‘Cover Stories’ Archives
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 [...]
Semilla Youth Leaders Add Beauty and Community to Phillips
By CAROL LEE CHASE and MARY ELLEN KALUZA The mural nearing completion. PHOTO: Carol Lee Chase Youth Leaders collaborating, working, and building friendships. PHOTO: Carol Lee Chase Over the summer a group of Youth Leaders ages 11-15, working with Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts, painted a mural on the doors and the steps of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church sanctuary at 2742 15th Avenue South in the Phillips neighborhood. Lynda Grafito, an active Twin Cities community artist and printmaker from Colombia, guided this project which wrapped up at the end of August. We asked Lynda what excited her most about this project: I am very excited about how much the youth have been involved in this project. I feel that they have learned a lot, have become familiar with the materials, painting, creating and installing mosaics, and memorizing each step to follow. But the most important thing about this whole experience is that they are making new friends and having [...]
Summer Scenes
Illustrated by JAKE RYAN Lake Harriet Downtown Stone Arch Bridge Jake is a South Minneapolis born illustrator, copywriter, whiskey distilling DJ, who loves the outdoors and art in all its forms. He generally spends his time lurking around cafes, going to shows, and running.
