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Vol. 46 No. 18• The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • insightnews.com

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Harriet’s Escape

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Triumph in the face of adversity

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor harry@insightnews.com

For some, stress brings out the best.

That’s certainly the case for Lutunji Abram. And her best is

propelling her to become one of the top names in the gourmet dessert industry.

Abram, owner of Lutunji’s Palate, 930 Hennepin Ave., downtown Minneapolis, endured a pretty rough patch in life, but now everything seems

to be peachy … peach cobbler to be exact. That’s the dessert that put Abram on the foodie map and the one that has brought her from depressed job seeker to enthusiastic entrepreneur.

Abram said her cobbler, Harriet’s Escape, which is quickly

becoming the talk of the town, was birthed at her home kitchen during a period of job transition.

“So, I wasn’t admitting to myself that I was depressed, but I’d be at home making all these different peach cobblers and after, a few close friends said you can

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sell these,” said Abram. “This was never a dream of mine.”

If Harriet’s Escape tastes divine, Abram said, it’s because it was divinely inspired.

“God spoke to me. I heard God say, ‘I want you to make a coconut oil crust,’” said Abram, who said that unique crust is a key reason her cobblers stand apart from the rest. “This is God-driven. I’m walking forward with no fear and excited about every step.”

When talking about Abram’s peach cobblers the “s” is needed because she currently has two versions – a “buttery, buttery” and a vegan. She also makes a pecan cobbler and a coconut cake bite that is both plant-based and gluten free. In addition, Lutunji’s Palate sells an “old fashioned” macaroon that is plant based, but not gluten free.

“For all my desserts I use high-end ingredients,” proudly said Abrams. “I found a certain flour with this perfect blend that doesn’t have an aftertaste or anything.”

Abram’s rise has been somewhat meteoric. She got her start this past summer at the Whittier Farmer’s Market in Minneapolis, but the humble baker said it was an appearance on the podcast “Keeping Up with Coco and Lala,” a Facebook cooking show celebrating the vegan and vegetarian lifestyle, that propelled her.

“That brought me a lot of attention … you hear me, a lot of attention,” said Abram.

Abram’s first time on camera with Coco Laud and YaLonda “Lala” Lolar Johnson doesn’t

seem like it will be her last. The baker of sweet treats says she’s been approached by other television producers.

“There are some offers out there,” said Abram.

In the meantime, Abram said she’s working on her next big thing, a fully plant based sweet potato pie.

“That was my mother’s idea, so I’ve been working on it and I tell you, it’s really good,” said Abram, with an unmistakable joy in her voice. “I’m having so much fun with this.”

In addition to her downtown Minneapolis location, Lutunji’s Palate treats can be found at North Market in Minneapolis, Cajun Twist at the Trailhead (Theodore Wirth Park), Pimento Jamaican Kitchen in the Eat Street neighborhood of Minneapolis and Trio Plant Based in Uptown. Abram said she’s also in negotiations with a major supermarket chain.

“Again, I could have had a pity party for myself, but I found my niche and kept on moving,” said Abram.

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By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor harry@insightnews.com

Arson damage at St. Paul’s New Hope Baptist Church.

Pastor, fire officials investigate New Hope Baptist Church arson as potential hate crime

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor harry@insightnews.com An arson fire at a storage building at New Hope Baptist Church, 712 Burr St. at an African-American church in St. Paul is being investigated as a potential hate crime.

Fire investigators determined the blaze, which caused fire damage to the storage building, a connecting breezeway and smoke damage to an office inside the church, was intentionally set; and according to the church’s pastor, witnesses say a white juvenile is responsible.

The Rev. Runney Patterson said he was attending a celebration in Minneapolis at around 5:30 p.m. on April 28 when he was flooded with calls alerting him to the blaze. He said when he arrived witnesses told him a young white male with reddish hair set the fire.

“When I first heard what happened I said it was a hate crime,” said Patterson. “I can’t fully know what was going on in the mind of the person who set the fire, but to set a house of worship on fire; that’s hate.

Why would anyone have a desire to do something like that?”

Patterson said he hasn’t received any prior threats but said the church’s vans have been previously vandalized.

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“Over the past 12 years there have been some 12,000 police shootings … only 95 have been prosecuted and less than half of those successfully prosecuted … this was one.”

Those were the stunning words of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman just minutes after his office was successful in convicting former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor with one count of third-degree murder and one count of second-degree man-

slaughter in the July 15, 2017 killing of Justine Ruszczyk (Damond). The question (in many ways rhetorical) then becomes, what made this instance so unique?

The answer is as obvious as black and white. And we need look no further than Freeman himself.

