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VOL. 45, NUMBER 6 ©2020 Alley Communications, Inc. JULY 2020 @alleynewspaper Peace, Justice, Healing AIM and Traditional Chi-Miigwech – Peacemaking are Ojibwe and Wopida— Still Here Dakota mean Thank EXCERPTS BY LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK FROM “WE ARE STILL you (very much) HERE,” AND BY CLYDE BELLECOURT FROM “THUNDER BEFORE THE STORM” George Floyd Mural “American Indian Vietnam vets were moving to the cities after their military service to find jobs to George Floyd support their families. In Minnesota, thousands left Hosmer Staff Remembers His Kindness the reservations and moved to the cities to go to the RACHEL CASTRO, MARY DUBBS, LINDSEY FENNER, ERIC HOAGLUND, schools and find jobs. At the same time, negative RHICA HOGUE, CHRIS KROWEZ, JAMES LEONARDO, MARGIT WILSON attitudes toward Indians were widespread among the Black Lives Matter. George Floyd was a patron of Hosmer white police force, and nothing seemed to stop them Library. We remember him and his kindness. We mourn the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in our neighborhood. We acknowledge systemic racism and the library’s part in that system. We commit to holding our systems and ourselves accountable to uprooting and abolishing racism BEN HEATH and white supremacy. We see how our community has held and supported each other. We see how you take care of your Franklin Community Library was Closed for renovation in 2019 neighbors and your community spaces, including your library. and ready to reopen when Covid-19 Closure was necessary and Hosmer Library belongs to its community. We’re not going now boarded to protect the Historic community “treasure” from anywhere. vandalism during June 2020 riots and protected by AIM and neighbors. “Thank you very much.” said in Ojibwe and Dakota languages with AIM Logo Peace House Community---A Place to Belong NEWSPAPER PHOTO HARVEY WINJE 1976 Systemic Racism isn’t FRONT PAGE GARY COX the alley newspaper front page August 1976 of the Jones Block Building in which the American Indian Movement had its first Unique Diploma the Problem office at 1337 East Franklin directly across avenue from the By MARTI MALTBY Franklin Community Library 1314 East Franklin Ave. Framed by Resilience In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, from injuring people caught in the wrong place at the To the Augsburg Fairview Academy I’ve heard a lot about systemic racism. As far as wrong time.” I can tell, though, no one is saying anything new. Class of 2020:Franklin Community Library was Closed “Even with Federal Funding coming into I first heard of systemic racism in university over Minneapolis for jobs training, there was not enough Your teachers, support staff, and I want to 25 years ago, and I’ve heard it discussed consis- to keep up with the numbers of Indians who were take a moment to say, “CONGRATULATIONS!” tently since then, and now I’m hearing it dis- moving into Minneapolis’ major cities. The police, You each hold a very special place in our heart cussed more loudly. Unfortunately, and tragically, first enforcers of the law and, to an extent, of the mo- and in the fabric of our school community. You discussing “systemic racism” misses the point. res of the majority population, came into contact with are the first AFA graduating class unable to Indian people in a very ugly way.” finish classes face-to-face, attend Senior Prom, The Birth of American Indian Movement, and participate in the 2020 Commencement Minneapolis, MN, July 29, 1968 “From its founding on July 29, 1968, in a ceremony as we had planned. COVID-19 took cramped loaned space at Twelfth and Plymouth on these milestone moments away from you. How- Minneapolis’ near north side, AIM focused on chil- ever, you are also the first AFA graduating class dren, who represented the future of Indian people. to accept the challenge of distance learning, you Clyde Bellecourt, one of the founders, said, ‘People continued to push forward with determination, were beaten down and afraid to speak out, so some- and you have proven you are resilient. You ex- thing had to be done. We had to create an organiza- emplify the Circle of Courage and the principles of belonging, independence, mastery, and gener- osity. You will never forget about the way your HARVEY WINJE high school career ended. It did not end with Say Their Names” Cemetery in South Minneapolis represents the pomp and circumstance you dreamed of, but persons killed by law enforcement in the United States you are finishing high school with a diploma you The system isn’t an impersonal force. It earned in a completely unique way. Remember is made and controlled by people, by us. But of this moment in time. Remember how deter- course, some of us have more power and control mined and resilient you are on challenging days over the system than others. Those (including ahead. Remember you have the skills and grit me) who have power and privilege need to rec- needed to accomplish your goals. ognize their (our/my) power and privilege and BEN HEATH At AFA, we will always remember you, then do something with it. Systemic racism (or Franklin Front Yard Signs thanking American Indian Movement the Class of 2020. You have forever made an whatever other impersonal term you want to use) Patrol and Black Lives Matter and Rest in Peace Tributes to imprint on our hearts and minds. shields them/us/me from personal responsibility George Floyd for not doing what we can to change the system. tion to represent the people.’ According to Belle- With love and pride, So instead of discussing systemic racism, we/I court, over a hundred people crammed into the room. need to start using “I” statements like: Most lived on the south side of the city, so they had Heidi E. Anderson • I will stop being scared of losing my privi- to find rides to get to the momentous meeting. AIM Executive Director lege. I will accept that I don’t need a new soon opened its first offices at 1337 East Franklin www.afa. 2504 Columbus Avenue AIM and Traditional Peacemaking Continued on page 6 A Place to Belong Continued on page 6 2 alleynews.org • July 2020

