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The Alley P.O. Box 7006 Mpls., MN 55407 612-990-4022 [email protected] www.alleynews.org twitter.com/alleynewspaper Archives:1976 thru 2011 http://bit.ly/2GaYHIU Phillips West Neighborhood Events: www.phillipswest.info Alley Communications, a 501C-3, Not-for-Profit Corp. publishes The Alley Newspaper BY CRYSTAL WINDSCHITL and other media. Thursday, November 7th, 6-7 pm “When the great newspapers Phillips West Monthly don’t say much, see what the Community Meeting! little independent ones say.” Join your neighbors and other – Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) Community Partners for updates Donations: needed, welcome, from Local City Government and Tax Deductible. and Minneapolis Police! Meeting Publication Coordination: will take place at the Center for Alley Editorial Leadership Changing Lives Building in the Committee, Default Engagement Centrum Room (2400 Park Coordinator Harvey Winje Avenue). Free parking is available in the rear of building off of Volunteers of this issue but not limited to: Oakland Avenue. Free Jakeeno’s American Swedish Institute, Pizza Dinner will be provided! If BackYard Health Hub, you would like more information Roberta Barnes, Bart Buch, or would like to get involved in Patrick Cabello Hansel, Gary Cox, the neighborhood please contact Cultural Wellness Center, Dream for Wild Health, Crystal at 612-879-5383 or email Kelly Drummer, Frank Erickson, her at [email protected] EPIC, Lindsey Fenner, J. Marie Fieger, First Person THE ALLEY NEWSPAPER IS A MEMBER OF Productions, Susan Gust, Linnea Hadaway, Beth Hart, Mike Hazard, Dwight Hobbes, Michelle Howard, Sue Hunter Weir, Indigenous Food Network, Lee Leichentritt, Rose Lobley, Marti Maltby, Emily Matson, Timothy McCall, Howard McQuitter, Binesikwe Means, Jana Metge, Midtown Global Market, MPNIA, Migizi, Jonathan Miller, Peter Molenaar, Dave Moore, Nieman-Fieger, Karen Nelson, Leon Oman, Brad Pass, Carol Pass, Tyra Payer, Peace House Community, PWNO, Rand Retterrath, Julie Robinson, Sunny Sevigny, V. J. Smith, Neely Snyder, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on 15th Av., Luke Longstreet Sullivan, John Charles Wilson, to the new Orange Line which will by the Metropolitan Council in the Metro Transit, also meets twice Crystal Windshitl run on I-35W starting in 2021. mid-1990s.) The Metro Council per month, on the 2nd and 4th itself has two full meetings Mondays, also at 4pm. These Delivery: To every Phillips house These forums will be held: per month, on the 2nd and 4th meetings are open to the pub- by Jeff Matson Delivery; to 170 businesses, places of Wednesdays at 4:00 pm. The lic though not advertised and worship, institutions in Phillips Wednesday, November 6 Transportation Committee, which very few people go. Maybe you and adjacent neighborhoods by 4:00-6:00 pm is the most direct overseer of should! Peter Molenaar Woodlake Nature Center Interim Board of Directors: 6710 Lake Shore Dr. S., Cathy Strobel-Ayres, Pres.; Richfield, near bus lines 4, Leon Oman, Treas.; 515, and 558. Thorbjorn Adam, Steve Dreyer, Lee Leichentritt, Frances Mendenhall, Thursday, November 7 Gabriel Pass, Steve Sandberg 4:00-6:00 pm Martin Luther King Recreation Monthly Board: 6:30 pm 1st Thursday at Ventura Village Center Meeting Room. 4055 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Correspondence to Alley on bus line 18. Communications and/or its Ed. Transit become the property of AC, Inc. Thursday, November 14 dba The Alley Newspaper and ‘Tis the 4:30-6:30 pm may be published. Volunteers Enlisted to Assist Publication Coordinators: Season – People (VEAP) Web & hard copy graphics: 9600 Aldrich Ave. S., Melissa Schmitt Bloomington, near bus lines Julie Robinson, VV News Pg 4; Brad For New Pass, EPIC News pg 8; 18 and 535. Sunny Sevigny, MPNIA News pg 8; Projects! Susan Ann Gust, BYHH pg 12; Please consider coming to one of Pages 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11; BY JOHN CHARLES WILSON these forums if you have the time ELC and Harvey Winje If you go to the Mall of and interest. [email protected] America by bus or light rail, you 612-990-4022 either know or soon will know A friend of mine recently “Let me make the newspaper and that the new Mall of America asked if Metro Transit has regu- I care not who makes the religion Transit Center is now open. A lar public meetings. The answer and the laws.” – Wendell Phillips Grand Opening celebration will is complex. Metro Transit itself be held in November 2019. Check is a service provided by the https://www.metrotransit.org for Metropolitan Council; it is not Dec/Jan Deadline more details. in and of itself a political entity. December 1st In other news, Metro Transit is (Historically, it was, when it was holding public forums to discuss called the Metropolitan Transit plans for connecting bus service Commission, but it was absorbed alleynews.org • November 2019 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 3

