‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Your concerns are her concerns
Photo submittedCommissioner Angela Conley, along with other leaders and community members, celebrate the completion of nearly two years of construction at Peavey Park on May 31, 2019.Hennepin County invested funding for a sidewalk at the park. Other improvements include new basketball courts, play areas, pavilion and more. Commissioner Angela Conley wants constituents guiding decisions from the 24th floor By Tesha M. Christensen Editor”™s note: This is the second in a two-part series reprinted courtesy of the Longfellow Nokomis Messenger. The first part ran in the June 2019 edition of The Alley. Addressing unsheltered homelessness is an issue Hennepin County District 4”™s new County Commissioner Angela Conley is passionate about, and one that local residents focused on when she was door-knocking during her campaign. Many years ago, Conley had to leave where she was living for safety reasons and was technically homeless. “That experience [...]
AIM: Work goes on because needs go on
By Laura Waterman Wittstock and Elaine J. Salinas In the 50 years of its formal history, the American Indian Movement (AIM) has given witness to a great many changes. We say formal history, because the movement existed for 500 years without a name. The leaders and members of today”™s AIM never fail to remember all of those who have traveled on before, having given their talent and their lives for the survival of the people. At the core of the movement is Indian leadership under the direction of NeeGawNwayWeeDun, Clyde H. Bellecourt, and others. Making steady progress, the movement has transformed policy making into programs and organizations that have served Indian people in many communities. These policies have consistently been made in consultation with spiritual leaders and elders.The success of these efforts is indisputable, but perhaps even greater than the accomplishments is the vision defining what AIM stands for. Indian people were never intended to [...]
What is a ”˜beloved community”™?
Let”™s move from Race to Culture by Minkara Tezet, Cultural Wellness Center  “Our goal is to create a beloved community and that will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” ”“ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “It is in community (nuit) that a person is socialized (remut); he is given an identity, a place of belonging, human dignity, and personhood. The community (nuit) is a critical concept that infuses the word remut with meaning. ”˜Society”™ here does not remain an abstraction devoid of a sense if cosmic purpose.” ”“ Seba Ahmed Azzahir Part of my study at the Cultural Wellness Center has been to learn how to live and practice empathy, not sympathy. The empathy we are called to practice is a lost art. It is the practice of empathy where we meet the importance of Dr. King”™s teachings about the beloved community. It was [...]