Let me start by saying a couple of things that should be obvious. Justine Ruszczyk should be alive … period. And Mohamed Noor should have been held accountable – as he was – for his actions … period. When you see some Black people speaking out about the recent Noor verdict, they are not doing so in support of Noor, per se, they are doing so in support of those who did not find the same justice Ruszczyk was afforded. They are doing so with the memories of Philando Castile and Jamar Clark fresh in their minds, knowing Castile’s killer, Jeronimo Yanez, was acquitted by a Ramsey County jury for shooting Castile – a Black man – seven times … seven times … for attempting to hand Yanez his ID and the killers of Clark, Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, were never even charged; a decision made by Freeman. Yes, the same Freeman who gloated

Monique Linder named to ALSAC advisory council for St. Jude’s Monique Linder, founder and chief executive officer of OMG Media Solutions, was recently appointed to the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) Minneapolis Advisory Council for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

ALSAC works to generate the funds needed to support the research and lifesaving treatment at St.

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at the conviction of Noor. To add even further insult in the Clark matter, Ringgenberg and Schwarze were given back their jobs. Excuse me … allowed to keep their jobs, as they never lost them. At least the city leaders in St. Anthony had the decency to fire Yanez, even after his acquittal.

I was there on March 30, 2016 at the Hennepin County Government Center when Freeman announced he … and he alone … had decided not to

charge the killers of Clark, – an unarmed 24-year-old Black man. I was there when Freeman showed the surveillance video of Clark facing away from the officers when he was grabbed from behind and pulled out of the camera’s frame … ultimately, pulled to his death. The total encounter took all of 20 seconds. The camera doesn’t capture the shooting, but it clearly

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Sen. Jeff Hayden proposes Calhoun Amendment

Appeals court judge orders Lake Bde Maka Ska to revert to name of pro-slavery advocate: Calhoun A ruling from the State of Minnesota Court of Appeals regarding the lake that had been known at Bde Maka Ska has come down in favor of the plaintiff, who wants the name to revert back to Lake Calhoun.

The court ruled the Minnesota DNR did not have authority to change the name, thus, the name is reverted back to Lake Calhoun, named for former vice president, John Calhoun.

Calhoun was a leader in the pro-slavery movement and was the first to design a plan for removing NativeAmericans to lands west of the Mississippi; a brutal process that later came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

Following growing public sentiment to change the name, DNR removed Calhoun’s name from Minneapolis’ largest lake, naming it Bde Maka Ska -- a Dakota name meaning lake white earth or lake white bank. Minneapolis Parks and Recreation, who maintains the lake, added Bde Maka Ska to park signs in 2015, with the official change occurring in January of 2018.

In the decision to court

Bde Maka Ska sign ruled, “Appellant presents a sufficient claim for ongoing exercise of power by the DNR and so the district court erred in denying the writ of quo warranto pursuant to Minn. R. Civ. P.12.02(e). We have addressed the merits of the DNR commissioner’s purported authority to change lake names existing for 40 years and found no authority

permits this action. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of Save Lake Calhoun.”

Within a day of the ruling Sen. Jeff Hayden (DFL-62), announced the proposal of the Calhoun Amendment. The amendment, which failed on a divided voice vote, would allow DNR to change the names of geographical fea-

tures with the name Calhoun to another name in consultation with county boards.

“It’s no secret John Calhoun’s thoughts on slavery and segregation were appalling. Naming anything after a man like that is a decision people made years ago when people like me weren’t sit-

Jude for children battling pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

“St. Jude is built on health equity,” said Linder.

“Founder Danny Thomas showed great courage and determination to reject the Jim Crow laws of the South during the 1960s. The history is inspiring, including the story of a young Black boy critically injured in an accident and refused treatment at area hospitals because of the color of his skin. He ultimately died of his injuries, which was the catalyst for his vision to create St. Jude. Danny Thomas carried this article in his pocket, as he worked tirelessly to make his dream a reality of building a hospital for children, where no one would be discriminated against or turned away.

I am delighted to be a member of the advisory council.”

Ultimately, ALSAC is responsible for supporting the promise that no family will ever receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.

“It is easy to oversimplify what we do in the field as transactional work due to the number of local fundraising campaigns and events we plan, but it is so much more than that,” said Amanda Cahow, ALSAC regional executive director. “We care about building long-term relationships with

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Demand for reparations a matter of justice

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor As Joe Biden has entered the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 presidential election, it wouldn’t be surprising if the former vice president will join some of the other 19 declared candidates in using reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a political platform.

Candidates including New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro have said they intend to seek reparations for African-Americans.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has asked for reparations for both African-Americans and Native-Americans. Just three years ago, a United Nations working group jumped into the

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fray. Following 14 years and 20 days of speaking with U.S. officials, activists, and families of people killed by police in major American cities, the U.N. working group issued its conclusion that the slave trade was a crime against humanity and the American government should pay reparations.

The experts traveled to major cities including Washing-

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Ear, Nose, Throat Specialist

By Inell C. Rosario, MD We have all heard that music soothes the soul or calms the mind, but how does it do that? More and more we are finding that learning is easier and with better recall when it is put to music. Think of how many songs you can remember the lyrics for even though it may have been years since you learned or sang them, but recalling what you ate for dinner a week ago may be next to impossible.

