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A recent photoshoot captured 12 area real estate agents, all wearing black to symbolize strength and solidarity among African-American women in the industry. Sitting are (left to right) Julia Israel (Keller Williams Integrity Realty), Sharmaine Russell (Keller Williams Integrity Realty), Richelle Taylor (Keller Williams Classic Realty), Jataun Austin (Keller Williams Integrity Realty), Ivy Xaba (Keller Williams Integrity Realty) and standing (left to right) are Valerie Pettigrew (RE/MAX Metro), Disney Foote (America’s Realty Group, LLC), Doneva Carter (America’s Realty Group, LLC), Janteya Ford (Keller Williams Integrity Realty), Shawna Frazier (RE/MAX Results), Krista Barnes (Keller Williams Premier Realty) and Mackenzie Owens (Keller Williams Integrity Realty).

The new real estate moguls

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor Many see home ownership as a path to wealth building for the person buying the home, just as

it can be a clear path to wealth for the seller.

The buying and selling of real estate is also a path to wealth for the agents who broker the deals. And in Minnesota, typically those

Thor’s Ravi Norman named one of Minnesota’s most admired CEOS

estate agents have given notice to the changing face (or faces) of real estate buying and selling in Minnesota.

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Dean of Midwest Black press

Chicago Citizen’s Bill Garth dies at 79

Show up, play hard and never stop learning.

These are rules for young athletes to live by. Substitute the word “work” for “play” and it’s also a synopsis of the formula for business success advocated

by Ravi Norman, chief executive officer of Minneapolis-based Thor Construction; and newly anointed as one of Minnesota’s Most Admired CEOs of 2016.

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agents are overwhelmingly white and male. But a few of the exceptions to the rule got together in a show of solidarity to say they are not background players. With the photo, 12 African-American female real

By Lisette Gushiniere

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William Garth, Sr., CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, Inc. (CCNG) and chairman of the Chatham Business Association (CBA) passed on Friday, Sept. 23. He was 79.

Bill Garth

A pillar in the community, Garth led the Chicago Citizen with a steady hand and worked hard to make the news operation the largest Blackowned ABC audited newspaper in the Midwest.

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The Smithsonian’s African American Museum is a ‘living’ testament

By Eric Easter, Urban News Service WASHINGTON D.C. – The just-opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. is a work-inprogress — in every way.

Surprisingly, this is its best asset.

On Media Day, less than 10 days before its grand opening, the museum’s grounds still were littered with the cigarette butts, snack bags and other leftovers from the hundreds of construction workers who put the final touches on the building.

Inside, journalists scoured the space for stories to tell.

They navigated around carts that carried pieces of exhibits yet to be nailed in and observed priceless objects amid handwritten signs whose installation instructions read “too tall” and “put nothing on top.”

Yet even with the museum finally open for business, it remains incomplete … by design.

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AARP’s Jo Ann Jenkins at Sabathani Center Eric Easter

Statues of Phyllis Wheatley and Benjamin Banneker at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

Commentary 2016 Presidential debate: Hillary’s triumph or Trump’s?

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I2H Fitness Challenge Three weeks in and I’m gettin’ thin …

I think

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2016 Presidential debate: Hillary’s triumph or Trump’s?

Commentary

By Irma McClaurin, PhD Culture and Education Editor What really happened during the Sept. 26 debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump?

Lester Holt allowed himself be intimidated by all the premedia critiques and let Trump have his way. Why not just tell the man, “no” when he kept inserting his comments or take it out of his time for the next response?

Instead, Trump was allowed to continue his political strategy of verbal bullying, non sequitur logic and making inappropriate sounds when his opponent spoke.

Without a doubt, Clinton

stood strong and got some good jabs in at Trump. She pointed out his xenophobia with his call for President Obama’s birth certificate, his sexism with the adjectives he uses to describe women, his racism with the law suits against him for discrimination (to which Trump replied, “we settled but never admitted guilt”) and his classism in bilking architects and workers out of wages for their labor on his infamous projects. Good job Hilary.

But you, too, have a long way to go on the road to trust and righteousness. Under the Bill Clinton administration, Blacks were adversely impacted by some of the most draconian policies around welfare and incarceration since the 1950s. You need to speak to how you will distance yourself from these policies of the last Clinton president, and make things right.

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How can you speak of the need for racial healing when under your husband’s administration some of the factors contributing to the negative perception of Blacks were implemented? You will have to renounce these past Clinton polices and the assumptions and unconscious biases undergirding them if you wish us of the Black and Brown persuasion to trust you. And what promises can you make to assure us that once elected, we won’t be forgotten?

We know Trump will forget the few Brown and Black leaders who support him today. They must be truly desperate for attention to hitch their wagon to the incoherent and biased platform of Trump.

I’m thinking of Don King here, who has come out of oblivion to encourage Black people to vote for Trump.

Perhaps King should return to whatever hole he crawled out of or was rescued from by the Trump campaign. I’m curious how much he might have been paid or what job he’s been promised … perhaps Trump’s public relations person for the Black community, if he wins?

But Trump and his campaign are truly out of touch with Black reality, if they think Don King can persuade us to vote for him.

Don King was always viewed as a buffoon of sorts, and not much has changed. And most Millennials haven’t a clue as to who King is.

What scares me more than anything about this presidential campaign are the white voters who believe that Trump won the debate.

Their faith in his presidential ascendancy is reminiscent of the white onlookers who used to attend and picnic at lynchings.

These audiences had no clue as to any crime the victims supposedly committed – and more times than not there were no crimes.

But lynching audiences were comprised of “good white people” determined to keep America white and maintain “those people” – anyone non-white – in a place of subordination and subjugation by any means necessary. Lynching was the preferred method.

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Health Insight-2-Health Fitness Challenge: Three weeks in and I’m gettin’ thin … I think

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor I don’t know how much (and to be honest, if any) weight I’ve lost since beginning the Insight2-Health Fitness Challenge, but I know how I feel.

