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SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

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AUTUMN’S VINTAGE BOUTIQUE

Autumn Frazier is the proprietor of Autumn’s Vintage Boutique, LLC in Minneapolis.

The 59-year-old mother of three owns the resale shop that carries high-end vintage clothing and one-of-a-kind pieces that you aren’t likely to find anywhere else.

So, when you shop there to find a stylish dress to stunt on your co-workers (who may or may not like you), they won’t be able to run out and copy your style. That’s just part of the charm of Frazier’s clothing store.

to build my own. I want to be able to utilize my skills and take it to the next level.’”

It is also easier to start a business now than ever before, said Uzoma Abasi, Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce (MBCC) president, about the boom in ownership. “You don’t need to pay a lawyer thousands of dollars to set up your LLC. You can go to a website, for instance the State of Minnesota [website], and set it up yourself,” said Abasi.

“A lot of the barriers to starting a business have gone down, and that’s allowing us to not feel like it’s not for us. When you see someone that looks like you doing something, it makes it okay for you to do it.”

needed to figure out what I wanted to do at this point in my life. Around 2012, it just hit me one day. I took a cue from grandma and went clothes shopping. Those first purchases built the foundation of what is today Autumn’s Vintage Clothing Boutique.

MSR: How does your business impact the community?

AF: Small businesses, especially women-owned businesses, are the fastest segment of growth in our economy. A lot of my clients only shop at my

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here’s no denying that small business ownership is on the rise amongst African Americans. In Minnesota alone, people of color have become the fastest growing demographic in the state, according to a 2017 survey by the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. Black business ownership, along with its benefits — financial freedom, legacy, self-empowerment — is not a new conversation. How people are approaching it is.

Autumn Frazier (far right) shows a vintage beaded gown in her shop Submitted Photo Autumn’s Vintage Boutique carries everything from clothing and shoes to fur coats, hats and accessories for women of all sizes. You can browse through the South Minneapolis shop to find a fur coat or purchase the perfect pants suit on her website.

On a recent visit to her shop, we observed a customer looking for an outfit to take holiday pictures in. One could not tell this was the lady’s first visit to the shop, however, with Frazier’s warm demeanor and the way they were chatting it up like old pals.

I soon realized this is just the way Frazier treats all her clients: like friends. Read on as we chat with Frazier for this week’s business spotlight.

MSR: What inspired you to launch/start your business?

Autumn Frazier: I was inspired to start my business by the best-dressed women in my life — my mother and grandmother. After the recession, I

store because they want luxury, one-of-a-kind vintage pieces that no one else will be wearing.

And the prices are reasonable.

MSR: What would you consider your business’ hero service or product?

AF: One of my clients recently posted this review on a social media site: “Autumn’s vintage has incredible one-of-a-kind pieces, and she also takes the time to know the individual and shop just for you and your body type.” That is my business; that’s what I do. I don’t just care about selling clothes. I care about my customers.

MSR: What has been your biggest challenge in owning a business?

AF: If running a business was easy, everyone would do it. It takes hard work and dedication. As a person of color, I feel that I have to work three times harder. You have to be a go-getter. You have to brand yourself.

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“The landscape has definitely changed,” said Nerita Hughes, dean of business, technology, career, and workforce development at North Hennepin Community College.

Just a generation ago, she said, the thinking was to go to school, get a degree, and “position yourself for a corporate job or a job that›s going to see you above and beyond ‹let›s just pay the bills,’” she explained.

Now she’s hearing, “‘I don’t want to have to work for somebody else and build somebody else’s empire. I want to be able Nerita Hughes

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Mining the resources to heal Black trauma mother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, is about Resmaa Menakem stalked how the physical nature of trautables of people — Black, White, ma — like a slave woman’s lifeand other — all dressed up and long trappings — impacts not gathered to eat baked chicken just our minds but our bodies as and think about Blackness at a well and is inherited by the folfundraising gala for the Racial lowing generations.

Justice Network (RJN) in St. Paul.

It hasn’t been that many genDressed in a casual blue and erations for most descendants off-white plaid shirt, the surefooted trauma specialist and author weaved around the room at the event hosted by the newly formed grassroots organization created to build bridges across racial, social and economic lines to address racial justice issues.

Following speakers and singers appealing to intellect, spirit and aesthetics, Menakem engaged the room in his physical, body-centric approach to dealing with race. He has worked in trauma and healing for 30 years, garnering such awards as the National Alliance on Mental Illness 2018 Professional of the Year.

“I know I look good,” Menakem joked to the crowd during Resmaa Menakem his keynote.

His latest book, My GrandBy Solomon Gustavo Contributing Writer

of American slaves. “My greatgrandmother was born on a plantation,” an earlier speaker noted. Recognizing that the pain of a lynching lasts generations recognizes the simple point of a lynching: unconscionable terrorism.

In the same simple yet radical way, Menakem asked the assembled group to stand up and

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look around, to use their “necks and hips,” he said. He had everyone spot the exits and look at the floor, the terrain they stood on.

With the event themed around reparations for Black and indigenous communities, Menakem said, “I am going to try and help you have an experience around reparations rather than me talking to you about reparations…What are the subtle and substantial costs of what happened to us?”

In one exercise, Menakem had attendees form groups of four by looking around and gravitating toward whomever you made eye contact with. He then had everyone line up.

“The caboose is a Black woman who is 300 years old,” said Menakem, calling attention to each person in the back of the line. Menakem recounts her life as a slave, her cattle-like state of shuttling through trade to other plantations and perpetual rape.

“She was bred.”

The next person in line was

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COMMUNITY REPARATIONS GALA The Restorative Justice Network, a grassroots organization created to build bridges across racial, social and economic lines, hosted its first annual community celebration to a sold-out crowd. With the focus on community reparations, the Nov. 17 event featured renowned author and trauma specialist, Resmaa Menakem, as keynote speaker.

The event, held at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, addressed ways the network hopes to raise funds for economic development, as well as contextualize what reparations might look like in 2018.

Pictured above: (1) Nekima Levy Armstrong, (2) Chauntyl Allen, (3) Lutunji Abram, Titilayo Bediako, guest, (4) Titilayo Bediako.

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More jobs don’t mean less poverty for communities of color by college graduates who had moved to the South.”

Residents in cities such as Baltimore, Houston, Los Angeles and Seattle have experienced similar fates.

As the United States conThe AntiThe team of researchtinues along its current path Poverty ers behind The Opportuof economic growth, there Soldier nity Atlas, led by Harvard has been a great deal made by economist Raj Chetabout job gains and record Dr. Clarence ty, provide a substantial low unemployment. Of Hightower challenge to the popucourse, these trends don’t relar notion that “job gains flect America’s “Labor Force Participation Rate,” which has dropped are the surest way” to lift people out of by more than three percentage points poverty. They emphasize a multitude of “other factors” that promote social and over the last decade.

Still, for the sake of argument, let’s economic mobility, including access to not completely undersell the notion that education, housing, health care, transthere has been significant job growth in portation, and other resources.

In particular, Chetty and his partAmerica since the end of the recession in 2009. The question that I have is what ners highlight the continued and seemhas that growth meant for Americans ingly intractable role that race plays in upward mobility. This is true even in poverty, particularly people of color?

Perhaps the answer lies in a brand among people of different races who renew study from researchers at Har- side in the same communities. vard University, Brown University, and the U.S. Census Bureau. The Opportunity Atlas plumbs data from every census tract in the nation, and the results suggest there is little to no correlation between job growth and economic mobility among poor residents.

Most negatively affected by these Among the cities that illustrate this best are Atlanta and Charlotte, which trends are members of the African have witnessed a considerable increase American and Native American comin the number of jobs the past few de- munities. “The two groups that happen cades. Yet as Josh Boak, an econom- to stand out tend to be groups who have ics writer for the Associated Press, notes, experienced a very different history in “Many of those positions appear to America,” states the Equality of Opporhave skipped over the residents who tunity Project’s Nathaniel Hendren. “So were born in those cities…instead filled that does suggest thinking about the

Job growth is not sufficient by itself to create upward mobility. It’s almost as though racial disparities have been amplified by job growth.

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long-run historical processes that might have gotten us here.”

It’s no surprise then that the historical legacies of institutional and individual racism continue to not only impede economic mobility in the United States but across the globe, as well.

In its 2018 report on global poverty and shared prosperity, the World Bank Group has introduced what it terms its “multidimensional poverty” measurement strategy. It parallels The Opportunity Atlas in that it focuses well beyond indicators such as income and/or employment (what the World Bank calls “monetary poverty”) in favor of a much broader measure of human well-being.