Hearing is one of the five senses that as it becomes diminished the importance of correcting it is overlooked with people relying on visual cues such as lip reading to help them with communication often saying that it is not “bad enough yet.” While lip reading and asking others to repeat what has been said may be reasonable coping strategies, they do not compensate for the general brain stimulation that actually hearing provides. Simply put, hearing anything – sounds, voices and noises – stimulates the brain immensely, first converting the sounds into electrical energy, which then trigger multiple areas in the brain recalling past events and sounds, storing or learning the new sounds and as well connecting with another area of the brain to create a response that may be verbal, physical and/or emotional. This rich network of neurons connecting to interpret sounds, keeps the brain’s neuronal connections alive and vibrant.

How common is hearing loss?

The 2019 census estimates that there are about 331 million Americans with about 48 million having some form of hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common chronic public health problem, but if left untreated can have effects on mental, social, physical and financial health. It is estimated that fewer than 30 percent of adults 70 years and older who could benefit from hearing aids actually use them according to the National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders. The incidence of neonatal hearing loss is 1.1 per 1,000 infant births in the U.S. and there is a prevalence of 3.1 percent amongst children and adolescents which makes hearing loss the most common sensory disorder in the U.S. In 2007 the Joint Commission on Infant Hearing started to promote universal screening for early detection and intervention with the goal being to screen all infants for hearing loss prior to 1 month of age. For those who do not pass the initial screen, they should have a comprehensive audiologic evaluation by age 3 months with the goal being intervention for their hearing loss by 6 months of age.

Types of hearing loss Congenital hearing loss is a type of hearing loss that is present at birth or develops shortly thereafter. It can be familial or spontaneous and either may be associated with a syndrome. Infections such as rubella, CMV and herpes simplex viral infection increase the risk for hearing loss.

Acquired hearing loss is a type of hearing loss that is not present at birth but is noted later in life. Common causes of acquired hearing loss are noise exposure e.g. to gun-

fire noises, loud music, aging, traumatic brain injuries with temporal bone fractures, neurodegenerative disorders e.g. multiple sclerosis and chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Both congenital and acquired hearing loss can be divided into conductive, sensorineural, or mixed hearing loss.

Conductive hearing loss (CHL) is due to problems with the ear canal, eardrum, or middle ear space and or the bones of hearing i.e. ossicles (the malleus, incus and stapes). Common examples of conductive loss cerumen impaction, eardrum perforation for example that can occur during diving or accidentally with use of a cotton swab piercing the eardrum. Middle ear space problems such as fluid in the middle ear space can cause significant hearing loss especially in children and lead to speech delay and as well behavioral issues. Ear tubes are the most common surgical procedure performed in the pediatric population and leads to reversal of the hearing loss with removal of the middle ear fluid.

At times, the bones of hearing or ossicles become calcified into place causing a condition known as otosclerosis which is reversed with surgery to restore mobility of the bones. This surgery stapedectomy is done awake and leads to immediate improvement in the hearing.

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is due to problems of the inner ear or cochlea and is also known as nerve related hearing loss. This is the most common type of loss and is often associated with aging. Other causes of hearing loss include exposure to loud noises, head trauma, viral disease or other illnesses, autoimmune disease, family history, autoimmune ear disorders, Ménière’s disease, brain tumors on the nerve of hearing acoustic neuroma or schwannomas.

Tinnitus, which is noise in the ear or head that is audible only to person affected. Tinnitus may be of various qualities such as ringing, humming, bells, roaring, chickadees, etc. It is one of the body’s way of communicating that the ear has received too much insult or noise exposure. Medications including over-the-counter medications such as aspirin and ibuprofen, diet especially high salt diet, vitamin deficiencies, caffeine, sleep deprivation and infections can all cause the onset of tinnitus. Treating any underlying hearing loss generally improves and/or resolve the tinnitus. If the tinnitus is of sudden onset without noise exposure, involves only one ear/ unilateral, or is pulsatile where it sounds like your heartbeat, it

is considered a relative medical emergency and should be evaluated by an ear nose and throat specialist as soon as possible.

Testing A hearing test or audiogram is performed in a sound proof booth ideally to eliminate other noises from distracting the person being tested so that the results are more accurate. During the tests the patient is asked to raise their hand or with body movements confirm when they first hear the sound. Testing such as auditory brainstem response (ABR) or otoacoustic emission (OAE) tests are also used to evaluate hearing and do not require the patient to respond and therefore babies, persons with disabilities or who are unwilling or unable to respond, can be reliably tested.

Treatment for sensorineural hearing loss Sudden sensorineural hearing loss occurs when someone awakens or suddenly during the daytime feels as though they are not able to hear on one side or the ear feels dead or clogged and on testing one ear is with much less hearing and word understanding compared to the other. While this can be of viral or infectious etiology, it is often treated with combination of corticosteroids and treatment for any obvious infection. Often an MRI scan of the brain and internal ear canals is also ordered to evaluate for the possibility retrocochlear pathology such as growths on the nerve of hearing and balance complex.

