Citys Tornado relief sparks Gentrification for Blacks 05/28 by IBNNNEWS | Blog Talk Radio

Citys Tornado relief sparks Gentrification for Blacks 05/28 by IBNNNEWS | Blog Talk Radio

Citys Tornado relief sparks Gentrification for Blacks 05/28 by IBNNNEWS | Blog Talk Radio

Citys Tornado relief sparks Gentrification for Blacks 05/28 by IBNNNEWS | Blog Talk Radio

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Gun & Gang violence is the case…Minneapolis solutions are a waste: It’s only just begun!

The solution to community and gang violence in Minneapolis is simple fix. The powers that be have made bad choices in programming, people, preparation and  processes. To fix this problem would be to create a fair playing field in Minneapolis for a race of people. Is the City of Minneapolis political infrastructure willing to take action by using the experts in-house rather than trying to  import someone else’s program to Minneapolis with folks that don’t have a clue about what’s happening here. “Didn’t the city just do that with Operation CeaseFire? (How much money was spent to fly folks back and fourth for a program that created a mini drug cartel by paying thugs who only turned in crackheads while they brought and sold drugs?)

by Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/IBNN NEWS and Black Politics in Minneapolis

Latest death headlines:

Star Tribune:
18-year-old shot in north Minneapolis dies; 2 other teens arrested | StarTribune.com
Minneapolis violence ends another young life
KARE 11 News: Man dies from gunshot wound in Minneapolis | kare11.com

Minneapolis, MN (IBNN NEWS/May 6, 2011)…Let us start by revisiting Operation Cease Fire, or the many campaign dog and pony shows put on by Minneapolis city officials. Then again – let’s not.

Within one week, three shootings; two Black youth dead, (more will die) – two Minneapolis city council members and well funding programs that aren’t working who are stuck-on-stupid like they’re on Crack.

Well if this is the best the City of Minneapolis can do, it’s not working. In all fairness, the responsibility for the violence also falls on the Black community.

Back in the late 70′s and 80′s, the city of Minneapolis funded groups of Black males that were on the streets talking to the youth about a different way of life. A life of education, opportunity and a future. Since that time of milk and honey, someone let political plantation politics get in the way of old fashion, “Meet em on their turf policy.”

In 2011, Minneapolis is pacing ahead of last years homicides – and their plenty of blame to go around – but the most important piece to focus on is the political plantation positioning versus the real grassroots, in the street community engagement.

I’m convinced at this point that all funding to Shiloh International Ministries gang intervention programs should be shutdown and redirected to a new, pro-active group of men and women who see the problem and will address it head on. While I am a believer in God and prayer, it’s also important to do the work. (That’s what the bible says.)

Faith-based initiatives have only gone one-third of the way. After organizations are comfortable collecting from the county and city coffers for ill-ran programs that have no level of accountability, the fiscal year is over; reports are due; no official check-in of successful measurable results by local 501(c)3 agencies tasked to address violence among a race of people who have been systematically disenfranchised by a weak mayor-strong council system which puts the need for a Bike Shop over the need to have adult Black male role models in the streets seven days a week in Minneapolis.

Then we have what I call “The Sitting Pretty Non-Profits “who can wiggle their way out of a mission simply because who they associate with. For example, the Peace Foundation led by Minneapolis city councilman Don Samuels wife, Sondra repositioned the Peace Foundation who’s objective and past praise as been for addressing and reducing crime. Now, with a name change and a focus on education as the Northside Achievement Zone or NAZ, they responsibility of addressing violence is shunned off on someone else.

Let’s not forget the mainstream media.

The Star Tribune, KARE 11, WCCO-TV and others virtually have a news blackout when Black-on-Black crime happens. But when a victim dies – the news of the death makes it to the pages of these bigoted, self-serving, White ran media outlets who care nothing about the plight of Black people in Minneapolis (like Minnesota Public Radio), but might sell another hundred papers or get another unique monthly hits on their website by sensationalizing an untimely death. (See links above this post.)
Where is the news from the Twin Cities Black Journalist organization? The group remains silent because most of the members work for “The Man!” To bad, freedom is liberating.

Summer 2011…Don’t shoot!

President Obama to Dr. Childs: We need to get Information to the Community

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by IBNN NEWS – BlogTalkRadio’s ON POINT!

North Minneapolis businessman Dr. Timothy Childs has just returned from a trip to Washington, DC that included a dinner for him and his wife with President Obama. (Read more here)

Dr. Childs told IBNN NEWS in an exclusive interview that President Obama and his staff want to make sure that the broader community is receiving valuable information about programs in education, economic development ad health care.

Dr. Childs told IBNN NEWS, “This was an eye-opening experience. The president is truly concerned about things like the achievement gap. He has given me a mission to address disparities and report back on our progress.”

Dr. Childs is a  north Minneapolis businessman who operates a technology firm and a education foundation that assists inner city kids reach their goals and potential. The TCL Education Foundations president Ms. Yolanda Friday is looking forward to the challenges ahead.

Dr. Childs will be joining co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 4 p.m. to talk about his trip to Washington, DC and what means to the community in the Twin Cities.

"Tune in Saturday at 4 p.m. - it's no laughing matter..."

Also on Saturday’s show, we will look at the recent hiring trend that have excluded Black youth in favor of adults from the Hispanic-Latino community.

Join co-host Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen on Saturday,  as we bust down the color barrier and explained what happened in White America that turned a simple after school job into a competitive position for Hispanic-Latino adult workers.

First of all, IBNN NEWS and it’s affiliates admire, respect and support Minnesota’s Hispanic-Latino population.

Saturday ON POINT! we will discuss what happen to areas like Lake Street, Broadway Avenue, University Avenue (St. Paul) as it relations to the influx of Hispanic-Latino workers and why in 2011 it’s hard to find a Black youth with a full time summer job at a fast food restaurant.

The trick of White supremacy in the 21st century is to create a Black-Brown conflict and get us to blame each other.

We will also discuss the Minneapolis Public Schools; the Northwest Area Foundation; The City, Inc and other local current events.

To tune in on Saturday at 4 p.m. (CST), click here or go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onpointmn/2011/04/23/president-obama-to-dr-childs-informaton-to-the-community

This is a LIVE 90-minute call-in program. We welcome callers to join the conversation at 877-572-4288.

Part 4 – Hypocrisy by Design: North High School redesign meeting skewed by MPS oversight

Really?

Enough is enough! Some community members refuse to drink the kool aid from the Minneapolis Public Schools. Like the Noble Charter School fiasco, there is no “community buy-in” with the new design of North High School, simple because there’s been no information distributed in an intentional way by the faulty leadership of the Minneapolis Public Schools. One thing to remember, “The same conciseness that created the problems in the Minneapolis Public Schools certainly cannot solve the problems.” Just ask the North High School group what happened to the 125 freshmen? Are we to forget about that too?

Minneapolis, MN (IBNN NEWS/April 15, 2011)…Today at the new district headquarters job site, a Native American iron worker confirmed the iron/steel being used for the new building comes from Canada and China.

In a “celebration” that seems premature, and a move that is nothing more than pomp & circumstance, a steel beam to be signed by political hacks and faulty district officials with community members who attend , (if they got the information in advance which is highly unlikely).

Without answers on women and minority compliance, school district and political players will celebrate the beginning of construction on the $36 million Minneapolis Public Schools Educational Service Center by signing this 30-foot long steel beam, which will be installed along the front of the building, facing West Broadway Avenue.

I got a beam you can sign – with some good ideas where you can put it.

On hand for this lustrous event will be:

Mayor R. T. Rybak, MPS Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson, MPS School Board Chair Jill Davis, Council Member Don “Burn North High down” Samuels, State Senator Linda Higgins, State Representative Bobby Joe Champion and Tom Lander from Mortenson Development.

Still no information on women and minority goals – this is a misdirect from the Minneapolis Public Schools administration.

The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome: The Dead End of Black Politics

Al Sharpton's entrance into the 2004 Democratic presidential race is evidence of a decaying black political culture where ego trumps politics. It is the last gasp of a tradition that has been transformed over a generation from bold, effective and results-oriented politics to rhetoric and symbolis...read this book here.

Exclusive interview with Professor Nekima Levy-Pounds today on BlogTalkRadio’s ON POINT!

Professor Levy-Pounds and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton

University of St. Thomas professor Nekima Levy-Pounds mixes it up with Ron and Don today on BlogTalkRadio’s ON POINT!

Co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen are pleased to welcome professor Nekima Levy-Pounds on-air LIVE today ON POINT!

Professor Levy-Pounds spoke at this week’s economic summit in north Minneapolis with Governor Mark Dayton looking on as she described the two Minnesota's: "One White, and one Black."

