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African Community “Conversation on Civic Engagement” in Twin Cities’ northwest suburbs
The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team,...
Why Africa needs its Own Ivy League institution
Casual readers of optimistic headlines about Africa’s high growth rates and record levels of foreign investment might be forgiven for thinking all is well...
South Africa hosts music development conference
Cape Town played host to the Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference, a new venture into the development of music produced on the continent.
Held in...
University of Minnesota to host the Tutu sisters next week
Three daughters of renowned South African social rights activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu will come together on one stage to discuss, enrich and debate in...
Mwangi joins City of Champlin’s Environmental Resources Commission
Samuel Mwangi, a hospitality industry veteran, has been admitted to the City of Champlin's Environmental Resources Commission (ERC) as a commissioner representing the city's...
Is your Non-profit status current or has it been revoked?
It has been a few years now since the Internal Revenue Service’s ruling that all non-profits must file their taxes. Those non-profits that failed...
Senate Set to Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
In the wake of the November 2012 election, this year is an ideal time for Congress and the President to agree on a specific...
Liberian Nobel Peace Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee, to speak in Minnesota on April 27
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee of Liberia will speak at at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park as part of...
For Margaret Thatcher, few tears shed in South Africa
The late British prime minister once labeled Nelson Mandela's political group a terrorist organization. Three years after Thatcher left office, Mandela became South Africa's...
Undocumented immigrants come out of the fiscal shadows to pay taxes
Under the 7 train on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, shops line the street catering to immigrants. A bakery has an ATM that makes deposits...
Event seeks to increase civic engagement among African immigrants
The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team,...