Among these indicators are educational attainment and enrollment, as well as access to energy, sanitation, and a safe supply of water. Considering this methodology, The World Bank poses the following scenario: “Two families have the same income, say [the U.S. equivalent of] $3.00 per person per day. However, only one family has access to adequate water,

“The two groups that happen to stand out tend to be groups who have experienced a very different history in America.” sanitation and electricity, whereas the other lives in an area lacking the necessary infrastructure for basic services, such as a power grid or water mains.”

In spite of roughly the same income, the family with access to these basic needs clearly maintains a higher standard of living. What is chilling, and exceedingly criminal, is how disparate

Photo by Ahmet Ali Ağır on Unsplash the deprivation rates for basic needs are on the continent of Africa.

In much of sub-Saharan Africa, a significant portion of its population is deprived of electricity, sanitation, and clean drinking water. For example, according to the World Bank, the electricity deprivation rate in Lesotho is 83 percent. In Mozambique, it is 72 percent, and in the Gambia, the electricity deprivation rate is 67 percent.

The deprivation rates are equally disturbing (and in some cases much higher) when it comes to sanitation and water. However, in the majority of European nations, such rates are generally between zero and one percent. And while there is a great deal of multidi-

mensional poverty throughout Asia, Latin America, and other parts of the world, the situation in Africa is beyond the pale.

I guess it only stands to reason that one of the strongest indicators of economic mobility (or lack thereof) in the United States mirrors the strongest indicator of global poverty.

Clarence Hightower is the executive of Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties. Dr. Hightower holds a Ph.D. in urban higher education from Jackson State University. He welcomes reader responses to 450 Syndicate Street North, St. Paul, MN 55104

Poll shows broad support for criminal justice reform First Step Act reportedly nearing congressional action As President Donald Trump is reported to be on the verge of an endorsement of the First Step Act, the Justice Action Network has

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“We’re approaching a critical moment that marks a sea change in the approach to criminal justice in Congress,” said Jason Pye, vice president of legislative affairs at FreedomWorks. “These poll results further emphasize the need to act at the federal level now.”

“The groundbreaking sentencing reforms in this bill will begin to turn our country away from the destructive mandatory minimum sentences that contributed to mass incarceration and unacceptable racial disparities,” said Inimai Chettiar, director of the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. “Bipartisanship is a rare thing in this acidic political climate, and I’m proud to have held the line with progressive and conservative advocates who were committed to the broadest possible bill that could afford the most relief to as many American families as possible. I believe we have achieved these goals, and I look forward to the day this legislation is signed into law.”

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The poll was conducted by Robert Blizzard of Public Opinion Strategies, a prominent conservative polling firm.

Among the key findings in the poll: 76 percent of voters believe judges should be able to depart below mandatory minimum sentences in certain cases when they feel the punishment is too harsh.

66 percent of voters believe mandatory minimum sentences have put too many people behind bars for too long and should be reformed — especially for drug offenses.

87 percent of voters believe people in prison should be able to earn credits for participating in job training and rehabilitative programming.

Nearly seven in 10 voters believe federal prisons should be able to move terminally ill inmates to halfway houses or home confinement.

Late last week, the Fraternal Order of Police — the largest law enforcement labor organization in the U.S. — became the first significant law enforcement group to announce their partnership with the White House on criminal justice reform legislation. That announcement was quickly followed by support letters from the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major Cities Sheriffs of America.

The new polling numbers show the American people are firmly behind the effort, and Congress is now on the verge of passing the most significant, commonsense criminal justice reform in decades.

“At a time when our nation feels more divided than ever, one thing nearly all Americans agree on is the need to fix our broken criminal justice system,” said Holly Harris, executive director of the Justice Action Net-

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All about colds

How to lessen their frequency and ease their symptoms like drinks, fruit juices, and warm tea and broths work well. Chicken soup has been proven to make cold sufferers feel much better. Avoid alcoholic beverages or anything that can cause dehydration.

• Take Vitamin C. One thousand milligrams a day for three to five days has been reported to be helpful.

• Calm the throat. For sore throats, throat lozenges or gargling with warm salt water work well.

• Get plenty of rest. Don’t over-extend yourself. Allow your body’s immune system to strengthen and fight back.

By Charles E. Crutchfield III, MD First published February 2, 2016 and reprinted by popular demand It’s that season again — cold season!

Let’s talk about what a cold is, how to prevent it, and how to treat it.

A cold is a viral infection of your sinuses/nasal passages and throat. Sometimes it can spread into your deep throat and cause bronchitis.

There are over 99 different viruses that can cause a cold. Because colds often affect the nasal passages, most of the viruses that cause colds are “rhinoviruses” (the term “rhino” means “nose”).

Most colds last about four to seven days. There is no cure, so one must let a cold “run its course.”

The differences between a cold and the flu are that colds are not as severe, don’t produce high fevers, and don’t cause significant tiredness or fatigue.

There are measures one can take to prevent the number of colds one gets and to treat the symptoms if a cold develops.

Common cold symptoms • Stuffy nose • Runny nose • Sore throat • Coughing • Sneezing • May have mild fever

• May have mild fatigue-tiredness • Nasal pressure • Watery eyes Prevention The best way to treat a cold is to prevent it in the first place. Some things that help to prevent colds include: • Hand washing. This is the most important thing you can do to prevent colds.

Wash hands for at least 30 seconds. Some people sing “Happy Birthday” silently, twice, as a timing device as they wash their hands.

• Get a flu shot or mist every year.

• Don’t touch the faucet handles or door knobs in public restrooms. Use a towel to turn the water off and

your elbow to open the door.

• If a sink is not available, use hand sanitizing gels.

• Don’t cough into your hand; cough into your elbow.

• Don’t touch your food with your hands; use eating utensils.

• Get plenty of rest.

• Eat healthy, including a daily multivitamin.

• Clean commonly encountered surfaces regularly with disinfectant sprays. This includes bathroom surfaces, cell phones, doorknobs, refrigerator handles, steering wheels, and other commonly touched door handles.

Treatment There is no cure for the common cold, so reducing aggravating symptoms is the goal. Because colds

are caused by a virus, classic antibacterial antibiotics are useless. The following are measures to reduce symptoms: • Take pain relievers such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen or aspirin. Talk to your doctor before giving any child with cold symptoms a fever aspirin as unwanted side effects can occur.

• Use nasal decongestant sprays. These work well to ease breathing but should only be used for two or three days. If used too long, the user can develop a dependence.

• Use cough medicines.

This includes throat lozenges and liquid syrups.

These will make you feel better, but they won’t resolve a cold any sooner.

• Drink lots of fluids. Sports-

We all get colds. It is a part of living. Hopefully, this information will lessen their frequency and symptoms. Remember, if you are concerned about any illness, contact your doctor immediately.

Charles E. Crutchfield III, MD is a board-certified dermatologist and clinical professor of dermatology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

He also has a private practice in Eagan, MN. He received his M.D. and Master’s Degree in molecular biology and genomics from the Mayo Clinic. He has been selected as one of the top 10 dermatologists in the United States by Black Enterprise magazine. Dr. Crutchfield was recognized by Minnesota Medicine as one of the 100 Most Influential Healthcare Leaders in Minnesota. He is the team dermatologist for the Minnesota Twins, Vikings, Timberwolves, Wild and Lynx. Dr. Crutchfield is also an active member of both the American and National Medical Associations, and president of the Minnesota Association of Black Physicians.

Jaw problems are your dentist’s domain

By Dr. Daniel Klauer, DDS Contributing Writer Let’s assume for the moment you experience these symptoms: headaches, ear aches, ringing in the ears, nausea, fatigue, neck pain, and numbness and tingling

in the hands and fingers.

What kind of a healthcare provider would you see first?

You probably didn’t say your dentist. After all, your teeth and gums don’t seem to be the problem, right? Yet, your dentist could be the person best equipped to solve

your problem, because the cause of these symptoms could be temporomandibular joint dysfunction, or TMD. The condition — which is sometimes called TMJ (the name of joint) or TMJD, as in TMJ disorder or dysfunction — is a broad term to de-

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scribe jaw pain and dysfunction. It is typically related to something structurally off with the hinging joint itself or a problem with the muscles that support it. Or it could be both.

That clicking sound some people hear in their jaw may be a precursor to more serious TMD problems around the corner. But people who experience these symptoms rarely make an appointment with their dentist — at least not at first. Instead, they visit a long line of physicians until finally, as a last resort after no one alleviates their pain, they turn to their dentist.

The reason some physicians misdiagnose these cases is because typically they are not well-trained in jaw problems, which are considered a dentist’s domain. On the other hand, dentists often lack a solid understanding of the joint because they tend to be passionate about teeth, not orthopedics.

