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Phillips”' 200th Birthday Party & 36 Years of the Alley Newspaper
Attend the ALLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Annual Meeting and Fundraiser with an exciting celebration of *Wendell Phillips”'s 200th Birthday and 36 YEARS of The Alley Newspaper !!! 11-11-11 (November 11, 2011) 6:00- 8:00 pm St. Paul”'s Church East 28th  Street and 15th Ave. South in Minneapolis  *Nov 29th is the 200th Birthday of Boston-born, Wendell Phillips, for whom the Phillips Community is named. Phillips was one of our nation's greatest human rights activists and outspoken anti-slavery advocates-fighting for the rights of women, workers, Native Americans, and African Americans. “The Queen” will make an appearance with her dog, Ginger, and declare a  Proclamation honoring the memory of Wendell Phillips. Stories about Wendell by James Stewart, Professor at Macalester College and biographer of Wendell Phillips Stories! Food! Entertainment! Dinner Provided: Boston Clam-FREE Chowder, Boston Baked Beans, Salad, Boston [...]
What”'s on your mind? What makes you optimistic about life in the neighborhood? What makes you angry. Tell Wendell Phillips on 11-11-11
Phillips Community is named after Wendell Phillips an extraordinary champion of racial and economic justice. Just how cool is that? Â The community”'s name announces to the world that the people of Phillips stand for equality for each of us and justice for all of us! Phillips was born 200 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts. He became famous across the USA for hating slavery, condemning racial prejudice, demanding women”'s rights and defending Indigenous peoples from land-hungry white people and the US Army. Everything he demanded back then is just as important to the people of Phillips today. What if Wendell Phillips came back to life today? What would he say about the continuing abuse of immigrants, the continuing spread of poverty, police brutality, and violence against women, gang violence and white racism? What advice would he give the people of Phillips? (more…)
Why Phillips? Why Care?
By James Brewer Stewart Why is the Phillips Neighborhood named Phillips?”“Who was “Phillips”?”“Why should anyone care? Simply because this “Phillips” stands for a real person”“Wendell Phillips”“one of the world”'s most admired fighters for human rights and for equality for everybody”“ No Exceptions”“women and men, young and old, all colors, all backgrounds, all cultures.. That”'s right””“Phillips” stands for racial and gender equality, workers”' rights and social justice. It means standing strong for personal dignity. It means looking to the future with eyes full of hope. It means exposing and condemning racism, sexism and economic exploitation. It means treating everyone with respect. How perfect a name for Minneapolis”'s most culturally diverse, most heavily discriminated against, most economically exploited neighborhood! How perfect a name for the endlessly [...]
