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Saturday December 27th 2025
Miski Abdulle named Courageous Woman by Augsburg College!
Miski Abdulle resident of Phillips West Neighborhood has been named the 2015 Courageous Woman by Augsburg College!
Miski Abdulle”'s dedicated service to immigrant women and the greater community was brought to center stage with the awarding of the 2015 Courageous Woman Award, an annual honor presented through the Augsburg College Women”'s Resource Center.
The Courageous Woman Awards acknowledge and recognize women who see injustice or need, act on it, take risks in order to do the right thing, and raise their voices to champion women. Throughout her 17 years of service to Pillsbury United Communities, Abdulle has done all of that and more in various roles within the agency and her current status as Program Manager at the Immigrant Women Advocacy Program at the Brian Coyle Community Center.
“Miski is a visible leader with great passion, high integrity, and empathy,” commented Amano Dube, Brian Coyle Community Center Director. “She has deep understanding of the communities we serve and the issues that are at stake,” added Dube.
Abdulle has led efforts to assist women with a wide range of services and resources that include housing, daycare, employment support, food support, legal advocacy, issues of domestic abuse and crisis intervention. A highlight of the program is the annual Cedar Riverside Women”'s Night Out event that attracts over 350 women and their children for dinner, music, a fashion show and more.… Read the rest “Miski Abdulle named Courageous Woman by Augsburg College!”
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Counterpoint Commentary: “Fitness for CEPRO”*
By Rand Retterath
The CEPRO property is the site of the former grain elevators along the Greenway between 10th and 11th Ave and 28th and 29th St. A lot of discussion went into that property [since demolition in March 2004 including a series of 3 Neighborhood Workshops Oct 27th Oct 27th , Nov 17th 2004, and Jan 19th 2005 plus arts initiatives]. It”'s disposition affected the Midtown Block Club in a major way. The block club lost neighbors who had spent a lifetime in their home, others who had been in their homes over 50 years, a husband and wife who did major work with First Nation”'s both in town and among area reservations, the block club lost a much needed for-profit business that supported the community and it lost a charter school.
The members of Midtown Block Club were and to some extent still are a close knit community, formed and coalesced by a couple of formidable women who gathered to protest against prostitution, crimes against women and quality of life issues.
As a block club, they recognized that no one wanted responsibility for the CEPRO site.  No one had the resources. The Greenway Coalition wanted it entirely green, but no willingness to manage it and no financial resources to support it.… Read the rest “Counterpoint Commentary: “Fitness for CEPRO”*”