TMD is far from a rare disease. The TMJ Association reports it affects about 12 percent of the population at any given time, and other research by the National Institute of Health finds as many as 83 percent of people in some population segments have at least one TMD symptom.

Clinicians who look at the patient’s full medical history, life circumstances, stress levels, and sleep patterns are the most successful in treating TMD, which is usually only completely cured if it’s strictly an orthopedic issue. Most TMD patients have some neuropathic pain (meaning its cause is in the brain, not due

to trauma to healthy tissue.)

Stress reduction techniques like deep breathing and meditation can help reduce the pain until the issue is resolved. Other approaches that may work include physical therapy to relax the face and neck muscles, oral-appliance therapy, acupuncture, massage, and diet and behavior modifications (such as eliminating gum chewing).

These options should usually be considered before deciding on surgery.

Many people have been told by healthcare providers that they can’t get better and they will have to live with their pain for the rest of

their lives. They’ve been told the way they live now is their norm.

But today’s norm doesn’t have to be tomorrow’s norm.

I see patients every day who are ultimately able to turn their lives around. With the right treatment they are able to free themselves of pain and lead a life filled with energy that lets them take on the day.

Dr. Daniel Klauer, DDS, is author of Achieve Your Victory: Solutions for TMD and Sleep Apnea. Since 2013, Dr. Klauer has limited his practice to treating patients with craniofacial pain, TMD, and sleep breathing disorders.

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12 ways to green up your holiday season

Most plastic trees aren’t biodegradable or easily recyclable. If you plan on reusing your artificial tree, note that it could take five to 10 years of reuse before it will have less impact on the environment. But, if you’re not into reusing, you could also rent an artificial tree and return it after the holiday season.

By MSR Editors If you’re like many of us, you are now wading through Thanksgiving leftovers (and dishes), family, friends and Black Friday deals. With the unofficial kick-off of the holiday shopping season upon us, your shopping choices can spread not only a little holiday cheer but also help green the earth.

So, while you’re checking your naughty or nice lists, here are some ways you can leave less of a carbon footprint while celebrating the holidays.

Make your own holiday decorations There are plenty of craft ideas and resources to make your own wreaths, ornaments and other holiday decorations with things already in your kitchen or house.

Buy battery-free gifts Even as battery recycling is up by 20 percent last year, for a total of 4,000 tons of collected batteries, we’ve got a long way to go before we’re throwing away less than recycling. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans throw away more than three billion batteries each year. So, buy battery-free or include rechargeable batteries and a charger.

Buy locally or handmade This is the perfect time to support small and independent businesses and antique shops with locally-made gifts that didn’t have to travel far, which will reduce greenhouse emissions.

Look for eco-friendly gifts While you’re at it, see if you can find some eco-friendly gifts made from recycled materials or that are easily recycled, energy-efficient or are made of natural products.

Make your own gifts This might be a bit more time-consuming or you might be like many of us who don’t have an artsy magic thumb, but if you are great at visual arts — baking, sewing or some other artistic flair — why not put your talents to use and create oneof-a-kind memories for your loved ones?

Use LED lights For some, the holiday season means all-out decoration wars. Lower your light bill and reduce your imprint by using LED lights and, maybe, reduce the size of your outdoor displays.

If you’re traveling, be sure to turn off all lights and unplug appliances to save a few coins.

Photo courtesy of Getty Give eco-friendly cards While you’re at it, you can also reduce your carbon imprint by sending e-cards (with a little note saying you’re saving trees, of course). Or for the relative that might be appalled by that, you could also make your own cards or look for cards made from recycled materials and printed in non-toxic inks. You could also reuse the fronts of old cards as holiday postcards or gift tags.

Use less wrapping paper We know there is something about shredding through neatly wrapped and bowed presents. But we’re sure your adult friends will understand if you use less wrapping paper and more creative wrappings like fabrics and (recyclable) gift bags that require less packaging, paper and waste.

Reuse old gift packaging According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environ-

mental Health, if every U.S. household wrapped just three presents in reused materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.

You could reuse ribbons, bows, and bag and box stuffers from previous gifts or repurpose old candy tins and other boxes. Be sure to recycle anything that cannot be reused.

To tree or not to tree Some people will absolutely balk at the idea of not having a tree, so we’ll leave that debate to you and your family. But make sure to consider live versus artificial trees. There is a raging debate about which is better, but, in reality, it just depends on how you use them.

Live trees can be cut, composted and chipped for reuse, just make sure to remove all the tinsel and decorations from the tree. If you want to replant your tree, you must buy one with a healthy root ball. These aren’t cheap and are rather hard to come by.

Cook more veggies Healthy up your holiday meals with more plant-based (and locally grown) vegetables.

They’re good for both your body and the environment. And, yes, sweet potatoes count!

Cook less food Don’t fight us on this one. By now, you’ve come to know which dishes tend to not get eaten each year or go bad before you can finish them. With 30 to 50 percent of food getting wasted each year, why not cook less of those items and keep food waste down this year?

The holidays can be stressful by themselves, so don’t beat yourself up if you can’t do everything on this holiday green check-off list. Doing just one or two things can make a world of difference in helping reduce your carbon imprint.

So, pick the ones that stand out the most and get started on greening your holiday cheer.

The holidays are the perfect time to recycle old batteries With holiday season upon us, this is the perfect time to declutter your junk drawers, closets, attic and basement in time for friends and family

to visit. If these areas of your home contain used batteries, you’re in good company. One in five households store some or all of their used batteries

from the past year, according to a recent Nielsen study conducted on behalf of Call2Recycle.

Whether it’s electronics

packed away in the attic or boxed toys in the basement, old batteries are everywhere.

As part of your decluttering efforts this holiday season, experts say it’s worthwhile to take the time to gather used batteries and properly recycle them.

“Along with the thanks we give during the holiday season comes responsibility for the gifts we send and receive,” said Carl Smith, CEO and president of Call2Recycle, Inc. “This includes safely recycling batteries found in

charge. Indeed, more than half of individuals throwing away battery-operated electronic devices leave the battery attached. This is a dangerous act, especially if the batteries are Lithium-based.

So, after hauling your holiday decorations out of storage, be sure to check that there aren’t any forgotten batteries hiding under cherished mementos.

Use this time of extra motivation to also test and change the batteries in all the smoke alarms and carbon monoxide

many technology products.

“Responsible disposal of electronics is vital during the holidays especially since the hottest tech gadgets — many powered by rechargeable batteries — are such popular gifts.”

Recycling used batteries is not only good for the environment, but it also can play an important role in keeping families safe this holiday season. Unfortunately, even batteries that appear dead can contain a residual charge, which could lead to a spark.

From old power tools to cordless telephones, cameras, e-readers, tablets and cellphones, many people don’t know what to do when batteries no longer hold a

detectors around your house.

Don’t get too busy to do this important task. Checking expiration dates for both smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors does not take very long, and could be the difference between life and death.

Once you’ve gathered all of those spent batteries around your house, Call2Recycle suggests the following steps.

• Drop: Recycle your rechargeable batteries for free at a convenient Call2Recycle drop-off location.

With over 50 drop-off locations in the greater Twin Cities area, it’s an easy item to check off your to-do list while completing errands and holiday shopping.

To find a battery recycling center near you, visit call2recycle.org/locator. You can also check to see if your job has a battery recycling program.

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• Tape: Protect the ends/ terminals with non-conductive, electrical duct or clear packing tape.

• Bag: Store the taped batteries in a clear plastic bag that closes.

For a safe and happy holiday season, take the step of recycling your used batteries. It’s a simple way to prepare your home, make a positive impact on the environment and keep the people and property you love safe.

For more information on battery recycling, visit call2recycle. org.

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From a ‘digital desert’ to an entrepreneurial hub

By Harry C. Alford & Kay DeBow Guest Commentators There is an urgent need to transform minority, lowincome and rural communities from forgotten places into entrepreneurial hubs of economic innovation. While these communities already suffer from poor schools, low educational levels, high unemployment, drug abuse and many other problems, these problems can only get worse as automation and artificial intelligence further penetrate society.

Without access to highspeed broadband, minority and low-income communities will be permanently stuck in a wasteland which has few jobs, few skills, few employers and little access to education. Moreover, recent studies indicate that in the

training and access to telemedicine and social services.

The foundation of the prototype is to develop technology (cell towers and small cell 5G technology) and lowincome housing in a community to provide the community jobs that have access to the world, along with access to telemedicine and social services. If this prototype is successful, it will revolutionize economic development in these distressed areas.

