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Kaler’s budget boosts mental health funds
MINNEAPOLIS
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WEDNESDAY
MAY 25, 2016
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BUSINESS
Turning weeds into wine
As a part of President Kaler’s 2017 budget, $97K will be put toward mental health resources. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com
Amid a push from students to increase funding for mental health resources, President Eric Kaler’s budget recommendation for the 2017 fiscal year includes almost $100,000 in new funding for Boynton Health Service. An emailed statement from the University said Boynton Health submitted a twoyear request for an increase in funding during the Student Services Fee planning process for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. Kaler’s $3.8 billion budget proposal presented to the Board of Regents last month would invest $97,200 into mental health resources on the Twin Cities campus — a “top priority” for the University, according to Kaler. Regent Richard Beeson said he was pleased mental health was getting more attention. “Regents haven’t talked about this enough,” Beeson said. “This is an issue
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Owner of Urban Forage Winery and Cider House Jeff Zeitler demonstrates the process of straining fruit wine before it is put into fermenters at his winery in south Minneapolis on Saturday. In addition to fruit wines, Zeitler makes dandelion wine and welcomes donations of dandelions so he can make a large batch.
Urban Forage, a local winery managed by University alumnus Jeff Zeitler, takes an unconventional approach to wine-making.
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the Longfellow neighborhood to donate
BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com
W
HEALTH
Aurora aims to help male survivors
dandelions from their yards to create a
hen Jeff Zeitler was laid off from
commercial batch of the wine, Zeitler
his job as a landscape architect, he
said.
went back to his roots — wine-making.
Wines made from produce are often
Now, Zeitler and his wife Gita manage
called countr y wines because farmers
Urban Forage Winery, where they collect
make them from their leftover crops, he
dandelions and other flowers from south
said.
Minneapolis neighborhoods to make fruitbased wines and ciders.
tiful valley of vines … [but] historically,
The winery, located on East Lake Street, is the only winery in the city of Minneapolis.
Starting this summer, the Center will tailor services to male survivors of sexual assualt.
“People expect wineries to be in a beau[wineries] often were in the city,” Zeitler said.
Zeitler’s new mission is to recreate a
Zeitler first started making wines and
dandelion wine he first made a few years
ciders in his University of Minnesota dorm
ago.
room as a freshman in the 1990s.
Urban Forage has asked people from
AARON JOB ajob@mndaily.com
This summer, the University of Minnesota’s Aurora Center will start offering a support group for male-identified victimsurvivors of sexual assault. Support and interest in such a group at the center has risen over the past decade, said Jeni Kolb, Aurora’s men’s engagement coordinator, and the center conducted an informal survey in order to gauge student interest in the group. “It’s something that we’ve been exploring here at the Aurora Center for a number of years, and we definitely have the information and staffing here to support that now,” said Traci Thomas-Card, a prevention program coordinator at the Aurora Center. The Aurora Center recently appointed Kolb as the men’s engagement coordinator in part to provide awareness and services to male-identified victim-survivors. The center already hosts four support groups, including three for victim-sur vivors, but this will be their first specifically u See AURORA Page 10
“I do not endorse people under 21
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CITY GOVERNMENT
Paid sick leave hearing draws criticism, approval The proposal would require all Minneapolis businesses to offer paid sick leave to employees. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com
Chants of “Sick leave for who? Sick leave for all!” echoed through the hallway of Minneapolis City Hall last week, where workers and business owners discussed a proposal on paid sick time for Minneapolis workers. The three-hour hearing attracted more than 70 Minneapolis residents who voiced their opinions on the ordinance before the final City Council vote Friday.
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If approved, the ordinance would require all Minneapolis businesses with six or more employees to provide paid sick time. The mandate could also include coverage for casual workers and independent contractors if amended before a May 27 vote. Employees can earn an hour of paid sick time for ever y 30 hours worked, and the hours can be used when an employee is ill or needs to care for a family member. If the approved, the ordinance would go into effect on July 1, 2017. Many low-wage workers were present at the hearing to support the ordinance, claiming they shouldn’t have to choose between getting well and getting paid. Rod Adams, a Minneapolis resident who
worked in a restaurant as a cook, spoke in support of the ordinance. Adams said he was working one day when he cut his finger while slicing meat. He went to his manager, who told him to “put some gauze on it” and finish the shift. He did. When Adams later took time off to seek treatment for the injur y, he said his employer fired him. “My hours were cut, and I basically ended up getting fired,” Adams said. “Once I got fired … I couldn’t pay my bills, I lost my car, I lost my house.” Adams asked the council to pass the ordinance. “We need sick time now.” u See PROPOSAL Page 11
CEDAR-RIVERSIDE
Cedar initative combats stigma Organizers of a new campaign, #ProudtobeCedar, hope to shift the perception of the community. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com
ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY
Ivan Anleu and his son Eli, 2, feed the giraffes at the Como Zoo in St. Paul on May 21. Visitors can feed the giraffes a piece of romaine lettuce for $5 at 10:15 a.m. daily and again at 2:30 p.m. during the weekend.
A new campaign, spearheaded by the youth community in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, hopes to highlight the Somali community and fight stigma. Called “#ProudtobeCedar,” the campaign began as a means to oppose Countering Violent Extremism — a Department of Justice program aimed at preventing terrorist recruitment. Started in Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Boston, the CVE initiative creates community and social programs to keep youth from joining terrorist groups. Cedar-Riverside’s campaign comes amid the high-profile trial of three Somali men charged with travelling to Syria to join ISIS.
Six others pled guilty to allegations earlier this year. The CVE program and media portray the West Bank area of Minneapolis as the hotbed for radicalization or terrorism recruitment, said Mohamed Mohamed, executive director of the West Bank Community Coalition. The #ProudtobeCedar campaign is an effort by young Cedar-Riverside residents to fight against this image, Mohamed said. Young people get a chance to tell their stories and build a counter-narrative to CVE and other stigmas around the Somali youth community, he said. The campaign features photographs and videos of Somali youth giving anecdotes and perspectives on what it’s like to be Somali in the city. The movement also includes programs held by Somali youth u See CAMPAIGN Page 11
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