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CLASS OF 2020: Reflections from graduates PAGE 11
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Cadex Herrera, left, was one of the artists who created a memorial mural of George Floyd near the site in Minneapolis where he died.
Co-creator of George Floyd mural has a passion for social justice art BY DAVID PAULSEN EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE
A mural honoring George Floyd near where he died May 25 has become a prominent visual landmark among the sprawling makeshift memorials at East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. Floyd’s largerthan-life face radiates from a fiery sunflower on a blue background, and his name is painted in bold yellow letters across the width of the mural on the outside wall of the Cup Foods grocery. The names of other black victims of police violence in the United States are
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Parade of graduates Calli Moreau and Katie Nohr cheer and display signs with encouraging messages as White Bear Lake Area High School graduating seniors roll past during a parade at south campus Friday, June 5. Dozens of faculty members and school district employees lined the parade route, which was organized as an alternative to a traditional graduation ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Find more photos on page 13.
scrawled in white behind Floyd on the sunflower’s black center. Floyd, 46, joined their tragic ranks after Minneapolis police pinned him to the ground for nearly nine minutes, with one officer pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck as he struggled to repeat his last words: “I can’t breathe.” One of the mural’s lead artists, Cadex Herrera, is an Episcopalian from White Bear Lake who immigrated to the United States from Belize when he was 19. Herrera works as an elementary school behavioral specialist SEE MURAL, PAGE 10
Caravel ‘hasn’t skipped a beat’ during pandemic Businesses have had their doors closed for months now, and although many are doing their best to reopen and provide services to the community, few would dare to hold a grand opening celebration right now. Except Caravel Autism Health. Caravel is opening five new locations in the Twin Cities, including one in White Bear Lake, raising the number of its facilities in the state to seven. On May 27, Caravel held a social-distancing ribbon-cutting for its White Bear Lake clinic. The company’s goal is to close
the provider gap in Minnesota and help children with autism get the care they need. “We provide intensive autism treatment for children 18 months to 18 years. In addition to providing treatment for children, we support families,” said Jackie Vick, vice president of Minnesota clinical operations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 54 children in the U.S. has autism. In Minnesota, those numbers jump to 1 in 44. The result? Not enough providers and clinics for families. Many children wait months to get in for a diagnosis and then can be on wait lists for even longer to see providers. “Research shows the earlier a child receives treat-
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