Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday delivered an upbeat 2021 “State of the State” address and said brighter days are ahead as the state is on track to beat the coronavirus pandemic.
“The state of our state is strong, Minnesota,” Walz said in a speech streamed live from Mankato West High School, where he taught social studies before joining politics....
Candidates for mayor of Brooklyn Park took part in a virtual candidates’ forum hosted by Beyond Media Solutions and Mshale. Collins Oppong of Beyond Media and Cynthia Simba of Mshale co-moderated the almost 80-minute session.
Five of the seven candidates in the race participated with Lisa Jacobson and Mark Mata citing a scheduling conflict for their absence.
In-person and mail-in absentee...
Minnesota will expand vaccine eligibility to all Minnesotans 16 and older starting March 30 according to a news release from the governor’s office. Gov. Tim Walz is set to make the formal announcement during a press conference scheduled on Friday.
The eligibility for all comes in the wake of a promised increase in weekly doses from the federal government early...
Caroline (Ndungu) Njau, until recently the director of hospital and nursing operations at St. Louis Park, Minnesota based Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, is the new senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Children’s Minnesota, the largest pediatric health care provider in the Upper Midwest.
Children’s Minnesota made the announcement Monday afternoon.
Njau, who starts immediately, becomes...
The next candidates forum hosted by Africa, Lets Talk! and Mshale will be held on March 23 at 6:00 PM and will be live-streamed here and here.
Candidates for mayor of Brooklyn Park took part in the first candidates forum at city hall on Tuesday in an event hosted by the League of Women Voters of Brooklyn Park, Osseo and...
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The past year has been one of the most tumultuous chapters in recent history for Black Americans, with numerous reminders that systemic racism brings devastating consequences for individuals, families and communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic is tearing through Black communities across the country, killing Black people at twice the rate of white Americans, while leaving a trail of lost jobs and shuttered Black-owned businesses in its wake....
Businesses run by African women have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and are in dire need of financial help, according to a new study released Wednesday.
The findings of the survey were shared by Efe Ukala, the founder of ImpactHer, a nonprofit organization that helps African female entrepreneurs access funding and other tools to scale up their businesses...
The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today named Deidra Peaslee as the new permanent president. She has been the interim president since May 2019.
Peaslee was one of four women announced as finalists in February. Among the four were two Black women.
In terms of enrollment, Saint Paul College is the fifth largest community college in...
With less than a month until the April 13 Brooklyn Park special primary election for mayor, candidate forums are starting to happen.
Seven candidates running to be Brooklyn Park Mayor will face off for the first time in a live in-person forum at City Hall on Tuesday, March 16. No audience will be allowed however due to the pandemic.
It will...
Taking a COVID-19 vaccine will not break a Muslim’s fast during Ramadan, Imam Abdirahman Sheikh Omar, the head and the Imam of Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in Minneapolis told Mshale during an interview.
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam.
As Minnesota readies to vaccinate the general public, those ramped up efforts are going...
Her name, Snoti, means “God’s time” in Kru, one of the languages of Liberia, where she was born. If you are a believer, then you know that when God’s time has come, nothing can stop it. That is the attitude the Minnesota-based Liberian-American singer and songwriter has carried with her over the years, as she has worked to build...
