‘Community Journalism’ Archives
Gamechanger: Eliminating HERC Could Benefit Youth Athletics
By LEXIE PETRICK, LIZ ROSEN Signs outside of the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center. PHOTO: Cirien Saadeh The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) increases air pollution in Minneapolis. It may be leading to an increase in asthma rates in the Phillips Community because of the dangerous toxins being released from the trash that HERC burns. Eliminating the HERC, and diminishing a major cause of air pollution in the Community, is essential for youth participation in athletics. Asthma is a major barrier to participation in athletics - and youth athletes benefit from greater physical and mental health because of their participation. The website for the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) shares many stories about community members who have suffered from the high pollution impacting Phillips. “In the wintertime, my granddaughter was prescribed albuterol for asthma. She’s three years old. I have to hold her down so even if she’s screaming and crying, she breathes [...]
Letter from Journalism of Color Training Center
Dear Phillips Community - My name is Cirien Saadeh and I am a community journalist and community journalism educator. I am also the founder of the Journalism of Color Training Center (JCTC). At the JCTC, we teach community journalism and we work with community outlets, like the alley, to make community journalism education accessible to folks at the community level. The insert you’re about to read is a publication culminating after nearly 18 months of planning and conducting community journalism training workshops. We are SO excited for you to read it. This project came together through a partnership between the Phillips West Neighborhood Organization (PWNO), the official neighborhood organization for the Phillips West Neighborhood and community partner Alley Communications, the nonprofit and community-governed publisher of the alley, as well as JCTC.I want to let you know what to expect. The “community journalists-in-training” who published with us came from all walks [...]
Register Now for Free Community Journalism Training Series This Fall!
Certificate and Honorarium for registered 5 to 8 participants By CIRIEN SAADEH Community journalism is an accessible tool each and every one of us can use to tell stories that matter to our communities. Community journalism is stories about us, for us, with us - reported stories that help us make deeper meaning of the issues impacting our communities and give us the chance to celebrate and/or contextualize events. This fall, folks will have the opportunity to participate in a community journalism workshop series. The training series - brought to you by Alley Communications, publisher of the alley, Phillips West Neighborhood Organization, and the Journalism of Color Training Center, with funds provided by the City of Minneapolis - will culminate in a certificate in anti-racist community journalism, an honorarium, and a published article for each participant this November. Registration and attendance at all 6 workshops is required. WEEKLY SCHEDULEWeek 1: Introduction to [...]