Unregulated, ill-equipped, unfunded “Baby Farms” filled a void for poor women

Tales from Coffin who died on February business should not have been 26, 1895, more than 20 years granted a license because “… Pioneers and Soldiers before Mary Briggs. And May it is not adequately equipped to Memorial Cemetery was only one of 31 children who cope with such an emergency as By SUE HUNTER WEIR died at the baby farm located at the one now existing.” Forster th 171ST in a Series 1432 5 Street Northeast. The added that it was unlikely that owner was Hannah Lund who any of the baby farms in the city was well known to police and were adequately prepared to take Mary Briggs, dies after 21 social services in Minneapolis care of seriously ill children but days of life but who nevertheless managed that if the city pulled all of their Mary Briggs was only 21 days to stay in business. No matter licenses, “wildcat farms,” operat- old when she died from diph- how appalling the care provided ing under even worse conditions, theria on February 13, 1916. As by the baby farms, the need for would open for business. The tiny as she was, her death had the services that they provided need would not go away. long-lasting consequences for the was great, especially by young Change did not occur imme- City of Minneapolis, especially women with little money and diately following Mary’s death for babies born to mothers living nowhere else to go. but before the year was out 300 in poverty. babies were being cared for in Mary died at 3614 Grand Mary’s death is catalyst for 13 licensed facilities. There were Avenue in what was known modest reform seven private maternity hospi- as a “baby farm,” a privately Two days after Mary’s death, tals, where women could receive owned boardinghouse for unmar- the Humane Society (the city’s pre- and postnatal care, that were ried women and their babies. In department of social services) subject to the same regulations addition to providing homes for announced that Miss Caroline as other hospitals. The Humane “erring mothers” and “incorri- Forster, one of their staff, was Society opened a new department, gible girls” who were waiting being assigned to the City Health the Children’s Protection Society, to give birth, some baby farms Department to monitor the condi- which focused specifically on the served as adoption agencies. One tions in what the city estimated needs of the city’s children. In woman advertised her business as to be 20 baby farms. Each newly the month of November 1916 a “private home for ladies before admitted or recently born child the department’s staff made 30 and through confinement.” She would need to be registered and inspections. also advertised babies who were given a physical. Adoptions and Although Miss Kaufmann was available for adoption—“Two transfers had to be recorded. initially absolved of any responsi- pretty baby girls and a boy.” Although inspections were rare, bility for Mary’s death, it wasn’t A few farms cared for children owners sometimes got word that long before Miss Kaufmann’s whose parents (usually mothers) an inspector was on his way and name was in the news again. On had no one to care for their child this comprehensive system of May 10th, Kaufmann was denied while they worked. record keeping was intended to a license to operate a second baby The city had a number of prevent the owners of baby farms farm at 3108 17th Avenue South, ordinances that were intended to from shifting babies around an address where seven infants ensure the quality of care that “whenever trouble [seemed] to had died earlier. The reason given the babies received but provided be in the air.” for denying Kaufmann’s license little in the way of resources, was her careless handling of a so inspections were rare and “The need would not go away!” number of diphtheria cases at enforcement of existing laws was Miss Forster absolved every- 3614 Grand. One of those cases virtually nonexistent. one involved in Mary’s care was baby Mary Briggs. with any responsibility for her 75+ Baby Farm babies buried death. The Health Department, at Lake & Cedar Cemetery City Hospital officials, and Miss At alleynews.org Mary was one of more than Kaufmann, the proprietor of the Archives/November 2006 75 babies buried in the cem- baby farm, were not to be blamed. you may also read: etery who died at addresses that Miss Forster said: “As baby “Dr” Oftedahl Abandoned were known to be baby farms. farms go, Miss Kaufmann’s place Infants at Cody Hospital The first that we can identify is as good as the rest.” She admit- Baby Farm. TIM MCCALL from cemetery records was May ted, however, that Kaufmann’s

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Book Review Thirty Rooms to Hide In: EDITOR’S NOTE: An Introduction to Luke Longstreet Sullivan and “Thirty Rooms to Hide In” Insanity, Addiction and For about a year, Luke Longstreet Sullivan was the second Editor of The Alley beginning in 1977, after graduating from St. Olaf College. He parlayed the pas- Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow sion for advertising that he discovered at the “small neighborhood newspaper”, The Alley Newspaper, into jobs with small and large advertising agencies and of the Mayo Clinic eventually to his current position as Chair of the Advertising Department at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. BY DWIGHT HOBBES ers and anguished, miserably beset In Luke’s words from his book: “I majored in psychology. But after college Luke Longstreet Sullivan’s mother and wife Mya could do was I couldn’t find any businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis that were hiring memoir, Thirty Rooms to Hide In: take it. And take it. Day after day skinny chain-smokers who could explain the relative virtue of scheduled versus Insanity, Addiction and Rock ‘n’ into night after night. An inexo- random reinforcement in behaviorist theory. I joined a construction crew.” Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo rable erosion of anything near nor- “When the opportunity to be an editor/typesetter/ad salesperson for a Clinic (University of Minnesota mal lives, as they go from wonder- small neighborhood newspaper came along, I took it at a salary of $80 every Press), brilliantly written, does ing whether something’s wrong, to two weeks. (Thinking back, I believe I deserved $85.) But the idea of sitting not make for particularly pleasant realizing there’s a problem to their at a desk and using words as a career was intoxicating. Of all my duties at the reading. In fact, it’s the kind of beloved head of the family trans- little newspaper, I found that selling ads and putting them together were the the experience, especially being a forming, degenerating into a mon- replaced with the other kind.” most interesting.”* true story, that, beyond depress- ster who scares them half to death. Thirty Rooms details a hideous Luke Longstreet Sullivan is one of hundreds of people who have collect- ing, can make you get up on a The opening strikes one as family portrait and sordid saga ed, told, assembled, and passed on stories and information in the pages of grey, drizzling morning, look out oddly matter of fact for the depic- of going through increasingly The Alley Newspaper. They all had unique abilities to hear, to sense, to repeat the window think about slitting tion of a funeral. “We six surviv- unspeakable, sheer hell. Sullivan stories and information. your throat. Sullivan, in this wholly ing sons of the doctor have been does it with bittersweet wit that at His book, “Hey Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Ads,” engaging, wryly irreverent, cyni- seated in the pew. …The people length becomes gallows humor as is about much more than advertising as it describes and advises the creative cally bittersweet account of tragic sitting the row behind us can see we understand the stoic character process in any endeavor. It gives ample evidence of the merits of being able to trials and tribulations, recounts our shoulders heaving in sobs. … of these kids and this woman that know what any audience wants to hear and how they will be most receptive how helplessly he, his five broth- They hear our sniffling, yes, but at sees them through subjugation by to hearing any message. Older readers will recall the source of the book’s title ers and their mom suffered through least one…has figured out that our a vicious tyrant. It’s a fascinating as the fictional supermarket manager featured in TV, radio and print ads for years of being ruthlessly abused by runny noses and shaking shoulders read. Richly fascinating. And pain- Charmin toilet paper in U.S. and Canada for 21 years with various scenarios but dad and husband, a raging drunk are actually the result of an attack fully sad. typically Whipple would scold customers, “please, don’t squeeze the Charmin!” whose binges eventually, one of wild but stifled laughter. … while hypocritically entertaining such actions himself when he thinks no one might say thankfully, saw him out [Our mother] sits. She is gazing up Also written by will notice. of their lives and into his grave. through her black mantilla at the *“Hey Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads,” Luke Proof positive that money can’t sunrays pouring through the high Luke Longstreet Sullivan and Edward Boches, 5th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2016, page 11. buy happiness, the family tran- stained glass windows. Her lips Sullivan scends a threadbare existence to are moving. Perhaps they think she live in the luxury of a thirty-room is praying, but she is not.” By the Hey Whipple, Squeeze This! mansion, patriarch Dr. Charles time you get to the end of the book, brand stories online, in addition to Roger Sullivan ascending to the you understand the boys’ behavior, This classic (and very irreverent) traditional media like television, prestigious, well-paying position fathom their mindset. And wonder bestselling guide to creating great radio, print, and outdoor. Now in of Mayo Clinic surgeon. It’s the what Mya was thinking and feel- advertising, Hey Whipple, Squeeze seven languages and used in col- late 50s into 60s, before AMA ing. It hits hard, at the end of that This, has inspired a generation of ad leges worldwide, Whipple will diagnosed alcoholism as a disease, chapter, when Sullivan solemnly students, copywriters, and young help sharpen your writing chops, predating AA-inclusive rehab in shares, “As the coffin rolls past, creatives to make their mark in unleash your creativity, and raise Hazelton and such institutions, each one of us realizes as if for the industry. Students today need the level of your work whether before women even thought of the first time, ‘My father is in that new guidance to ply their craft in you’re new to the business or a standing up to domestic abuse. box. He’s dead. He’s never coming the digital world and this updated practicing professional. Accordingly, all Luke, his broth- back.’ And our tears of laughter are fifth edition explains how to bring

