Three daughters of renowned South African social rights activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu will come together on one stage to discuss, enrich and debate in a dialogue for hope as part of the university's Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) Critical Conversation series.
The Rev. Mpho Tutu, race and gender activist Nontombi Naomi Tutu, and researcher Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe will be at...
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 Ward 4.The commission represents the citizens of City of Champlin, in addressing issues such as biodiversity, renewable energy, conservation, recycling, waste management, energy saving, environmental pollution and waste water treatment etc.
A suburb of Minneapolis, Champlin...
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 to file their taxes for three consecutive years have had their status automatically revoked. Although the regulation that engendered this reaction was not enacted this year, the impact is now being felt in the broader...
In the wake of the November 2012 election, this year is an ideal time for Congress and the President to agree on a specific plan to fix the nation’s broken immigration system. For the first time since 2007 (when the last comprehensive immigration bill stalled and failed to pass), the Senate is set to introduce legislation that provides a...
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee of Liberia will speak at at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park as part of an annual two-day youth conference, PeaceJam, sponsored by the Minneapolis-based nonprofit youthrive.
Gbowee, an activist and social worker, was awarded the prize in 2011 alongside two other female peace-makers, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and Yemeni...
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 first black president.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — To Margaret Thatcher, the African National Congress under jailed leader Nelson Mandela was a “typical terrorist organization.”
When much of the world enforced sanctions on apartheid South Africa in the...
Under the 7 train on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, shops line the street catering to immigrants. A bakery has an ATM that makes deposits straight into accounts in Mexico. An internet café ships packages to Colombia and offers Indian eyebrow threading.
But who’s especially busy right now? Tax preparers, especially those catering to immigrants. They are slammed.
To meet demand, the...
The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team, and the Northwest Civic Engagement Coalition, will host and facilitate a community civic engagement conversation on Thursday April 11, 2013, at Brooklyn Park’s City Council Chambers, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
The event will provide an opportunity...
At the New York Market - Iman, the striking African-born model who has gone on to be a designer and entrepreneur, is adding another line to her resume with the introduction of a home textiles collection for Alok.
The line, which includes three bedding ensembles with coordinating towels, is debuting this week at market and is set to arrive in...
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has appointed Wynfred Russell of Brooklyn Park to the Hennepin County Library Board. Russell, originally from Liberia, will complete the term of NuRocha Williams, who resigned in November 2012 and whose term expires at the end of this year. Hennepin County is the largest county in Minnesota and the 35th most populous in...
"My mission is to provide dentistry and help my patients keep their teeth as healthy as possible their entire life," said Dr. Chisom Nwokocha, who recently opened his clinic at the Northwinds Plaza in the city of Brooklyn Park.
When we visited, the clinic was on its second week and already the schedule was getting full with patient appointments. It...