Hearing loss associated with Ménière’s disease is treated with hearing aids if the loss is present even when the other symptoms of Ménière’s has resolved. Ménière’s disease symptoms can be any combination of fullness in the ears, tinnitus, low-frequency hearing loss and dizziness or vertigo. The symptoms typically involve one ear more than the other and lasts for hours to days with spontaneous resolution and recurrence at sporadic intervals. Ménière’s disease is generally managed with low-salt diet, corticosteroids and diuretic. At times surgery on the endolymphatic sac or parts of the inner ear may be needed if there is chronic vertigo.

Thankfully most often hearing loss treatment is amplification with hearing aids and or cochlear implants depending on the severity of the loss and the patient’s benefit from conventional hearing aids.

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Mixed hearing loss is caused by a combination of hearing loss in

the middle ear space and nerve damage in the inner ear. Depending on the severity of the conductive component of the loss, mixed hearing loss is treated

prior to 2011 the hypothesis had not been investigated prospectively. Frank Lin and his colleagues set out with the objective to determine if hearing

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with a combination of surgery to correct the conductive component and hearing aids to correct the sensorineural or nerve por-

loss is associated with incident all –cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. They looked at 639 participants (age 36 to 90

tion of the loss. If the conductive component is relatively small then just hearing aids are used.

Hearing aids come in various shapes and styles and are selected by your audiologist for hearing instrument dispenser based on the type of hearing loss you have, your desires i.e., what features you want on your hearing aids such as being able to locate them with they are lost or amount of programming and price range. The major manufactures of hearing aids are Starkey, Phonak, Oticon, Widex, and Resound.

years) of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had audiometric testing and were dementia free 1990- 1994. They defined hearing loss for 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz as normal being less than 25 dB with 455 participants, mild hearing loss 25-40 dB (125 participants), moderate hearing loss 41-70 dB (53 participants), severe hearing loss greater than 70 dB (six participants). On average, they followed the participants for 12 years with the findings of 58 cases of incident all cause dementia with 37 of these being Alzheimer’s disease. The risk of dementia increased log linearly with severity of baseline hearing loss. When compared to individuals who had normal hearing the hazard ratio for development of dementia was 1.89 for mild hearing loss, 3.04 moderate hearing loss and 4.94 for severe hearing loss. The greater hearing loss present at baseline, the greater the likelihood of that participant having dementia. They concluded that hearing loss is independently associated with dementia.

The question then becomes was the hearing loss a marker for demen-

Impact of hearing loss The prevalence of dementia in the general public is increasing and projected to double every 20 years estimating that by the year 2050 nearly 1 in 85 persons will be affected worldwide. Dementia is not only devastating for the affected individual but poses a significant burden on the families, society and public safety. Interventions to prevent and cure dementia are therefore crucial to develop. Many studies have looked at the link between hearing loss and dementia but

tia or an actual modifiable risk factor for dementia?

While about 26.7 million adults above the age of 50 have hearing impairment, only about 14 percent or 1 and 7 actually have pursued any treatment for it according to researchers at John Hopkins. A recent study, however, published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society showed that wearing hearing aids improved memory capacity in impaired adults by 75 percent. Drs. Asri Maharani and Piers Dawes, researchers in neuroscience and experimental psychologist and at the University of Manchester in the U.K. conducted a longitudinal study using data from the Health and Retirement Survey, an ongoing study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. They analyzed 18 years’ worth of memory related data. There were 2,040 participants enrolled from 19962012. At the start of the study each participant was 50 years or older with no dementia or hearing aids. During the course of follow-up over the years, the rate of memory loss prior to adapting hearing aids was compared to that after adopting hearing aids. In both studies researchers performed a battery of face-to-face tests with the participants every two years. One memory test asked participants to recall 10 words immediately and then again after performing other cognitive tasks. The rate of memory decline slowed by up to 75 percent with the adoption of hearing aids. These results are particularly important because it was based on the general population and followed the same people over 18 years as opposed to comparing a group with no hearing loss to a different group with hearing loss.

A similar study performed by the same researchers was done assessing cognitive improvement in patient who underwent cataract surgery using 2,068 individuals who had undergone cataract surgery between 2002 and 2014. They were compared with 3,636 individuals with no cataract surgery. Overall findings was for 50 percent decrease in rate of cognitive decline after cataract surgery.

Participants were in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which is carried out similar to the U.S. Health and Retirement Survey. Lesson to be learned is that hearing and visual health are important to brain health.

The two most popular theories as to why hearing aid use may slow cognitive decline are the cascade hypothesis: In which hearing aids may reduce depression, promote social engagement, greater physical activity or self-confidence all of which improve cognitive function.

The other theory or mechanism is related to hearing aids decreasing sensory deprivation of the brain and slowing atrophy of the whole brain in particular the right temporal lobe. This is particularly meaningful given that the results of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging showing that participates with hearing loss had accelerated brain atrophy.

Take-home messages is that hearing aids help you to continue doing the things you want to do longer and keep you more socially engaged and independent. In particular during the month of May get your hearing tested.