These minority and lowincome communities do not have the money to build their own telecommunications infrastructure or housing. The federal government has talked about funding rural broadband for years but with little success.

Now a bipartisan group of senators is actively promoting the AIRWAVES Act to fund 5G technology in low-

the towers.

Generally, the combination of the proceeds from the sale of the tax credits, along with the subsidized rents, support the entire cost of the housing. If the area is extremely poor, such as an area we are looking at in the Mississippi Delta, as well as a few urban centers, there can be a 10 percent deficit. This deficit has to be filled with state housing tax credits — if available in the state — or by a foundation or cross-subsidy from the revenues of the cell towers.

Jobs would be created in the construction of the project, the long-term management of the housing units; and with the addition of 5G technology, the community would have the ability to create technology jobs and market their products to the world.

Technology without people and workers is useless. Housing without technology is just another housing project or “Digital Desert.” It is the combination that provides a future to the community. next decade over 50 percent of the working population will work as “freelancers.”

The technology without people and workers is useless. Housing without technology is just another housing project or “Digital Desert.” It is the combination that provides a future to the community.

To address the future, these minority, low-income and rural communities need to develop a path that creates jobs in their communities. The top-down approach has failed after 65 years of government funding. How would a bottom-up approach work?

The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) has launched a prototype project that, if successful, will help transform minority, low-income and rural communities. Our goal is to create communities with access to 5G technology, integrated into low-income housing, job

income and rural areas with revenues from the auctions that sell spectrum, the fruits of those very needed efforts are most likely years in the future.

Minority and rural communities certainly do not have the time to wait for government funding. We must see if the private sector can do it now.

We have narrowed the search for the city, we have political and church support.

We have private sector developers who will bid on the project.

The prototype financing would be provided by the developers of the specific parts of the project. The primary form of financing for the housing portion of the experiment would be the sale of federal low-income housing tax credits, a small mortgage, and hopefully the donation of the land by the city.

The cell towers would be financed by the attachments to

If the prototype project is successful, the NBCC will work with communities across the country that want to overcome impediments to success. Armed with an honest assessment of what they want to become, the NBCC will work with them to persuade those with resources to invest in their entrepreneurial vision. Not possible? Well, every major social change starts with a different vision of the future.

It’s now time to apply creative thinking to transforming these forgotten people and communities into entrepreneurial hubs.

Harry Alford is the co-founder, president & CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC). Kay DeBow is the co-founder and executive vice president of the NBCC. For more information, visit nationalbcc.org.

THROUGH MY EYES

No surprises in the 2018 midterm election

By Ron Edwards Contributing Commentator As of the writing of this column, the 2018 midterm elections are over. The country celebrates the highest voting turnout in half a century: 113 million compared to 83 million in the last midterms. We celebrate Blacks at the top of the electoral pole, whether or not we hear an echo of 2000.

I also celebrate that Minnesota has the firstever Black winner of a seat on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners and an African American winning the 5th Congressional District. I wish both of these women the very best.

As I ask every two years, what is the Democratic Party’s commitment to stand strong and forcefully behind African American candidates across the country? The Trump invitation to African Americans to vote Republican — “what have you got to lose” — is one of the most damning statements about Black leadership in Democratic-run cities.

When the Minnesota tally was completed, Democrats controlled the offices called for in Minnesota’s Constitution. But, as in Washington, Minnesota is also split between Democrats and Republicans.

What will it mean to have an angry Republican president along with angry Democrats and Republicans in Congress? They must tone down their anger. Trump maintains the election of 2018 was a victory for him personally, and for the Republican Party, as he tries to save face regarding losing the House of Representatives.

The new focus: the 2020 elections. Some are worried about the possibility of a constitutional crisis if Bob Mueller, the special counsel investigating whether there was Trump/Russian collusion, is fired, with half fighting to fire and half fighting to prevent firing.

Also, each political side says they’ll be on war footing if the other side investigates them.

Both are acting as if they were grade school

kids fighting during recess. This would be funny if they were not adults with significant responsibilities to carry out for our kids and their families. Much needs to be done regarding education, jobs, and housing, not to mention internationally, in general, and along our southern border, in particular. We can handle kids’ recess instability, but not an unstable United States.

Since my last column, another mass shooting occurred, this time in Thousand Oaks, Calif — two weeks after the mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Penn., and the two African Americans shot by a White supremacist in Jeffersontown, Ky. How much violence will be against African Americans in the United States over the next two years by White extremists, and will there continue to be little coverage by White or Black leaders and journalists?

It is important to remember, as Thurgood Marshall often said: African Americans have the right to be heard, and the right to be equally protected under the Constitution and the laws of this nation.

We cannot be sure such protections will always be provided. Too often, too many ambitious leaders, White and Black, are nowhere to be found or heard when action is required. I wonder what Black leadership will have to say about the negatives in Black neighborhoods, about international interactions, and about the caravans heading toward our southern border.

Will there be peace and comity or scorched earth policies and responses? Opportunity and reform are needed, especially regarding prisons, drugs, education and voting. I offer approaches to achieve solutions in my two Minneapolis Story publications and on my website at theminneapolisstory.com.

Stay tuned.

Ron Edwards is an author and hosts radio and TV shows.

When will the Black community practice unity?

By Darrell Coles Guest Commentator I’ve been thinking a lot about unity lately. One of the things that I always hear from groups whose goals are to help solve the litany of problems and disparities in housing, employment, drug abuse, and health that occur in North Minneapolis is that we must all work in “unity.”

Although it sounds good, the only thing that many people really seem unified in is getting rid of the peo-

seem to be taking control of neighborhood associations, which drive the direction of what goes on in the neighborhood.

It’s well known that Minneapolis (and Minnesota, in general), has some of the worst racial disparities in the country. Despite all these groups of people working together in unity, it seems to be getting worse for African Americans. How can this be?

African Americans, on many important levels, seem to be falling behind other

an Arab-owned restaurant down the street is always full of Blacks buying fried chicken.

I always hear that Blacks give bad customer service.

Well, there is no worse customer service than to go somewhere to spend your hard-earned money, knowing that you will never see any of your own people there. Is another people’s ice colder than ours? Does their food taste better?

We have many Black churches over in North Min-

Are there Black Minneapolis political leaders to advocate for us? They, in many cases, seem to work harder for others than they do us. I have no problem being in “unity” with others. I’m saying we need to have the same kind of unity among ourselves, not just in word, but in deed, as others seem to. Our survival as a people depends on it.

Can we really unify with others, if we aren’t unified in our spiritual and financial growth among each oth-

When we see the greatness in ourselves — and that others see, and many are afraid of — we’ll be better off together. ple who have been there for years, to carve up the “new” Northside, and see who gets what.

The changes over North Minneapolis are accelerating at a fast pace. New businesses and housing are springing up all over. Streets are being repaired.

But these changes are coming at a price: higher rents and costs to buy a home. People who, a few years ago, wouldn’t have thought about moving to North Minneapolis, are now coming in droves. And they

groups. Hispanics, Whites, Arabs, and Africans seem to be building businesses along West Broadway, and the other Northside business corridors. There seems to be a unifying principle among others who build up businesses that improve their people’s lives as a community.

When I go into buffet restaurants, I see Asians and Hispanics working together.

No Blacks are working there.

There is a Black-owned restaurant on West Broadway that’s constantly empty. But

neapolis. But as Desmond Tutu said once, “In Africa, when the White man came, they had the Bible, and we had the land. Now, we have the Bible, and they have the land.”

Is our spirituality really so empty that we can’t build businesses and grow as a community together? Sometimes I feel like our people, as a collective, are like a great ship adrift at sea, without a rudder. We’ve made others rich, while we are starving as a collective — spiritually and materially.

er? If we don’t start practicing practical acts of unity, we may be a doomed people.

I hope our spiritually will lead us into a place of action, where after we get done praying at church, we can go to a Black restaurant that employs Black people, get the service we deserve, respect each other, eat in peace without anyone getting shot, and go home to love God (however you see God), ourselves, our families, and neighborhood.

When we see the greatness in ourselves (and that

others see, and many are afraid of), we’ll be better off together. I struggle every day to not only see greatness within myself but within others. It’s something I try to purposefully work on every day.

Let’s lift each other. Let’s make our unity a priority, then our unity with others

will be more effective, not for just a select few, but for all African Americans and all mankind.

Darrell Coles lives in Minneapolis.