I feel lighter. Haven’t stepped near a scale (for fear that I’ll be discouraged by the results … or lack thereof), but I can feel a difference. I think I can see a difference, too. But I most definitely feel the difference. For starters, I haven’t had to throw up during and after workouts like I did during the first week of the challenge. That’s in large part

Debate From 2 Today, the preferred method for keeping Black and Brown folk in conditions of subjugation and subordination is the fear of death by police or by white citizens who think you (a Black/ Brown person) look dangerous,

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Tyrone Minor, trainer and owner of the F.I.T. Lab in Falcon Heights, demonstrates an exercise during a session of the Insight-2-Health Fitness Challenge. don’t like the volume of your music, don’t believe you belong in certain neighborhoods, think a Black child always looks like an adult, don’t believe Black people have a right to carry a gun even with a license, can’t distinguish a toy gun from a real one, and walk with unconscious biases and the belief that all Black people are inherently dangerous and should be feared.

The police mantra “I feared for my safety” is now the constant refrain of anyone with a badge (Black or white, woman or man) and seems sufficient to justify killing people who are selling cigarettes on the street, sitting in their cars, carrying a saxophone case, or stopped for a minor traffic violation. How is it possible the same police can capture a terrorist bomber without firing a shot but seem trigger happy around Black and Brown people who are not doing anything or are committing minor infractions of the law? I’m confused.

If Donald Trump wins, he threatens to turn American backwards. Such a return would send us back to the era of White supremacy, Jim Crow segregation laws, and rampant employment and housing discrimination. But of course Trump doesn’t remember those things because they didn’t impact his life.

If Clinton wins, we have to hope that she finds her heart and has the guts to dismantle the disparate policies her husband put in place that inherently targeted Black and Brown people. We have to be optimistic that she will leverage her white privilege and declare open season on police departments with patterns of bias and excessive force against Black and Brown people, appoint a judge to the Supreme Court willing to uphold ethnicity as a positive factor in college admissions, fully reinstate the Voting Rights Act, and allocate as much humanitarian assistance domestically to ChiRaq, Charlotte-Raq and other American war torn inner cities to the same degree we have given to Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and other countries.

because I have changed my eating habits as suggested by Julie McMahon, challenge nutritionist. It’s been three weeks and I’ve cut out all soda (or pop as you people up north say) and all caffeine as well.

That’s a huge change seeing as how the first thing I did in the mornings was make a pot of coffee. Also, I’m drinking water, which I never used to do.

Prior to the challenge I would wake up every morning with my back in pain, having to be up and moving for the pain to subside – though only a bit.

Three weeks into the challenge and I can sincerely say I’m not waking in the same pain. Not

saying I’m 100 percent pain free, but I’m in far less pain than I was.

My stamina is up as well.

Whereas before I was often sluggish, my endurance has improved greatly. During a recent workout at the F.I.T. Lab, Tyrone Minor, owner and lead trainer, put us through our paces with a form of circuit training and I’m proud to say I held my own. I wasn’t particularly out of breath. The dehydration headaches were gone and the belly is working on becoming a tummy.

Eventually we’ll get it to be a stomach.

My greatest accomplishment thus far, on a weekend trip to Chicago I walked more than five miles and … in an impromptu challenge, I beat not one, but two people in a 60 meter (or so) sprint inside our hotel’s hallway. Yes, I’m 46-years-old and still challenging people to foot races. It’s the kid in me. The kid that was almost lost before signing up for the Insight-2-Health Fitness Challenge.

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It is the height of arrogance for the United States of America to stand in judgment of other countries for human rights violations when Black citizens here are being routinely executed by police for the smallest infraction; to accuse foreign government of undemocratic elections when we allow states like North Carolina to gerrymander districts so that the voting rights of citizens are manipulated and only Republican candidates can win elections and to condemn other countries for not providing adequate public education when America’s public education system needs a serious overhaul.

Who will triumph this presidential election? It’s not logical, but according to the polls, it’s still a coin toss.

(C) 2016 McClaurin Solutions; all rights reserved Irma McClaurin is an award winning columnist and the Culture and Education Editor for Insight News. In 2015, she was named “Best Columnist” by the Black Press. An activist anthropologist and motivational speaker, she founded the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.

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Business Positive economic numbers for Blacks in Minnesota, according to latest Census data Five years after unemployment peaked in Minnesota during the Great Recession, many Minnesotans found firmer economic footing in 2015.

Overall, Minnesotans ages 16-64 were more likely to be working full-time, and earning higher wages and salaries in 2015 than in 2014, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), released earlier this month.

Minnesotans’ robust participation in a labor force with more employment opportunities also raised real household incomes, and helped reduce poverty compared to the prior year. The share of workers (ages 16-64) working full-time also increased from 62.7 percent to 63.7 percent, and rose for both

men and women.

“This exceptionally strong evidence of economic improvements in just one year is heartening,” said Minnesota demographer Susan Brower, who analyzed the data with her staff at the Minnesota State Demographic Center.

The median income for all Minnesota households (regardless of size) rose nearly $2,000 in real terms to $63,500 in 2015, up from $61,600 the prior year.

Rising incomes appeared to ease some cost burdens, as a smaller percentage of both renters and homeowners reported they paid more than 35 percent of their income toward housing costs.

Poverty fell from 11.5 percent to 10.2 percent between 2014 and 2015, with about 65,000 fewer Minnesotans living in poverty.

These economic improvements had broad reach, with reductions in the number and/or the prevalence of poverty for children

under 18, working-age people, and older adults (65-plus), as well as Minnesotans who identify as Native-American, Black, or non-Hispanic White. However, 546,000 Minnesotans, including 165,000 children, still had family incomes below the official poverty threshold in 2015.

ACS data from 2014 revealed a troubling decline in median household income for Black households in Minnesota. In 2015, the median incomes rose for all Minnesotans, while the one-year difference in household income for most race groups, including the

estimated increase from $27,100 to $30,300 for Black households, was not a statistically significant change.

