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Getting to Know the Backyard Initiative Resource Center
Teens gather in the BYI Resource Center to here about some of the results of the Backyard Initiative”'s research project from one of the BYI Research Team members, Dimpho Orizoni, Allina Health.
by Carl Lobley, Rose Lobley, Deena Anders and Minkara Tezet
The Backyard Initiative Resource Center
The Backyard Initiative (BYI) Resource Center is the central location for the Backyard Initiative activities and communications. It is located inside the Midtown Global Market (near the Lake and 10th Ave entrance). The BYI Resource Center is where all the BYI resources are compiled, displayed, and shared with our community.  The Resource Center is a place for community members of the Backyard Initiative to visit, gain knowledge, and share information about activities and resources available in the Backyard. This Backyard Initiative Resource Center is essential to the goal of connecting with the 42,000 members of the Backyard community and to connect them with one another. effective items.
The Cultural Wellness CenterÂ
The Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) has acted as the lead agency for the BYI since its formation in 2008. CWC provides oversight for the management of the Resource Center with the goals of (1) defining and developing leadership competence for all members of the Backyard Initiative, (2) executing the shared vision of the CWC, Allina Health, and community members in the backyard area as they put into action the ideas that make health happen, (3) guiding the CHAT community leaders, the professional staff, and other volunteers toward high performance, self-motivation, honest two-way communication, continuous learning, and group decision-making, and, (4) steering the community care systems performance and self-management toward embodying and effectively pursuing the Backyard Initiative”'s vision for an alternative Community Health Care System, shaped and executed by the people receiving the care.… Read the rest “Getting to Know the Backyard Initiative Resource Center”
The Alley Newspaper in collaboration with the American Swedish Institute”'s ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE
Join in with the other community members on Wednesday, December 14th from 5 to 8 pm to celebrate another year of The Alley Newspaper. Give your opinion of what you like about The Alley and how it can improve.
Attend the American Swedish Institute”'s FREE Neighborhood Night and enjoy the festive Scandinavian holiday activites in this former Swedish newspaper family”'s “castle” at 2600 Park Avenue. Review The Alley Newspaper”'s work of 2016 and cast your vote about the Alley Newspaper”'s future!
The Alley Newspaper in collaboration with
the American Swedish Institute”'s
ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE
FREE !
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
5:00 to 8:00 pm
American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Questions or more info: editor@alleynews.org
P.O. Box 7006 Mpls., MN 55407
or 612-990-4022
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Country”'s greatness is to live and work side by side. Connect to the commonness, the beauty, and the potential in one another with compassion
BY The Ingebretsen Family
As many of you know, our family is very closely connected to our own immigrant story, and because of that, we feel strongly about the importance of making a statement of support for the immigrants currently helping to shape our community. 95 years ago, our market was opened to serve the specific culinary needs of the vibrant Scandinavian immigrant community that surrounded us, much like the bodegas and halal groceries that surround us today. Our relatives began their lives here with limited to no ability to speak English, with few resources, fiercely dependent on each other”'s support for survival and sense of family and community, holding tight to the traditions that helped them feel connected to their distant homes. They dedicated themselves to learning, to growing, and to participating in the health and prosperity of our neighborhood and our democracy, a sacred tradition that extends today through the 4th generation of Ingebretsens. Today, while the countries of origin of immigrants have changed, the same basic principles of starting a life in America have not. It is long, it is challenging, it is hope filled. Over the past 30 years, we have had the good fortune to see our community enriched beyond measure by the presence, dedication and big hearts of our Latin@ and East African neighbors, among many others.… Read the rest “Country”'s greatness is to live and work side by side. Connect to the commonness, the beauty, and the potential in one another with compassion”