Dr. Inell C. Rosario is an ear, nose, throat specialist (ENT) with Andros ENT and Sleep Center. For more information, or to schedule a free screening hearing test call (651) 888-7800.

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‘Jury of your peers’ rarely applies to African-Americans

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia If accused of a crime, American justice supposedly guarantees the right to a trial in front of a “jury of your peers.”

However noble the idea might be in theory, many legal experts acknowledge that, due to systemic racism, having a jury of your peers is often just an illusion. For African-Americans, systemic racism in the criminal justice system has greatly contributed to mass incarceration, partly because Blacks are more likely to be profiled, pulled over by police, searched, and arrested, according to legal experts. Once arrested, AfricanAmericans also are more likely to be detained prior to their hearing, which could take months.

“Jury selection creates another concern,” said Charlotte, N.C.based attorney, Darlene Harris, who after trying a recent murder trial, spoke to a white male juror who shared that a lot of the jurors could not understand the AfricanAmerican defendant. “When a juror is unable to relate to a person accused of a crime, the defendant is more likely to face stiffer penalties, up to and includ-

ing life in prison. The two people who could relate to the defendant happened to be Black women.

They were able to shed information that led the group to finding the defendant guilty of seconddegree murder as opposed first degree murder, which would have resulted in a life sentence.”

That and other experiences led Harris to question how much different the outcome would have been if there were

America. Black men born in 2001 have a one in three chance of being incarcerated. Given these distressing numbers, Black men appear to have a higher risk of being knocked out of juror pools, Harris said.

“When you couple racist policies and practices with socio-economics, the share of Black men available for jury selection is further diminished and since people must take time off work to serve

to be their juror, Harris added.

The right to a jury trial is a hallmark of the American criminal justice system and defendants generally have the right to be tried by a jury of their peers, said Waukeshia Jackson, founder of the Atlanta-based Jackson & Lowe Law Group. In explaining the meaning of having “a jury of your peers,” Jackson said defendants aren’t entitled to a jury containing members of their

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The right to a jury trial is a hallmark of the American criminal justice system and defendants generally have the right to be tried by a jury of their peers. i Black men – from the same socio-economic background as the defendant – on the jury.

“The scourge of racism manifests in discriminatory policies and practices such as the ‘War on Drugs,’ Stop and Frisk, and Three Strikes You’re Out,” Harris said. “Consequently, Black men are profiled more often, punished more frequently and more harshly than any other group in the United States.”

The Sentencing Project estimates there are presently 2.2 million people incarcerated in

on juries, only people who can afford to miss a paycheck, people with paid time off or flexible work arrangements can afford to serve on a jury,” Harris said. “Keep in mind that trials for serious crimes are lengthy; a recent murder trial that I was a part of lasted one month. How many of us can afford to skip a month’s pay?”

While a judge is not required to exempt someone from jury duty because the person can’t afford to go without a paycheck, defense attorneys are ill-served by forcing a person to miss pay

own race, gender, age, or sexual orientation. Most accurately, “jury of your peers” means “jury of fellow citizens,” she said.

“Nonetheless, widespread discrimination remains in the jury selection process,” Jackson said.

While courts don’t have to ensure that a defendant’s race, gender, age, or sexual orientation is represented in a jury pool, the Supreme Court has long held courts may not remove a potential juror solely based on these factors, she said.

“For more than a century,

racial minorities have been protected from jury discrimination in theory but in practice, these laws have little actual protection and one critical factor that impacts African-American eligibility to participate in jury pool is the felon jury exclusion rule,” Jackson said Throughout the country, African-Americans are overrepresented in felony convictions and therefore more likely to be excluded from jury pools because individuals cannot serve as a juror if they’ve been convicted of a felony.

“The felony jury exclusion rule dramatically reduces the number of African-Americans eligible for jury selection because roughly, one-third of the adult AfricanAmerican male population has been convicted of a felony and, in many jurisdictions, these citizens are forever barred from serving on a jury,” Jackson said. “Race has a tremendous impact in criminal trials, at least one AfricanAmerican juror can help even the playing field when it comes to verdicts. Race matters in the courtroom and race relates to perception and judgment – especially when a case is about race.”

The landmark 1986 case of Batson v. Kentucky established that lawyers aren’t permitted to engage in systematic exercise of peremptory challenges of

prospective jurors based solely upon such suspect criteria.

“However, if the attorney – whether it be prosecutor of defense attorney – can establish an age, race, ethnicity, or gender-neutral reason for the use of the peremptory challenge, the court will permit it,” said Western Michigan University Cooley Law School professor and former Miami-Dade judge, Jeff Swartz. “The jury pool should be made of such a representative cross-section in the same proportion as found in the community. Does this mean that on many occasions that a Black defendant may end up with an all-white jury? Yes, it does.”

Jackson added that those who are not African-American haven’t experienced the racial discrimination and verbal abuse that are far too common for members of the Black community.