The latest data shows signs of economic progress for Black Minnesotans. In 2015, the share of Black residents (ages 16-64) who were working rose to 66 percent, up 3 percentage points from 2014 (and nine percentage points higher than 2010). About 8,000 more Black residents (ages 16-64) were employed in 2015 compared to the prior year, reducing the numbers who were unemployed along with those

not participating in the labor force. Furthermore, the number of Black workers with fulltime employment grew, while numbers of those with part-time and/or part-year employment held steady. About 13,000 fewer Black Minnesotans lived in poverty in 2015 than 2014, with a poverty rate of 32 percent, the lowest rate in the last six years.

Although the latest data showed declines in poverty and unemployment for some populations of Color, they continue to be far more likely to experience economic hardship

than non-Hispanic White Minnesotans.

The data underscored that the composition of Minnesota’s labor force continues to change. Though Minnesota’s typical working-age (16-64) population has grown slowly in recent years, the number and percent of non-Hispanic Whites in that group has declined, while people who identify as other races or Hispanic has swelled.

“This gives added urgency to the work of increasing opportunities and improving equity for our fast-growing populations of color,” said Brower.

“Numerous indicators reveal that populations of color experience very different opportunities and outcomes in our state. We have to continue to build on these positive economic trends for Minnesotans of color, as well as all Minnesotans, to strengthen our families, communities and the state as a whole.”

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By Connie Evans (Americas Wire Writers Group) WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Noemi Prado devoted 29 years to working for Southwest Moulding in Grand Prairie, Texas, the owners decided to close the business.

But Prado gathered her retirement savings and other financing to purchase the company, a transaction that has sustained and created jobs for 40 people in her community.

A key aspect of the financing was a $825,000 loan that she received from the Valley Economic Development Corporation (VEDC), a nonprofit organization that provides affordable business assistance services.

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“If it wasn’t for VEDC, it wouldn’t have happened,” said Prado, noting that it was difficult to obtain traditional bank financing.

Data collected by the

Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) shows that a large percentage of people want to be like Prado and run their own businesses. At the same time, however, many would-be

entrepreneurs lack the access to mentors, capital and support networks that could help them get up and running.

That’s the problem our nation faces.

Small businesses are actually creating a higher percentage of new jobs than big companies, but entrepreneurs and small business owners struggle to get the access to capital and the knowledge, known as “trusted guidance” in the microbusiness industry that they need to start or sustain their businesses. The reality is that significant barriers limit opportunities for business owners of color. They face discrimination in the banking world, have fewer wealth assets, and often lack the technical skills to make their dreams and aspirations come true.

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Perhaps the most powerful is the changing demographics of the country, which corporate and government leaders are starting to better understand. The nation is moving towards a majorityminority status. Already, the majority of children born in the country are children of color. Thus, it›s clear that the nation must become more inclusive with business opportunities or the pockets of poverty across the country will just grow larger. And, smart corporate leaders recognize that the growing communities of color are where future growth and expansions of their businesses should concentrate for sustained growth.

Certainly, part of the answer lies with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that are getting more attention than ever from both the public and private sectors. These mission-based organizations, which receive federal resources to invest in disadvantaged communities, are frequently where minority business owners turn when they need financing. But needless to say, the demand frequently outpaces their money supply.

The positives are the collaborations now taking place between major banking institutions and CDFIs and other organizations, such as VEDC. For instance, this year JPMorgan Chase. announced a Small Business Forward initiative, which will allocate $30 million over five years towards growing local, communitybased small businesses. The program includes a combination of targeted lending to minorityowned businesses, innovative community development financing and technical assistance for entrepreneurs. Through this work, JPMorgan Chase is helping minorityand communitybased small business owners become engines of job growth and economic vitality in the neighborhoods they serve.

At a recent event in Washington, D.C. that AEO co-sponsored with JP Morgan Chase, Janis Bowdler, their head of community development for Global Philanthropy, put the institution›s thinking in perspective.

“As the economy recovers, much of the growth is often channeled toward reviving commercial corridors and downtowns in U.S. cities,” said Bowdler. “As a result, many disadvantaged neighborhoods, where underserved people live, are being left behind.”

A broad range of organizations are recognizing the power of “inclusive entrepreneurship,” which will help bring equity to communities and Main Streets across the nation.

Clearly, various partnerships and collaborations can help minorities overcome the barriers.

Empowered mission-based community lenders are working with underserved entrepreneurs to help them build and sustain businesses that can fuel financial and social mobility, and create jobs that are boosting the economy – locally and nationally.

We must make supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses a national priority.

Connie Evans is president and CEO of Association for Enterprise Opportunity.

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Aramark mobilizes employees to improve the health of Minneapolis families “Our employees are at the heart of Aramark’s efforts to deliver experiences that enrich and nourish lives,” said Frank Kiely, president, business dining, Aramark. “Throughout the year, Aramark volunteers in Minneapolis are empowering community members to discover, choose and share the healthy foods that help them reach their potential. We all realize that the communities we serve can only get stronger if we all do our part.”

Around the world, thousands of Aramark associates, including chefs, nutritionists and dietitians, volunteered

at community centers and nonprofit groups as one demonstration of the year-round dedication to strengthening local communities.

“Aramark volunteers are providing our community with the tools needed to lead healthier lives, both for themselves and their families,” said Chanda Smith-Baker, president and CEO, Pillsbury United Communities. “Through Aramark Building Community Day, Aramark’s longstanding partnership with the MACC Alliance (Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities), and additional

efforts throughout the year, Aramark is inspiring families in the Minneapolis area to make lifelong healthy food, nutrition and lifestyle choices.”

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BCA turns over findings to Ramsey County Attorney in shooting death of Philando Castile The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) formally presented its investigation to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office in the July 6 officer-involved shooting death of Philando Castile.

The investigation lasted nearly three months with the BCA turning over its findings on Sept. 28. Now, it’s up to Ramsey County Attorney John Choi to sift through the findings to determine if charges are to be brought against St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez, who fatally shot Castile following a traffic stop for a supposed broken taillight. Choi said his office will work diligently in deciding whether or not to file charges against Yanez, but set no time table.

“Our office will work as efficiently as possible, while ensuring we conduct a diligent and thorough prosecution review of the BCA investigation, in order to determine what justice requires in this case,” said Choi in a statement.

