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Monday December 29th 2025
Phillips Million Step Challenge
Together we can achieve amazing things! This summer let”'s walk together and take a million steps. None of us can do it alone but we can all be a part of making it happen when we join forces.
Phillips Wellness 50+, a movement for and by Phillips community members, has organized a walking group for this June and July. No matter what speed or distance you walk, this is for you. It will be a fun way to be with your neighbors and give you a chance to get fresh air and work your muscles.
We need you to make this challenge a success!
Here”'s how it works:
1. Come to the first group walk on June 7, 6:30 PM. We”'ll meet in the lobby of Ebenezer Tower, 2523 Portland Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404. We”'ll give you a free pedometer and a tracking chart.
2. Then we will go out for our first group walk together: one group of easy-going “strollers” and another group of a bit more aggressive “striders”
3. Keep track of all your steps for a week on the tracking chart and bring it to the group walk the next week.
It”'s that easy. The group walk will be every Tuesday for eight Tuesdays starting June 7 at 6:30 PM meeting at Ebenezer Tower.… Read the rest “Phillips Million Step Challenge”
Wild rice
BY PETER MOLENAAR
“Ricey Wild” is the pen name attached to “It Ain”'t Easy Being Indian.” Ricey is a window to the world, as seen from the Fond du Lac reservation. Her work is published in THE CIRCLE and as such, is part of the fabric of our community.
Only occasionally has Ricey vented resentment upon the surrounding White world. However, in one instance, I was moved to respond from the perspective of an industrial worker (Smith Foundry). True enough, us white workers are sometimes a tad “slow.” Nonetheless, in our mutual confrontation with the money-power, unity is the requirement of all. So, the learning process continues.
In her April 2016 piece, Ricey decisively leans toward unity by inviting us to become more “Indian.” An example of her sound advice:
“Okay, the powwow rules. When you see the Indians stand up, you do too. When they are quiet you zip it. No filming”¦when spiritual blessing are going on”¦” So, let”'s get it right.
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