‘Community Journalism’ Archives
Reflecting on Food Access in Phillips
By ALEXANDRA NELSON Food is something that brings us together and divides us. We all need it, yet only some have access to it.My name is Alexandra and I am a nutrition student at St. Catherine University hoping to work in food accessibility. It is my core belief that access to nutritious food is a right that every person should have. In high school, I worked in elementary school classrooms and saw firsthand how food insecurity affects children and their families. Aldi is the one large grocery store option in Phillips. PHOTO: Cirien Saadeh According to information shared by the US Department of Agriculture, many Americans suffer from food insecurity. In 2023, 14 percent of all US households were food insecure. Food insecurity is a disparate issue affecting less than 9 percent of white households in America, but nearly 22 percent of black households and 18 percent of Latinx households. Food deserts perpetuate food insecurity - and the Phillips Community is one of those food [...]
Little Earth News
The Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation’s Youth Community Journalism Institute led an intergenerational community journalism project at the Harvest Moon Block Party at Cedar Field Park on September 21. These excerpts are from the resulting Little Earth News, a handwritten newspaper created by community members to celebrate victories, voices, and solutions from within the community. Learn more about Little Earth News and the Youth Journalism Institute at http://www.strongmindstrongbody.org/a-brighter-future-for-communities-everywhere. I made a treat box for my 8th birthday. My granpa came and surprised me. He had all the tools. We started to bild. And we were done by the end of the day. The next day we painted. The treat box was going to be pink and blue. It had a water bowl and a place to put the treat and many dogs came to it every day. Sports/ClubsIf you don’t do a sport or club. I would suggest joining one. It gives you a community outside of school. It can help you make [...]
Trash Incinerator Likely Connected to Community’s Increased Asthma Rates
By KATHERINE MANDT The HERC. PHOTO: Cirien Saadeh Minneapolis houses one of seven trash incinerators in Minnesota. The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) incinerator is located on the edge of Downtown Minneapolis, close to North Minneapolis and the densely populated Phillips Community and other Minneapolis Communities. Residents of these Communities have seen and lived the impacts of the HERC. They want to see the HERC shut down. “I have a stake in getting this shutdown. I have two little kids growing up. I love to ride my bike. I have friends who come here to ride their bikes. They’re breathing in all this smut. It’s gotta go’” said Marco Fields, a Northside resident, in an article published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. A trash incinerator burns hazardous materials in a combustion chamber at high temperatures to destroy contaminants. Solid waste can take between 30 to 90 minutes, while liquid and gaseous waste can be done in 2 seconds. They emit [...]