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died from “old age” on December 6, weekly at the Colonnade Dance Club Tales from 1907, at the age of 101 after having in St. Paul and at one point ran his own Phillips Neighborhood Clinic Pioneers and Soldiers lived a remarkable life (see http:// dancing academy. He played at benefit Memorial Cemetery alleynews.org/2017/12/the-cemeterys- concerts for causes ranging from famine eldest-morgan-jones-60-years-a-slave- relief to fundraisers for local African- The World Opens By SUE HUNTER WEIR American churches. He often played at th Up. 178 in a Series weddings where his mother, a colora- tura soprano, was the featured soloist. He was one of the local African-Amer- BY HARRY LEEDS Lafayette Mason— ican community’s leading lights—a By now you have probably heard about gifted artist generous with his talents. the global pandemic. If you haven’t stepped One Mpls.’ First In 1899, the “Appeal”described him as outside your house in three months, then I’ll “A Noted Pianist,” who “undoubtedly is tell you—oh, you know already. Black Firefighters taking a place among recognized musi- In recent weeks, many states, includ- cians of the day, [and who] has a bright ing Minnesota, have been opening up busi- MUSICIAN, ARTIST, AND SOUTHSIDE HIGH future before him.” He got rave reviews nesses. Does this mean that it is safe to go FOOTBALL CAPTAIN when he, a solo pianist, stood in for a back and interact with the public? full orchestra during performances at St. Well, it depends on what you mean by Other than some graffiti on about a Paul’s Metropolitan Opera House; he “safe.” On the one hand, our doctors are dozen fence pillars, the Cemetery was was reportedly the first African-Amer- more experienced with coronavirus and we untouched during the protests on Lake ican to do so in any city west of New have more medical equipment to fight it. On Street. The graffiti was gone within a York. the other, even though numbers of hospital- few days but the stories about the lives Sometime around 1907 or 1908, he izations for COVID-19 in Minnesota have of those who are buried inside the gates joined the fire department and worked been declining, there are still many cases out continue. It’s obvious to passersby that alongside John Cheatham, Minneapo- in the community. With businesses reopen- the Cemetery is old. What is less obvi- lis’ first African-American firefighter. ing and people gathering for protests, getting [PHOTO COURTESY MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY] ous is that the Cemetery is listed in (http://friendsofthecemetery.org/ infected is still possible and we still don’t the National Register of Historic Sites history/alley_articles/John_Cheatham_ have a vaccine or very effective medicine. because of the people who are buried 41-years-freedman/). He is the oldest feb2005.shtml.) It seems like something Many experts think we will soon see another there. For the most part they were not known person to be buried in the Ceme- of an odd choice for a man who clearly increase in hospitalized cases. famous but collectively their stories tery. Their daughter, Katherine Luella thought of himself as a musician first People with cardiovascular disease and tell how the city and state were built. (“Katie”), was Lafayette’s mother. and foremost. It may be that he joined diabetes seem to be at higher risk for devel- Some of them had ties to the early aboli- Lafayette was born on May 17, 1880. because he was engaged to be married oping severe corona complications, so those tionist and anti-slavery movements in As a child he was popular, and he was and wanted a more stable source of people should weigh the risks of going into Minnesota and others because it was a ambitious. By the time that he was 11 income. Whatever the reason, his large groups heavily when thinking about favored burial site for members of the years old, while he was still attending career with the fire department was far how to spend their days. early African-American community, school full time, he was making “good too short. Lafayette Mason died from If you are indeed ready to stretch your many of whom led extraordinary lives. wages” working as a messenger at the typhoid pneumonia on April 8, 1910, legs, I would recommend going for a walk Lafayette Mason was an incredi- West Hotel, a fact that was mentioned when he was about five weeks shy of over going to a bar. Sun and fresh air are bly gifted man. He was an athlete, an in the“Appeal,” the leading local Afri- his 30th birthday. He was survived by good for the mind and body, especially when artist, and one of the city’s early Afri- can-American newspaper at the time. In his mother, stepfather, sister, and fiancé. they haven’t seen each other in a while. can-American firefighters. Members of 1898, his teammates voted him captain He was buried next to his great- Minneapolis has a gorgeous park system, three earlier generations of his family of the Southside (South) High School grandmother and his grandparents in and the summer in Minnesota is fabulous, if are buried near him in a block of graves football team. the family plot. His mother, Katherine, not short lived. purchased in the 1860s. Chloe Aidens, After he graduated from high school outlived him by 30 years and his step- Exposure to carriers of the virus in public his great-grandmother, died from cancer his career as a musician took off. There father, William Smith, by a few years parks is a risk, but it is easier than, say, the on November 11, 1863. Hers is the first are two hundred or more mentions of longer than that. Their story is also well grocery store to keep a distance from others. recorded burial of an African-American him in various local newspapers. He worth telling but that’s for another day. While outside you are unlikely to come into in the cemetery. Her daughter, Harri- worked in at least two department stores, All six family members are buried in contact with many infected surfaces. As ett, died on December 19, 1891; the both playing and selling music. He trav- Lot 69, Block C. None of their graves scary as this all is, your spiritual side needs cause was listed only as “heart.” Harri- eled to Chicago to buy sheet music for are marked. feeding to, and you have to live your life. ett was married to Morgan Jones who a local five-and-dime store. He played

