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Fighting for justice

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Dr. Josie Johnson Robinson Fellowship illuminates historic role, gives next generation tools to keep fighting

Lifetime commitment to equity and justice Humphrey School of Public Affairs

In a spirited celebration of Minnesota civil rights icon Dr. Josie Johnson, a crowd of some 200 friends, colleagues, and admirers gathered at the Humphrey School of Public to hear of the school’s plans to create a fellowship in Johnson’s name and rename a community meeting room after her. “I’d like us collectively to make certain that generations of students, faculty, and community partners continue to know of Josie’s work and be inspired by her formidable leadership,” said Humphrey School Dean Laura Bloomberg in announcing the Josie Robinson Johnson Fellowship, which will support graduate students at the School who have speciﬁc interests in addressing racial inequities and injustice. Civil rights icon Vernon Jordan, a close friend of Johnson, said the fellowship is a ﬁtting tribute to Johnson and her lifetime commitment to equity and justice, and to “the histori-

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Civil rights icon Vernon Jordan, a close friend of Dr. Josie Johnson, praises her lifelong commitment to addressing racial inequity and injustice. cal impact she has made at the University of Minnesota.” “While many things happening in our country are not

normal, they also are not new,” said Jordan. “And because we have been here before, we know what we need – more

Josie Johnsons. This fellowship will give the next generation of Josie Johnsons the tools they need to keep ﬁghting for the

justice we all seek, and bring us closer to the world Josie has always been pushing us toward.” The event marked the launch

of the campaign to raise $2 million to fund the fellowship. The school is also remodeling and renaming one of its meeting rooms after Johnson, to become a space that community organizations can use for public forums, planning sessions, and the like. A portrait of Johnson, which will hang in the room, was unveiled at the event. Johnson recently discussed her lifelong activism and connections to the University of Minnesota. Humphrey: You have been an activist, promoting equality and inclusion, since you were 12 years old. And you haven’t stopped yet. Where does your motivation come from? Dr. Josie Johnson: It comes from my upbringing. I grew up in a family that was very active in the struggle and that spirit is still in me. My parents graduated from a historically black college outside of Houston. Between them, they demonstrated to my brothers and me what was deep in them, without sitting us down, giving us lessons, telling us. We sort of watched and saw.

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Mississippi Republican senator boasts about public hanging JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) has made racially-charged lynching comments during a campaign rally in Tupelo, Miss. In a video clip of a campaign rally, Hyde-Smith told a group of supporters she if supporter Colin Hutchinson invited her to a public hanging she’d “be on the front row.” The clip surfaced Nov. 9 – three days after the general election – but was recorded Nov 2. This comment has drawn the ire of many familiar with Mississippi’s horriﬁc legacy of hanging Black people. From 1877-1950 there were 654 confirmed lynchings in the state. It is also noted that Hyde-Smith is facing a run-off election on Nov. 27 against her Democratic opponent, Former U.S. Representative and Secretary of

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Agriculture Mike Espy, who is Black. The two must run-oﬀ because neither secured a Mississippi mandated 50 percent of the

vote. On Nov. 12, standing beside and defended by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R), she

Black people, Jewish people, and immigrants are still being targeted for violence by white nationalists and racists is hateful and hurtful. Any politician seeking to serve as the national voice of the people of Mississippi should know better. Her choice of words serves as an indictment of not only her lack of judgment, but her lack of empathy, and most of all lack of character.” Jeﬀ Robinson, ACLU deputy legal director, and Jennifer Riley Collins, ACLU of Mississippi executive director, issued a joint response. “Sen. Hyde-Smith should be ashamed of herself. The fact that she chooses to use such repugnant language despite the ugly history in her state speaks to her lack of concern and knowledge about the experience of people who don’t

refused to clarify her comments when repeatedly asked. The senator has yet to apologize for making comments she has attempted to characterize as a joke about attending a public hanging. “Senator Cindy HydeSmith’s shameful remarks prove once again how (President Donald) Trump has created a social and political climate that normalizes hateful and racist rhetoric. We’ve seen this in Florida from Ron DeSantis and others during this election season and denounce it,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO. “Hyde-Smith’s decision to joke about ‘hanging,’ in a state known for its violent and terroristic history toward AfricanAmericans is sick. To envision this brutal and degenerate type of frame during a time when

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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter signed a citywide $15 minimum wage ordinance into law. The signing followed a unanimous vote from the St. Paul City Council to adopt the ordinance. The City of St. Paul Minimum Wage Ordinance sets the minimum wage at $15 per hour, indexed to inﬂation. The phase-in period will begin in 2020. The phase-in period length for employers will be dependent on business size, as determined by numbers of employees.

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Daniel Bergin Money and hip-hop go hand-inhand. But, unfortunately, oftentimes when discussing money and hip-hop it is centered around excessive consumerism. The money seems to go out faster than it can be taken in. But as hip-hop has matured, so too have the conversations about money. As Jay-Z laid out in “The Story of O.J.,” it is not

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look like her. Gov. Bryant’s defense of his appointee was also reprehensible as he attempted to cast a woman’s right to her own private health care as racial genocide,” read the statement. “To celebrate the chance to sit in the front row of a public hanging demonstrates a profound ignorance of the state’s institutional legacy of racism. Sen. Hyde-Smith needs to be held accountable for her words. The people of Mississippi deserve better from their elected oﬃcials and appointed oﬃcials. It would serve Sen. Hyde-Smith well to brush up on her state’s history – from slavery, to slave patrols, lynchings, black codes, Jim Crow, and all the way to modern-day mass incarceration – to fully understand the breadth of her despicable comment.”