“At this time, we are in the process of engaging national use-offorce consultants to assist in our prosecution review and evaluation of the BCA investigation. Also, it is very likely that we will be requesting further investigation from the BCA, as is typical in these types of cases. We cannot provide an estimated timeline for our work until we review the entire investigative file and meet with national use-of-force consultants.”

In the case of the officer-

Philando Castile involved shooting incident of Jamar Clark in Hennepin County, the prosecution review took a total of seven weeks, thus it could be well into November or even December before Choi’s office comes to a decision.

At issue is whether Yanez was reasonable in his use of force in shooting Castile, who was legally armed, but according to eye witness Diamond Reynolds, Castile notified Yanez that he possessed a weapon and when Castile went to produce his

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identification as instructed Yanez shot, killing Castile, who was driving with Reynolds and her 4-year-old daughter as passengers.

The immediate aftermath was live streamed to Facebook by Reynolds and sparked nationwide protests.

It was later determined through police audio that Yanez pulled over Castile for his “wide set nose” saying he matched the description of a robbery suspect.

Castile had no criminal record and was a food service supervisor with the St. Paul Public Schools.

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Kimberly Porter named new director, Mary T. Wellcome Child Development Center Kimberly Porter is the new director for Mary T. Wellcome Child Development Center.

Porter is a dedicated professional with more than 10 years of experience in Early

Childhood Education and holds a master’s in Childhood Education and Leadership.

Currently Porter is a member of the Early Childhood Education Advisory Board for Rasmussen

College, in Brooklyn Park, and additionally supports the college by actively participating in the Rasmussen College Mentorship program.

Porter is a former staff

member at Hospitality House, where she provided spiritual, intellectual and physical development activities for students in the first through fourth grades.

Mary T. Wellcome Child Development Center, established by Phyllis Wheatley Community Center in 1929, has earned accreditation from the National Association

for the Education of Young Children – the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. The center is also Four Star rated by Parent Aware.

Success of young entrepreneurs and growing businesses owned by African immigrants and refugees recognized The African Development Center of Minnesota announced the recipients of its 2016 Business Awards at a Sept. 27 luncheon at the Town and Country Club in St. Paul.

The ADC Small Business of the Year is Katar River Restaurant and Bakery, LLC, Minneapolis.

Started in 2007 as a business idea in an ADC class, this womanowned business is a restaurant and now provides wholesale ethnic foods and breads to grocery stores

Norman From 1 As CEO of Thor Construction since 2009, Norman has overseen the company’s steady progress in positioning itself as a full-service construction company that also happens to be the largest Blackowned company in Minnesota – and one of the largest AfricanAmerican owned construction companies in the country. In so doing, Norman has emerged as a high-profile community voice for ways to better empower minority communities to earn a greater share in the region’s economic prosperity. Norman speaks out publicly through the region’s news media – and privately through his position as a board member with numerous regional civic organizations – as an advocate for eliminating barriers to greater economic inclusiveness for minority communities in the region’s prosperity.

Norman was among 10 Minnesota corporate executives receiving the 2016 Minnesota’s Most Admired CEOs award on Sept. 16 from the MinneapolisSt. Paul Business Journal. The publication focused the award on CEOs of more entrepreneurially-

AARP From 1 “We are very excited to have our distinguished CEO with us here in the Twin Cities and her visit to the Sabathani Center is one of the highlights of her trip,� said Will Phillips, AARP Minnesota director. “AARP’s goal is to help make communities across the nation better places to live for people of all ages. What better place to have this discussion than at an invaluable community resource like the Sabathani Center.�

Jenkins joined AARP in 2010 and became CEO in 2014.

Jenkins’ focus as CEO has been

throughout Minnesota.

ADC Employer of the Year is Family Care Transportation, LLC, Minneapolis. Started in 2006, this business has more than 12 employees and more than 250 drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation in St. Anthony, St. Cloud, Faribault, Mankato and Willmar.

ADC Young Entrepreneur(s) of the Year are Amin Grocery, LLC, Willmar and Liz Vision Beauty Supply, LLC, Champlin.

Amin Grocery is a convenience store serving the growing African community in Willmar and is owned by a 25-year-old entrepreneur. A start-up retail venture of a 25-year-old couple, Liz Vision Beauty Supply targets a growing African population in northern Twin Cities suburbs providing hard-to-find products and braiding and weaving services.

The 2016 ADC Staff Pick award went to Ultimate Healthcare, Inc., Minneapolis. In

2012 a former ADC loan officer and community organizer started a business to provide personal care services to the elderly and disabled.

With more than $3 million in revenues and 250 clients statewide, this service provider works with a variety of healthcare providers such as BlueCross BlueShield and offers language and culturally proficient care professionals to a diverse clientele.

Commemorating ADC’s founder and former executive

director, Hussein Samatar, who lost his battle with Leukemia at age 45 in 2013, ADC presented its Hussein Samatar Community Service Award to LegalCorps, Minneapolis.

LegalCorps is a non-profit legal services corporation providing clinics and pro bono support to businesses and non-profits in Minnesota.

The African Development Center (ADC) is a micro-lending institution to entrepreneurs

and small businesses. ADC’s work in financial literacy, business development and home-ownership counseling focuses on Minnesota’s African community. ADC provides services in six languages to communities throughout Minnesota.

Since 2004, ADC has provided nearly $7 million in business finance, and counseled almost 3,000 in financial literacy and home-ownership.

driven companies with annual revenues below $1 billion.

A 1992 honorable-mention McDonald’s High School All American basketball player, Norman preaches a business credo for success that could well have been drawn from his more athletic playing days. His “sit-eat-grow� plan for success covers such elements as show up, invest in the intangibles, be a team player, always improve and generate real opportunities for economic growth and prosperity.