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en was busy with wars and rumors She could still remember the last knew there was something that still CHAPTER 2 of war and earthquakes and the like. line of the poem: until the day la needed to be uncovered. But she RETURNING Luz was tired, she was frustrated, Luna unveils her dark. She knew wasn’t sure how to do it, of even if she was mad. Mad at God, mad at that literally Tio Miguel was refer- she really wanted to. By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL herself, mad at this world that was ring to the dark side of the moon, so hard to live in. which humans can never see from As she approached Spirit on Lake, earth. But she wanted to read the she remembered how she had trav- Luz fell asleep on the 21 bus— Luz had been planning to surprise poem again with Angel, and explore eled these streets with Angel years again—and went several stops past Angel and the kids with some of with him what else it might mean. ago. How they found helpers in 17th. She didn’t realize it until she the fabulous chicken from the little the most unlikely places. She was was just passing the Zapata statue. kitchen in the gas station on 17th. But now she had to walk seven ex- wondering if there were helpers She yanked on the cord so hard it Especially Angelito, who she swore tra blocks with wet feet and a pissed who were out there now, and how almost broke, and yelled, “Stop! could live off of chicken, rice, Hot off mood. Fortunately, her lit- she might find them, when the door Stop! Damn it, I said Stop!”, which Cheetos and Takis and nothing erature class at Augsburg had been of the Quatrefoil bookstore opened is not a good thing to yell on the 21 else. They hadn’t been able to eat reading works by wonderful women and a soft but strange light flowed during rush hour. Actually, it’s not out lately, with money so tight. But poets. She was writing her paper on out. There was a man who smiled a good thing to yell anything on the Luz had gotten a letter the day be- Gwendolyn Brooks, and kept com- at her and said, “C’mon in—we 21 during rush hour, or most any fore from an uncle she never knew, ing back to that line of hers:“It must have something special in store other hour, period. People do it of who had showed up at their wed- be lonely to be God.” today!” course, but it almost always increas- ding almost seven years ago. Tio es the tightness in the passenger’s Miguel, who had retired from teach- Luz knew lonely. How lonely she And though she was tired, and still bodies, bodies that are tight enough ing at Luna Community College had felt holding in secret all that she hoped to get the chicken and spend to begin with. in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and had suffered as a girl and a teen- some time with Angel and the kids who now taught poetry workshops ager. She had Angel now, She had before Angel went out to work a The bus stopped just shy of the in English, Spanish and Nahuatlin Angelito and Lupe to love and hold. long shift, something pulled her into Dollar Store on 10th. Luz stomped barrios and pueblos all around the But she still felt a deep loneliness. the bookstore. Something strange, down the three steps in her win- Southwest. The letter had included She had started going to church— but not at all scary. ter boots and stepped right into a a poem he had written for Luz, and to a church with a lady pastor, no slushy pile, made up of equal parts two twenties. less! She felt some comfort there, [To be continued…] ice, snow and dirt. She yelled up to some release from the past. But she heaven, “You Stop too!”, but heav- Author’s note: this story picks up years after the saga of “Searching,” serial- please bring a mask. ized in 34 issues of the alley from March 2009 to February 2012 and continuing with the Epilog, “Returning.” In that story, we met Luz and Angel, two 19 year- Pastors Cabello Hansel A light, pre-packaged lunch will be served. It Retirement Celebration on olds running from their past and searching for their future, along with a score will be a delight to have friends and neighbors of beautiful and strange neighbors. Alley Communications has been honored Sunday, June 28th from around the Church to share this day with and pleased to publish this novella in the alley newspaper. Many noteworthy our Pastors and the Congregation. 2742 15th writers published novels in a serial format in newspapers or other periodicals; Sunday, June 28th St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Ave. So. 55407 for example Charles Dickens published chapters at regular intervals and if they Bi-lingual Worship Service in the Church became popular he would publish the chapters as a book. Some writers sought parking lot. A canopy will protect from rain or 612-724-3862 [email protected] and even depended upon reader comments and suggestions as they developed sunshine, and allow physical distancing; please, their novels. All 34 Chapters are at: www.alleynews.org/category/searching and Epilog Chapters April 2020 and now July.

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June 18, 2020

Statement in Support of Police Reform and Chief Arradondo

The death of George Floyd was a chapter in a story that is as old as our nation and is, sadly, still being written in communities across the country. Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks… These names serve stark notice that policing across the United States needs transformational reform.

The problems with policing are deeply rooted in the structural racism that permeates our society and its institutions. The current rallying cries around “defunding,” “dismantling,” or “abolishing” the police are grounded in a basic truth that sweeping and visionary reforms are needed.

The answer is not to simply defund or dismantle the police. We need to address societal racism and rebuild our infrastructure so that we can reduce our reliance on policing. Minneapolis receives more than 400,000 calls for police services every year. Housing, education, health care, mental health and the environment are key fronts for enhancing safety.

Without a doubt, the Minneapolis Police Department needs transformational reform but we oppose the current proposal to amend the Minneapolis City Charter to remove the police department. This Charter amendment will not advance the transformational reform that is needed. In fact, it is a distraction from the necessary work at hand.

We believe we have a leader in place who can bring about the much needed change in the police department if he has adequate support. Chief Medaria Arradondo is an ethical, professional and compassionate leader. He knows our city and loves its people. He has a reform agenda, but has experienced opposition from the Police Union and has lacked support from the City Council. We call on our citizens to support Chief Arradondo in his effort to transform our police department.

We have an opportunity brought about by tragedy but it is an opportunity we can’t waste. MInneapolis can become a model for the nation by rethinking the mission of policing. Only then can Minneapolis fulfill this moment and develop a new, bold model for a safe, inclusive community.