“Living it again” needn’t happen; “History, despite its but it is “lived wrenching pain, again” cannot be unlived, “Living it again” is forced on but if faced Indigenous peoples by constant with courage, “reminders” of the tragedies of the need not be colonization of the Americas. Protests lived again.” of this continued inhumanity are also repeated and the occasion pictured –Maya Angelou here was at U.S. Bank Stadium October 24, 2019 as the Minnesota “Vikings” football team played the Washington D.C. football team. FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS COURTESY OF MIGIZI

“Cases of genocide carried out as policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories of Indigenous communities.” – Roxanne Dunbar- Ortiz, “Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States”

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Designed and Paid for by East Phillips Improvement Coalition

FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS COURTESY OF MIGIZI FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS COURTESY OF MIGIZI Mass killings of Indigenous inhabitants of the Continent totaled thousands in every Territory. One, of many reasons, was that Territories wanting statehood had to reduce the number of amounts of Indigenous people to meet the required ratio of Europeans and Indigenous people. Of course, there needed to be proof of death and scalps did that. FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS COURTESY OF MIGIZI FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS COURTESY OF MIGIZI 6 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 alleynews.org • November 2019

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MN Governor Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan proclaim Indigenous People’s Day October 14, 2019 Dream of Wild Health’s An Indigenous Food Tasting event presented by the Indigenous Mission is to restore health Food Network and hosted by and well-being in the Native Dream of Wild Health celebrated Indigenous People’s Day at the community by recovering Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1530 East Franklin Av. The knowledge of and access to event highlighted six Indigenous healthy Indigenous foods, chefs and entertainment from several local artists. Governor Tim medicines and lifeways. Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan were present and pro- claimed October 14, 2019 as Core Values Indigenous People’s Day in The work at Dream of Minnesota. Lt. Governor Peggy Wild Health is guided by Flanagan read the Proclamation these values: to the cheering crowd. Over 700 EMILY MATSON COURTESY OF DREAM OF WILD HEALTH people were served at the event. • We value the personal See the program of the event on character traits of hon- this page for a detailed overview of esty, integrity, generos- the day. ity, humility, courage Event photographs (on this and fortitude. page) are by Emily Matson cour- • We value and respect tesy of Dream of Wild Health and individual and group First Person Productions of Migizi spiritual beliefs that Communications. our families, stakeholders and constituents may hold. Read more about the event and • We value the belief and practice of kinship and reciprocity in Dream for Wild Health on Ventura our relationships with all people and with the natural world. Village News on Page 6. • We value the practice of respect in all our dealings and relationships with one another.

EMILY MATSON COURTESY OF DREAM OF WILD HEALTH

MIGIZI FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS MIGIZI acts as a circle of support that nurtures the development of Native American youth in order to unleash their creativity and dreams – to benefit them- selves, their families and community. MIGIZI puts youth first, supporting youth-driven activities that fully engage youth in a self-directed path to holistic wellness and to success in education and employment. EMILY MATSON EMILY MATSON COURTESY OF DREAM OF WILD HEALTH MIGIZI means “bald eagle” in the Ojibwe language.

MIGIZI was founded in 1977 as Migizi Communications, Inc., with a goal of countering the misrepresentations and inaccu- racies about Native people in the media. MIGIZI’s first weekly radio production, The Native American Program, set the stage for First Person Radio and its nationally distributed program- ming. Today, First Person Productions is a multimedia training effort for Native youth aimed at providing state-of-the-art sto- rytelling skills, enhancing self-esteem and improving academic performance. Additional MIGIZI efforts address youth needs in jobs, culture, leadership and more.

MIGIZI envisions Native American communities as self-sustain- able culturally, socially and economically; and Native youth honored as full contributors who provide new ideas, energy and passion that are essential to continuous community improvement and well-being.

Menu from Indigenous Food Tasting Event

Do you regularly read The Alley and want it to continue, grow, improve, and land at your doorstep or on a newsstand as a “free newspaper” each month? Contribute! Go to Alley Communications on GiveMN, or send a check to P.O. Box 7006, Mpls., MN 55407 his November copy of The Alley Newspaper is one month away from the end of its 44th year of hard copy existence. There was a time, before the The Alley’s Mission T first issue, January 1976, that the “seed” was planted and the “germina- tion” of an idea began its growth toward fruition. It became more obvious “The Mission of in December 1975 when the following notice was delivered to each Phillips Community house and business. Following is what was written by Gary Cox, Alley Communications The Alley’s first “editor” in the first flyer. will be to facilitate culture, and creativity in the Phillips Community through publications, What’s your story? research, public forums, classes, workshops, A Phillips Neighborhood Newspaper artistic presentations, Coming Soon the Internet, 1975 Alley and other means.” (revised 1999) [The words from that very first flyer!]

