Archive for January, 2020
Raise Your Voice – More War Won”™t Work
Peter Molenaar By PETER MOLENAAR Not long ago, I woke to the news of assassination”¦ head swimming with visions of missile launches to and fro, skyrocketing oil prices, etc., etc. A quick study of relevant history commenced, before and after a trip to 4200 Cedar Avenue, where a consultation with WAMM (Women Against Military Madness) took place. Minnesota”™s leadership was bound to speak as well. Our own brave light, Ilhan Omar, stated: “Sending teenagers to die, or to return with lifelong wounds is not what it means to carry out our oath of office to protect the American people.” From across the river, Congresswoman Betty McCollum stated: “President Trump”™s decision to assassinate Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani inside Iraq will have severely negative consequences on U.S. interests around the world”¦ Further, it strengthens the Iranian regime”™s domestic hold on power”¦ Americans now know that 17 [...]
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 FosterӪs Sweet Shop, where he and other prominent black Minneapolitans met monthly and strategized for civil rights in the 1930s. Among friends and fellow reformers, Cassius learned the importance of social entrepreneurism. Inspired by what he found at FosterӪs Sweet Shop, Cassius opened the Dreamland Caf̩ on 38th Street and Fourth Avenue in 1937, in the heart of the south sideӪs black community. In highly segregated Minneapolis, many considered the Dreamland Caf̩ to be the only social center for African-Americans, and the restaurant drew celebrities like Lena Horne and Frankie Lymon when they came to town. 4RM+ULA rendering of Dreamland Co-Caf̩ and Cultural Wellness Center from E [...]