Original Authors Walter Mondale Josie R. Johnson Sharon Sayles Belton Bob Bruininks

Supporters Martha Arradondo Laura and John Crosby Diane Robinson Hunt Audrey Nelson Lisa Goldson Armstrong Linda Donaldson Penny Hunt Joan and Dick Niemiec Kevin Armstrong Rebecca Driscoll Ezell Jones Kathleen O’Brien and Jeffrey Loesch Carol and Doug Baker Karla Ekdahl and Peter Hutchinson Sylvia and Sam Kaplan Todd Otis Steven Belton Jeremiah Ellis Peg and Dick Kavaney Donna C. Peterson Otis Bennett Bill English and Freddie Davis English Patricia and Bill Kelly Susan and David Plimpton Sue Bennett Sheri and David Evelo Polly and Bill Keppel Jodell and Walter Rockenstein Margit and Tom Berg Carol and Dick Flynn Iris and Jay Kiedrowski Marilyn and Steve Rothschild Dixie and Steve Berg Katie and Rick Fournier Courtney Kiernat Linda and John Satorius Tiffany Blackwell Al Frost Patricia Kovel-Jarboe Mariana and Craig Schulstad Susan Boren and Steve King Scotty and Peter Gillette David Lebedoff Farji Shaheer Wendy and Pat Born Joan Growe Susan and Jim Lenfesty Catherine Shreves Margee and Will Bracken Susan Hagstrum Kathy and Alan Lenzmeier Terry Saario and Lee Lynch Aviva Breen Elly Hands Lee Lewis and Stephen Bulbul Ann Eilbracht Thompson Dorothy Bridges Liz and Van Hawn Brian and Betsy Lucas Dave Thompson Jan and Ellen Breyer Carol and Bud Hayden Peggy and Dave Lucas Marcia Townley Ann Buran Anne and Peter Heegaard Ellen and Andy Lugar Parker Trostel Joan Campbell Michelle and Hank Helgen Cora McCorvey Ruth Usem Robert Carey Carolyn and Peter Hendrixson Judith and Bill McGrann Mary Vaughn Carolyn Chalmers Tom Hoch Rosanne and Mike Monten Lisa Vecoli and Marjean Hoeft Patty Connelly Pat Hoven Fayneese Miller Julia Wallace Ginny and Will Craig Sally Howard Patricia A. Mullen Tiffany Wilson

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Systemic Racism isn’t the Problem AIM and Traditional By MARTI MALTBY Peacemaking are CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Still Here flat-screen TV, a cabin up north or any of the admit that the world has never been fair, and EXCERPTS BY LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK FROM other things I say I need. I will accept that that I have received more blessings and have a “WE ARE STILL HERE,” AND BY CLYDE BELLECOURT working for equality may cost me a couple more luxurious life than almost anyone in his- FROM “THUNDER BEFORE THE STORM” of creature comforts, but that I will not miss tory. I will realize that if life was fair I would CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 these unless I am incredibly selfish and ma- watch my child starve to death during famine, or Avenue [across the avenue from Franklin Library] in terialistic. I will recognize that the victims die during a plague, or be sold into slavery, or the Phillips neighborhood, in the heart of the city’s of “systemic racism” live every day with far be blown to bits in a civil war, or waste away in urban Indian community.” less than me, and I have not thought this was a refugee camp, because that is what happens to “AIM has remained active through these a problem. If it isn’t a problem for people to millions of people every day. years, its numbers growing from thousands to mil- live at that level, it isn’t a problem for me to • I will decide whether I will live out these “I” lions as other groups from Canada and the Americas do with less. statements. I can be a hypocrite who talks about joined in related activities. The growth was so rapid • I will recognize that injustice happens every the need for change and decries the violence and that organization fell away. There is still a leader- day, and that those who suffer injustice bring at- destruction that results from an unjust system ship, but it is a core that remains like a small camp- tention to it every day. They speak more loudly but doesn’t do anything to change it, or I can fire in the distance.” the more they are ignored. If they have to speak become involved in the day to day struggle to [Excerpts from “WE ARE STILL HERE” text By LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK, with protests, riots and destruction, it is because establish justice. I can wait until those who suf- photographs By DICK BANCROFT, Minnesota I didn’t listen. fer get my attention through riots and destruc- Historical Society Press, 2013 pages xxvii, 3 and 4] • I will not blame a few bad police officers tion because that is the only thing that gets my “The Ventura Village neighborhood wants for the problem when the problem has existed attention, or I can join them in the struggle. to thank the Native Community for organizing and for centuries in all sectors of society. I will face protecting our area during the unrest following the the fact that the problem is far bigger than a few Do you read death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minne- people. apolis Police Department on May 25th. Quoting the • I am going to support equal funding for all “the alley”? June 12th Minneapolis StarTribune: ‘Michael Goze, students in Minnesota, and if I live in one of the Want it to continue, grow, improve, CEO of the American Indian Community Develop- better funded, higher funded school districts, I and land at your doorstep or on a ment Corporation, and Frank Paro, president of the newsstand as a “free newspaper” will support allowing students from outside my American Indian Movement (AIM), sent out a call each month? for volunteers as violence erupted into the streets. district to attend. If this means that my child Bob Rice, owner of Pow Wow Grounds Coffee winds up having to attend a school in a district Contribute Today! Shop, opened his property as the staging area for with lower achievement scores, I will help that Go to Alley Communications on GiveMN, AIM street patrols and offered other logistical sup- district improve its outcomes. I recognize that or send a check to P.O. Box 7006, Mpls., port.’ Their efforts prevented any more violence or my child has no inherent right to a better educa- MN 55407 vandalism in the following days.” tion than another child based on zip code. “Traditional Peacemaking” • I will vote for individuals and causes that “The effectiveness of our AIM Patrol in pro- will tear down systemic racism. Voting for a tecting Indians on the streets of Minneapolis healthy economy that creates poverty or security was now recognized throughout Indian Coun- that terrorizes people doesn’t make sense. try. Having reintroduced traditional methods • If I claim that I got where I am by hard work of peacemaking, we knew how to protect our and not because anything was given to me, I Indian community from external threats and will also admit that many people have worked resolve internal differences.” …”The Thunder harder than me in low-paying jobs with no ben- Before the Storm” By CLYDE BELLECOURT, efits and unsafe working conditions but haven’t Minnesota Historical Society Press, page 84, benefited in the same way that I have. 2016. • If I hear myself saying that any of these changes are unfair to me or my family, I will