“The Alley is about us and our neighborhood. It will look very much like this and it will come to your door once a month. The articles will be written by the people who live here—not by professional newspaper people. You will see over and over again, articles written by your neighbors and your- The Alley Is… selves. And if you don’t like to write, just call us up. We’ll get together for awhile and write it later. The kind of story is up to you. They are all important because we know that it is the opinions of Advocating on Issues private citizens that really count. What we should do is to try to get to know each other better. Start with the past: What was the neighborhood like a long time ago? What was life like for your parents and grandparents? Agitating for Change Or the present: What’s it like working in a factory, living on the reservation or teaching school in the community? What are your opinions on what’s going on in the neighborhood? Building Healthy Community Or the future: How can things be improved? Who can do it? What do you imagine this area will look like in ten years? Do you plan to be here then? Documenting History A newspaper made of stories like this is not just a nice idea. The quality of life in the next few years depends on our ability to get to know each other and, together, find ways to get along. We are not used to being asked what should be done to improve our neighborhood. Most often Facilitating Deliberation we’re told about it after the plan is finished and the work has started. That’s a funny thing because we’re as smart as anybody else. Heck of a lot smarter than the downtowners who come up with all these high-flying ideas. It’s funny because we know that it doesn’t make any difference how much of Lifting Every Voice an expert a person is, if he or she doesn’t live in the neighborhood, he doesn’t know what we need. Nobody needs to tell us we have some problems in Phillips Neighborhood. We know because we Promoting Art & Culture live in the middle of them. It’s because we live here that we are real experts on what our neighborhood needs. It’s because we see things first hand. We learn from what we see. We need to let our neighbors Connecting Neighbors and the people downtown know what we have learned. We need to hash out our problems amongst ourselves and come up with solutions we all live with. When we think about making our neighborhood a better place to live, we must realize that we have an incredible advantage over other neighborhoods who want to do the same things. The advantage is the great number of different kinds of people in Phillips Neighborhood. There are old, middle aged, and young people. There are Indian, White, and Black people…people of Native, European, African, Asian, and South American ancestry. Put all that together and there is little we do not know. We don’t need to be told that different kinds of people together cause conflicts. Yet we should keep in mind that these differences offer the possibility of a better place to live and work. The conflicts, as damaging as they are to our state-of-mind and our physical property, create the energy we need to make Phillips Neighborhood a safer and friendlier community. White Americans have a tradition of “getting my 2 cents in”. We must continue on that tradition and expand on it. The ideas and opinions of every person in this neighborhood are valuable. We need to hear as many of these opinions as possible on every subject. With these opinions we can see each other’s needs and then initiate actions that will be good for all of us. And with knowledge of everyone’s opinions, we can keep a sharper eye on the outsiders and their plans. Our neighborhood cannot be a good place for every one of us to live if any of us keep silent.”

At the “Emerging Mind of Community Journalism” conference in Anniston, Ala., in Can’t Attend the 2006, participants created a list characterizing community journalism: community journalism is intimate, caring, and personal; it reflects the community and Celebration Event? tells its stories; and it embraces a leadership role. The Alley Newspaper contin- ues to grow more fully into this important work of community journalism. Make a donation of $5 or more to help provide the time and space for us to imagine our future! Send checks to: Alley Communications, PO Box 7006, Minneapolis, MN 55407

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BY JANA METGE ances, furniture, and mattresses. donations! A huge thanks to the on display. We learned from our Even the cold, rain, and snow This one time a year event allows Planning Team and all who vol- Census Table that $20/hr jobs are did not stop our Annual Phillips residents to put out everything unteered and participated with the now being offered to assist with Clean Sweep from going on! at no charge! The four Phillips 2019 Phillips Clean Sweep! the Census count! Many thanks to Saturday, October 12th Phillips Community neighborhoods: Lunch followed the litter all of the participants. residents came out to clean up Ventura Village across the top pickup at noon in Stewart Park Many thanks to Michelle their neighborhood. Bethlehem from 35W to Hiawatha & north provided by Bethlehem Baptist, Howard, Minneapolis Clean City Baptist brought over a tent to proof 24th St. to E-94), Phillips West Minneapolis Mad Dads, and Coordinator, staff at Minneapolis tect the free T-Shirts for each par- (35-W to Chicago Av. 24th St. to Banyan Community. Solid Waste & Recycling and ticipant. Beth Hart and her grand- Lake Street), Midtown Phillips U of M Medical students set up Alliance for Sustainability/Litter son, Joe Golish and John Richard (Chicago Av. to Bloomington Av. a Free Health Fair as a part of this Be Gone. Other funds in addition COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY th Snow refreshes the morning volunteered to serve breakfast 24 St. to Lake St.), and East year’s event. They provided blood to the 4 Phillips Neighborhoods Bloomington Av/Welna staging donated by Allina. A little snow Phillips (Bloomington Av. to pressure testing, diabetes screen- were: DJR Architects, Wellington, and breakfast launch and cold didn’t stop them! Hiawatha & 24th St. to Lake St.) ing and information. A neighbor- Thrivent Financial, Watson Residents and other volunteers raise funds to hire city garbage hood Resource Fair also filled Forsberg, Wells Fargo, Litter cleaned up areas where trash was trucks and provide this service the Park Building. Neighborhood Be Gone, and LHB Architects. dumped and cleaned out base- for free. A Clean Sweep Planning partners and organizations, includ- Somali TV produced a video on ments and garages of broken or Team meets for 9 weeks prior ing employment opportunities at this Clean Sweep available on unneeded household construc- to the event organizing all of Panera Bread located at Abbott their Facebook Page. tion items, tires, metal, appli- the details, raising money and hospital were set up, staffed, and

COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY School Board member Siad Ali on Clean Sweep duty

COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY Crew of 13 ready to roll Crew of four with bags to fill

COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY V.J. Smith parked the MAD DAD Truck long enough to grill and serve at the Grill at Stewart Park

CLEAN SWEEP RESULTS

TRASH COLLECTED Phillips Ventura: 7,840 lbs Phillips West: 5,780 lbs Phillips Midtown: 10,800 lbs COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY Phillips East: 9,960 lbs Men in tandem Clean Sweep A City Crew ready with compactor trucks PHILLIPS WEST TO EAST Truck 1 200 lbs metal, 15 tires, 6 appliances, 10 TVs Truck 2 1,500 lbs metal, 20 tires, 10 appliances, 6 mattresses, 20 TVs

