‘Backyard Community Health Hub’ Archives
The Practice of Mutual Aid & Community Care
by Nicole Sara Simpkins, Sarah Jane Keavney, Cara Carlson, Minkara Tezet Photo: Minkara Tezet In mid-March, several community practitioners and elders began sharing concerns about our city’s collective response to Covid-19. In particular, we were concerned for our neighbors who depend on social services, health clinics, and community for [...]
Manhood rites of passage ceremony celebrates 15 Black male initiates
By ELDER ATUM AZZAHIR AND MINKARA TEZET, CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER Cultural Wellness Center Manhood Rites of Passage Initiates: Jamal Williams, Christian McCleary, Corey Byrd, Jamir Williams, DJ Brooks, Trea Edwards, Sha-suAdili, Jaleel Simpson, Monte Moldonada, Jaron Major, Darrin Lofton, Quadree Drakeford On Dec. 11, 2019, the Council for [...]
Cultural Wellness Center
Dreamland on 38th Street - Cultural Healing through Culinary Heritage Serial entrepreneur and civil rights advocate Anthony Brutus Cassius knew the dreamers of his day needed a place to gather and plan, create and connect. Cassius first found that space at Foster’s Sweet Shop, where he and other prominent black Minneapolitans met monthly and [...]