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November 22-28, 2018

Amazing Grace:

a compelling look behind an Aretha Franklin classic Community Choir, directed by Alexander Hamilton. The singers have more enthusiasm than fans at a Beyoncé concert. On the side of the pulpit, Franklin’s band warms up. The audience is a mix of parishioners, music fans and some wellknown guests: Clara Ward, Aretha’s father Reverend C.L. Franklin, along with Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones.

communion with neighbors. And a front row seat to the evolution of Black gospel music that started in fields and has grown into a very sophisticated art form with choirs, instruments, and amplification. Spirituals have come a long way.

Kudos to Elliott for managing and bringing to fruition a creative process that has stymied others for years. He does his best, considering some

Franklin’s vocals transcend and transport the audience in Amazing Grace.

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By Dwight Brown Contributing Writer

B

ack in the day, if you couldn’t get to church on Sunday to hear the pastor’s sermon, you’d put on Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace album — the best-selling gospel record of all time — and she would give you your spiritual fix. After a long delay and its share of controversy, this uplifting documentary preserving the live recording of that album is finding distribution.

It’s as if Franklin is sending a message to us from the great beyond. Thank heaven.

With the best of intentions, director Sydney Pollack and his crew filmed the Queen of Soul as she performed over two days, January 2 and 3, at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in 1972.

The smooth transition from her live recording to the now historic double-album culminated with a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. But the making of the documentary traveled a much rougher road. Apparently,

Pollack and his crew had problems syncing the sound. It was a challenge that didn’t get resolved until producer Alan Elliott bought the rights from Pollack in 2007.

Elliott then had two problems to solve. 1) Fix the technical hitches and make a cohesive documentary. 2) Overcome Franklin’s resistance; she successfully sued to stop the distribution of the film in 2011 and 2015.

After she passed away, her estate gave permission for the film to be released, and it premiered at the DOC NYC Film Festival in New York on November 12, 2018. So, was it worth the wait?

The master of ceremonies at the recording session is the late legendary Reverend James Cleveland, whose rich baritone is somewhere between the soulful tones of Barry White and Teddy Pendergrass. Cleveland introduces the lady of soul with such reverence that you’d think a queen was walking into his church. And she was. Says the reverend with great pride: “She can sing anything —‘Three Blind Mice.’ Anything.”

Behind his pulpit is the Southern California

Aretha’s voice is at the peak of its powers.

Clear. Piercing. Emotional. Divine.

Aretha floats into the room with an aura befitting Cleopatra. At either the piano or standing in front of a mic on the podium, she launches into classic and contemporary gospel songs that show her versatility and musicianship.

Her voice is at the peak of its powers. Clear.

Piercing. Emotional. Divine. She settles into a modern gospel song written and formerly sung

by Marvin Gaye, “Wholy Holy.” Then “How I Got Over” rocks the church to its core.

The gospel standard “Precious Memories” is so solemn it could bring tears to anyone’s eyes.

Playfully, she blends the Carol King song “You’ve Got A Friend” with the very traditional “Precious Lord (Take My Hand),” displaying an equal feel for pop and gospel stylings.

Easily the most dramatic performance from the two days of singing has got be her intense rendition of “Mary Don’t You Weep.” It’s a classic spiritual that dates back to the Civil War when it was sung by slaves as a coded message that said times will get better, oppressors will get their due, persevere and resist.

In lyrics that the overseers could not fully understand, the chorus goes: “(Soloist) Pharaoh’s army.

(Choir) Pharaoh’s army. (Soloist) I know you know that story of how they got drowned in the sea one day, oh yeah. (Choir) Drown in the Red Sea.” Franklin caresses the melody and draws extra meaning out of every word of a song that became popular again during the ’60s Civil Rights Movement.

There’s more on view than just a memorable performance by one of America’s most famous vocalists. Also on exhibit is a musical form that has been an integral part of the Black community since Africans first arrived in America. What audiences witness, through song and on display, is a rich resilient culture that has an undeniable affinity with music.

Also, the love on view in this house of worship in Watts is not unique. It plays out on Sundays in Black churches all over the country. It’s a continuous affirmation of customs — a spiritual calling, a

of the original footage is out of focus. Editor Jeff Buchanan magically weaves together the performances, anecdotes and crowd scenes into a very tight and enthralling 87 minutes.

The sumptuous sound is courtesy of the Grammy-winning producer/engineer Jimmy Douglass who handles music mixing duties for this doc and also worked on previous Aretha albums like Spirit in the Dark and Young, Gifted and Black. The pacing and sound of this documentary are extraordinary, especially when you consider that sound-syncing was the foil that caused the film’s 46-year delay.

Pastors are the noted spiritual guides in churches. What this documentary makes clear is that gospel singers have an equal influence. They bring hope, a sense of empowerment, soul cleansing and sacred massages. In fact, after church, quite often it is the singer’s words and tunes that linger long after the reverend’s sermon has been forgotten.

In Amazing Grace, Aretha is a conduit who channels a spirit from above into the hearts of those who listen. With the premiere and distribution of this film, she can do that for eternity.

At some point in this thoroughly compelling doc, Aretha prophetically sings: “I’m climbing, higher mountains, higher mountains, trying to get home…”

Dwight Brown is an NNPA News Wire film critic. Find more of his work at DwightBrownInk.com and BlackPressUSA.com.

Editor’s note: According to the Associated Press, Amazing Grace does not yet have a distributor, but the film’s producers are showing it in New York and Los Angeles for best documentary Oscar consideration.

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Justice Alan Page shares Medal of Freedom with Mpls school Former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page shared the highest civilian honor in the country with students at Justice Page Middle School (JPMS).

The NFL Hall-of-Famer was among six honorees awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

by President Donald Trump at a White House ceremony last Friday.

On Monday, Nov. 19, he visited JPMS to present the award to students at his namesake school.

In accepting the Medal of Freedom, Page acknowledged the people in his life, personal and professional, who helped him succeed.

“We all move forward by supporting each other,” he said. “Being awarded the medal gives me a platform to reiterate that message.”

Although his numerous awards and accolades could fill a wall, Page said he is most proud of his work with students at JPMS, as well as the Page Education Foundation. He and his late wife, Diane Sims Page, started the foundation in 1988 after his 22-year tenure as the first Black Minnesota Supreme Court justice.

Since then, the foundation has awarded nearly $15 million in scholarship grants to more than 7,000 students of color graduating from a Minnesota high school to attend a Minnesota post-secondary school.

As part of his visit with students, Page kicked off the newly formed Junior Page Scholar. The new program is modeled after the Page Education Foundation’s program for high school graduates and will focus on academic excellence, leadership, and community

Page for his and Diane’s work with Minneapolis students. “Justice Page is an icon in our school community and sets a positive example for all students to follow,” he said.

“All of Minneapolis Public Schools congratulates him on this well-deserved recognition.”

Justice Alan Page (center) with Justice Page Middle School’s Junior Page Scholars service. Students chosen to be in the program were presented purple No. 88 Page Scholar T-shirts (Page’s Vikings jersey number) by Page Foundation Scholars.

Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Ed Graff praised

JPMS Principal Erin Rathke echoed those sentiments.

“Alan and Diane are an integral part of our school family and he- Justice Alan Page roes to us all. We are deeply honored and proud to celebrate and carry on their legacy,” she said.

Obituary

Regina Louise Ballard Tarver

Sunrise April 13th, 1943 - Sunset November 13th, 2018 Regina Louise Tarver was born April 13, 1943, in Taunton, Massachusetts to parents Alice Alcynetta Carmen Louise Cassell and Edward “Bus” King. She lived in Taunton for one year while her father was in the military service, then moved to Des Moines, Iowa.

Regina was preceded in death by her mother and father and brother Edward Ronald Ballard Freeman. She is survived by brother Britt Binga Freeman, sister Charlene Renee James, daughter Quiaira Cynetta Tarver, grandson David Franklin Brown, Jr., and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Regina spent her early years in Des Moines and her later years in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from North High School and got her BFA degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Her life careers included work at the University of Minnesota Public Health Department, Lund’s Grocery, King’s Supermarket, the Star Tribune, Twin City Neighborhood Housing Services, and the Urban Coalition of Minnesota. Before retiring at age 62, Regina was a school secretary at Minneapolis Public Schools.

Her advice to young people is to remember that “We are on this earth

to love, and love is the answer to many things. Also, do unto others as you would have done to you.” Regina was a good listener and had a caring heart.

Services for Regina Louise Tarver will be held on Monday, Nov. 26, at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 3355 N. 4th Street, Minneapolis; visitation at 10 am, memorial service at 11 am; a repast will follow the services.

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“I try to give them as much information that they can have up front as they’re thinking about ownership versus ‘I’m going to jump in with both feet and sink or swim.’”