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The Ventura Village neighborhood wants to thank the Native Community for organizing and protecting our area during the unrest following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department on May 25th. Quoting the June 12th Minneapolis StarTribune: "Michael Goze, CEO of the American Indian Community Development Corporation, and Frank Paro, president of the American Indian Movement (AIM), sent out a call for volunteers as violence The Ventura Village Neighborhood oard met on erupted in the streets. ob ice, owner of Pow Wow June 10th via oom for the first time since March because Grounds Coffee Shop, opened his property as the of the Covid 19 pandemic. We discussed how to proceed staging area for AIM street patrols and offered other in the future with meetings, and reviewed our budget. The logistical support." Their efforts prevented any more Phillips Community Center has been closed evenings violence or vandalism in the following days. The during this time. Our net board and general membership accompanying pictures provided by photographer meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, July 8th, location Gerald Auginash document that effort. and format to be determined. Contact us at 1289 or at venturavillage.org. for more information.

Many churches, businesses, nonprofits, and other groups provided food, meals, and other goods to neighborhood people who had no other option. Their efforts were appreciated In the pictures below are supplies in storage to be given away at Waite House and an impromptu food echange at the boardedup Dollar Tree store. Photo credit: Gerald Auginash

Meet the New arm Manager for illsbury nited Communities Melissa Trent

Hi, I'm Melissa and I'm the new farm manager for the 2th St.

Coalition and Pillsbury nited Communities (PC).

For the past four years I’ve enjoyed coordinating community garden sites around the Twin Cities and developing and teaching children’s garden lessons for the Minnesota andscape Arboretum. othing compares to the look on a child’s face when they’ve discovered their first worm or watched in awe as a bumble bee nestles into a flower for nectar. One of the greatest parts of my job is that I get to witness moments like those happen in the garden. I’m looking forward to growing healthy partnerships and nutritious produce in the Phillips neighborhood this summer. You'll see me around Waite House and our southside garden sites planting, harvesting and pulling weeds. If you're interested in volunteering or finding out more about our purpose, stop by and say hello, or contact me at melissatpillsburyunited.org if you have any uestions 8 alleynews.org • July 2020

knew each other when they all showed “Say Their Names” up to help. Each person was recruited by a friend of a friend who somehow Cemetery knew Wright or Barber. The symbolic Cemetery is beyond a waterway and fountain northwest of the George Floyd Memorial at 38th and Chicago Av. on 37th Street. “Hopefully, this is a wake- up call between what we’ve been seeing around the city, around the country, and the world,” says David Smith, who wanted to see the memorial himself.

the alley January 1976 Volume I. No. 1 HARVEY WINJE Three days after George Floyd was killed on Memorial Day evening, this mural was created. The artists of Goodspace Murals responded to the tragedy and Say Their Names” Cemetery is a public artwork in South Minneapolis. It represents persons killed by Police/Community painted this Mural in one day on the south wall of the Cup Foods building law enforcement in the United States Relations Always near the scene of his homicide. Frustrating and Concerning “Say Their Names” Cemetery in South Minneapolis represents persons killed by THE FRONT PAGE ALLEY HEADLINES 44 YEARS AGO law enforcement in the United States. WERE: the situation. Perhaps it is the citizen’s We hear their names — George Floyd, distrust of each other, though, that is Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner – but “conflicts often caused by citizens” even more responsible for the situation. co-creator artists Connor Wright and One of the primary issues of the Phil- [continued] Anna Barber—University of Pennsylva- lips Neighborhood is the relationship nia students--wanted to remind people between the police and the community. of all their names in one place.“These Police/Community Relations: the With few exceptions people see the residents---the police gravestones honor 100 of the innumer- police patrolmen as either saviors or able Black lives cut short by police brutal- The Minnesota Human Rights Com- “pigs.” Nor are the officers above ste- ity,” Wright said. mission held three public hearings on The Cemetery originally included 100 reotyping. There are three articles in police brutality. They were held on names, but creators added more names this month’s alley relating to this issue. three consecutive evenings of June after receiving requests from the commu- Two ideas came through from every- 24, 25, and 26 at the Phyllis Wheatley nity. The grassroots art installation was one we listened to: 1) Everyone was Community Center on North Fremont designed and constructed in one full day frustrated in not knowing what to do Ave., the Native American Center on E. with the help of volunteers and local to improve the relationship between Franklin Ave., and Sabathani Commu- art and flower shops, like Lake Harriet the police and the community. 2) nity Center on 31st [sic]. The follow- Florist. Minneapolis’ UPS helped to Everyone seemed genuinely concerned NEWSPAPER PHOTO HARVEY WINJE 1976 FRONT PAGE GARY COX ing is a partial transcript of the hear- print the names on paper for the major- about the situation, i.e. the police, the ity of the headstones. Volunteers used the alley newspaper front page August 1976 ings. The speakers, who are named, people who had been victimized by the simple materials like cardboard, plas- The mutual distrust of the police and came out of a large audience to speak tic and paper to create each headstone. police; and those who have received the community toward each other has before a panel. The panel responded None of the many volunteers previously good co-operation from the police. undermined every effort to improve with questions. [continued]

The EPIC Report – July 2020 www.eastphillips-epic.com Contact Carol Pass at 612-916-8478 or [email protected]

The East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm Project

will create an indoor organic urban farm utilizing low-tech & hi-tech aquaponics to provide quality Now is NOT the TIME to DEMOLISH green jobs, second chance opportunities, year-round organic food, affordable Family housing with a ANOTHER BUILDING in Minneapolis coffee shop/café to feed workers and neighbors, and a bike repair facility on the Midtown Greenway on this Transit Oriented Development site. The project will also provide one of the largest solar

arrays in the State and alleviate the Food Desert now existing in the Phillips Neighborhood.