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Company with Minnesota roots makes its East Coast debut

Revel Spirits launches in New York LOS ANGELES – Revel Spirits, the maker of Revel Avila, an artisanal, award-winning agavebased spirit, further expanded its footprint in the U.S. with launch of a new market – New York. Distributed by Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, New Yorkers across the state can now experience the agave spirit with Minnesota roots. “We’ve had our eye on New York for quite some time and are proud to now have a presence on both coasts,” said Micah McFarlane, CEO co-founder of Revel Spirits. “Revel Avila has been incredibly well received by our consumers in California and Minnesota and the momentum and excitement we’ve seen following our award wins across some of the industry’s most prestigious competitions, further drives us to build out this new agave spirits category as we plant our flag alongside tequila, mezcal, sotol and bacanora.” Introduced earlier this year, Revel’s Avila is not just a new spirit – it represents the formation of a new category under the agave umbrella. Like tequila, Revel Avila is distilled using 100 percent blue weber agave; however, that’s where the similarities stop. Avila can only be produced using agave grown and distilled in the Morelos region, a small state in the south-central part of Mexico. “As a distributor, we’re always looking for brands that are doing something different, and Revel is doing exactly that,” said Larry Romer, vice president and general manager of Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of New York. “We’re excited to work with Revel as they stand up this new agave spirits category and educate the industry about Avila.” Sold in upscale bars and liquor stores in Minnesota and California, Revel is currently available in two expressions: Blanco, which is immediately bottled after distillation, and Reposado, which is aged for 12 months in a once-used whisky oak barrel to provide a scotch-like taste. Headquartered in Los Angeles, two of Revel’s founders, McFarlane and Jacqui Thompson both have roots in Minnesota. McFarlane is a member of the reggae band Ipso Facto and Thompson is a former music executive who worked closely with Prince. McFarlane and the Revel team introduced the brand to New York in a gala tasting event at The Jimmy in Mahattan. “Absolutely none of this nor the incredible success and accolades we’ve received to date, would have been possible without the support of my partners,” McFarlane told excited agave aficionados. “Grammy award‐winning singer, songwriter and producer, Kenny Edmonds, whom you may know as Babyface, has recently joined our REVEL family as an investor and we couldn’t be more excited nor humbled by having him with us here tonight.” “Unlike the agave farms of Jalisco, which have been over farmed for hundreds of years, the farmland of Morelos boasts incredible, virgin soil which has produced some of the world’s finest agave. This is all done in the shadows of Popocatépetl, an active volcano which recently erupted in September. Thanks to the volcanic ash, the soil of the region is mineral rich and the pinas of the Blue Weber agave that REVEL uses to produce its Avila, couldn’t be healthier or more robust. Once our farmers harvest those pinas, they’re roasted or steamed, and then blended together before heading to distillation,” McFarlane said. That process, of marrying the old world style of mescal production with the newer process of tequila production, gives REVEL Avila a remarkable, and unforgettable taste. At Revel Spirits, our sights are set on building out this category even further, with plans in place to launch and import new Avila brands alongside REVEL. One of these brands is called El Popo, named after the volcano I briefly mentioned earlier. El Popo will offer a smokier profile similar to that of mezcal, using just roasted Blue Weber agave from Morelos. This will be a double distilled Avila which we’ll be debuting in Q2 2019,” McFarlane said. Moreover, Revel Spirits will be working closely with the state and local governments in Morelos to support growth in the region through employ-

ment opportunities and will establish new and long‐lasting relationships with agave farmers throughout the region. It’s our hope that agave aﬁcionados around the world

will come to know what Morelos, its terroir and its people have to oﬀer,” McFarlane said. Micah McFarlane is brother to Insight News editor-in-chief, Al McFarlane.

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Hector Ruiz, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Micah McFarlane. McFarlane presenting Revel Avila to New York market. Ruiz introducing Revel to aficionados.

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Transformation: The reality of architecture Commentary By Randall Bradley Architect Architecture surrounds everything that we do. Architecture is the pinnacle of the DNA drive to provide shelter for ourselves. I have previously stated that all ... all human beings need shelter. While there are places on our planet that may have less intense requirements (examples such as tropical environments come to mind) we all still need protection from the heat, the sun, the wind, the dark, rainfall, snow and fog. So, we build. We use available materials and then process and manufacture the rest. The reality of architecture is that we build to protect ourselves and to grow our cultures, societies and communities. Marcus Vitruvius

Pollio, born between 80-90 B.C., espoused the single most fundamental dictum that all architects know and pursue, even at this writing, 2,000 years later. “Firmness, Commodity, and Delight.” Translating into contemporary language as “structure, function, and (visual) detailing.” As we look at the recent new construction projects at Penn and Plymouth Avenues North in Minneapolis, we can see the ﬁrmness, commodity (or use), and the visual detailing, that has been added to our community. The architecture that has been added to our community has brought colors, texture, scale, dimension, materials and uses heretofore unavailable to us. This opens a door to more, future architectural opportunities. In this community the challenges will likely be greater in most other urban places due to increased number of

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on the design of the project. While all data is being synthesized to be included in the design program, the architect

will pursue designs that wrap up all of this information into the most visually compelling building design possible.

Architects deal with hopes and dreams, desires and goals. The buildings that we build and inhabit are reﬂective of those hopes and goals, desires and dreams. We have designed many buildings, in many places, all over the world. And we shall continue to do so. We shall continue to address the internal and external issues that are particular to the project. We will not solve all of the problems. That seems to be a reality beyond human ability. But within the concept of idea, sketch, review, synthesis, analysis, documentation and execution, we architects strive to be superb. Since July of 2017, architect Randall Bradley has been writing a multi-part series on the construction of new developments at the corners of Penn Avenue North and Plymouth Avenue North in Minneapolis.