Thor has compiled an admirable portfolio of work under Norman’s direction, including its involvement in major sports and multi-purposes arenas such as U.S. Bank Stadium (the new, $1.1 billion home of the Minnesota Vikings) and TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, and the $375 million T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The company recorded record revenues of $151 million in 2015. In furtherance of its growth, Thor announced plans earlier this year to build a $30 million, multitenant office complex in North Minneapolis that will serve as its corporate headquarters. “I am honored and humbled to be included among the list of Minnesota’s Most Admired

CEOs,� said Norman. “Now I look forward to working with

the business and civic leaders of Minnesota to help me convert

that admiration into a stronger legacy of sustained investment

for ensuring better economic outcomes for all Minnesotans.�

to transform AARP into a leader in social change, dedicated to enhancing quality of life for all as people age. Jenkins is the author of the best-selling book “Disrupt Aging.� She also founded Drive to End Hunger, a multi-year, nationwide campaign that has donated more than 36 million meals and provides support to more than 100 anti-hunter organizations across the country.

The Sabathani event is free and open to the public.

It will feature a discussion between Jenkins and moderator Al McFarlane, as well as questions from the audience. To RSVP, go to www.aarp.cvent. com/2016JoAnn or call (877) 926-8300.

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NOTHING COOL ABOUT INCREASING YOUTH SMOKING.

Tips on how to make the blended family work Man Talk

By Timothy Houston

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Last week, I went to “God out of the Box” where there was a discussion and the topic of blended families came up.

What is a blended family?

In its most basic sense, a blended family is one where the parents have children from previous relationships but all the members come together as one unit. It is said that the blended family is now the predominant form of family and it is estimated that there are some 23 million blended families in the United States. However, as blended families become increasingly common, the definition of a blended family is changing.

Understanding the basics of a blended family can be essential for ensuring that your family can embrace its strengths to work through its differences.

A blended family is different from a step family. While the concept of the step family has been around for centuries, many blended families were not recognized until the two parents married and agreed to care for the children together, even if one parent was not biologically related. Today, it is much more acceptable for the adults in the relationship to live together and raise the children jointly without the legal commitment of a marriage or adoption. This

more lenient approach can cause difficulties, particularly in terms of child support, medical decisions, and other complex issues. To overcome these challenges, the following suggestions should be considered.

Always be yourself. Kids can easily see through masks and figure out who we really are. You will invariably tire yourself if you’re trying to play out the perfect blendedparent 24 hours a day. Just be you.

Communication is key.

Designated family time should be devoted to communication.

This includes listening as well as speaking, and it is likely to open doors to conflict resolution that are bound to come up in daily life. Blendedfamilies usually have some difficulty with communication in the beginning of the relationships, usually because each member comes from a different original family and they each bring different styles of communication. So, time, patience and practice are essential in the beginning to blend communication styles successfully. Open communication helps keep expectations realistic.

Be flexible. Each family should be willing to make personal adjustments when needed.

Flexibility and compromising are key ingredients necessary to lead to happier and less stressed blended-families. Do be so ridged, and keep in mind that routine is important, especially for younger children but the ability to adapt is a good idea for everyone.

Be patient.

Blendedparents must move slowly.

Nothing of value grows overnight. The seeds of love need time to grow through respect, caring and affection.

Patience is indeed a virtue and one that every blended-parent must develop.

Keep laughter in the mist.

Don’t be too serious. A sense of humor is an essential ingredient to stir into the blended family pot. Humor softens the rough spots and brings families together when used correctly. Just remember not to use it another person’s expense and do not allow any of the children to laugh at another’s expense either.

Lastly, be respectful.

Members of a blended family don’t need to agree with each other on everything, but they must learn to respect the opinions, privacy and personal possessions of all members of the family. Biological parents should make it clear to their children that disrespect will not be tolerated and they must also be careful to show their own respect.

Blending families is difficult but not impossible.

Communication will be the key to success, so get as much information about the topic as possible. It is also a good idea to seek out external counsel and work groups. The more work you put in up front, the greater the opportunity for success.

Timothy Houston is an author, minister, and motivational speaker committed to guiding positive life changes in families and communities.

To get copies of his books, for questions, comments or more information, go to www. tlhouston.com.

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Liz Moore celebrates 75 years of living “Turning 75 years old is no joke,” quipped Lilene Elizabeth “Liz” Moore, as she enjoyed the companionship of friends and family at her 75th birthday party.

Guests enjoyed food and entertainment including a performance from Nothando Zulu, celebrated storyteller and founder and president of

the Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance of Black Storytellers. A praise dance was performed by Yolanda McIntosh.

Relatives from as far as Chicago, Des Moines, Iowa and Kansas City were in town to help Moore celebrate her 75th, including sisters Christ Delores

McDonald, Dorethia Martin, Daisy Gordon, Clementine Sago, Dollie Williams and Patricia Gary. Her brother, Alphonzo Knox was also in attendance along with longtime friend Catherine Wallace.

Moore said she hopes to see them all back in five years to celebrate her 80th birthday.

Liz Moore

Garth From 1 Starting out as an advertising salesman for the Citizen, Garth lived the American Dream. After gaining recognition as a master salesman at the Citizen, he ended up owning the newspaper chain when he purchased the business in 1980. The sale to Garth included the Chatham Citizen, Southend Citizen and the Chicago Weekend Newspapers.

Under Garth’s leadership, the Citizen flourished. Garth grew the newspaper chain when he added the South Suburban and Hyde Park Citizen Newspapers.

The Citizen was a business Garth nurtured and loved. He once said, “I’ve been good to the Citizen, because the Citizen has been good to me.” With a current circulation of 112,000 newspapers and a following

Museum From 1 Six hundred years of AfricanAmerican history — and the culture that grew from centuries of struggle, pain and triumph — is, too, sweeping an epic to contain on a few floors. The only way to do so is to consider the museum not a permanent collection of artifacts, but a living space that will evolve, shift, re-focus and re-invent itself — just like the community it seeks to reflect.

The extraordinary effort to fund and build the new museum has overshadowed the even harder work performed by

Real Estate From 1 Photographer Chris McDuffie was summoned to focus his lens on the 12 agents after the call went out from Julia Israel of Keller Williams Integrity Realty. Israel said the idea for

of 400,000 readers weekly, the Citizen established itself as an important source for community news focused on the AfricanAmerican market.

