President Biden on Monday announced the nominations of Monde Muyangwa and Carol Moseley Braun to the board of United States African Development Foundation (USADF), the independent U.S. Government agency that provides grants of up to $250,000 to African enterprises and social entrepreneurs.
Born and raised in Zambia, Dr. Muyangwa currently serves as the assistant administrator in the Bureau for Africa...
Funeral services have been announced for Dr. Daniel Honoré, the president of the Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists who died in his sleep on January 13.
A public viewing for Dr. Honoré is set for 10-10:45 a.m. Jan. 29 at The Edge Christian Worship Center, 4707 Edinbrook Terrace in Brooklyn Park, followed by services at 11:00 a.m. A repast will...
Friends, family, and supporters gathered on Friday in Brooklyn Park to celebrate Hollies Winston, who on Jan. 9 became the first Black mayor of the suburban Minneapolis city. The event, which was held at Edinburgh USA public golf course, featured food and drinks, and a diverse entertainment lineup.
Valerie Jarrett, who served as a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, said that in addition to celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the United States should strive to advance the legacy of the civil rights icon.
“The world is watching,” said Jarrett, who is currently the Chief Executive of the Barack Obama Foundation. “’When you say, ‘Keep...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Africa’s star musicians hit the red carpet this past weekend at the annual All Africa Music Awards, celebrating the continent’s best talent.
The four-day event culminated Sunday evening at an awards ceremony on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, and included performances from some of Africa’s most popular musicians such as Nigeria’s P-Square and Tiwa Savage,...
If you think it’s too late to start making a New Year’s resolution, Rev. Dr. Francis Tabla wants you to think again.
Tabla, a local pastor, has a book that teaches how to set goals and encourages readers to start planning better today. He celebrated the launch of his new book, Plan Your Work, and Work Your Plan, with a...
April Graves took her mayoral oath of office Monday, becoming the first Black woman to lead Brooklyn Center.
“I think we are all ready for change,” Graves said.
Brooklyn Center, whose residents of color make up around 59% of the population, only recently had its first Black top executive, the outgoing mayor Mike Elliot, a Liberian American who was elected in...
When she’s not working her day job as a medical device engineer, Fadumo Yusuf writes the stories her younger self yearned for.
“I never saw myself represented in the books I read, so I decided to become the change that I wanted to see,” Yusuf said during a recent signing for her new novel at the Doubletree hotel in Bloomington,...
The new Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty celebrated her election Thursday and promised to make changes that will restore trust in the county’s law enforcement system.
“People have asked me if I see this as overwhelming,” Moriarty told her supporters at the All Square restaurant in Minneapolis. “I see it as an opportunity to create change.”
In the last decade, the...
Hollies Winston, the businessman that successfully sold a vision of an inclusive city to voters in November, the grandson of a Mississippi sharecropper and son of retired corporate executives, was officially sworn in Monday as Brooklyn Park’s first Black mayor.
In the chambers of Brooklyn Park’s City Council, Mr. Winston, 43, clad in a slate green blazer that belonged to...
Former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett will be the keynote speaker at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast on Jan. 16, which will return in-person for the first time since 2020 with a corresponding virtual program.
The in-person event will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center starting at 8 a.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a...