Light Rail Project gets Fed approval

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) cleared the path for construction to begin on the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project (SWLRT). The $2.003 billion project will be the largest infrastructure project in the state’s history and is expected to create 7,500 construction jobs, with an estimated $350 million payroll. “This news is long-awaited and hard-earned,” said Gov. Mark Dayton. “The Southwest Light Rail Transit project is a critical economic development project for the people of Minnesota. When complete, it will improve many thousands of lives from Eden Prairie to North Minneapolis. It will create new jobs, reduce highway congestion, and better connect Minnesotans to one another.”

The FTA granted the council what is known as a Letter of No Prejudice (LONP), a critical milestone for the project. It makes the early construction work on the project eligible for federal reimbursement upon award of the Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA), anticipated in 2019. With the FFGA, the federal government would pay $929 million – nearly half – of the project’s total cost. The LONP means the Metropolitan Council can move forward with awarding a construction contract and begin mobilizing for construction. “The FTA takes this step very seriously and I am thrilled to receive the approval that allows us to award the state’s largest civil

few more to come, but I remain conﬁdent we can keep this project moving to opening day,” said Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority Board Chair Peter McLaughlin. “This decision marks another crucial step in our construction of a 21st century transit system.” Hennepin County and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority will take up board actions at special meetings on November 15 to consider approving the work to be performed under the LONP and to enter into a grant agreement for $435 million, to provide funding for early construction activities. Early construction activities this winter could include staﬃng and equipment mobilization, site

clearance, demolition and utility work. Heavy construction would occur in 2019-2022, with testing of the system with new light rail vehicles anticipated in 20222023. SWLRT is expected to begin passenger service in 2023 as an extension of the Metro Green Line. The existing Green Line received nine LONPs to allow it to move forward with construction before receiving the FFGA in 2011. LONP authority allows an applicant to incur costs on a project utilizing non-federal resources, with the understanding costs incurred subsequently to the issuance of an LONP may be reimbursable as eligible expenses should FTA approve the project at a later

date. SWLRT is a 14.5mile line with 16 stations serving Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, nearby Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. In 2014, there were approximately 64,300 jobs within a half mile of the proposed stations and 126,800 jobs in downtown Minneapolis. By 2035, employment is expected to grow to 80,900 within a half mile of the proposed stations and 145,300 in downtown Minneapolis — an 18 percent increase in employment. The population along the line outside of downtown Minneapolis is expected to grow by 56 percent from 2014 to 2035.

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construction project,” said Metropolitan Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff. “SWLRT is a strong, important project, which has been designed and planned by a team of some of the most talented professionals in the country. Its planning alone has attracted millions of private economic development along the corridor, generating a return on investment before the first shovels even hit the ground. And now, thanks to our federal partners, the hard work and commitment from the county and so many in our region, we have the critical approval in hand and that final step of construction is on the horizon.” Earlier this year, the Council received two construction contract bids; twice, the council needed to ask the bidders to extend their bid validity while awaiting FTA approval to proceed. The bids were from apparent low bidder Lunda/C.S. McCrossan ($799,514,338) and Ames/Kraemer ($812,125,583), the latter of which did not respond to the final extension request. Receiving the LONP sets off a series of local actions needed for the Council to award the contract, including approvals from Hennepin County, the project’s primary local funder. “This is a landmark moment and investment for our county, state and region, and I am proud that we got here together,” said Hennepin County Board of Commissioners Chair Jan Callison. “We have cleared many hurdles along the way, and inevitably, there will be a

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Insight 2 Health Diabetes: Types, prevention and care tips By North Memorial Staff With nearly one out of every four people with diabetes not knowing they have the disease, it’s important to be screened routinely and know the warning signs. The American Diabetes Association recommends screening for diabetes every three years in adults age 45 and older who do not have prediabetes or other risk factors. But African-Americans are a high-risk ethnic group that need to be screened more often and sooner as they are nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. African-Americans are also more likely to suﬀer serious complications from diabetes such as blindness, kidney disease and lower extremity amputations. In fact, one in four African-American women over age 55 has diabetes. Diabetes aﬀects the way people digest food for energy. Normally, the pancreas releases insulin, a hormone that helps sugar in the blood get into cells to give energy. Insulin controls the amount of sugar in the blood. When a person has diabetes, pancreas makes no insulin or less insulin than normal, cells do not respond to insulin properly and the liver makes too much sugar in the blood at the wrong time. Over time, high blood sugar levels can lead to serious health problems like vision loss, heart attack, stroke, nerve damage, memory and learning problems and gum and kidney disease. Types and treatment Type 1 diabetes happens more often in children than adults but can develop at any age. The pancreas cannot make insulin, so insulin needs to be taken every day to control blood sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form in adults and

most need to take diabetes pills or non-insulin injectable medications, or both. Many eventually may need to take insulin when the pancreas can no longer make enough insulin to support healthy blood sugar levels. Prediabetes results when the blood sugar is high but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. More than one in three Americans have prediabetes and 90 percent don’t know it. Gestational diabetes occurs in women who have not been diagnosed with diabetes prior to being pregnant. Typically, it goes away after the baby is born but it does increase the risk for type 2 diabetes for a woman and her baby later in life.

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Healthy habits are key.