Garth also established a not-for-profit foundation in memory of his late son, Quentis B. Garth, where he served as chairman. Through the QBG Foundation, the organization helped more than 49 students and disbursed more than $1 million in scholarship awards to disenfranchised, inner city youth in the Chicagoland area.

Garth was just as passionate about Black entrepreneurship as he was about helping young people. Through the Chatham Business Association (CBA), a business resource center offering an array of customized services and programs designed to assist businesses, he worked tirelessly to lead and guide the developments of the CBA.

Garth deeply understood the power of the Black press and was an active member in the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). He served as the former president of Midwest Region III of the NNPA. Garth became the first Black person to be elected president of the Illinois Press Association (IPA). The IPA is the state›s largest newspaper association and is the office trade organization for Illinois weekly and daily newspapers. He also sat on the Board of the Government Affairs Committee, of the IPA and served as a board member for more than 15 years. In addition, he was elected a stockholder in the Cook County South Suburban Publishers Association and in 2009, was elected Chairman of the Cook County Publishers Association for 2010. His business acumen and knowledge in the publishing industry allowed him to also serve as a board member

of the Midwest Black Publishers Association.

Garth left a lasting impression on the people he met.

“Bill Garth was my hero, my friend and my business partner,” said Al McFarlane, founder of Insight News and chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Foundation. “He was part of the pantheon of legendary newspaper owners and civic leaders. Garth was a master salesman, consummate strategist, and visionary philanthropist. He traveled the world; challenged and afforded American business leaders the opportunity to renegotiate the marketing relationship between producers and our consumer marketplace.

He highlighted the burgeoning purchasing power of Black consumers and unwaveringly marched into often bare knuckle negotiations demanding and achieving movement toward

equity and parity. Fearless, he commanded the attention and respect of presidents and heads of state, governors and congressional leaders, captains of industry and the everyday citizen as well.

“Garth and I met with His Excellency John Atta Mills, the vice president of Ghana in his offices at Osu Castle, Accra, Ghana. We were on a mission on behalf of our company, Midwest Black Publishers Coalition, to connect African-Americans with Ghana and Africa through the 1999 4th Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival. I saw first-hand his confidence and competence, quickened by the power of his personality, resulting in his ability to slice through layers of formality with laser sharp focus on issues at hand.

“It made sense that at any given time some 40 students from the Greater Chicagoland area were attending colleges and

universities thanks to millions of dollars he raised on behalf of the Citizen Newspaper and the QBG Foundation. It made sense that he was a leader in the Illinois Press Association and the Cook County Publishers Association. It made sense that Chicago named a street after him. It made sense that he enriched every life he touched.”

In December 1998, Garth received the honor of being appointed to Governor-elect George Ryan’s Transition Team and was later appointed to the board of directors for the Illinois Inauguration 1998, Inc. He also maintained memberships and positions with several business organizations, was a board member of the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition and a lifetime member of the NAACP. In 2010, an honorary street was named after the Citizen publisher.

the museum’s curators. They gathered and edited the more than 37,000 item collection into a coherent narrative.

The decision to start the museum’s story in pre-colonial, 15th century Africa involved an “intense” process, said Mary Elliott, curator of the museum’s history section. She consulted noted scholars including Ira Berlin, Eric Foner and Annette Gordon Reed to help set the necessary context for the full museum. But Elliott soon realized that a full reading of that time would be “too dense” for the average museum-goer.

“We needed to start with the reality of a free Africa and its position as a center of trade,” said Elliott. “But we

wanted to go much deeper into the stories of the Italian role in financing the slave trade, as well as a more in-depth look at conditions in Europe that set the stage. But that’s a lot to ingest for the average museum-goer.”

The need to add some things and delete others at times was “heartbreaking.”

Those decisions, no doubt, will cause some to quibble about the tone, length or depth of some exhibits. And some criticisms will be fair. The displays on Reconstruction and the role of Blacks in the military seem especially short given the importance of those themes.

But those arguments don’t account for the realities of

a museum audience raised on Twitter, Wikipedia and television on-demand. The tourist who tries to squeeze in all of D.C.’s 17 Smithsonian museums in a few days will lack the capacity to absorb generations of pain and progress in one fell swoop.

Return visits will be a must.

Still, those who want to go deeper will get that opportunity.

The museum offers a fulltime staff genealogist to help families discover their roots. Scholars can enjoy the museum’s research rooms.

Public programming and temporary exhibits will let curators breathe more life into subject matter and explore contemporary themes and

issues via multimedia and assorted technologies.

As a full body of work, the museum is a treasure. Its existence tells a story and stands as a tribute to a culture that has triumphed amid adversity. The displays simply accentuate that idea through stories that are tragic, critical, objective and, ultimately, celebratory. It is a museum about American possibility, as told through the story of a people whose “Americanness” too often has been denied and questioned.

What visitors will experience is best exemplified in a moment that occurred during one of many preopening receptions.

Speaking at an event hosted

by Google, former Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY), who is white, shared her experience at the museum. She fought through tears as she recalled one section that particularly resonated with her.

The mostly Black audience reacted politely. Many of them later said that, because of their own families’ legacies, they might have reacted differently to the same moment.

That may be what happens to everyone who passes through the museum’s doors. What one sees and experiences will be very different — depending on the history, knowledge and perspective that one carries through the entrance. That, in the end, is the true power of the place.

the photoshoot was to promote an often overlooked face in Minnesota real estate.

“We wanted to show that there’s diversity and bring exposure to Black realtors and real estate agents,” said Israel.

“Being Black and female in this industry there are many barriers that we’ve encountered and we overcame them.”

With a growing number of transplants being of color, Israel is hoping they will seek to do business with some of the African-American agents in the market. But Israel also hopes the photo will put the women in the forefront of minds of nonAfrican-American buyers and sellers.

“We sell houses and

properties in all the communities … the south suburbs, the east suburbs; we sell commercial,” said Israel, a 16-year agent. “But with this photo we also want ‘us’ to see ‘us.’ Before you heard things like Black people don’t want to do business with Black people, but that’s changing and people are now seeking out Black professionals.”

