Park Board as ‘hostile workplace’ revisited

May. 8 |       MPRB officials, NAACP see positive change; workers still ambivalent     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   The MSR last year published a series of stories on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) about unfair...

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...

Park Board leaders, NAACP claim progress

Sep. 12 | Some employees find workplace still hostile  By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Since MSR’s January 5 exclusive article on racial discrimination against current and former Black Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) employees, MPRB...

Advertorial – Students look forward to what comes next

Jun. 27 |             Congratulations, graduates! Each spring, our preschool students visit kindergarten classrooms to get a sense of what they can expect from the coming year’s big transition. They embrace their day-long challenge...

Mpls Park Board says ‘climate’ change is underway

Feb. 8 |     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Since the MSR’s January 4  article “Black employees call Minneapolis Park Board a ‘toxic workplace,’” Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials say they have already undertaken...

Black employees call Mpls Park Board a “Toxic Workplace”

Jan. 4 |     NAACP acts on numerous complaints from workers and customers   By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   A six-month Minneapolis NAACP investigation into employment conditions among African Americans at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation...