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February 17 - February 23, 2014
Vol. 41 No. 8 ⢠The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts ⢠insightnews.com
Dr. Umar Johnson on the business of saving Black children:
Schools miseducate, mistreat and mislabel By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer Noted child therapist and PanAfricanist, Dr. Umar Johnson was scheduled to talk at 6 p.m. at the Minneapolis Urban League, but his lecture did not begin until about 6:45 p.m. The late start was not Johnsonâs fault. The room inside the lower level of the Urban League was set to seat maybe 150 people â an impressive number â yet double that showed up. Once the organizers were able to accommodate the overflow crowd Johnson got down to business ⌠the business of saving African-American children from what he said are racist policies in Americaâs schools designed to miseducate, mistreat, misdiagnose and mislabel children of color. âIâm not a member of the Black bourgeoisie so Iâm not going to explain away racism, Harry Colbert, Jr.
Dr. Umar Johnson
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Economic justice is unfinished agenda By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer Economic empowerment is the next phase of the Civil Rights Movement, according to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., who hosted the 17th annual Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Economic Summit Feb. 11 â 13 in New York. The summit, â50 Years After the Civil Rights Act: The Unfinished Agenda for Economic Justice,â
focused on the decline in Black-owned businesses, home foreclosures and unemployment. The summit brought the nationâs political, corporate, entrepreneurial and industry leaders to Wall Street to discuss the economic concerns distinctive to African-Americans and Latino communities. Jackson said though outwardly it may appear that African-Americans have made great strides, economically, as a whole, the community is struggling and
fair business practice laws are having little effect. âAn unenforced law is not a law at all,â said Jackson, saying that companies such as Google, Apple and other giant corporations are not contracting with their share of minority firms. âLook at the Super Bowl. In 48 years of the Super Bowl, only one ad campaign was created by a Black firm. Weâve been locked out and weâre not
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Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Carter G. Woodson
Champion of African American History: Carter G. Woodson By Valerie Jarrett Ed. Note: This is cross-posted from the Huffington Post In the fall of 1870, a handful of students made their way through the northwest quadrant of the nationâs capital, and through the doors of D.C.âs âPreparatory High School for Colored Youth,â the countryâs first public high school for African American children. There, in the shadow of the American Civil War, and dawned with the spark of reconstruction, a converted basement-turned-classroom in the lower floor of Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church bore the
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AfroDescendientes Developing digital agendas and strategies for the Decade of Afrodescendants and beyond By Amilcar Priestley In December 2013, the United Nations declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade of Afrodescendants.1 Despite
human rights by using digital tools to preserve the culture and history of Afrodescendants, increase our visibility, and improve our access as citizens no matter where we reside. Afrodescendant communities will benefit greatly if we integrate
the growing recognition of our importance as citizens in our respective countries, Afrolatin@s continue to battle for inclusion, autonomy, rights and justice. The Afrolatin@ Project (ALP) will continue to champion the Afrodescendant struggle for
information and communications technology (ICT) more successfully into our agendas and strategies. Todayâs research shows that web-based and digital
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Desarrollando agendas y estrategias digitales para la DĂŠcada de Afrodescendientes y mĂĄs allĂĄ Por Amilcar Priestley En diciembre del 2013, las Naciones Unidas declarĂł 20152024 como la DĂŠcada Internacional de los
continuarĂĄ defendiendo la lucha de los afrodescendientes por derechos humanos mediante el uso de herramientas digitales para preservar la cultura y la historia de los afrodescendientes, aumentar nuestra visibilidad y mejorar nuestro acceso como ciudadanos
Afrodescendientes.1 A pesar del creciente reconocimiento de nuestra importancia como ciudadanos en nuestros respectivos paĂses, Afrolatin@s continĂşan luchando por inclusiĂłn, autonomĂa, derechos y justicia. El Proyecto Afrolatin@ (ALP)
sin importar donde residamos. Las comunidades afrodescendientes se beneficiarĂĄn en gran medida si integramos con mas ĂŠxito las tecnologĂas de
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Adoption
Business
UCare
Insight 2 Health
DHS, Council on Black Minnesotans and partners promote adoption
A how-to checklist: Returning to work?
Patricia Ball, Jamie Carsello, and Jeri Peters named to UCare vice president positions
CVS move to stop tobacco sales is good news for people of color
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