The East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm is HELP convince the City Partnering with: Council and Mayor to do

❖ Little Earth of United Tribes, what’s ethically right and ❖ allocate the 7.6-Acre site to Blue Water Farms, If you can help or need space in the this community project and ❖ Phillips Gardens, project, call Brad avoid demolition and more ❖ Urban Farm Project, Pass at 612-916-8478 pollution. ❖ Agro Fund One, or Dean Dovolis at ❖ SEH Somali Recovery, Please contact your City 612-817-0313. ❖ Ghandhi Mahal Restaurant, www.EPNIfarm .org Council friends at

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The City is fighting us. Legal expenses are rising. DONATE at www.EPNIfarm.org the Roof Depot site for Community Good.

Not more pollution and trauma for Phillips kids & residents To get involved in EPIC and East Phillips,Join us as promised by the City’s Hiawatha Campus Expansion. nd For Your Calendar: At 6:30 PM on ZOOM on the 2 Thursday

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7/16/2020 and 8/6/2020 at 7:00 PM. Watch your E-Mail for your Zoom Invitation .

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th Phillips Community 17 Ave. Gardeners are not meeting at this time.

* For Garden Questions or Issues, OR East Phillips Residents wanting a 2020 or 2021 Garden Plot, contact Brad Pass at 612-916-8478 or [email protected] .

Clean Sweep 2020 is still in the planning stage. Scheduled date – Oct. 10.

Things Have Changed in Minneapolis To join EPIC and/or receive ZOOM invitations, contact Sarah at [email protected]

alleynews.org • July 2020 9

From the Cultural Wellness Center---

Treatment includes hosting events/gatherings who stand in the streets waiting for and Culturally based where the family renowned recipes are of- needing an internal and an external healing fered as a way to deepen the capacity for the campaign. explanations and individuals’ spirit to open to healing forces, f Soul Medic healers may be consulted as first ways of knowing: f McCabe and Priebe (2004) compared explan- responder, because he or she has known the atory models of illness that may differ among family intimately for many years, speaks 1996-2020 and beyond people with schizophrenia from four cultural their language, and does not dictate orders backgrounds (African-Caribbean, West Afri- for care but makes the community as the cans, Bangladeshis, and Whites). They found healing place including a “we” in the care f Schizophrenia has been described in differ- that Whites cited biological causes more plan, leaving the ultimate decision up to the ent ways in many cultures and socioeconom- frequently than non-White groups, who cited patient and family. ic groups throughout the world. The percep- supernatural causes more frequently. f Wellness implies harmony in spirit, mind, tion of illness of the mind within the cultural and body, while un-wellness, comes from dynamics may affect the diagnosis, treatment, natural causes of spiritual violations among and continued integration of an individual community members. in the family and the community. Cultural f There is no blame, shame but dialogue be- practices treating illnesses of the mind often tween the person in the present, the past and include an examination of real-life experi- the future. In this, the community includes ences and the experiences that are consistent those gone before and those coming after. with the soul’s survival. f Culture influences the ways individuals com- municate and manifest symptoms of illnesses of mind, style of coping, support system, and NOTE: The Backyard Community Health willingness to seek treatment may be af- Hub, a program of the Cultural Wellness fected as well. The role of community grief Center, is one of Alley Communications’ key and mourning in healing among traditionalist partners and produces the Back Page each MEENA M month. Be sure to check out the Back Page cultures is explored. in this issue for a ‘Statement of Grief and f Cultural concepts, values, beliefs, influence f One implication of cultural health practices Mourning’ from the Cultural Wellness healing pathways, and traditional healers has to do with the strong ties with the ex- Center. play an important role in the management of tended family. It is noted that when a per- dis -ease in many cultures where ‘Western’ son is ill, many of the family members are medicine is unavailable, viewed with skep- involved in deciding if indeed the patient ticism, or used in parallel with traditional or client is ill in the first place, the extent of treatment methods. the illness, the treatment to be given, and by f Western trained psychiatrists tend to view whom. illness of mind as culture-free, but certain f Cultural wellness approaches to commu- disorders that manifest in the body, such as nity healing of the mind and of the memory bulimia nervosa, are shaped by Western cul- includes the practice of Soul Medicine(c) as tures’ relationships and perceptions of food. a strength and resource. Doing so will also In Traditionalist cultures, food is medicine build the availability of Soul Medic to build and as such, eating is often a treatment of rapport with the many cultural practitioners a longing or provides a sense of belonging.

example) are made more often for black than African Americans in the overall popu- Americans than white Americans. lation. Before and After Ethnic/racial minorities were less likely to Because of shifts in the US, approximately Covid 19 virus and receive treatment for depression in 1997. Of 33% of the US population is expected to adults who received treatment, 16% were be Asian/Pacific Islander, African Ameri- Brother George African American, 20% Hispanic, and 24% can, Native American, or of Hispanic origin. white. Many of these cultural groups experience Floyd’s Murder: Ethnic/racial minorities were less likely to stressors that place them at significant risk Pre-existing conditions for the receive treatment for schizophrenia in 1997. for mental health problems. African in America as the Cultural Of adults who received treatment, 26% were In addition, cultural and language barriers Wellness Center’s approach was African American, 39% were white. and lack of awareness by primary care physi- coming into existence, 1994-1996: About 25% of African Americans are unin- cians in identifying mental illness, especially sured and the stigma of mental illness keeps for cultural groups, makes it difficult for Approximately one African American in many from seeking treatment. some to access the US health care systems. three who needs care, receives it. And black Recent clinical reports show that African Seven out of 10 people with bipolar disorder Americans are more likely than white Ameri- Americans are at as much as a tenfold in- receive at least one misdiagnosis. cans to terminate treatment early. creased risk over other cultural groups Bipolar disorder accounts for approximately Primary care physicians are less likely to despite improved diagnostic accuracy and $7.6 billion in direct healthcare costs in the detect mental health problems, including widespread use of the DSM-III and DSM-IV. U.S. depression, among African American and Lawson, Hepler, Holladay, and Cuffel (1994) Lifetime costs per consumer range from Hispanic patients than among whites. reported that African Americans in both inpa- $12,000 for a person with a single manic Errors in diagnosis of certain disorders tient and outpatient settings were diagnosed episode to more than $600,000 for those with (mood disorders like bipolar disorder, for with schizophrenia at higher percentage rates multiple episodes. 10 alleynews.org • July 2020

