. “We’re working hard to make sure there’s plenty to do for folks to make a full day of it,� said Wright.

The 16th annual Selby Ave JazzFest will take place from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 9) at the intersection of Selby Avenue and Milton Street in St. Paul. More information is available online at www. selbyavejazzfest.com.

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Our commitment to you The educators of Education Minnesota will not allow the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, to shake our commitment to providing your children with a welcoming, safe and inclusive learning environment this fall.

We believe this pledge, at this time, has never been more important. The terrorist attack in Charlottesville exposed once again the racism and hatred that has marred our nation’s history since its inception.

In these first few weeks of a new school year, we are reaffirming our responsibility to show our students we stand against hate, white supremacy and other forms of bigotry. We will not tolerate the language and acts that lead to violence.

Our educators stand ready to help students and their families during this troubled time. We know some have been traumatized. We are here for you and will help as we can. In the classroom, we will strive for thoughtful lessons that disrupt institutional racism and lead to real equity and fair opportunities in our communities.

We know racism and white supremacy didn’t start in Charlottesville. It certainly didn’t end there. Our members are in training to spot and interrupt hate wherever it’s found. We will recruit and retain more teachers of color. We will continue to fight for the resources all Minnesota communities need, both inside and outside the school building.

As the new year begins, young people of all races, religions, identities, cultures and social classes must have a safe space to speak, ask questions, wonder and express themselves. Please know we are committed to providing those places for all of them.

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