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enterprises, but what about pop-up shop vendors and freelancers?

Despite an increase in ownership, Black-owned businesses account for less than seven percent of all businesses, although Blacks make up 13 percent of the population. That is due in part, said Abasi, to Black businesses lacking access to a funding network.

“When it comes to start-ups, [the biggest challenge] is having that capital,” said Abasi. “So, we end up with businesses that take little capital to start and get stuck in the same industries.”

Many small businesses also report a lack of knowledge of educational services and resources.

“There are a lot of organizations where people like us don’t know they exist,” said Lili Hall, CEO, and president of Knock Creative Agency, who is a client of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda). She told MSR contributor Judith Hence she learned of the organization while working with another Meda client.

“When you start a business, your head is in the sand and you’re just trying to survive,” said Hall.

“You don’t know what you need.”

Meda’s services include a Mini-MBA program, along with other services designed to help create growth strategies, navigate paperwork, and avoid common stumbling blocks.

Abasi said the MBCC is a viable resource, as well. “We provide business education, we have a loan fund, and we provide business and sponsorship opportunities for all members,” as well as advocating policies for businesses.

He said the chamber is also in the midst of finalizing a plan to provide more service and marketing opportunities, including revamping its business directory. “We want to create a model for the nation.”

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need to be looking at everything,’” This includes the greater picture of ownership, feasibility and market analyses.

“Who else is doing what you’re trying to do?”

Hughes asked a student who was exploring business options. “What’s going to make you stand out? What’s your value proposition? What’s your brand? It was almost like the light bulb went off.

“The average business we know is going to fold or flourish in five years; but for us [African Americans], it’s less than five years, because we’re already somewhat starting off [with] a deficit.”

The rates of survival are skewed. Some research shows that just 20 percent of new businesses survive past their first year of operation. The Small Business Administration (SBA) says it’s 50 percent, with close to 66 percent of those who remain making it through their second year. That’s easy to track for a restaurant or other brick-and-mortar

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Hughes said that access to information is the biggest paradigm shift. She reports seeing an increase in Black students, especially women, seeking advice for launching businesses post-graduation. “They are not necessarily wanting to pursue and confer their degree to get this bigger and better, greater job. It’s more so to [get] collateral and credentials to validate [their] business.

“They know that once they get out there and they start trying to brand themselves, the first thing people are gonna jump to is credentials: What validates you to do what you’re doing? That is not the conversation that we were having, I would say 10, 15 years ago.”

Black women account for nearly 60 percent of all Black business ownership and, according to a 2015 report by American Express, have seen a 322 percent increase in ownership between 1997 and 2015.

“The growth is empowering,” said Abasi. “Everyone talks about how quickly the Black dollar gets circulated outside of the community. But, being able to see that Black face when you walk into Golden Thyme or wherever it may be that you visit and you spend your dollars, it’s empowering to know that you took a step in the right direction at correcting those headlines.”

Just celebrating the creation of a new business, however, doesn’t fund it or keep it going. “The idea of me having my own, I think we take that idea and run with it,” said Hughes. “But there’s also the Uzoma Abasi other factors that come with it.

“That is definitely a shift of people realizing ‘I

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then directed to turn around and look at that representation of the 300-year-old slave woman — even if it was the face of some good-hearted, elderly White liberal.

Both Menakem’s approach and his latest book came out of dealing with his own trauma, but not from a racial standpoint. It was military trauma Menakem had to move through.

That was when he realized he also had all of this racial baggage and no way to deal with it.

In his case, and for all Black people, the pain is that of the trauma of slavery, rape and violence with impunity. His viscera-focused approach, though, is for everyone involved, including White people.

This way, Menakem believes, a collective healing might be achieved. In order to be a self-possessed African American, one is left with no choice but to read up on Black history and the contemporary manifestations of racism.

For Blacks, Menakem’s exercises are about reprieve. For Whites, his work is about the pain of denial and betrayal.

“White people have to build stamina,” Menakem said in an interview with the MSR following his presentation. Built into American culture are protections that allow White people to dodge dealing with race.

“Being super intellectual, the cry for help, collapsing, fragility — all communal, cultural dodges,” Menakem said.

Those dodges allow Whites to avoid talking about Blackness or Whiteness. Race is a creation.

White people, he said, need to know they lose themselves and an honest culture, too.

“White ancestors, they betrayed you by giving up who they were in order to be White,” said Menakem of the proverbial American White, adding that Whites confuse race and Whiteness for culture.

was singing and you heard the Black woman go ‘Oooh, go on, boy’? You could hear the Black people being safe. You could hear the safety,” said Menakem, adding that such things are an actual resource to be mined and tapped into.

“We don’t articulate it as that.

We blow it off,” he said. There is a degree of resource in a moment of time, said Menakem. In the pit of racial despair, there is always the sound of grandma moaning, of the call and response.

“It’s real. It’s how we were

“Minnesota Nice is like having an iron fist in a velvet glove.

You’re gonna bleed out, but the impact may seem softer.”

Take Minnesota Nice’s passive aggression. People miss the aggressive part. “It’s like having an iron fist in a velvet glove,” said Menakem. “You’re gonna bleed out, but the impact may seem softer.”

Menakem is after buttressing a stronger, more connected Minnesota and a greater American culture. He is after communal, not individual healing; not one person going to a shrink, but a collective American reckoning and “woosah.”

Without general institutional or economic resources, Black people in particular need to believe in and rely on the resources that carried Blacks through the worst of slavery and Jim Crow.

“Remember that last dude that

able to survive,” said Menakem.

“Small, reprieve moments that would help me get through the next day.”

My Grandmother’s Hands is available at Amazon. For more information on Resmaa Menakem, visit resmaa.com.

For more information on the Racial Justice Network, visit bit.ly/2OUBH41.

Solomon Gustavo welcomes reader responses to sgustavo@ spokesman-recorder.com.

November 22-28, 2018

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Legals State of Minnesota

Case Type: Dissolution Without Children

County of Hennepin

District Court

Summons Without Real Estate

Fourth Judicial Cour

In the matter of:

Case No: 27FA-18-7599

CASE TYPE: PERSONAL INJURY STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN Donald Wade,

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Plaintiff, SUMMONS

Kim Rena Calhoun, Petitioner

v.

and

Sherif Abdelhafiz,

Roderick Lamont Calhoun, Respondent

DISTRICT COURT

Defendants

THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO the above-named Defendants: 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiff’s

ORDER FOR SERVICE BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS

Complaint against you is attached to this summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: WARNING: YOUR SPOUSE (HUSBAND OR WIFE) HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU FOR DISSOLUTION OF YOUR MARRIAGE. A COPY OF THE PAPERWORK REGARDING THE LAWSUIT IS SERVED ON YOU WITH THIS SUMMONS. THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FROM THE COURT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THIS SUMMONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 1. The Petitioner, (your spouse) has filed a lawsuit against you asking for dissolution of your marriage (divorce). A copy of the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage is attached to this Summons. 2.

You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the Court a written Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, and you must pay the required filing fee. Answer forms are available from the Family Law Facilitator Program, Family Court Self Help Center located in the Family Justice Center, 110 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401. You must serve your Answer upon Petitioner within thirty (30) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. If you do not serve and file your Answer, the Court may give your spouse everything he or she is asking for in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. 3. This proceeding does not involve real property.

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING PROVISIONS: Under Minnesota law, service of this summons makes the following requirements apply to both parties to the action, unless they are modified by the Court or the proceeding is dismissed: (1) Neither party may dispose of any assets except (A) for the necessities of life or for the necessary generation of income or preservation of assets, (B) by an agreement of the parties in writing, or (C) for retaining counsel to carry on or to contest this proceeding. (2) Neither party may harass the other party. (3) All currently available insurance coverage must be maintained and continued without change in coverage or beneficiary designation. (4) Parties to a marriage dissolution proceeding are encouraged to attempt alternative dispute resolution pursuant to Minnesota law.

Alternative dispute resolution includes mediation, arbitration and other processes as set forth in the district court rules. You may contact the Court Administrator about resources in your area. If you cannot pay for mediation or alternative dispute resolution, in some counties, assistance may be available to you through a nonprofit provider of a court program. If you are a victim of domestic abuse or threats as defined in Minnesota statutes, Chapter 518B, you are not required to try mediation and you will not be penalized by the Court in later proceedings.

IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT.

official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this summons.

2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 20 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer within 20 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this summons located at: Brantingham & Curtis, PA 2200 E Franklin Avenue, Suite 202 Minneapolis, MN 55404 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not Answer within 20 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the complaint.

5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.