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While there is not a cure for diabetes, it is treatable and people with diabetes can live long and healthy lives. A well-balanced food plan, healthy weight and regular physical activity are essential to managing, and in some cases, preventing diabetes. Food choices matter a lot when one has diabetes. Starches (bread, cereal, pasta, rice) and sugars (fruit, milk, table sugar, honey, syrup) contain carbohydrate. Avoiding an excess amount of carbohydrate is critical to controlling blood sugar levels and avoiding blood sugar levels from rising too high.

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FDA eyes ban on menthol cigarettes The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to announce a ban on menthol ciga-

rettes, those most likely to be smoked by African-Americans and younger smokers.

The ban would go into eﬀect immediately, but would likely take years to fully implement, analysts say. For years health advocates have railed against consumer targeting in the tobacco industry. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) nearly nine of every 10 African-American smokers (88.5 percent) aged 12 years and older prefer menthol cigarettes and menthol products are given more shelf space in retail outlets within African-American and

other minority neighborhoods. The NAACP praised the FDA’s possible ban. “The NAACP is pleased to hear of the FDA plan to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and restrict the sale of ﬂavored e-cigarettes,” said the civil rights organization in a statement. “For decades, data has shown that the tobacco industry has successfully and intentionally marketed mentholated cigarettes to African-Americans and particularly African-American

women as ‘replacement smokers;’ that menthol smokers have a harder time quitting smoking and that tobacco use is a major contributor to heart disease, cancer and stroke – three leading causes of death among AfricanAmericans.” The recognition of this reality led the NAACP to adopt a unanimous resolution at its 2016 National Convention supporting state and local policy eﬀorts to restrict the sale of menthol cigarettes and other ﬂavored

tobacco products, as well as advocating for the FDA’s oversight and review of all tobacco products. “The proposed measure by the FDA is long overdue to protect the health of AfricanAmericans and to reduce the deleterious impact of menthol smoking and tobacco use overall on America’s health,” said Marjorie Innocent, NAACP senior director of Health Programs.

Alliance of Community Health Plans

UCare practices highlighted in report promoting adoption of evidence-based care, collaboration and partnerships Strong partnerships among health plans and providers improves the adoption of evidencebased care for patients, according to a new report released today from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), which included UCare practices in its 18-month study. The report, “Accelerating Adoption of Evidence Based Care: Payer-Provider Partnerships,” illustrates how collaboration among health plans, physicians and communities speeds medical evidence from the lab room to the exam room. The report also ﬁnds that community health plans like UCare have a unique ability to inﬂuence clinician behavior, aiding in adoption of evidencebased health interventions and delivering higher quality care. “Caring for patients means en-

suring that we deliver on the latest, life-saving, medical breakthroughs,” said Ceci Connolly, president and CEO, ACHP. «We know that scientists around the world are making new medical discoveries, but it can take decades for the related treatments and protocols to reach patients. Nonproﬁt, community health plans know how to accelerate the adoption of evidence in patient care.” With researchers estimating that the universe of medical knowledge doubles every three months, and that it takes an average of 17 years for that knowledge to make its way to the point of care, ACHP recognized the need for new strategies to help clinicians. “Accelerating Adoption of Evidence Based Care: PayerProvider Partnerships” is a cul-

mination of an 18-month study of nonprofit, provider-aligned community health plans across the country, including UCare. “We found that deploying a multidisciplinary team positively impacts the health of the communities we serve,” said Mark Traynor, president and CEO, UCare. “Our recent initiative with a local children’s hospital addresses socio-economic challenges faced by patients and connects them to community resources to provide an ecosystem of support – especially around food insecurity – for healthier outcomes.” The report identifies five best practices that other health plans and health systems of all sizes and models can employ to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based care. It provides detailed case stud-

ies from health organizations across the country – including UCare’s partnership with a local children’s hospital on a multidisciplinary care model – that illustrate the best practices in action to build consensus and commitment to change, create a team that includes the necessary skill sets, perspectives and staﬀ roles, customize education, tools and access to specialized knowledge for physicians and for patients, share timely and accurate data and feedback in a culture of transparency, accountability and healthy competition and align ﬁnancial investments with clinical and patient experience goals. The new report, case studies and related materials can be found at www.transforming-care.org.

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Nexus Community Partners wins a 2018 Bush Prize for Community Innovation The Bush Foundation awarded the 2018 Bush Prize for Community Innovation to six organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Bush Prize, now in its sixth year, is awarded annually in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winners are recognized for working inclusively, in partnership with others and to make their communities better for all. The 2018 Bush Prize winners are Nexus Community Partners, Minneapolis/St. Paul ($495,000), Northwest Indian Community Development Center, Bemidji ($500,000), Springboard for the Arts, St. Paul and Fergus Falls ($440,000), Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative, Minot, N.D. ($288,000), Capital Area Counseling Ser-

vice, Pierre, S.D. ($500,000) and Native American Community Board, Yankton, S.D. ($182,000). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 2018 Bush Prize winners drive breakthrough solutions for our region,â&#x20AC;? said Bush President Jennifer Ford Reedy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They demonstrate an amazing ability to tackle whatever complex issue comes their way by engaging their communities to identify and solve problems.â&#x20AC;? Nexus Community Partners engages communities of color and seeks to foster social and human capital and to expand community wealth through an institute that trains government and nonproďŹ t leaders across Minnesota. The East Side Economic Growth Initiative aims to align the work of community-based organizations, philanthropy and the public sector to build wealth and sustainable impact. Its new North Star

Black Cooperative Fellowship is the only program of its kind in the country designed to help Black cooperatives. Bush Prize winners receive a package that includes promotional support and materials, and an unrestricted grant equal to 25 percent of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prior ďŹ scal year budget, up to $500,000. The Foundation received 110 applications for the 2018 Bush Prize. Three panels of community members chose the winners from their respective states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 2018 winners are ďŹ erce and bold in their attitude and actions,â&#x20AC;? said Mandy Ellerton, community innovation director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They take on daunting challenges and persevere until they ďŹ nd smart solutions that make their communities better places to live and work.â&#x20AC;?