4. * “Stagecoach” 1939 17. * “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Movie Corner 5. * “3:10 to Yuma” (1957) (1973) 6. * “3:10 to Yuma” (2007) 18. * “Pale Rider” (1985) BY HOWARD MCQUITTER II 7. * “Two Mules for Sister Sara” 19. * “Unforgiven” (1992) As the coronavirus cases and deaths rise (1970) 20. * “Blazing Saddles” (1974) and the weather has warmed up it becomes 8. * “The Outlaw Josie Wales” (1976) 21. * “Fort Apache” (1948) much harder to stay in the quarantine bunkers. 9. * “True Grit” (1969) 1. “I am a Fugitive from a Chain Everybody who ventures outside should wear 10. * “True Grit” (2010) Gang” (1932) Crime/Drama masks at all times. In the meantime when you 11. * “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance 2. “Cornered” (1945) Thriller decide to retreat to your quarantine bunkers Kid” (1969) 3. “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” , here is a list of movies to see (mostly West- 12. * “High Noon” (1952) (1948) Adventure/Western erns). 13. * “The Assassination of Jesse James 4. “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988) *WESTERNS by the Coward Robert Ford” (2007) Romance/Drama 1. * “Red River” (1948) 14. * “Angel and the Badman” (1947) 2. * “Tombstone (1993) 15. * “Posse” (1993) Contact Howard via email howardmcquitter68@ 3. * “Shane” (1953) 16. * “Ride the High Country” (1962) gmail.com

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Raise Your Voice beauty of the African-American people. What dura- Although vague in terms of degree, the defund tion for reparations to heal the wound? proposition has merit. However, pointing fingers Dismantle and PURGE the RACISTS. It took one hour to graphi- at Mayor Frey deflects from the source. Moreover, cally render those words to a placard. An emotional a serious defunding or abolishment would compell Reconstruct mass had been mobilized to the point of demarca- the capitalists to hire all the “bad apples” as private BY PETER MOLENAAR tion… then the “perfect storm” and the “witch’s militia… no more constraint by elected governance, As co-workers in the security business, George brew”. let alone community control. Floyd once held rank over Derek Chauvin. Pause “Abolish the police”? “Dismantle and Reconstruct?” the video. The white-supremacist muttered: “whose Marxists envision a “withering away of the A super majority of the MPLS Council supports the boss now?” state”, but only after a prolonged course of subduing D&R. We should back them, while trusting our long- Back in the day, given a pass to town, a young the social contradictions engendered by the history time activists to advance mechanisms for COMMU- man of George Floyd’s stature was surrounded by of slavery and capitalist exploitation. In the here NITY CONTROL. the “patty-rollers” and made to dance a jig. Shun- and now, we advocate reforms which will unify the Apart from the carnage and smoldering ruins, ning the flirtatious southern belle, he was then working-class and oppressed peoples for the long the fresh air of human solidarity has filled the sails. falsely accused, then lynched, along with his mother haul. No, we are not “reformists”, as such, we are Lord, at age almost 70 years, I might yet witness the whose unborn child was cut from her belly. the sincere abolitionists! final conflict. Meditate, for a moment, upon the astonishing “Defund the police?’ show, that only 495 Black’s about Smith Foundry, And Letter to the alley [sic] lived there in 1920. failed to State that he is “May Our Lord and Our Lady bring peace to Also of MN 219 lynching former Employee. Which the familily and friends of George Floyd.” Editorial Team only 3 were Black!! he should have done. Also So called Editorial Why do you let Smith Foundry was not al- Team something go into your pa- lowed to respond to Him!! ..Howard McQuitter In the June 2020 per which is just a LIE!! or If your Goal is to issue [of the alley] writer is it ok! to lie in story’s [sic] accurately report the New Howard McQuitter stated if it fits your NARRATIVE [sic], Your NOT doing so! that 21,000 Black people [sic] This is fake NEWS!! Which is a SHAME!! lived in Duluth in 1920 Also Peter Molenaar when U.S. Census records article were [sic] He talks By Bill Marshall not 21,000 Black inhab- 15, 1920 of 3 young Editorial Team itants in Duluth, 1920. African American men. Response Yes, Bill may be correct The alley has • June 15th about 1920 U.S. Census never purported to be Lynching Article data. It is important to an unbiased source of remember that the Cen- news. It is a largely Correction and sus from day one has volunteer-run communi- Explanation been fraught with limi- ty newspaper, a vehicle • June Issue tations and inaccuracies, for the community to Raise Your Voice not the least of which report on issues affect- Clarification is a deep distrust of the ing us, and to express 317 E. 38th St. Thank you, Bill, government and the opinions and thoughts, for your letter to the census takers, lending such as yours. If Smith Editorial Team. It is to gross undercounting Foundry has a response NEW STORE HOURS good to know people of various communities. to Peter Molenaar’s 9AM-9PM are readving the alley Howard used a figure opinion piece, we cer- with a critical eye. 9-10 AM will be reserved for older adults by researchers famil- tainly welcome it! and those who have compromised immune systems We do need to iar with nuances likely acknowledge the ty- more accurate. By Mary Ellen Kaluza, For the latest updates, please visit pographical error in More importantly, on behalf of the alley seward.coop/coronavirus/ Howard’s piece, which though, the actual num- Editorial Team he pointed out to the ber of Black Americans alley after publica- living in Duluth in 1920 tion: Howard’s original does not alter the horror submission had 2100, of the lynching on June WELNA HARDWARE