PHILLIPS EAST TO WEST Truck 1 100 lbs metal, 30 tires, 6 appliances, 20 mattresses, 15 TVs Truck 2 300 lbs metal, 60 tires, 6 appliances, 3 mattresses, 30 TVs

PHILLIPS VENTURA 2500 lbs metal, 13 tires, 2 appliances, 9 TVs COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY COURTESY OF CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY Neighbors connecting at Clean Sweep 2019 Lunch servers at Stewart Park welcome volunteers alleynews.org • November 2019 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 11

Jana Metge—Phillips’ Good Neighbor and Advocate Extraordinary day for an extraordinary quilt, for an extraordinary neighbor

BY CLEAN SWEEP COMMITTEE MEMBERS bor great at making connections. Beth Hart collected through the Jana Metge, the Clean Sweep She “connected” a recent experi- years, is on a mission befitting Event and Community Organizer ence of having a family quilt made Clean Sweep Day itself. Project Extraordinaire, was honored with to the idea of it being a way to Repat states: “ The average a very symbolic gift of a quilt acknowledge the incredible work American trashes 65 pounds of at the Stewart Park Clean Sweep Jana has done for decades for not clothing per year. We’re keeping Luncheon (held inside this year only the Clean Sweep event but in T-shirts out of landfills and upcy- due to the early wintery chill). It constant advocacy with and for the cling them into something new!” couldn’t have been more appropri- Phillips Community. Repat’s motto is “Social & ate to the weather and acknowl- Besides providing warmth for Environmental Impact: How edgement of Jana’s colorfulness, the day and offering important much good can a T-shirt quilt do?” her connection with so many symbolism with the 16 T-shirts Well, if we reflect on Jana and her organizations, and the warmth she naming many Phillips organiza- quilt as an example, a pretty high brings to every event, generally, tions with whom Jana keeps con- bar for the rest of us! and greeting of people individually. nected, Project Repat, the busi- Beth Hart is another good neigh- ness who assembled the T-shirts, V.J. SMITH Peace House Community Journal The Need for Sleep

BY MARTI MALTBY ety are true, but ironically, it is the When asked to name a person’s homelessness and accompanying most basic needs, most people will sleeplessness that cause the prob- reliably name food, shelter and lems, not the other way around. clothing. A quick Google search Amazingly, lack of sleep is often adds air, safety, warmth, health overlooked by mental health work- and sex. Sometimes one or two ers and medical professionals when other ideas like companionship get screening and providing services tossed out, and Wikipedia adds san- to patients. This is not always the itation, education, healthcare and case, but it happens often enough internet to the list. (I suppose if to raise questions. Speaking for you’re Wikipedia, you have to say myself, I understand how this can the internet is a necessity.) happen. Even working for agen- Amazingly, sleep seems to escape cies that serve the homeless, I can’t everyone’s notice as a basic need. manufacture housing for everyone. However, almost everyone I know that despite my best efforts recognizes the necessity of sleep. people will still have to sleep outside Numerous clinical studies have in the cold and will be tired when shown the negative effects from they wake. I’d rather focus on the lack of sleep on health, cognition, problems that I can solve than face student test scores and any number the ones I can’t. In the same way, of other measures. Even if a per- doctors and others can’t just pull son hasn’t heard about the studies, out a cot in their office and let a they know what insomnia or pull- patient crash for hours at a time. MIKE HAZARD ing an all-nighter in college is like. They have to focus their efforts on a BACK PORCH I STILL LIKE TOMORROW From my own experience working diagnosable and treatable problem. Life surprises on the back porch Stories are shared at Peace House, graveyard shifts, inadequate sleep I wish I could wrap this article at Peace House. the living room of Franklin Avenue. impairs judgment, reduces the plea- with some wise insight that would Ellie listened to music while Shayna People speak and we, the people listen. braided her waist-length hair. sure of normally enjoyable experi- solve the problem of sleeplessness Near the end of a meditation, ences, and promotes unhealthy hab- for at least one person, but I can’t. Shayna said, “Mama used to always say, ‘Suffer for beauty.’” Soynavong Sivo Ravong witnessed its—like eating junk food and more. I am just not insightful enough. All murders, violence, and the hell Sadly, the effects of chronic I can ask is that, the next any of us “When I look at this picture, I see a that has been happening and will. scene I have seen a hundred times sleep deprivation go far beyond run into someone who is facing a in the neighborhood,” said the Then he ended, “I still like tomorrow.” late-night ice cream binge eating. tough time and is rundown because spoken word poet Fatima Camara. Born in Laos, he fought the Vietnam War. For the homeless, those in abusive of it, we will understand and cut “I feel like I know these people even It’s the war we must remember is relationships, those who experience them some slack as we recognize though we have never met.” also known as the American War. chronic stress because of finan- what they are dealing with. “When I look at this picture, I see “I stole a canoe to get out of Thailand. cial instability and others, sleep- a blended family,” said the artist I came to the United States in 1980. lessness can cause or exacerbate Bill Jeter. I work with fiberglass in Lakeville. mental illness as well as physical A blended family is a perfect I still like tomorrow.” problems. In extreme cases, psy- metaphor for the Peace House This poetical picture story is by Mike Hazard. It is part Community. of a project called Peace House People. The work will chosis (including hallucinations) be exhibited at Franklin Library in February, 2020. can develop. With no safe place Life is good on the back porch. The project is funded by an Artist Initiative grant to sleep, often fearing the theft or from the Minnesota State Arts Board. destruction of personal belongings, MIKE HAZARD and knowing that tomorrow will not be any better than today, these individuals are far more susceptible to chronic sleep deprivation than the general population. After 20 years of working with those experiencing homeless- Now Enrolling Grades 9-12 ness, I’ve learned a little of what sleeplessness will do to someone. Health & Wellness Focus Indian Education Program Work Based Learning Otherwise functional individuals can be reduced to paranoia, aggres- Credit Recovery Special Education Program Social Work Department sion, and self-destructive decisions Small Class Sizes PSEO & Scholarships MetroTransit Go-To Card simply because their brains are forced to operate without one of (612) 294-1016 www.afa.tc [email protected] 2504 Columbus Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404 the most basic resources it needs. In situations like this, many of the stereotypes of a homeless person as mentally ill, drinking alcohol, and unable to function in normal soci- 12 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 alleynews.org • November 2019