The staff at Nexus Community Partners.

MPHA seeks landlords for nearly 100 homeless veterans Through the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) has been able to award rental housing vouchers to more than 300 military veterans in our community. Unfortunately, nearly one-third of these veterans remain homeless because they cannot ďŹ nd apartments or rental

houses where they can use their vouchers. MPHA is working with partners and caseworkers to help veterans ďŹ nd housing, but the low vacancy rate in the Twin Cities is challenging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The tight rental market is hard on all low-income people, and there is not nearly enough housing support to meet the need,â&#x20AC;? said Kyle Hanson, MPHA director

of Housing Choice Vouchers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That makes it especially difďŹ cult for us to see veterans â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with a voucher in-hand, ready to go â&#x20AC;&#x201C; still unable to ďŹ nd a place to live. We believe potential homes for these deserving veterans are out there.â&#x20AC;? The VASH program is a joint eďŹ&#x20AC;ort of the U.S. Departments of Veterans AďŹ&#x20AC;airs (VA) and Housing and Urban Devel-

opment (HUD). Locally, MPHA partners with the Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center to provide permanent housing and supportive services to homeless veterans. VASH is a rare type of federal housing support that is expanding. In 2018, MPHA applied for and was awarded 56 new VASH vouchers, which were awarded to veterans in the Twin Cities. However, more

than 30 percent of all MPHA VASH vouchers (98 out of 317) are unused because the recipients have been unable to ďŹ nd a place to use them. A veteran using a VASH voucher pays 30 percent of his or her income toward rent, while MPHA pays the remainder of the rent directly to the landlord. Rental units must pass inspection and meet

a certain level of aďŹ&#x20AC;ordability. Property owners in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area who want to learn more about renting to one of MPHAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unhoused veterans should contact the VASH program coordinator at (612) 342-1231 or email kamend@mplspha.org.

Johnson From 3 There was a tradition of doing, without feeling that you are necessarily making some great big thing out of it. The sense that we needed to be engaged in changing the system and society was just deeply etched in us. And I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize at the time that it was unusual. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the oldest, I have two younger brothers. One brother went to law school and became the ďŹ rst African-American lawyer in the ďŹ eld of nonproďŹ t housing. The other brother became the ďŹ rst Black councilman elected in Houston. I think about my father, who wanted to be a lawyer but there were no schools who would accept a Black person in 1926. In a way, the family decided to honor him. My youngest brother was a lawyer, as well as his wife. My daughter Josie, my daughter Patrice, and my granddaughter are all lawyers. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like they said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grandpa, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re honoring you by following your dream.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; You were the ďŹ rst African-American to serve on the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Regents. What was the signiďŹ cance of that milestone? It was 1971, and Martin Sabo (who was a state representative at the time) was probably the ďŹ rst person to approach me about joining the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Regents. The other candidate they were considering was a well-known president of a local bank, a conservative who had been very active in the community. But I was chosen instead. I had always been engaged in issues dealing with faculty and students, but being in a policymaking role was diďŹ&#x20AC;erent. My

Discussion From 3 when host Nikki White talks money and hip-hip with A Tribe Called Quest DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad, MC and educator, Toki Wright and ďŹ lm producer

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Richard Copeland, CEO of Thor Companies, greets Dr. Josie Johnson.

Dr. Josie Johnson with former Vice President Walter Mondale. concern about African-American students, the curricular planning, the hiring of faculty â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all of those were natural issues for me. So, for me to have been on the board and to chair or cochair several committees was a big step for us as a people. I maintain that if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not at the table, the things that you and your community are concerned about never get brought up, because the others may have never had that experience and they may not look at the issues in quite the same way as you do. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the level of understanding to bring those issues forward. What are your hopes for the new Josie Robinson

Johnson Fellowship here at the Humphrey School? We need to encourage scholars who are thinking beyond the right here and now, who can review and assess what kind of laws, policies, and programs we need to have in our society that really oďŹ&#x20AC;er freedom and full citizenship. I hope this fellowship will provide opportunities for scholars to think about how to do that, to come forward with creative ideas and test them in academic and community settings, to ďŹ nd ways of resolving some of these issues. In order for you to overcome supremacy and try to change your thinking and behavior, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to understand how

Daniel Bergin. Together the group will discuss how hip-hop can be a catalyst for wealthbuilding for its audience. White said the conversation is an extension of a Muhammad podcast done at the start of summer here in Minnesota. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ali Shaheed Muhammad did a live recording of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Microphone Checkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; during Soundset (Music Festival) with

(Attorney General-elect) Keith Ellison and Brother Ali and it inspired me to revisit this conversation,â&#x20AC;? said White, who is a vice president of Capital Markets at Wells Fargo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to talk about money in a positive and truthful manner. These three storytellers are going to be talking about powerful opportunities hip-hop has to bring about ďŹ nancial freedom for the

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While Muhammad will be joining the conversation via telephone, he will be making it this way soon. He, along with his new band, The Midnight Hour, will play the Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, Dec. 2. The 7:30 p.m. show also features area stalwart Greg Grease.