“I think this photo is showing Minnesota that Black women are professional, and together, and we help and support each other,” said Richelle Taylor of Keller Williams Classic Realty. “I hope people see in us in strength and solidarity; we’re more than stereotypes, we’re professionals.”

Both Israel and Taylor say though each woman in the photo

may work for different companies and though some are competing for the same buyers and sellers, they felt it was important to show the group not as competitors, but each as adding value to one another.

“We’re all entrepreneurs, we’re all home owners and I wanted to make sure we all get exposure,” said Israel.

Classifieds CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER THE HARVEST NETWORK OF SCHOOLS IS HIRING FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE The Chief Human Resources Officer for the Harvest Network of Schools (HNS) is responsible for establishing best in class Human Resource (HR) practices and is an integral member of the leadership team. This role reports to the HNS President and is responsible for: 1) Crafting and implementing HR programs to attract, retain, and develop talent across the Network to support HNS strategic priorities.

2) Working in coordination with the Executive Team to create and execute programs and initiatives related to all aspects of human resource management.

3) Leading key areas of focus, including but not limited to talent acquisition, talent management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and HR compliance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS HR Strategy • Design and implement effective workflow, organizational structures, and systems to enable optimal performance.

• Lead the change management process leveraging various change theories to create a shared vision; design a thorough action plan to transition from the current state to a new, improved state of operation; and evaluate the impact of the change.

Attract • Oversee the recruitment, selection, and offer process to identify and hire top talent.

• Create a process and program to successfully support new employees as they join the HNS team.

• Ensure a compliant and effective vendor process from vendor selection through contract ending and evaluation.

• Execute the appropriate programs to ensure equal opportunity to a diverse candidate pool.

Retain & Develop • Conduct market analysis, benefits selection, compensation review, and the annual salary adjustment process to provide recognition, pay for performance, and competitive benefits package.

• Identify development needs through a thoughtful assessment process; design, develop, or outsource to provide the appropriate development offerings; and evaluate training outcomes and return on investment. Maintain the appropriate cer-

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• Conduct an annual succession planning process to identify top talent and successors for key leadership and critical roles. Develop a talent strategy and execute an action plan to ensure the HNS has the pipeline of talent needed in key roles.

HR Administration • Create and administer HR policies and procedures in accordance with all applicable laws and Network policies.

• Partner with the appropriate administration leadership to ensure compliance with environmental health and safety procedures.

• Conduct investigations, address employee/ manager grievances, implement corrective action/counseling, and complete the termination processing.

• Implement applicable federal, state and local requirements. Maintain records, policies, and guidelines. Ensure all required training is complete.

• Administer FMLA, STD, LTD, workers’ compensation programs to HNS employees.

• Device a system of record to maintain all required employee data in accordance to the appropriate data privacy laws and regulations.

• Planning and overseeing the HR department budget POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK This is a full-time, year round position. At times, employees are required to work long hours, including nights and weekends (as needed), as well as maintain a flexible schedule to meet the needs of students and staff. As such, additional duties beyond those highlighted may be required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE • Bachelor’s degree • 10 years of progressive human resources experience • 5 years’ Human Resources management and leadership experience Strongly Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in human resources, industrial relations, communications, counseling, psychology, or business • PHR/SPHR/SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP • Project management experience • Facilitation experience • High level of computer literacy SALARY RANGE Negotiable based on experience Full job description www.insightnews.com.

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Volunteer Opportunities Harvest Network of Schools Community service is calling, no need for stalling! The Harvest Network of Schools, a group of high-performing charter schools in north Minneapolis that includes Harvest Preparatory (K-4, coed), Best Academy (K-8, single gender), and Mastery School (K-4, single gender), is currently recruiting volunteers to work with our 3rd and 4th grade students. We have three opportunities available; Breakfast Buddies, Academic Intervention, and Classroom Support.

Breakfast Buddies help with homework and reading to scholars. This option is available Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. -8:15 a.m. Academic Intervention volunteers help with students needing additional support in math and reading, available Monday through Thursday from 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Classroom Support volunteers help teachers as needed, tasks will vary. This opportunity is needed any time throughout the day 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. We are requesting volunteers commit to 1-2 hours a week for a minimum of six weeks. HNS will provide training, onsite support from volunteer manager, and recognition at the end of the year. Applicants must complete an application and criminal background check. If interested please contact Marquita Butler at mbutler@seed-harvest.org or 612-876-4033.

ACCOUNTING CLERK, 20 hours/week. General accounting, AP, AR, financial reporting. Open until filled. Appl at http://www.mnchurches.org/about/employment.html.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR WAIT LIST Shields Plaza Apartments, North Branch is now accepting applications for wait list. Senior 62+, subsidized must meet income requirements. Call for appointment 651-6747497.

JOB OPENINGS The public-private partnership between the Loppet Foundation and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is being solidified with agreements to further the MPRB’s Master Plan for Theodore Wirth Regional Park by establishing a new Adventure and Welcome Center in the park.

The Loppet Foundation is hiring for the following job openings: • • • • •

Adventure Center Director Adventure Center Maintenance Foreperson Marketing & Communications Manager Sponsorship Sales Manager Middle School Team Coaches

For the full job postings go to: www.loppet.org/jobs

Mail Room Assistant

Help this large social service agency’s mail room operation by processing returned, incoming and out-going mail. Flexible daytime shifts available Monday through Friday. Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age. Contact Ramsey County—Volunteer Services at 651-2664090 for additional information or e-mail to HumanServicesVolunteer@ co.ramsey.mn.us.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR KFAI Community Radio is hiring a volunteer coordinator. We are looking for a motivated, self-managing person with great communication skills. The hours are flexible, although some evenings and weekends will be required. No degree required, but you must be able to use Excel, Google Docs and be on top of social media. Find the job posting online at www.kfai.org or stop by our studio offices at 1808 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis. You may also email a resume and cover letter to gm@kfai.org. No phone calls please. KFAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Myc Dazzle

Monday, Oct. 3 HIP-HOP/PERFORMANCE Myc Dazzle Honey 205 E. Hennepin Minneapolis 8 p.m. $5

Oct. 3 - 9

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

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Wednesday, Oct. 5 ECLECTIC/PERFORMANCE

Don’t miss the album release/ going away party for MC and visual artist Myc Dazzle. The night includes performances by Destiny Roberts, Lula, Aashin, Rado Ahlee, Jay Hollwood, Mike Queenz and more and is hosted

by Miss Brit and Andra Knox.