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BART BUCH AND PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL Peace Day Procession evening “Projections of Light and Color” on St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 15th Av So. At 28th Street September 21st. alleynews.org • November 2019 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 13

COURTESY OF MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET

Diwali Festival of Lights Event at Midtown Global Market BY J. MARIE FIEGER The Midtown Global Market partnered with Amol Dixit and his team at Hot Indian to host a multi-layered, family-friendly event in celebration of the Hindu holiday, Diwali, Saturday, October 12th. Diwali, also known as the Hindu Festival of Lights, is the largest and most widely celebrated Hindu festival. Originating in India, this holiday is an expression of happiness and the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. The Diwali – Celebration of Lights event included a free kids’ paper lantern creation craft, and a very popular selfie station. Traditional flowers and tea lights added warmth throughout the central Market area, along with modern and traditional music. The large crowd enjoyed heart-touching performances by two Twin Cities area dance troupes: Mudra, a non-profit, community kids dance group that celebrates cultural diversity through dance, performing arts, and related Indian cultural traditions, and the well-known dance troupe, Ragamala, who shared a series of traditional Indian dances. The Story of Diwali was read aloud, followed by a fun game of Diwali Bingo. The high- light of the evening was when more than 300 kids and adults activated colored light sticks in the darkened central area. A henna tattoo artist created one-of-a-kind henna art on dozens of attendees, and free kid-friendly temporary bindi and henna tattoo station completed the fun. Other MGM Events Experience a world tour of tastes, arts The team at the Midtown Global Market produces dozens of free celebrations annually. On and crafts at our public market. Saturday, October 26, the Market host the annual fall Chili Cook-Off, where a requested $5 Lake Street and 10th Ave S | Minneapolis donation to Doing Good Together will provide guests with tastes of more than eight original MIDTownglobalmarket.org chilis created by a variety of the Market’s chefs. Every Thursday night is Neighborhood Night, and the Heart of the Beast is on-stage for several upcoming shows and craft sessions. Check out opportunities to learn to salsa dance, perform yoga, attend wellness seminars, and enjoy live, local music, See the full schedule of activities held at the Wee Wednesday celebrations over the lunch hours provide educational and fun activities for preschoolers and their parents/caregivers. Santa will be at the Market this holiday season, Midtown Global Market and Rituals will help create a meaningful celebration of Kwanzaa on Saturday, December midtownglobalmarket.org 28. Don’t miss the Do It Green! Gift Fair on Saturday, November 23 and No Coast Craft-A- Rama on December 6 and 7, 2019. 14 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 alleynews.org • November 2019