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Community morns the passing of Black Excellence’s Donise White Donise Nikke White, 37, passed away Nov. 8. White was born in Gary, Ind. on Oct. 16, 1981 to Denise Evans and Donald Lott. She graduated from Metropolitan State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management. She worked at U.S. Bank as vice president of Disbursement Group Team Lead. She married her best friend, Houston White, Jr. on June 25, 2004. White enjoyed traveling, dining out, and hosting dinner parties. She believed in community, and passionately worked alongside her husband to exemplify the essence of Black Excellence, a lifestyle clothing and goods brand that ignited a movement to celebrate the daily achievements of Blacks globally. White is survived by husband, Houston White, Jr., mother, Denise Evans, grandmother, Helen Thomas, sister, Trishelle Evans (Harold Alexan-

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The Rev. Al Gallmon

Rev. Al Gallmon named to St. John Fisher College Hall of Fame

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Donise Nikke White der), brother, Donald Samuels, Jr., mother-in-law, Juliett Hill, sister-in-law, Tesa (David) Johnson and a host of aunts, uncles,

nieces, and nephews, including her special niece, Zeia Simone Alexander, who aﬀectionately called White “Chunk-Chunk.”

Services for White will be held on Monday (Nov. 19) at 11 a.m. at Grace Apostolic Church, 4215 Fairview Ave., Minnetonka.

United Way opens request for proposals to nonprofits focused on education, economic opportunity As part of its transformation, Greater Twin Cities United Way (GTCUW) announced its new request for proposals (RFP) is now open to nonproﬁt organizations focused on addressing the most pressing needs in the region. United Way grants will support organizations that serve people living at or below 200 percent of poverty (as deﬁned by the 2018 Federal Poverty Guidelines) in the nine-county metro area. The RFP, found online at www.junction.

g t c u w. o rg / N o n p r o f i t / FundingOpportunities/Pages/ CommunityInvestments.aspx, focuses educational success such as early learning and career and future readiness, household stability and economic opportunity. The approach reﬂected in the RFP is based on surveys and feedback from more than 100 conversations with nonproﬁts, community leaders and donors. Proposals are due by 3 p.m. on Jan. 8. Funding decisions will be announced in April 2019 with

grants

effective July 2019. Over the next few months, United Way staff and volunteers will review proposals and conduct site visits for a deep understanding of each organization’s practices, successes and potential for impact, and are offering training and technical support throughout the application period. Those interested can register online for an in-person training on Dec. 5 and find additional information regarding community office hours.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher College Department of Athletics inducted seven new members into its Hall of Fame including the Rev. Al Gallmon, during a ceremony on Nov. 9, in the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Athletic Center. Founded in 1992 with four charter members in the inaugural class, the Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes those who have made signiﬁcant contributions to the college’s athletic programs and reputation. With the latest inductions, the Hall of Fame now includes 120 members. Gallmon, pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 3355 N. 4th St., Minneapolis, played two years for the St. John Fisher Cardinals (he enrolled after two years at a community college in Florida), leaving his mark on the men’s basketball program. He was a forward who is tied for second in career points per game at 18.3. During his two years, the Cardinals had a 31-16 record and in his senior year, they won the Lincoln First Tournament for the ﬁrst time. In the opener, they defeated Brockport State, 83-65, with Gallmon scoring 29 points. In the championship game, the team defeated Rochester Insti-

tute of Technology 73-64 and he scored 19 points. Over the two games, he snatched 24 rebounds and was named the tournament MVP. In each of his years, Gallmon established new single season scoring records for the Cardinals, finishing up with 860 career points. He was also named to the all-tournament team at the New Haven Tournament and was selected to the All-ECAC Team of the Week on several occasions. Also inducted into the Hall are Jenna Waldron, a four-year member of the women’s volleyball team, Dave Wood lacrosse, Dan Jurik, the program’s first-ever MLB draft pick, Brennan Fortune, football, offensive lineman, Nicole Lanieu, a four-year member of the softball team and Patrick Tobin, who played basketball and cross country while enrolled at Fisher and later served as the athletic board’s director as a senior. “With (these) inductions, we add new success stories to the historic library of Fisher Athletics,” said Dr. Gerard J. Rooney, president of St. John Fisher College. “Athletics is a big part of the Fisher fabric and our student-athletes contribute in the classroom, on the field, and in the community in so many enriching ways.”

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creasing the minimum wage.” To support the development of St. Paul’s $15 minimum wage ordinance, the Citizens League conducted a two-phase process that resulted in a set of recommendations to the City. This process started in the fall of 2017 and was completed in August 2018. “We are impacting people’s lives in the truest sense – we are putting into law a true living wage ordinance – ensuring all people in our community can work with dignity and make a fair and livable wage,” said Councilmember Chris Tolbert. “It’s taken a lot of work, conversations and engagement to get here, and this will have a positive outcome for the people in our community.” The City of St. Paul and macro businesses will lead the citywide phase-in with its own employees starting on Jan. 1, 2020 and reaching a $15 minimum wage starting July 1, 2022. The $15 minimum wage ordinance does not contain an adjustment for tipped employees. In 2019, the City of St. Paul will commence its implementation activities as it prepares to support the 2020 phase-in period.

From 3 “(This) vote is the culmination of years of incredible leadership from Council Members, workers, business leaders and advocates, all working together to provide a much-needed raise to over 56,000 St. Paul workers,” said Carter. “I couldn’t be more honored to sign this ordinance into law.” In the summer of 2018, the City held four minimum wage public input and discussion sessions. These sessions engaged more than 300 St. Paul business owners, workers, and residents and collected community input regarding a citywide minimum wage increase. The Mayor’s Oﬃce also convened two roundtable conversations with tip-credit and anti-tip penalty advocates and groups. “Over the past year, we have worked in partnership with folks who live and work across St. Paul,” said St. Paul City Council President Amy Brendmoen. “The community-driven process has resulted in a policy that is the right choice for our city. Together we move St. Paul forward by in-

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Egypt’s Sunken Cities Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 3rd Ave. S., Minneapolis 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. $20 adult, $16 child

Monday, Nov. 19– Sunday, Dec. 2

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

Monday, Nov. 19 ART Somalis + Minnesota Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul Museum hours Somalis + Minnesota is a new exhibit in collaboration with the Somali Museum of Minnesota retracing the history of the Somali population. Exhibit runs through June.