Dated: September 18, 2018 By:Megan M. Curtis BRANTINGHAM & CURTIS, P.A. Jeremy Brantingham, #0299558

Signed: Kim Rena Calhoun

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, November 15,22 & 29, 2018

CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

Minneapolis, MN 55404 (612) 339-9700 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, November 15,22 & 29 2018

CASE TYPE: PERSONAL INJURY STATE OF MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF RAMSEY Contessa Lasch,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Plaintiff, SUMMONS

v.

That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 10, 2018 MORTGAGOR: Marla J. Stewart, a single person MORTGAGEE: Minneapolis Property, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company

Betty Flater, Defendant THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO the above-named Defendants: 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is attached to this summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded in the Office of the County Registrar of

official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not

Titles, in and for Hennepin County, State of Minnesota, on April 10, 2018, as Document No.

yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this summons.

T05522317

2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 20 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must

MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 720 4th Street North #503, Minneapolis, Minne-

give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer

sota 55401

within 20 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this summons located at:

TAX PARCEL I.D. NOS. 22-029-24-24-0703 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Unit Nos. 720503 and G-155, CIC No. 1300, 710 Lofts, a condominium located in the County of Hennepin COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Hennepin ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $10,000.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $11,526.36

Brantingham & Curtis, PA 2200 E Franklin Avenue, Suite 202 Minneapolis, MN 55404 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

INTEREST RATE AND PER DIEM: Current interest rate is 8%, with a daily per diem of

4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RE-

$2.19.

SPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUM-

That prior to commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee complied

MONS. If you do not Answer within 20 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell

with all notice requirements by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law

your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything

or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: January 9, 2019, at 10:00 am.

PLACE OF SALE: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Hennepin County Courthouse, 350 South Fifth Street, Room 30, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, to pay the debt then secured by

asked for in the complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the complaint.

5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

said Mortgage, taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-

6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to

torneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within from the date of said sale by the

participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota Gener-

mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

al Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you ex-

DATE AND TIME MORTGAGOR MUST VACATE THE PREMISES: July 9, 2019, at 11:59

pect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.

pm.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE (5) WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRI-

Dated: September 18, 2018

Jeremy Brantingham, #0299558 Megan M. Curtis, #0393601 2200 E Franklin Avenue, Suite 202

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, November 15,22 & 29 2018

s/ Matthew S. Greenstein Matthew S. Greenstein (#392044)

PrEP

5500 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 1200 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (763) 746-9227

Continued from page 10

Attorney in Fact for Mortgagee IMPORTANT NOTICE This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, November 22,29 & December 6,13,20 & 27, 2018

ViEw Continued from page 10 The other Big Ten Black coach Coquese Washington, with Stringer one of the Big Ten’s only two Black head basketball coaches, wom-

en or men, won her 200th career win Sunday. Now in her 12th season at Penn State, Washington has guided the school to three Big Ten championships and seven post-season appearances.

Charles Hallman welcomes reader responses to challman@ spokesman-recorder.com.

five times. Eli Campbell averaged 13.8 yards per catch with two scores, and Daniel Crandall averaged 12.6 yards while also scoring twice.

Defense Linebackers Porter, Wair, and JaRon Ross-Hawkins; linemen Quentrail Travis, Jeremiah Stewart Izaiah Yeager, and Davant Moore; and defensive backs Dominick McMillan and Crandall all recorded no less than 20 tackles during an

SUMMONS Defendants

THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO the above-named Defendants: 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is attached to this summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this summons.

2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 20 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer within 20 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this summons located at: Brantingham & Curtis, PA 2200 E Franklin Avenue, Suite 202 Minneapolis, MN 55404 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not Answer within 20 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the complaint.

5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.

Dated: October 8, 2018 By:Megan M. Curtis BRANTINGHAM & CURTIS, P.A. Jeremy Brantingham, #0299558 Megan M. Curtis, #0393601 2200 E Franklin Avenue, Suite 202 Minneapolis, MN 55404 (612) 339-9700 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

ATTY-COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJ:

Minneapolis, MN 55404

Dated: November 15, 2018

CASE TYPE: PERSONAL INJURY DISTRICT COURT SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Employment

BRANTINGHAM & CURTIS, P.A.

(612) 339-9700

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY Abdisaak Mohamud, Plaintiff, v.

Christian Madson and Jody Pye,

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, November 15,22 & 29 2018

By:Megan M. Curtis

CULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. BERNICK LIFSON, P.A.

Signed: Evylin Wright Adesina

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder November 22, 29 & December 6, 2018

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: WARNING: YOUR SPOUSE (HUSBAND OR WIFE) HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU FOR DISSOLUTION OF YOUR MARRIAGE. A COPY OF THE PAPERWORK REGARDING THE LAWSUIT IS SERVED ON YOU WITH THIS SUMMONS. THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FROM THE COURT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THIS SUMMONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 1. The Petitioner, (your spouse) has filed a lawsuit against you asking for dissolution of your marriage (divorce). A copy of the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage is attached to this Summons. 2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the Court a written Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, and you must pay the required filing fee. Answer forms are available from the Family Law Facilitator Program, Family Court Self Help Center located in the Family Justice Center, 110 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401. You must serve your Answer upon Petitioner within thirty (30) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. If you do not serve and file your Answer, the Court may give your spouse everything he or she is asking for in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

3. 3. This proceeding involves, affects, or brings into question the real property located at the following address: 7042 Quail Avenue N., Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 in Hennepin County with the following legal description: Lot 18, Block 1, Miller’ NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING PROVISIONS: Under Minnesota law, service of this summons makes the following requirements apply to both parties to the action, unless they are modified by the Court or the proceeding is dismissed: (1) Neither party may dispose of any assets except (A) for the necessities of life or for the necessary generation of income or preservation of assets, (B) by an agreement of the parties in writing, or (C) for retaining counsel to carry on or to contest this proceeding. (2) Neither party may harass the other party. (3) All currently available insurance coverage must be maintained and continued without change in coverage or beneficiary designation. (4) Parties to a marriage dissolution proceeding are encouraged to attempt alternative dispute resolution pursuant to Minnesota law. Alternative dispute resolution includes mediation, arbitration and other processes as set forth in the district court rules. You may contact the Court Administrator about resources in your area. If you cannot pay for mediation or alternative dispute resolution, in some counties, assistance may be available to you through a nonprofit provider of a court program. If you are a victim of domestic abuse or threats as defined in Minnesota statutes, Chapter 518B, you are not required to try mediation and you will not be penalized by the Court in later proceedings.

IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT. Date: 9/28/2018

Megan M. Curtis, #0393601 2200 E Franklin Avenue, Suite 202

Date: 11/5/2018

By:

State of Minnesota Case Type: Dissolution Without Children County of Hennepin District Court Summons with Real Estate FourthJudicial Court In Re the Marriage of: Court File No.27-FA-18-7763 Evylin Wright Adesina, Petitioner and Hakeem Adesina Olushesi, Respondent ORDER FOR SERVICE BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS

undefeated regular season.

Outlook With Zach Yeager returning at quarterback along with the entire offensive line, Adams was very optimistic when questioned about this team’s future.

“We’ll be fine.”

Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald welcomes reader responses to mcdeezy05@gmail. com.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. More info at: www.mylegalaid.org/jobs

SOE Continued from page 10 hear something, more likely it will be from a fan who’s been drinking. There are always going to be ignorant people.”

Wild defenseman Matt Dumba added that he heard more racist comments as a youngster growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was the team’s first pick in the 2012 NHL Draft and joined the club for good in 2015-16.

Both Brown and Dumba, the team’s only Black players, say hockey became their favorite sport early on.

“This is the sport I love and I wanted to do,” said Brown, whose father Ted Brown played eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.

Dumba added, “All my friends were playing hockey. My dad built a rink in my backyard.”

This three-part series will examine hockey’s diversity from several perspectives, with more from Brown and Dumba later in the trilogy.

Next week: two longtime Black hockey coaches Charles Hallman welcomes reader responses to challman@ spokesman-recorder.com.

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November 22-28, 2018

Rams win record MNF Stringer is first Black NCAA coach to reach showdown 54-51 1,000 career wins ing. Mahomes, who threw for 478 yards, had a 117.6 rating; Goff had a 117.1 rating.

The lights in Las Vegas are not as bright tonight. The Rams were a -3 favorite, so whoever you bet on to win with sports books, you lost the juice.

The record over-under was 64, the third-highest ever for an NFL game; 69 percent of the wagers on the game were for the over 64. The final was 54-51, which was 105 points combined. There are big losses in Las Vegas when they pay out to nearly 70 percent of those who took the over.

