‘Cover Stories’ Archives
“Laura Waterman Wittstock, Still the Superb Journalist: First Person Radio Signs Off the Air”
Laura Waterman Wittstock BY ELAINE SALINAS, THE ALLEY, MARCH 2018 Excerpt from a longer history of First Person Radio and the beginning of Migizi Communications. “The final segment of First Person Radio (FPR) aired on KFAI Radio in Minneapolis on February 14th, 2018, forty years after it originated as The Native American Program on KUOM-AM, the University of Minnesota”™s radio station. First Person Radio can best be described as a labor of love coupled with a commitment to produce timely and accurate news and information about the American Indian community to counter the many misrepresentations and inaccuracies perpetuated about Native people in the major media. “When First Person Radio was forced to sunset in 1992 due to rising production and distribution costs and declining support for public radio across the country, its legacy continued. Laura Waterman Wittstock, founder of MIGIZI Communications, took advantage of the large [...]
East Phillips Neighborhood Community and Press Conference a Major Success
By EAST PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE  “I can”™t in good conscience continue to support unsustainable unimaginable policies that continue to disrupt our communities. I really support this effort to create a more sustainable future for our communities, for our City.” ”“ Minneapolis City Council Vice President and Ward 8 Council Member Andrea Jenkins On January 16, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) hosted a virtual press and community conference to discuss the future of the Roof Depot building. Community members and elected officials joined together in solidarity for the fight towards environmental, racial, and economic justice. Dean Dovolis, EPNI President, began the conference by introducing EPNI”™s diverse board of directors and their tenacious commitment in making the community”™s vision of the East Phillips Urban Farm a reality. They hope that the 230,000 square foot Roof Depot building at 1860 E [...]
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Campus Renewal Project is About to Begin
By ALISON PENCE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ALLINA Plan for new promenade along the Greenway between Chicago Avenue and Elliot Avenue (courtesy Allina Health) Allina Health”™s Abbott Northwestern Hospital is about to kick-off a multi- year campus renewal project that will help us transform our facilitiesand prepare to provide patient care for at least the next 50 years. AbbottNorthwestern has been a part of this neighborhood for more than 138 yearsand we intend to stay and invest in our facilities in this community. Weare also abiding by the Covenant - the agreement that was made with theresidents of the Phillips neighborhood many years ago - and will not buy any additional residential property in order Abbott Northwestern Hospital Campus Renewal Project is About to Begin to expand the campus. Before we improve patient care areas at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, we need to complete two critical infrastructure updates. We need to build a new Central Utility [...]