Tuesday, Nov. 20 ART

More than 1200 years ago, two ancient cities were lost to natural disasters and the rising tides of the Mediterranean Sea. Two decades ago, underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and his team discovered those cities, revealing monumental statues, religious images carved in stone, exquisite jewelry, and delicate ceramics – and a greater understanding of life during the age of the pharaohs. Exhibit runs through April.

Wednesday, Nov. 21 THEATER “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Children’s Theatre Company 2400 3rd Ave. S., Minneapolis 7 p.m. $15-$71 A miserly and miserable, ever-so-cantankerous Grinch has witnessed the despicable Christmas joy of the Whos with disdain, from a distance, for decades. Enough. In this favorite holiday story, ﬁlled with music and Seussian rhymes, the Grinch conceives a dastardly plot to destroy what they love. It’s the smallest of the Whos tiny Cindy Lou, who extends a hand. Runs through Jan. 6.

Thursday, Nov. 22 OPEN MIC Soul Sounds Open Mic Golden Thyme Coﬀee Shop 921 Selby Ave., St. Paul 6 p.m. Tish Jones hosts this weekly open mic on Selby Ave in St. Paul.

Friday, Nov. 23 GAME NIGHT/KARAOKE Jack Friday Game Night and Karaoke Brookview Golf Course 316 Brookview Pkwy. S, Golden Valley 7 p.m. – midnight 21-plus $10 What’s your Game? Spades, dominoes, Taboo, poker, Monopoly, Black Card Revoked, Twister, Jenga, Connect Four? They have those and more for Thee Urbane Life’s Jack Friday Karaoke and Game Night inside the Bassett Creek Room at Brookview Golf Course. Karaoke and tunes provided by DJ A-Quil.

Saturday, Nov. 24 HIP-HOP Astralblak Record Release Varsity Theater 1308 4th St SE, Minneapolis 8 p.m. $10

Astralblak (formerly ZULUZUULUU) releases its new project at the Night Church dance party at the Varsity.

$39.50-$59.50

Sunday, Nov. 25

Catch a live action version of the animated series “Peppa Pig” in downtown Minneapolis at the historic State Theatre.

R&B/HIP-HOP

Wednesday, Nov. 28

6LACK “From East Atlanta With Love” Tour First Avenue 701 1st Ave, Minneapolis 7 p.m. 18-plus $30 advance, $35 day of show

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Summer Walker and Deante Hitchcock open for the Atlanta rising star, 6LACK, who will be in town promoting his new album, “From East Atlanta With Love.”

Monday, Nov. 26 COMEDY

D and Friends with Javier Trejo and The Dual Showmen Bunkers Music Bar 761 Washington Ave. N., Minneapolis 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. 21-plus $6 Head down to Bunkers with Javier Trejo and The Dual Showmen featuring Demitri Rallis and Annie Frazier.

Thursday, Nov. 29 DANCE NIGHT

Uproar Comedy Open Mic featuring Brandi Brown Du Nord Craft Spirits 2610 32nd St. E., Minneapolis 7:30 p.m. 21-plus No cover Devohn and Xochi (Uproar) present a new comedy open mic at Minnesota’s ﬁrst Black-owned distillery.

Tuesday, Nov. 27

The Social Group Monarch 322 1st Ave. N., Minneapolis 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. 21-plus $10 The Social Group presents #SocialThursdays every Thursday at Monarch. Free with a college ID until 11:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 30 HIP-HOP

CHILDREN “Peppa Pig’s Surprise!” State Theatre 805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis 6 p.m.

Truth Maze EP Release Party Pimento Jamaican Kitchen 2524 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis

6 p.m. – 9 p.m. No cover Twin Cities hip-hop pioneering, MC, beatboxer, drummer, teacher and community leader, Truth Maze will host an EP release party at Pimento Rum Bar.

Saturday, Dec. 1 JAZZ Gregory Porter sings “Nat ‘King’ Cole and Me” Minnesota Orchestra 1111 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis 8 p.m. All ages $41-$71 With a richly textured baritone voice, awardwinning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter brings unique interpretation and lyric soulfulness to original works and classic songs by Nat “King” Cole.

Sunday, Dec. 2 DANCE Dance class with Deja: Finding your divinity 2100 Emerson Ave. N., Minneapolis 3 p.m. All ages $10 Join Deja, artistic director of Blaq, in a weekly dance class that uses traditional West African dance, social dance, writing, and mini dialogue to elevate one’s sense of divinity and healing.

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New Timberwolf Robert Covington (33) high fives with T-Wolves star, Andrew Wiggins during a home win against the Brooklyn Nets.