Jurors from all-white jury pools convict African-American defendants significantly more often than white defendants and this gap in conviction rate is entirely eliminated when the jury pool includes at least one AfricanAmerican member, she said.

“The makeup of a jury can mean the difference between a conviction and an acquittal,” Jackson said.

Finnovation Lab accepting applications for second cohort of entrepreneurs Finnovation Lab, a social business catalyst that helps local entrepreneurs launch and scale their ventures, announced a second cohort of their Finnovation Fellowship Program, with applications being accepted through May 15.

The nine-month incubator and professional development program that supports earlystage social entrepreneurs building mission-driven enterprises,

will provide selected fellows with $50,000 to cover living expenses as well as a health insurance stipend, dedicated workspace, tailored curriculum and one-on-one mentorship.

Applicants to the program should be individuals with a tie to Minnesota who have bold ideas for sustainable, systemslevel change through entrepreneurship. Social impact may be in education, health, envi-

ronment, hunger, poverty-alleviation or elsewhere, as long as it generates positive change across the region. Applicants should be committed to working on their venture full time.

The program, which will run mid-September 2019 - mid-June 2020, is made possible through support from the Bush Foundation. The selected fellows are given access to workspace and resources through the collabo-

ration between the Finnovation Lab and Impact Hub MSP, both working out of the Finnegans House development in Minneapolis’ East Town District.

“That so many entities have come together to support these types of business ideas – those designed to be a force of good, to positively impact our communities – is incredibly encouraging,” says Connie Rutledge, managing director of the

Finnovation Lab. “It is a testament to the idea that this kind of work is needed and appreciated. We hope it inspires people locally and globally to expand their idea of what it means to be an impactful entrepreneur.”

“A program like this has been a dream of mine for quite some time,” says Jacquie Berglund, Founder of the Finnovation Lab. “To witness a group of young entrepreneurs work

so hard to grow these missiondriven businesses is inspiring and humbling. We are all incredibly proud of the efforts put forth by the first group of fellows and can’t wait to see how the second group takes shape.”

More details about the Finnovation Fellowship, including application information, is available at www.Finn-Lab.com.

Author Sakina Denise Uwimana-Reinhardt to speak at Hennepin County Library

Global conversations: A Rwandan story of healing and forgiveness In 1994 over the span of 100 days, nearly a million Tutsi were killed in Rwanda.

After finding personal healing and forgiveness, author Sakina Denise Uwimana-Reinhardt turned her extraordinary experience as a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide into a personal mission to provide material and spiritual assistance to fellow survivors. To mark the 25th commemoration of the genocide, Uwimana-Reinhardt recently released the memoir, “From Red Earth: A Rwandan Story of Healing and Forgiveness,” where she recounts her

story of survival and continuing efforts to restore her country by empowering Rwandans to band together, find healing, share their stories, and rebuild their lives.

Uwimana-Reinhardt will share her testimony and discusses Rwanda’s turbulent history and the projects and programs established to promote healing, during a May 15 discussion at the downtown Minneapolis Hennepin County Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Born to Rwandan immigrant parents in Burun-

di, Uwimana-Reinhardt later moved to Rwanda, where she met her first husband, Charles.

When she was 29, she survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994 with her three sons; however, her husband was killed. For the past three decades, Uwimana-Reinhardt has worked for Iriba Shalom International, a charitable organization she cofounded to help Rwandans gain new perspectives by promoting reconciliation and forgiveness. Uwimana remarried and now lives with her husband, Dr. Wolfgang Reinhardt, in Germany.

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Wayman African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is commemorating 100 years in the Minneapolis community.

Named for Bishop Alexander Wayman, Wayman was organized in 1919 at a member’s house to serve the residents of North Minneapolis. It later would join two existing congregations on the city’s south side. The new Northside church was incorporated in 1928, worshipped in several residences before building its current edifice at 1221 7th Ave. N. in 1966.

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Noor From 3 shows Clark was in no way the aggressor in the situation that lead to his death. The only threat he posed was being Black.

Freeman’s office even acknowledges its own bias. In a recent rollout of a data dashboard, a press release stated, “According to census numbers, the Hennepin County population is approximately 69 percent white, 13 percent Black, 7 percent Hispanic/Latino, 7 percent Asian and .7 percent Native American. However, on average, the composition of our felony and gross misdemeanor cases is 33 percent white, 54 percent Black, 2 percent Asian and 5 percent Native American.”

Yes, Noor was found guilty because he was wrong, but I dare say he was charged because he was Black. Had Ruszczyk done the shooting and Noor been the victim I suspect the outcome would

have

been much different.

Ruszczyk, the victim that she was, posed no threat.

The prosecutor in the Noor case drove that point home perfectly.

“So, her whole; her whole blonde hair, pink T-shirt, and all, that was a threat to you?” questioned Hennepin County prosecutor Amy Sweasy of Noor.

Blonde hair and pink T-shirt are no threat, but black hair (or more to the point, black skin) and a white T-shirt … or whatever the day’s attire is for a Black (thug), Brown (criminal/ rapist), Native (savage), darker Middle Easterner (terrorist), etc.; “well, let’s not jump to conclusions. You never know what they are capable of.”