care fields go and see this film. It is beautifully acted by Joaquin Phoenix (he should be nominated for best actor) and his cinematic mother Penny, played by Frances Conroy who does a fine performance herself. Todd Phillips is known for comedies such as “The Hangover” trilogy (2009, 2011, 2013, respec- tively), “Starsky & Hutch” (2004), “Old School” (2003) and “School for Scoundrels” (2006) has switched to a suspenseful, adven- Movie Corner ture, drama, mystery “Joker,” by far his most controversial film. As for BY HOWARD MCQUITTER my conclusion on “Joker”, the film MGN ONLINE oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com has beautiful cinematography by She continued her resurrected [email protected] Lawrence Sher and somber music Diahann Carroll: reflections career with “A Different World,” by Hildur Gudnadottir. However, Robert Townsend’s “The Five “Joker”(2019) the film is highly disturbing, highly on a groundbreaking career Heartbeats” and with a standout Warner Bros. energetic, highly complex and I supporting turn in Kasi Lemmons’ oooo have heard stories (I cannot con- BY DWIGHT HOBBES She guested on several hit tele- hugely successful directing-screen- It’s Gotham City, circa 1981, firm them) that some people have Reprinted with permission from vision dramas through the 1960s writing debut “Eve’s Bayou,” star- but it’s mood is somber, melan- walked out of “Joker.” Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (“Peter Gunn,” “Naked City,” ring Samuel L. Jackson. choly, with visual decay from loads Mr. Phillips certainly has a October 14, 2019 “The Eleventh Hour”) and co- Carroll played Ezora, a flinty of trash and super rats running brush of Martin Scorsese’ Taxi The late Diahann Carroll broke starred with Paul Newman and dispositioned voodoo sorceress in and out of fifth, while crime Driver” (1976) and “The King of interesting, transitional ground Joanne Woodward opposite Poitier scaring the wits out of then-child is nearly everywhere. Then, thugs Comedy” (1982) in this brittle ver- starring as “Julia” (NBC, 1968- in “Paris Blues.” Later projects actor Jurnee Smollett. Her final steal purses and wallets; to start the sion of the “Joker,” the principal 71). Her portrayal of a gracefully included “Claudine” with James outings, in 2000, were television film rolling, Arthur Fleck, an ama- nemesis to “Batman.” If there is dutiful, wholesomely assimilated Earl Jones, “I Know Why the films “Livin’ For Love: The Natalie teur clown by day, is beaten and ever a comparison to “Joker,” it can single mom was the image and Caged Bird Sings” and “Roots: Cole Story” and “Sally Hemings: robbed by roaming bands of thugs. be found in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 embodiment of a white woman The Next Generation.” An American Scandal.” Gotham City really is the future. “A Clockwork Orange,” a crime with brown skin: Caucasian fea- Actually, what is at play here is thriller laced in deeply disturbing tures, straight hair, and grammati- a series of snapshots of today’s scenes. Arthur Fleck’s dance scenes cally correct at all times. The char- American cities’ disparities balled are graceful and in their weird acter was a widowed, well-paid into one, like in Gotham City, and undertones, convey some sort of nurse working for a white doctor, rancidity rising near boiling point relief, perhaps even vengeance or living in white suburbia. between the wealthy and the poor. vile satisfaction. (Bette Davis’ in Not everyone considered this Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), “What Ever Happened To Baby a significant breakthrough. “Many a.k.a. “Joker”, lives with Penny Jane” [1962] falls into delusional people,” Carroll acknowledged, Fleck (Frances Conroy) in what is episodes by dancing before and “were incensed about that. They one of those apartments with drab after she physically and mentally felt that [African Americans] didn’t hallways and worn-out interiors abuses her invalid sister.) have that many opportunities on (that with a little ambition can be television or in film to present our made presentable). Arthur suffers plight as the underdog … they from mental illness spending much felt the [real-world] suffering was MGN ONLINE time in an asylum. One of his most much too acute to be so trivial as Carroll came out of retirement Carroll penned the memoirs chilling antics is laughing hysteri- to present a middle-class woman in 1984 to make the biggest splash “Diahann” (1986) and “The cally at almost anything. Arthur who is dealing with the business of of her career since “Julia,” fly- Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, aspires to be a stand-up comedian being a nurse.” ing in the face of politically cor- Acting, Marrying, Mothering and and with his elderly mother (who “But we were of the opinion that rect casting on the hit “Dallas.” Other Things I Learned Along the tried to burn him alive as a child) what we were doing was important, Stepping outside the box of being Way” (2008). religiously watch Murray Franklin and we never left that point of view sweet-tempered and cordially pal- She was a founding member of (Robert De Niro), a Johnny Carson- … even though some of that criti- atable, she played a villain and the Celebrity Action Council, a vol- esque nightly TV talk show. cism, of course, was valid. We were squared off against Joan Collins’ unteer group that served the wom- Arthur’s uncontrollable laugh of a mind that this was a different diabolically evil-hearted Alexis en’s outreach of the Los Angeles is because of a brain injury that show. We were allowed to have this Carrington Colby. Mission, which helped rehabilitate prevents him from getting a decent show.” It won her a Golden Globe. Carroll’s Dominique Deveraux chemical dependency and prosti- job. Make no mistake, Arthur is not Ultimately, “Julia” was an was an equally arrogant and ruth- tution. She also helped to form some harmless nutcase he’s a psy- Cast: Joaquin Phoenix (Arthur improvement on playing domes- less witch on wheels. She proudly the group along with Linda Gray, chopath. When he’s fired for carry- Fleck/Joker), Zazie Beetz (Sophie tic, which outside of “The Amos described her role as “The first Donna Mills and Joan Van Ark. ing a loaded gun while entertaining Dumond), Robert De Niro (Murray ‘N’ Andy Show” (1951-53) is how Black b*tch on television.” She Carroll died in her home in Los children in a children’s hospital, he Franklin), Frances Conroy (Penny black women got work on televi- also played Dominque Deveraux in Angeles after a long bout with starts to really spiral downhill. He Fleck), Brett Cullan (Thomas sion in those days. Though Hattie the spinoff hit “The Colbys.” breast cancer. She was 84. becomes a vigilante, joining the Wayne), Glenn Fleshler (Randall), McDaniel frankly stated after her restless, dangerous underground Leigh Gill (Gary), Douglas Hodge “Gone with the Wind” Oscar win, while he’s killed three business- (Alfred Pennyworth), Sharon “I’d rather play a maid than be one.” men, murdered a boss, and goes Washington (Social Worker), Carroll had started out young after wealthy Thomas Wayne (Brett Dante Pereira-Olson (Bruce in the Bronx, New York where Cullen), running for mayor includ- Wayne). Director: Todd Phillip. she went to music and art High ing promising to “clean up” the Writers: Todd Phillips, Scott Sliver. School with fellow student Billy city. Writer-director Todd Phillips’ Cinematography: Lawrence Sher. Dee Williams. Her parents enrolled “Joker” is a case study. I suggest Music by Hildur Guonadotter. her in dance, singing and mod- sociologists and people in the mental Running time: 122 minutes. (R) eling workshops, leading to the 15-year-old appearing in Ebony and Jet magazines and on television’s popular “Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts.” Then, in 1954, Carroll made an auspicious film bow at 19 in “Carmen Jones,” directed by Otto Preminger and starring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte and Pearl Bailey. That year, she also hit Broadway, and was nominated for a Tony for “House of Flowers.” In 1959, she again worked with Preminger for “Porgy and Bess” alongside Dandridge, Sidney Poitier and Sammy Davis, Jr. alleynews.org • November 2019 Of, by and for its readers since 1976 15

Frank Reflections Are rent increases based on costs, demand, or greed?

BY FRANK ERICKSON It was fun to watch the pow- ers that be quickly scramble to mount an attack against rent control after Senator Bernie Sanders said he would implement a 3% national cap on all rent increases if he is elected. Within days of saying it, the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press ran anti-rent control editorials. The “experts” that are quoted in those editorials have only one thing in their “tool boxes” to justify capitalism as a way to provide housing—“Hang in there renters, as we build more housing, rents will stabilize.” This is nonsense. New York is proof; where rents have been high and continue to get higher in New York City and this has been going on for fifty years there. Is not 50 years enough time to build enough housing to stabilize rents? The only way capitalism works for providing housing is to purposely not build enough housing and then charge more and more for housing which then stimu- lates construction. Capitalism purposely never catches up with enough housing. How can China, a country of 1.25 billion people Raise Your Voice provide enough housing and the U.S. with only 330 million citi- Indigenous Day Dialectics (Negation of the Negation) zens cannot? Now that the new tenant This created a number of “teaching Consider the following extrap- We are told that the Amazon screening ordinance has passed, moments” for the one who does olation from the locally produced jungle stands between humanity Minneapolis landlords are threat- The Alley bulk distribution (me). Land Stewardship Letter’s splen- and an uninhabitable planet. It now ening to raise rents even more, For example, to a young man did review of The Uninhabitable burns, for the sake of surplus soy- to cover the costs of taking behind the counter in the Matthews Earth, Life after Warming: beans, even as oxygen remains the on “risky” tenants. But how can Park building, I remarked: “Reading The Uninhabitable choice for life’s breath. Indigenous that be trusted, since over the “Dialectical means that all things Earth is like staring at a beautiful peoples of the forest resist, while past five years they have been are self-contradictory (i.e., all mate- painting of an execution. You are the revolution festers deep within raising rents on tenants who were rial formations embody a unity of both compelled by artistry to look, Labor of every hue. We are tasked not risky? opposing forces) and therefore yet repulsed by what you see.” with saving our Mother Earth, and Stop playing games landlords. BY PETER MOLENAAR exist in motion and are subject to Eternal expansion is systemati- with rendering Columbus’ day its Everyone knows that rents do not From Howard Zinn’s A People’s change.” A blank stare then ensued, cally essential to capitalism… just long last due. go up based on landlord expens- History of the United States: to which I responded: “Hey, if this ask the ruling class. However, our es. If rents went up with land- is not true, everything would for- planet is finite, and the contra- *The Taíno were an Arawak people who lord expenses, then you would “Columbus tried again for gold, ever remain the same.” He got it! diction between labor and capital were the indigenous people of the Caribbean have to conclude that landlords but this time he and his men didn’t Later on, over a plate of biscuits remains. (External factors are the and Florida. At the time of European contact in Uptown, every single one of in the late 15th century, they were the prin- go looking for it. They ordered all and vegan gravy at the Seward conditions of change, internal con- cipal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, them, have the highest operating Taíno* people 14 and older to Café, the matter was discussed tradictions on the basis of change.) Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and costs of all landlords in the City. deliver a certain amount of gold with a female friend. I stated: What conclusions should we draw? Haiti), and Puerto Rico. dust every three months. If they “When analyzing a contradiction, didn’t, their hands would be cut it is normal to observe that one off…. In 1500, Columbus wrote: aspect is dominant over the other. there are many dealers who go However, as contextual conditions Can’t attend The Alley about looking for girls; those from might determine, the relationship of Newspaper event on 9 to 10 are now in demand.” dominance can reverse.” Invoking Friday, November 8th the classic example: “When adding Recorded scenes of slaughter will more and more heat to water, the but want to still help not be rewritten here. Suffice it to forces of adhesion are overcome do your part to support say, “a nexus of slavery, overwork by…” “The forces of expansion!” the newspaper and and famine” produced diseases she exclaimed. community journalism? which took millions of lives. Thank So evidently, most of us are goodness, Minnesotans will never capable of outthinking the “wise Contribute to again honor Columbus. men” who perceive only the Alley Communications “facts” which suit their interests. online at GiveMN Dialectics? Real estate moguls might take or send a check to In October’s “Raise Your Voice”, D. Trump’s proposal to purchase P.O. Box 7006, Mpls., in reflecting on the local indig- Greenland as a visionary hedge for MN 55407 enous arts scene, the expression their grandchildren. However, the ‘dialectical tension’ was deployed. rest of us also exist. FARM FRESH TO THE TABLE