More hope and change for the Timberwolves ahead By Ryan Scott Jimmy Butler has now left the (Target Center) building, and the Minnesota Timberwolves can now move forward into an even more uncertain abyss. The Wolves finally agreed to a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers involving forwards Dario Saric and Robert Covington as the primary players of value. Following the trade, team coach and (likely lame duck) president Tom Thibodeau confidently suggested the “offer met some of the things we were looking for.” And though the key word

therein was “some,” the players acquired are young and inexpensive, thus providing not only hope on the court, but also some coins back into Wolves owner Glen Taylor’s pocket. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 7, and more on-court change remains a possibility, should the new acquisitions not parlay into immediate winning results. The void left by the exit of star guard-forward Butler most critically involves 21.3 points per game, a hard-nosed defender, and the hyper-awareness and ability to seize the moment

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Mary Ceruti named executive director of the Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center announced Mary Ceruti will be its next executive director. Ceruti currently leads SculptureCenter, a multidisciplinary organization in Long Island City, N.Y., as director and chief curator. She began her career at Philadelphia Museum of Art before serving as the program director for Capp Street Project in San Francisco. Ceruti has been with SculptureCenter since 1999. “Mary’s visionary leadership of SculptureCenter, her dedication to supporting the most important emerging artists of our time, and her well-known track record of attracting and developing great talent made her a tailor-made choice to lead the Walker now. We couldn’t be more excited for where Mary will take the Walker next.” said John Christakos, Walker Art Center board president. Ceruti will assume the directorship of the Walker in late

Wolves From 9 in tight game-winning situations. That’s what Butler did. That’s why the Wolves brought him aboard last year. The experiment worked to the tune of the team’s ﬁrst playoﬀ berth in 14years. Butler’s void leaves a wideopen stage for Wolves players, new and established, to make a career changing impact for the franchise, as well as their own good names as players and teammates. The Wolves cornerstone player is center Karl-Anthony Towns. Both he and young cohort, small forward Andrew Wiggins, recently signed max contracts for $190 million and $146.5 million respectively. These extensions likely fed Butler’s feelings of discontent with the Wolves organization; in that those contracts left little money remaining for the player who

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Mary Ceruti January 2019. “The Walker has been a trailblazer in identifying the experimental and inﬂuential art and artists of its time, continually demonstrating the power of art to help us understand, navigate and shape the contemporary world,” said Ceruti. “I am honored to be selected as the next director of this great institution

and believe it is uniquely positioned to create new models for how museums work with artists and diverse constituencies. I am looking forward to partnering with international artists and colleagues, the Minneapolis community, and the experienced and dedicated staﬀ and board of the Walker to build on its worldclass collection and ambitious

“single-handedly” carried the team to the playoffs in the 201718 season. The two young team leaders will have to demonstrate that they firmly picked up the veteran lessons Butler put down on the game winning scorer’s report in their presence. Towns and Wiggins are not alone in the challenge to replace Butler’s production. The stark emergence of nine-year veteran guard Derrick Rose means a security blanket is available to usher in the duo’s hopes of leading the Wolves to the playoffs, sans Butler. Rose shocked and inspired the entire NBA scoring 50 points in the Halloween contest versus the Utah Jazz. Rose’ games following that explosion have suggested a true reemergence by the 2011 league MVP, rather than an anomaly by a 30-year-old veteran having one last lucky hurrah. At present, Wolves fans generally know what they can minimally expect from their established stars. They can be good; Towns potentially dominant.

Thus, it will be the contributions of Saric and Covington that will truly spell what the ceiling for the team is through the next two months of evaluation. Covington’s gritty defensive ability and general hustle should help compensate for the similar elements lost by Butler. But it will undoubtedly be the contributions of Saric that can deliver the most valuable game-changing impact upon the Wolves near – and potentially long-term – future. At 6’10”, and with only two years NBA experience, Saric provides the expected ﬂuid abilities of a former EuroLeague Finals MVP. Saric’s six standout years in international play was formerly the great hope of the 76ers franchise. The Wolves now adopt that hope. It is likely the only hope of assuaging the missing ﬁrst round draft pick desired in the trade package. This is likely what Thibodeau mostly meant when qualifying “some” of the things the Wolves were looking for in the trade.

programs.” “On behalf of SculptureCenter›s Board of Trustees, I would like to express my profound thanks to Mary Ceruti for dedicating 20 years to our institution. Throughout her tenure, Mary served SculptureCenter with distinctive impact and vision. As we enter our tenth decade, as a beloved and inﬂuential part of the artistic community in New York and beyond, we wish Mary the very best for her next chapter at such a distinguished and important institution as the Walker Art Center,” said SculptureCenter board chair, Andreas Beroutsos. Ceruti notes the similar missions of the Walker and SculptureCenter. “SculptureCenter and the Walker share a commitment to art and artists as catalysts in contemporary culture and both are working internationally to identify the art and artists that most creatively and urgently

express the concerns, issues and ideas of our times. Both institutions commission artwork ensuring that artists have the resources and support to produce new, experimental work,” said Ceruti. “As a smaller organization with no collection and a commitment to emerging artists, SculptureCenter usually (but not always) works with artists at very early stages in their career and like the Walker, SculptureCenter often introduces artists to audiences either through their first U.S. show or a more thorough presentation of their work. The Walker and SculptureCenter have almost inverse approaches that are like two sides of the same coin. SculptureCenter looks at the interdisciplinary field of contemporary art from the perspective of the history and legacy of sculpture while the Walker looks at sculpture, or painting, or performance, or film, from an interdisciplinary perspective.”

Ceruti›s appointment concludes a nearly yearlong search led by the Walker›s search committee. “The search committee was impressed by the breadth, depth and diversity of candidates. Mary›s commitment to both artists and community stood out to us all,” said search committee member Seena Hodges. “Mary is a dynamic and engaging individual. Her thoughtful leadership, experience and innate curiosity will certainly take the Walker to the next level.” A Cleveland, Ohio, native, Ceruti has more than two decades of experience as a curator and arts executive. Before joining SculptureCenter in 1999, Ceruti worked as an independent writer and curator with various arts institutions and agencies, including the San Francisco Arts Commission.

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