Community

Celebration honors Quincy De’Shawn

Monday, 02 March 2009 18:59

A Celebration of Life honoring “Q-the Blacksmith”, Quincy De’Shawn Smith, Sr., and celebrating his birthday and exceptional life is scheduled for Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 12 noon to 6 p.m., at the Seed Academy & Harvest Preparatory School located at 1300 Olson Memorial Highway in North Minneapolis. Smith died tragically on December 9, 2008. He would have been 25 on his birthday April 2nd.

Adoptions From The Heart: Free online webinar on African American adoption programs

Monday, 02 March 2009 18:58

Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), a licensed, non-profit adoption agency, will hold a free online webinar on March 16, 2009 at 7:00PM EST. Attendees will learn about our agency and our programs. The focus of the webinar will be on our African-American and African-American Biracial Domestic Adoption programs.

KFAI Celebrates International Women’s Day

Monday, 02 March 2009 18:57

KFAI, Fresh Air Community Radio, celebrates International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8, 2009, as women from all around the Twin Cities take over the airwaves. You name it, there's a program for it: music, spoken word, the arts, public affairs, health, and even those Twilight vampires. Tune in at 90.3 FM Minneapolis, 106.7 FM St. Paul, or online at www.kfai.org. After the live broadcast, can also be heard "on demand" via the KFAI archives. Go to www.kfai.org/iwd for the day’s schedule. For additional information, contact Adam Mehl, KFAI Program Director, at 612-341-3144, ext. 20.

Panel will discuss Civil Rights activism and the enduring legacies of individual action

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 19:06

Can one person make a difference for civil rights? A panel consisting of a 1960s "Freedom Rider," community leaders who are longtime civil rights activists, and area teens will present "Civil Rights Then and Now: Actions and Legacies," a discussion of their experiences as champions of civil rights, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5 at Hennepin County Library - Brookdale, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center. Admission is free.

Rites of Passage event to celebrate, recognize African American males

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 19:04

At a time when so many negative images of young Black men are featured in the media, a local effort is mentoring and celebrating those who are headed in positive directions. That’s the 11th Annual Rites of Passage, set for 6 p.m. March 7 at the Marriott Southwest in Minnetonka.

Three champions of workplace diversity to be honored at Multicultural Forum March 3-4

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 19:03

Three longtime champions of workplace diversity will be honored at the 21th annual Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, a two-day national training conference that will be held March 3 and 4 at the St. Paul RiverCentre.

The Fabulous Boot Affair raises money to combat domestic violence

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:58 Ryan T. Scott

There is nothing fabulous about violence against women and children. The quickly developing, community business group ‘Sistas that Rock the Cradle,’ are fabulous, and the event that they recently held is proof of that.