“I am enjoying the self-empowerment and skill development through my learning how to grow vegetables organically. I get to create something that is healthy. It’s a benefit to others and me. Farming has turned out to be therapy for me. I plant, weed, water, watch it grow—which is creation. While I am doing all of that, I laugh, sing, meditate, and pray. This has done well for my isolation and depression because I have met some wonderful people. I also feel good about what I am doing because not only am I gaining from the Health Hub, I am giv- ing back through my work by assisting in growing organic vegetables for my community. The goal of the Health’s Hub Farm Fresh to the Table project is that we, the growers, gain the needed knowledge and skill while increasing access to low-cost vegetables through the Farmer’s Market hosted by the Health Hub. “ – Donna F. Farm Fresh to the Table MAP TO WELLNESS

“The Map to Wellness gives me the opportunity to decide what I need to achieve health and wellness. It is a tool that I wish doctors would use. The Health Hub’s approach is student and teacher. They don’t claim to know it all, and though they are some incredibly smart women with big hearts who truly care about the people, they say they are igniting the spark within me. They say I have everything within me to heal myself. I am starting to believe it, too.

I first decided that I would take it slow, but I found myself so excited about the progress I am making that now I am walking, Stepping into Wellness, doing Zumba, and I wouldn’t consider missing one of the Community Gatherings. They remind me of family, and as I pre- pare myself to attend, what plays in my mind every time is that song about family reunions. I look forward to seeing all the regulars, laughing and talking with them about what we are doing on this journey.

With everything they do, what I think puts the icing on the cake is knowing I have two All ages stepping together for heart health champions supporting me on my map to wellness every step of the way. They call, we get excited about my progress, and even when I fall short, they don’t beat me down. They give me that hand up with information and encouragement, all wrapped in tons of love and compassion. This is a touch that many so called ‘helping’ organizations could learn from, that personal touch, building relationships with the people they serve.” – Shirley F.

CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH “I was feeling angry, lost, alone when I stopped in the office of the Backyard Community Health Hub. What I felt wasn’t anything like I had experienced for a long time—warmth and peace. I talked to the two women there and they invited me to their Dinner Dialogue on Cardiovascular Health. I attended and this doctor was there with the most comforting voice. I had my blood pressure checked and I couldn’t believe how high it was. I knew I was experiencing the symptoms she Above: Knowledge is the power to make behavioral changes described. I had felt all those things and ignored them, Left: Listening to Dr. Laura LaFave, volunteer, Hennepin Healthcare thinking the headache, ringing in my ear, frequent blurred vision, and numbness in my left arm was a result of my anger and frustration over my life circumstances. DIABETES

I am on now taking my prescribed medication. The rela- “I used to eat whenever I felt myself slumping into a state of depression, mostly tionship I developed with the women of the Health Hub, foods that are high in carbohydrates, fat, and sodium. I would spend most of my the community, and I am having fun (which was a foreign SNAP allowance on ice cream, potato chips, cookies, pop, processed foods that were concept) has helped me to work toward getting healthy fast and quick to cook. I would eat and eat and sleep to not face the feelings of failure. and regain control of my life. I am letting go of the anger, I had so many dreams but none of them came true for me. the bitterness, and resentment over a failed marriage. This changed when I got a flyer to attend the Dinner Dialogue on Diabetes. I’ve made I am not alone. The Health Hub connects with me weekly. a lot of changes, but they didn’t happen all overnight. The truth is, there are still times Based on my map to wellness, I need that social sup- that I struggle, but I am not in the struggle alone. I have a community who is in the fight port. I also have the folks that I am connecting with that for health and wellness with me. I am seeing it as a dream delayed, not denied. befriended me at the Cardiovascular Health Gathering. They are just a phone call away. I also meet up I am reading and journaling every day. I am writing the vision and making it plain. with them weekly to walk or attend Breathe, I am consuming more vegetables, less processed foods and following the guide A Sacred Journey Within, or the monthly when I shop- “Healthy Eating on a Budget”. I am shopping with another one of Community Gathering.” – Faith M. the ladies from Dinner and Dialogue on Diabetes. I like that the women from the Health Hub call me and help me to keep honestly working toward reaching my goals.” – Annie T.

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