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reach out We must strengthen our collective CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER’S 3. to hear and support cultural wellness. your wailing to the heavens All people have culture, STATEMENT OF GRIEF AND MOURNING for relief. We have all wit- and we must use it as a source of Brother George black and white households over community first responder offer- nessed a great trauma within strength, connection and belong- Floyd’s public murder is re- the past 70 years,” wrote the ing personal comforting and psy- our community. We seek to ing. We must move from Race to viving memories of “strange economists Moritz Kuhn, Moritz chological first aid. work through this with you so we Culture, because rituals, practices fruits,” as described by Nina Schularick and Ulrike I. Steins in Our practitioner/fac- no longer take the pain from one and philosophies bind us together Simone in the sixties. It feels their analysis of U.S. incomes and ulty presence is often invisible; experience to another — you and create the support networks raw and sore, specific to this mo- wealth since World War II. elders’ wisdom provides anchor- deserve to be free to feel your we need to make real and lasting ment. The scene is the latest dra- “Counties with disproportionately ing as people process what’s hap- most authentic self. These and changes for ourselves, our fami- matization of a 401-year-old me- high Black populations across the pening and the impact on them to our other cultural health prac- lies and community. morialized wound inflicted over country account for more than reassure belonging and cultur- tices give people opportunities to Hotep, and over again on Black men and half of the country’s coronavirus al survival. heal together during these chang- Elder Atum women in America. cases and nearly 60 percent of We join you in taking times. The Coronavirus death, according to a national ing action through our cultur- Now is the time to mobi- PS – Many of you often ask exacerbated pre-existing con- study by an AIDS research group.” al health practices: lize around the Cultural Wellness how you can help us. Here are ditions of injustices in hous- Wealth inequity is tied to 1. to mourn the loss of a Center’s mission: “to unleash the specific and immediate ways: ing, economics, education and these pre-existing conditions beloved one as healing for the living power of citizens to heal them- • Donate to the Cultural Wellness healthcare in Black communities cause pre-existence assumes that and the dead. We mourn by walk- selves and build community. “ Center. across the United States. The New a person’s existence begins at the ing the streets marching, while ob- We need to mobilize ourselves • Spread the word about our York Times article “The Pandem- consummation of health insurance serving a worldwide processional and others who see the inher- work. ic and the Protest: Police brutality, coverage, according to Jonathan of people grieving for our Broth- ent value of our experience and • Recognize what you have job losses, the coronavirus: Black Metzl, author of Dying of White- ers and Sisters whose lives have knowledge. We need to move learned in your work with us. Americans are bearing the brunt ness: How the Politics of Racial been unjustly taken. beyond approaches designed Talk about it. of all of it,” noted: Resentment Is Killing America’s 2. to create altars for to “help,” as they lead to keeping • Join our Facebook page and “The historical data Heartland. praying in our chosen religious us where we are. Instead, we need share our posts. also reveal that no progress has Over the past two weeks, the Cul- beliefs and customs and listen to change the root of the sys- • Bring us in to help navigate been made in reducing income tural Wellness Center contin- to our inner selves — and we will tem to value our cultural knowl- change in the organizations and and wealth inequalities between ued our 24–year history as a listen with you any time you edge and contribution. systems you’re in.

the first time and she is in you, too. and pain. Shu is the fire of the first time that also burns She is pushing through for you. I am thinking of you. I inside of you. Shu is the ancestor that you have allowed to What is Black is Real am thinking of myself. I am thinking of the Black Man come through and at times if left unchecked Shu will burn and all that it means to be him. All the pressure it feels to you, too. Black Manhood be Kem. Kem is the Black. He is you. And he is me, too. We are witnessing murders in the street and BY MINKARA TEZET, GRIOT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, I am crying to soothe this heat and this fire I unchecked fire burning as we are no longer able to feel CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER feel for the conditions we find ourselves in.Personally, I the waters of Tefnut pushing through. We have emotional I thought of you last night. I heard your voice. I want to burn all of this shit down and start over. But my dams holding her back. We want to release. But it is not in heard your voice cry out through the veil. You are a real emotional connection to the rains and to the healing power us to share the tears we have with the world publicly. So, Black Man. You are the being that was called into being of Tefnut won’t let me cause this pain. She is pushing I am releasing my tears onto these sheets. To be a Black so long ago, Kem. You are he who was the first greeter of through and she is calling to you. She is asking each of us Man is to balance who we are and what we be. To be a the Creator. It was you who saw this face first. What are to allow the tears to flow so that her healing powers can Black Man means to be someone who is complementary. you? Where did you come from and what made you? I am show. She is healing me. I hope you can see the tears I am We complement the divine feminine we are presencing. If listening to this voice. I am listening to you. I am hearing crying for you, the Black Man.I hope you can see the tears she is fly, we fly, too. If she rises, we rise, too. Tefnut. I hear her through these tears. She is the moisture I am shedding for myself. I feel the pressure it is to be you. that moistens the ground that is you. I feel the pressure that makes us want to let Shu lose. I feel November 14, 2019 (Excepted from What is Black is Real Black You are Kem and Geb. She is the waters that flow from the pressure that drives the impulse over our use of fire Manhood)

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