Professor Nekima Levy-Pounds is the director of the Community Justice Project (CJP), an award-winning civil rights legal clinic. The CJP is a part of the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services. Levy-Pounds teaches and supervises law students as they use the law as a tool to advance the cause of social justice in poor communities of color through problem-solving, legal research and writing, community engagement and legislative advocacy. Levy-Pounds’ goal in founding the CJP was to take a more holistic approach to addressing complex issues affecting the poor and working poor.
Tune in today at 4 p.m. for the best news and information coverage in the Twin Cities diverse community.

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Exclusive interview with veteran reporter Randy Furst, Saturday ON POINT!

Randy Furst (Photo: Star Tribune)

Star Tribune reporter Randy Furst, author of the recent article, “Our Black-White Jobless Gap: Worst in the Nation” joins co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Donald Allen for a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Minneapolis, MN.  BlogTalkRadio (IBNN/ON POINT)…Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for a comprehensive review of recent local economic trends that led city’s leading newspaper to publish an article deeming the city to be “”Worst In the Nation,” with regard to the Black-White employment gap.

ON POINT has also invited several other guests to join the conversation.  Brooklyn Park mayoral candidate Wynfred Russell will discuss how he feels local politicians have failed the Black populations of Minnesota. Is there a way to motivate the complacent Negro leadership to actually get stuff done?

This special 90-minute program will feature news about the construction of the new Minneapolis Public School district headquarters, and whether or not the MPS board members, administration and equity and diversity personnel understand the real definition of “inclusion.”

Saturday’s other topics include:

• Mark Dayton, Bobby Joe Champion, Jeff Hayden and the Democrats Dog and   Pony Show.
• Minneapolis Department of Civil Right Shredding. 
• Minneapolis Public Schools Equity and Diversity Department no CBA. 
• Mortenson Constructions role in the new district headquarters. 
• The MPS  “Fixer.” 
• Where’s Legacy Construction and 40%? 
• Why Minnesota’s Republican Party will pick up steam in the Black Community.
• What happen to the separation between church and state? 

To tune in from your home computer, laptop, iPad or Smartphone®, go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ibnnnews/2011/03/26/on-point-exclusive-interview-with-star-tribune-veteran-reporter-randy-furst

We invite listeners to call in with comments, suggestions and other issues they want to discuss. 

The toll-free number is 877-572-4288.

Why bombing Libya is a bad choice: Education dollars hard at War

We have an embarrassingly high drop-out rate in this country, scores of high school graduates who cannot complete their first year of college, and an antiquated curriculum designed to teach our children how to work assembly lines in factories that no longer exist, yet we are again engaged in “regime change.” Well at least the missiles are functional. 

By Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief, The Independent Business News Network (IBNN NEWS)

Minneapolis, MN. (IBNN NEWS/Editorial/March 20, 2011)…If you are like most people, the talk around the water cooler this week will focus on one issue: the bombing of Libya.

Some say the military attack on Libya is a triumph of the BushBush Doctrine. And critics have argued that while our current Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning president has purported to represent a major change in our foreign policy, Obama is just following in Bush’s footsteps. As Vice President CheneyVice President Cheney said in 2003: "If there is anyone who doubts the seriousness of the Bush Doctrine, I would urge that person to consider the fate of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq."

Cheney would surely argue that the Bush/ [Obama]Doctrine has put Gaddafi’s head on the chopping block as well. I say, well, not so fast. Gaddafi will not roll over without a fight, and this fight could end up being played out in America’s back yard.

Even more importantly, this latest military action is another waste of US taxpayer dollars. A single TomahawkTomahawk Missile costs nearly $570,000.

Just a few times the average teacher’s yearly salary.

Our $300 million dollar (as of 3-19-11) excursion into Libya could disrupt the funding stream for education at all levels. While I am a patriot who believes that American military action can be force for good, I wonder where the money to launch attacks on Africa is coming from during our current economic crisis. While local school districts cannot get the funding they need to give our children a high-quality education, it seems that America always has a budget to invade, attack and bomb another country.

The achievement gap and institutional racism seem to be on the very bottom of our list of national priorities. But addressing them would help solve some of the most important challenges we face as a country, in this country.

Wouldn’t it be great to have a ready-made budget to attack the achievement gap with no limits?

IBNNNEWS is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, and is Stringer for Allvoices