Tuesday, Oct. 4 PLAY “Bars and Measures” Jungle Theater 7:30 p.m.

2951 Lyndale Ave. Minneapolis $35-$48

The Idris Goodwin play, with a score by jazz composer Justin Ellington, continues through Oct. 9 at the Jungle Theater.

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Under the Lights Honey 205 E. Hennepin Minneapolis 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.

21-plus $6

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The event’s lineup includes North Dakota’s Kashy, Kihndyn Peters with Moonshie Sax, Andre Mariette, Dis-Play and Gabriella Jacobs.

Thursday, Oct. 6 COMEDY

Thursday Night Comedy at 4th Street Saloon 4th Street Saloon 328 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis 9 p.m.

21-plus $10 Join host and comedian Pierre Douglas, Sr. for this biweekly comedy show featuring comedians from Minneapolis and across the country.

Friday, Oct. 7 CONFERENCE Giant Steps 7: Special Edition Minneapolis Convention Center 1301 2nd Ave. S., Minneapolis 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. $110 - $131 Join Giant Steps this year to honor and explore the impact of Minnesota’s most famous creative entrepreneur, Prince.

Giant Steps will be celebrating and exploring the “ripple effects” of Minnesota’s favorite son.”

Saturday, Oct. 8 FASHION FUNDRAISER

SHOW/

The Purple Ones - A fashion show for KFAI SPNN 550 Vandalia St., Ste. 170, St. Paul $25 This fashion show and fundraiser for KFAI is inspired by Prince and includes designers Andrea Abram, Brenda Bell Brown, Karina Curbelo, Joseph Cipullo, Sinead Odessa Kelley, Rochelle Lund, Mimi Nguyen, Felicia Perry, Vanessa Sade’ and Ariel Warn.

LIVE MUSIC/HIP-HOP/JAZZ Transformation Live at the Dakota Dakota Jazz Club 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis 11 p.m.

18-plus $10 advance, $15 door

The fan and critically acclaimed signature concert event of Thee Urbane Life, Transformation, is back at the place where it all started, the Dakota Jazz Club. This time around hear your favorite hip-hop songs transformed into jazz, soul, reggae, gogo and more by the band of Pierce Jess (drums), David Billingsley (keys), Alex Kosak (guitar) and Ian Young (bass). Also performing are Nick Chirch (Chirch and the Dirty Thought) and Alisha Randle (Billboard charting Shiloh choir).

Sunday, Oct. 9 ECLECTIC/PERFORMANCE Vagabond Maurice‎ Kitty Cat Klub 315 14th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis Free The self-described “dragon hermit,” poet and MC, Vagabond Maurice contextualizes nerd mythology over break beats and jazz tracks.

‘Blessed’ featured in celebration of Minnesota film makers Twin Cities Black Film Festival returns Oct. 6 – Oct. 9, this time at multiple St. Paul locations including opening night at the Minnesota History Center.

The four-day event will feature films from area writers and directors as well as films of national acclaim.

Thursday’s opening night features a celebration of Minnesota filmmakers with the showing of several film shorts – all produced by area writers and directors. One of Thursday’s more anticipated showings is that of “Blessed,” a film by Peter Parshall Jensen and Stacey Parshall Jensen. “Blessed” is a suspense-filled dramatic short film about a Native-American cop who is torn between her desire to be a mother and being the warrior she needs to be when a dying young girl arrives with a request.

This year’s featured films are “Tear the Roof Off!” and “Daddy Can’t Go.” “Tear the Roof Off!” is the story of iconic band, Parliament Funkadelic.

“Tear the Roof Off” shares insights into the individuals who helped transform the spectacular sound and culture

‘Blessed’ of Parliament Funkadelic and explains the creation of the original ideas behind Parliament.

“Daddy Don’t Go,” produced by Malik Yoba and Omar Epps, is a feature-

length documentary about four disadvantaged fathers in New York City struggling to beat the odds and defy the “deadbeat dad” stereotype.

In addition to the Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg

Blvd., the festival will have showings at Bedlam Lowertown, 213 4th St. E., and McNally Smith College of Music, 13 Exchange St. E. – all located in St. Paul.

Friday the festival

will feature a Prince-inspired fashion show and party at Bedlam with fashions by Troe Williams of Vandalism Designs and Melanie Savage of Coco Fashions with music provided

by DJ Dime. Saturday the event

moves to McNally Smith and returning to the Minnesota History Center Sunday.

For more information on the festival including a complete list of films call (612) 309-3818 or go online to www.tcbff.org.

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MINNESOTA STATE PARKS AND TRAILS

WOW The Fathers Project In Insight News’ continued salute to fathers, photojournalist Rebecca Rabb has again captured some wonderful moments of fathers and their children. Here are three more examples of fathers being present in their children’s lives.

Top: Jamil Jackson, Sr. (third from the left) encourages his kids (left to right) Dominick Jackson, Asia Jackson and Jamil Jackson, Jr. to always find a way.

Middle: Father and principal (Patrick Henry High School), Yusuf Abdullah (third from the left) sets a classic example for his kids (left to right) Yusuf Abdullah, Ninah Abdullah and Karon Abdullah.

Bottom: Marquis Jacox is not only Marchiala Jacox’s father, he’s also her part-time stylist.

MAKE PLANS NOW TO BE WOWED. Fall color is exploding, and there’s no better way to feel more wow this fall than with a trip to a Minnesota state park or recreation area. Take the most gorgeous places in Minnesota, add the incredible colors of autumn, and you’re sure to be blown away.

• The online Fall Color Finder puts you in the right place at the right time to see the colors at their most stunning.

• The online Calendar of Events has ideas to fill your fall with fun. mndnr.gov/fallcolor

Main photo: Tettegouche State Park

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