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Bringing to the Streets NORTH NEWS June 27, 2019 Serving the neighborhoods of North Minneapolis www.mynorthnews.org Bringing care DonEsther Morris (left), to the streets Nona Champion, Jamar Nelson and Al Flowers Jr. patrolled a stretch of A Mother’s Love addresses violence by going W Broadway Ave. on a recent evening, bringing to some of the most traumatized people in the hope and support to people in need. community and asking them what they need. Page 21 ALSO INSIDE North News has new staff Community demands response to Village Financial Cooperative plans to New space for New Rules members Page 2 reckless driving Page 8 buy back the block, lot by lot Page 10 Page 14 2 NORTH NEWS June 27, 2019 NEWS miss her leadership, company, and tenacity as we carry our work forward. Luckily, she'll Letter from be spending her days just a short ways away at the capitol, and we're certain she won't be the Editor a stranger to the Northside. As part of filling Cirien's role, we have hired Abdirahman (Abdi) Mohamed to be our new Welcome to the July edition of North News. staff reporter focusing on small business It's been a big month for our team. New and entrepreneurship. In his own words, he voices have joined us, and one of our staff is a Saint Paul native whose family arrived members has departed. We're excited for this to Minnesota 20 years ago from Somalia. new season and grateful for the groundwork In the last decade he’s worked as a writer, that came before it. an educator, a filmmaker and freelance videographer. In his free time, he likes to Cirien Saadeh, our education and small frequent the lakes, listen to podcasts or try out business reporter, left North News on June a new restaurant in town. He also considers 27. She completed her PhD in sustainability himself an amateur film critic. His main focus education at Prescott College in November in media has been to help find the voices and and will now lean more fully into her role stories that the mainstream outlets tend to as Executive Director of the UpTake, a ignore or overlook. Abdi's first round of stories digital news source based out of the state is in this paper; some of you might have met capitol. Cirien has been a staff reporter for him at the Folwell Resource Fair on June 20. North News since August of 2017. During We're grateful for his energy and expertise her time with us, she broke stories about As summer begins, the North News team includes (from top left to top right), Abdi Mohamed, Anthoni and can't wait to see all that he brings to new businesses, asked tough questions of McMorris, David Pierini, Kailen Branson, and (from bottom left to bottom right), Myesha Powell, Alissa North News. Simmons, and Kenzie O'Keefe. the school district, and taught journalism Photo by David Pierini classes at Patrick Henry High School. Cirien Our summer Step-Up interns have begun career field of her choosing. Mississippi Park Connection, and more to is unwavering in her commitment to building their nine-week internships with us as Myesha Powell is a returning intern and make it happen, and we can't wait to release power in marginalized communities, and we'll well. Kailen Branson is an artist and will be has worked for North News for almost two the story just in time for FLOW, the Northside a senior this fall at Minnehaha Academy. years now. She lives in North Minneapolis Arts Crawl on July 25-27. Kailen generally likes to sketch, sometimes of NORTH NEWS and graduated from North High School in Until next time, characters and people, sometimes abstract 2019 Issue #6 2019. Myesha joined the journalism class art. He also has experience with graphic Kenzie O'Keefe Circulation: 10,000 in North Minneapolis. at North High. She loved her experience, so Editor/Publisher, North News Delivered free on a monthly basis to design. He took a graphic design class during she would like to continue journalism. She public places & homes in Near North & Camden. [email protected] his freshman year. Throughout his life he has wants go to college to study journalism had great art teachers that have taught him 651-245-2647 125 West Broadway Ave. Suite 130, and communication. She likes to write, and Minneapolis, MN 55411 valuable things about art, and have inspired she’s thinking about writing a book that is Phone: 651-245-2647 him to improve his own art. Over the years, Website: www.mynorthnews.org a fictionalized account of events that have Kailen has cultivated his love for art and has happened in her own life. She also likes to Kenzie O’Keefe become pretty proud of his progress. Kailen take pictures. In 2018, Myesha was invited Editor/Publisher/Advertising doesn’t have any experience with journalism to participate in a photography show called Cirien Saadeh David Pierini but has been told that he writes great stories. "Our Truth Through Our Eyes,” an event Staff Reporter Freelance Photographer He really enjoys fiction, especially sci-fi. focused on people facing trauma. As she Abdi Mohamed Anya Johanna DeNiro Ever since sixth grade he’s been coming up Staff Reporter Copy Editor looks toward the future, Myesha hopes to do with stories. But he’s never written about a lot of traveling and see new things. Emily Ronning Lyle James a real person and their real problems, so Graphic Designer Delivery interviewing people and capturing their lives We also have a new freelance writer joining our network: Anthoni McMorris. We met Our summer interns are Myesha Powell, Kailen will be a challenge for him. But he accepts the Branson, and Alissa Dummer-Simmons. Additional challenge and hopes to learn something new Anthoni while reporting on A Mother's Love support is provided by The Jay & Rose Phillips Family and valuable this summer. this month. He is part of the A Mother's Love Foundation of Minnesota and the Minneapolis team and contributed a first-person piece to Foundation. Alissa Dummer-Simmons is new to North our story package (Page 21). We're flattered Story ideas and letters to the editor under 300 words News working as a intern reporter. Sheʼs and excited that this young community are always welcome. Unsigned letters will not be run. lived in the North Minneapolis area for the builder wants to amplify his voice on our past five years. She is currently attending If you want North News on your doorstep NOW, platform. subscribe for $30 per year. St. Catherineʼs University and majoring in Email [email protected] English. In her spare time, she likes to read Our team will be hard at work on a special or call 651-245-2647 to sign up. and write short stories. She also likes to be edition of our paper focused on the Mississippi Next issue delivered: July 25, 2019 active and play outside with her dogs. She River in July. If you have a connection to North News is an enterprise of: hopes working at North News is the next step the river (professional, personal, historical, she needs to take to further her writing and psychological) please consider sharing your communication skills and placing her into the story with us. We're working in partnership Abdi Mohamed will cover small business and with Minnesota Public Radio, Pollen Midwest, entrepreneurship for the paper. 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According to a report from the to call home, so once you get people stable will be bestowed with an honorary second rest. ...It's past time to make sure that he gets Star Tribune, the pool’s bacteria levels this housing then you can start trying to help name—Richard Estes Avenue—on Sunday, REBIRTH BRASS BAND recognized in some way," said a representative year are normal after being closed 30- them out in areas, that’s my main goal," he June 30. Mr. Estes, who passed in 2013, from Ellison's office. plus days during summer 2018 because of said. Additional details on the development owned Estes Funeral Chapel for over 50 years. bacteria levels. North Commons, however, have yet to be released. A groundbreaking His wife April Estes, who continues to own Pop-up boutique temporarily is closed for major repair work and is not set is expected later this summer. the family business, pushed local officials to to re-open until mid-July. The park’s official honor her husband in this way.
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