Again, those of us speaking out with disdain in our voices at the verdict in the killing of Justine Ruszczyk are not doing so with animus towards Ruszczyk; it’s with animus towards a system that continues to devalue Black lives … a system so malicious towards us that we have to shout “Black lives matter” in anguished efforts just to proclaim our humanity.

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Reparations From 3 ton, D.C., Jackson, Miss.; Baltimore, Chicago and New York.

“Contemporary police killings and the trauma it creates are reminiscent of the racial terror lynching in the past,” a French member of the working group of U.N. experts Mireille Fanon-MendesFrance, told CBS News.

Dr. Mary Frances Berry, a Geraldine R. Segal professor of American social thought and the author of numerous books told NNPA Newswire that, “as matter of justice and no matter how long

New Hope From 3 information officer with the St. Paul Police said they are treating the arson as a hate crime.

“Any time we have vandalism or arson at a place of worship we go into the investigation treating it as a possible hate crime,” said Linders. “You look at what’s going on around the country and everyone’s awareness is heightened.”

Earlier in April several

Bde Maka Ska From 3 ting in any positions like this,” said Hayden. “We have an opportunity now to move away from some of the dark spots in our history and acknowledge the place names

Linder From 3 our neighbors and friends in the Twin Cities with wonderful people like Monique Linder who

Insight News • May 6, 2019 - May 12, 2019 • Page 7 it takes, there should be a fullthroated demand for reparations for slavery echoing the demand of the thousands of ex-slaves in the 19th century and reasserted time and again since. The odds against success are great but given the meager gains to date, it’s just as fruitful to argue for reparations as anything else and besides it is a just cause.

Whatever we do, we should remind ourselves, as Frederick Douglass said, ‘Power concedes nothing without a demand.’

It never has. It never will.”

Berry, who once served as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as assistant secretary for Education in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, scoffed at the idea that reparations are “unworkable.” Precedent

has already been set, she said.

“The country has lots of experience with reparations.

The federal government gave compensation to slave owners in the border states who let their slaves enlist in the Union Army,” Dr. Berry said. “Also, during the Civil War, compensation was given to slave owners in the District of Columbia when slaves there were freed in 1862 and, more recently, compensation for Holocaust victims and the victims of Japanese Internment are examples of reparations. In the 19th century after the Civil War, Callie House, a former slave, led a movement to demand pensions for old exslaves as reparations for their poverty and unrequited labor during slavery. Her organization collected petitions including the

names of former owners of exslaves and succeeded in having bills introduced in Congress and sued the federal government, losing on technical grounds.”

San Francisco-based attorney Dale Minami, who was involved in significant litigation involving the civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans and other minorities, said he believes the African-American vote is critical to a successful reparations campaign.

“With the racial divide stoked by President Donald Trump’s racial bias, the need for some healing among the races is a progressive and necessary policy and redress and reparations promote this healing so that we can move toward a less factionalized, less racially divided country,” Minami said.

African-American churches in Louisiana were victim to arson; the suspect a white male who is the son of a law enforcement officer.

In November a Pittsburgh synagogue was targeted by a gunman who killed 11 and injured seven.

The day before New Hope was set fire, a synagogue near San Diego was targeted by a gunman that resulted in the killing of a 60-year-old woman and the injuring of three others including the synagogue’s rabbi and a young child.

According to the FBI, hate crimes were up 17 percent in

2017 from the previous year and according to the Southern Poverty Law Center it logged 27 hate crimes this past April – almost one a day.

Linders said the fire set at New Hope affects more than just the members of the church.

“It is traumatizing to the parishioners, but when a place of worship is targeted it affects the community as a whole,” said Linders. “So we’re giving it our full attention. We don’t tolerate hate crimes in St. Paul.”

In the meantime, Patterson said the church is revising its security and surveillance

measures in and around the church, but he and his congregation will continue to push forward.

“What I told some members of my congregation is, what the devil meant for evil, God meant for good, so some way, somehow, good is going to come out of this,” said Patterson.

Anyone with information about the April 28 arson is encouraged to contact the St. Paul Police Department. Tips can be made anonymously.

that existed for generations before Calhoun ever set foot in Minnesota. I’m disappointed Senate Republicans chose to stick by a man like Calhoun instead of taking the opportunity to grow.”

Attorney General Keith Ellison released a statement on May 1 saying the state will appeal the most recent ruling.

“Our client, the Department of Natural Resources, has decided to appeal the Bde Maka Ska ruling, and the Attorney General’s Office is proud to support them,” said Ellison in the statement. “I believe this ruling raises enough challenges to the ability of a state agency to carry out its law-

ful duties that the Supreme Court should hear this appeal. I also believe Minnesotans need a reliable mechanism for renaming places that evoke or celebrate racist parts of our past. We need a way to reflect our values today and pass along the state we want our children to inherit tomorrow.”

have a spirit of compassion and desire to make a difference.”