Fourteen touchdowns were scored in the Monday Night game. The Buffalo Bills have scored only 13 touchdowns this entire season.

The Rams, who are 10-1, have the best record in the league despite losing to 9-1 New Orleans. The Rams also beat the Vikings 38-31 in September.

The 5-4-1 Vikings are home Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium at 7:20 pm, another prime-time NBC game.

They’ll play the 4-5-1 Green Bay Packers after losing Sunday 25-20 to 7-3 Chicago.

The Vikings, with six games left, have little margin for error.

O

nly the National Football League can win big after an international game in Mexico was canceled. The highest scoring Monday Night Football game in history was played before the backdrop of Hollywood in Los Angeles at the historic Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams 54, Kansas City Chiefs 51.

The Rams improved to an NFL-best 10-1, winning the showdown of 9-1 teams on MNF. After 773 Monday night games, the Rams and Chiefs exploded for a record 105 points, the third-highest scoring NFL game ever.

It was the first time that either team scored 50 or more points in an NFL game.

The highest scoring games ever were Washington’s 7241 victory in 1966 over New York and Cincinnati’s 58-48 win over Cleveland in 2004.

So far this season, teams have lost four times while scoring 40 or more points. That’s the most in the history of the NFL since 1969.

Quarterback Pat Mahomes leads the NFL with 37 touchdown passes. He’s the first quarterback to throw six touchdown passes in an NFL Monday Night Football game.

Rams quarterback Jeff Goff threw for 413 yards and four TD passes and ran for another. The QB ratings for both quarterbacks were outstand-

Larry Fitzgerald can be heard weekday mornings on KMOJ Radio 89.9 FM at 8:25 am, on WDGY-AM 740 Monday and Friday at 9:10 am, and at www.

Gamedaygold.com. He also commentates on sports 7-8 pm on Almanac (TPT channel 2).

Follow him on Twitter at FitzBeatSr. Larry welcomes reader responses to info@larry-fitzgerald.com, or visit www.LarryFitzgerald.com.

C. Vivian Stringer is the first Black coach to reach 1,000 career wins in a nearly half-century career that began in the 1970s before Title IX, back when a gallon of gas cost 40 cents, a stamp was eight cents, and it only cost $1.50 to see a movie.

On November 13 Stringer became the sixth women’s basketball coach in NCAA history and the fifth Division I coach to reach the grand milestone, which brought well-deserved worldwide acclaim. Now in her 24th season at Rutgers, the Hall of Fame coach made history years ago as the first female coach to lead three different schools to the Final Four: Cheyney State in Pennsylvania (1982), Iowa (1993), and Rutgers (2000, 2007), twice finishing as national champions runners-up (1982, 2001).

In her second stint in the Big Ten, Stringer is expected later this season to become the first conference coach to win 200 regular-season games. She won 169 games at Iowa (1983-95) and 30 at Rutgers, who joined the conference in 2010.

Other oft-underreported key facts of Stringer’s career include the 18 players she coached who later became WNBA draft picks. She also coached former Minneapolis North star Mauri Horton, a key member of RU’s first Final Four club in 2000.

Stringer still remains the only Black coach to lead an HBCU (Cheyney) to the national championship game, losing in 1982 to Louisiana Tech in the NCAA’s first-ever title game.

The only two Black females ever to win national championships as coach-

C. Vivian Stringer Photo by Charles Hallman

now a broadcaster.

Stringer, on the eve of her historic milestone, spoke to reporters on a November 12 media call. When asked, she told the MSR how much winning all those games means to her already legendary status. “I remember hearing about a coach [winning] a thousand [games] in high school. I said to myself,

“I am happy and grateful that I have the opportunity to continue to shape the lives of these young women.” es paid homage last week to Stringer in “love letters” published in The Undefeated: “You have done it such an elegant way…in a profession that doesn’t have many African American women to set the example for being successful,” wrote Dawn Staley, South Carolina, 2017.

“You have broken down barriers… an incredible ambassador for women and women’s basketball,” wrote Carolyn Peck, the first Black coach to win an NCAA women’s title (Purdue, 1999),

‘Wow.’ Then I remember when I got 700 and 800 [wins] and thinking those were a lot of games I have seen.

“It doesn’t cement anything,” she stressed, “but that I’ve been blessed that people trust me to give me and my staff a chance…and they believed in me.

“I knew very early…it was not just about basketball” but rather about preparing her players for life after hoops whenever and wherever their post-athletic lives began after graduation from

The color of hockey

The current state of diversity in a traditionally ‘White’ sport First of a three part column Willie O’Ree, the first Black player in the NHL, is finally in the Hockey Hall of Fame. During his induction speech, the 83-year-old O’Ree said last week he will continue to work for more inclusion and diversity than when he broke the NHL’s

He later started a hockey school in Canada, and he and O’Ree once teamed up to teach players of color.

Alton White, in the mid-1970s, became the second Black pro player and played in the World Hockey Association. Mike Marson (1974) was the first Black NHL draftee. Val James is the first U.S.-born Black player (1981-82).

Grant Fuhr was the first Black goalie in the NHL, the first Black player to

color barrier in 1958.

Before O’Ree, however, Herb Carnegie (1919-2012) once tried out for the New York Rangers in 1948. Offered a minor league contract, he reportedly turned it down because he made more money playing in a Canadian semi-pro league.

Photo by Charles Hallman win the Stanley Cup (1984), and the first Black player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (2003). Chicago’s Dirk Graham is the first Black named team captain (1989-95) and the team’s first Black head coach (1998-99).

Yet hockey is still seen as a White

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compiling an 11-1 record and reaching the semifinals.

Here are some of the talented players who led North to yet another memorable season.

sport. Some believe it should stay that way forever.

Not all hockey fans are racist, but Passing as Yussuf Khan wrote this spring in Sophomore quarterback PreP Scene The Shadow League, “Racism is plaguZach Yeager passed for 1,175 Dr. Mitchell ing [hockey] at every level.” His examyards and 15 touchdowns.

PalMer McDonalD ples include a fan on social media posting racial comments about a Black minor Rushing league player titled “Hockey Ni**er.”

Senior running back KeLast season, four Chicago fans were State tournament appear- hyan Porter rushed for 787 escorted from a game after they shout- ances are becoming a tradi- yards and 15 touchdowns, ed racial chants at a visiting Black player tion for Minneapolis North receivers Omar Brown (four while he sat in the penalty box. A Black — in football. touchdowns) and Nasir ElThe Polars, routinely Amin (five touchdowns) avknown for having one of the eraged 18.8 yards and 11 state’s top basketball pro- yards per carry respectively, grams in the state, recently while Taqiuris Wair had an made their fifth consecutive 11.6 yards-per-carry average appearance in the state play- and three scores. offs in Class AA. (They were player in 2011 once had a banana thrown in Class A during 2014, 2015 Receiving at him on the ice during play. and 2016, the year they won El-Amin led the way “Black athletes suffer alone as there the title). with 452 yards receiving, aren’t many who look like them on their Under the direction of 16.1 yards per catch, and six team,” Khan writes. “While it’s disgust- Head Coach Charles Adams, touchdowns. Brown added ing to watch and experience, it’s almost the Polars were one of the 389 yards, averaging 22.9 expected that it will occur at some point state’s most dominant teams, yards per catch and scoring for these players. Not accept, but expect. recording six shutouts while ■ See PreP on page 9 We’ve seen it happen in the NHL.” Minnesota Wild’s J.T. Brown told the MSR, “I don’t want to say anything” about being the target of racial indignities as a player to avoid giving it more attention than it deserves. Joshua Thomas (JT) Brown attended the University of Minnesota — Duluth and played on the school’s 2011 national championship, making his NHL debut in 2012 with Tampa Bay. A Burnsville native, Brown was one of five free agents the team signed this off season. “You are going to hear something more often than not,” he said. “It’s Nasir El-Amin (6) had two touchdown receptions for Minneapnot from people on your team. If you olis North in the Class AA state semifinals.

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“Racism is plaguing hockey at every level.”

Matt Dumba (l) and J.T. Brown

[late] husband,” she said.

“He always made me feel I could do anything. He would brag about me.” Also influential were her parents: “I think my mom and dad taught me a long time ago to know that nothing happens by accident.

“I’ve seen it all, and I’ve gotten a chance to live through that,” Stringer said. “I am so, so lucky.”

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college, Stringer continued. “I am happy and grateful that I have the opportunity to continue to shape the lives of these young women in this exciting age that we are going through right now.”

Along with the countless players over the years, Stringer credits her success to “the people who encouraged me tremendously. Number one always was my