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Youth sports build more than just muscle — Laverne Turner helps students achieve academic success, learn leadership skills
Apr. 3 | By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer As a youth, local community leader Laverne Turner was heavily involved in organized team sports, and he remembers how positive an impact it had on him growing up. As an adult in 2003, he says...
‘Harlem Shake’ videos spark effort to ‘resist the fad’
Mar. 27 | News Analysis By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer On March 13, Hamline University in St. Paul hosted a forum titled, “The Harlem Shake as Blackface: A Critical Look at Cultural Appropriation.” The forum was a panel discussion...
MN immigrant plans U.S.’s first Somali museum
Mar. 13 | By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer On Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 there will be a benefit held at Lincoln International High School in South Minneapolis to increase awareness of and support for a Somali Artifact and...
S.W.I.M. grows out of what youth are asking for
Mar. 6 | Mentoring program responds to lack of structured activities for youth News Analysis By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer For many generations, people in the United States have been persistently fed a skewed view of the history of this...
Local youth join international poets to hone Brave New Voices
Feb. 27 | Tish Jones cultivates next generation of MN spoken word artists By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer Almost every practitioner of creative art, regardless of the discipline, will be quick to point out that they are motivated...
Minister celebrates his 105th birthday — Reverend Smith describes himself as a ‘late bloomer’
Jan. 30 | By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer On Saturday, January 19, Wayman AME Church in North Minneapolis played host to a glorious event that celebrated the 105th birthday of Reverend Noah Spencer Smith. The church was filled with...
Entrepreneur turns fetish into business opportunity
Jan. 16 | Divas in Motion brings unique shoe styles to Twin Cities By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer Divas in Motion is a small, intimate boutique located on the corner of 60th Street and Nicollet Avenue in South Minneapolis. It specializes...
Deconstructing the school-to-prison pipeline
Sep. 12 | Volunteers seek alternatives to locking up kids By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer Save the Kids is an all-volunteer national organization that started in New York in 2009. Most of the people involved have been personally impacted by the...
Local company teaches financial lessons not taught in school
Sep. 5 | By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer Most people, including those who did well in school and are college educated, go through life giving little thought to their personal credit score. Even less time is spent on monitoring, managing,...