The council is working to increase support for the mission of St. Jude of finding cures and saving children.

“I am grateful to Monique and other members of the advi-

sory council who are strengthening our communities by connecting businesses and private supporters in a shared vision that supports local children who might receive care at St. Jude and the thousands of families across the globe who benefit

from its research discoveries that are freely shared with doctors and scientists everywhere,” said Cahow. “Their team synergy and dedication to the mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital energizes us all.”

For those who believe reparations are unworkable, Minami said they’re conflating two separate issues; the deserving claim to reparations and the difficulty in implementation.

“Reparations is a good idea and depending how you define implementation determines the ‘workability,’” he said. “If reparations means individual payment, yes, there is a huge problem of allocation of money based on percentage of Black ancestry but if you define it as a trust fund to support Black institutions, community organizations, education, or other projects to improve the African-American community, it’s bit easier to implement.”

As an example, the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund of which Minami served as chairman, received $5 million as part of a redress bill to give to projects that educate about the injustice of the incarcerations of Japanese Americans.

The original bill called for $50 million but so many were still alive when redress was granted, the fund dwindled, Minami said.

“So, I think there are creative ways to help make up for the enormous cruelty of slavery and its long-term effects on the Black community,” Minami said.

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Hidden Heroes reflects brilliance and magic

By Al McFarlane Editor-In-Chief I like to cry at good plays, great performances, moving sermons, quiet introspective moments and in the middle of massive crowds that transform themselves into harmonic singularity revealing quintessential oneness in the cosmos.

It is a good feeling.

And it is how I felt when I watched my 14-year-old grandniece, Lilie Rankin, and her phenomenal party of young warrior women, take center stage to illuminate their and our genius in the theater production, “Hidden Heroes,� which opened April 26 and runs through May 19 at Stages Theater in Hopkins, 1111 Mainstreet.

The production’s powerful premise propels audiences into the near and ancient past, and simultaneously into the near and eternal future. It reveals 1950s Jim Crow’s persistence as source for enfeebled brandishing of white supremacist cancer then, and now, in the White House and on the streets of Charlottesville, Va. and Falcon Heights.

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Lilie Rankin, Lynnea Doublette clares the inevitability and imminence of our victory through the work and message of these young and gifted actors, who both imbibe and enrobe a truth

that is palpable, enlightening, refreshing and undeniable. “Seeing reections of ourselves in the brilliance and magic of our elders and ances-

tors is in part what this play and production are all about,� said “Hidden Heroes� director, Signe V. Harriday. “Hearing and experiencing these dynamic stories

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Lilie Rankin, Saniya Long, Natavia Griffin, Kennedy Lucas, Celia Birgy helps us all see our interconnectedness and I hope inspires our audiences to dream.â€? “Hidden Heroesâ€? is based on the book “Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASAâ€? by Sue Bradford Edwards and Macalester College professor, Dr. Duchess Harris, whose grandmother was in the group of the ďŹ rst 11 Black women recruited to work at NASA. The book is adapted to stage by performance impresario and playwright ShĂĄ Cage. The assemblage of Harris, Edwards, Harriday and Cage in collaboration with each other and with the phenomenal cast and crew ampliďŹ es the reality that this story, this production, is not just a great play, but a work that is personal, to many of us, on so many levels.

“Hidden Heroesâ€? discusses how in the 1950s, Black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation’s astronauts to y into space and return safety to Earth.

The play examines the ďŹ erceness and conďŹ dence they exhibited as high schoolers, on a mission to enter NASA sponsored college programs. “It is such an honor to bring Duchess Harris’ and Sue Bradford Edward’s amazing book to life for our audiences,â€? said Sandy Boren-Barrett, Stages Theatre Company artistic director. “My hope is that this production sparks the imagination of our audience and inspires them to believe they can do anything.â€?

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Top right: Sadie Nelson, Kennedy Lucas and Natavia Griffin. industry of space exploration, mathematics and engineering. It makes us remember our ownership of science, mathematics and engineering by reconnecting to Dogon knowledge, African mapping of celestial bodies and movements. It reminded us that we decode the universe when we chant and dance children’s rhymes and when we play hoop physics and mathematics on the basketball court, like Michael Jordan.

“Hidden Heroes” shouts from the mountain the truth about the irrepressible brilliance of girls and women. And when you see these performers and experience their truth telling, you will know why.

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Hidden Heroes is approximately 70 minutes with no intermission and is best enjoyed by children ages 7-plus and adults of all ages.

Like many non-native Twin Cities residents, my first image of the First Avenue nightclub came in 1984 with the release of the movie Purple Rain. For a suburban ninth grader, the concert scene filmed at First Avenue was everything. To this day, that remains my favorite part of the movie. For those who grew up in the Twin Cities, stories of First Ave extend beyond Prince to include first concerts, first dates, or first jobs.

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Since 1970, First Avenue & 7th St. Entry have been at the heart of the Minnesota music scene.

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