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Phillips, Mpls, America Awake!!!
by Jim Graham, Ventura Village Discrimination against Native Americans really is an issue for Phillips, as well as a Minneapolis as a whole. Minneapolis, and in particular the Phillips Community of Minneapolis is home to the largest coherent Urban Indian Community in the Nation. It is the birth place of AIM and the Indian Civil Rights Movement. The City of Minneapolis even has been forced to formally acknowledge the historical institutional discrimination of Minneapolis against Native people in a formal document. And in a formal MOU with the Indian community promised to stop doing so and redress the past institutional discrimination. That institutional and individual bias in Minneapolis unfortunately continues. It continues even in what is supposed to be E-Democracy. This is particularly true with the Minneapolis Issues List where the discrimination continues. The “powers” at the Minneapolis Issues List of E-Democracy have continued this institutional bias by [...]
Circle of Healing: A BYI Community Health Action Team
Who is The Circle of Healing? by Harry Ford, Circle of Healing CHAT The Circle of Healing Practitioners CHAT is a collaborative of Backyard practitioners including complementary healers, elders, representatives from different cultural traditions, conventional health professionals and community care givers. Members of this CHAT come together as practitioners interested in creating a more formalized network of people (Circles of Healing) around Backyard residents to provide better information, support for healing, and reflection about the message of dis-ease. This network serves both the Backyard community receiving care and the healing practitioner community in the Backyard. The Vision The vision behind the Circle of Healing Practitioners CHAT is grounded in cultural health practices and ways of knowing that honor the reciprocal and holistic nature of healing. In order to meet the health needs of the people living in the Backyard, this CHAT aims to empower health [...]
Alley Media Social-November 15
Support 38 Years of THE ALLEY NEWSPAPER! Attend The Alley Media Social! Donate books! Make a financial contribution! Friday, November 15 6:00 to 8:30 St. Paul”'s Assembly Hall 2742 15th Ave. So. Food, Used Book Sale, Entertainment & Free Will Donations  “The Power of Words” Spoken word, poetry, songs, readings Alley Communications, PO Box 7006, Mpls, MN 55407 or give online at GIVEMN
