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The Beam is designed to keep you up to date and in the loop on North Minneapolis partnerships, programs and people.
This monthly “quick read” provides current news briefs from NorthWay Community Trust and its partners.
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NorthWay Community Trust is re-engaging the Listening
Project done a few years ago. Their new Outreach
Specialist joins the team to put an ear to the ground and
learn what residents have to say.
Matthew McGlory is a recent graduate from Jackson State
University, returning to his homestead with a desire to
enrich the community he comes from. During this one year
term, Matthew will be seeking out the people who
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participated the first time around and inviting others
to voice their interests, concerns and values around
community. This exercise helps NorthWay benchmark
progress and stay on track with goals to create a stronger
neighborhood.
Matthew brings a great deal of enthusiasm to this
work—he looks forward to attacking challenges on
multiple fronts: economic empowerment, education and
crime. Matthew will challenge community stakeholders
to recognize their own role in strengthening our local
economy by encouraging business owners to hire from,
and spend dollars within the neighborhood.
Executive Director, Wesley Walker and Matthew have a
strong grasp on how they will tactically take these lofty
goals to foster incremental change. We can all look
forward to 2011 reports on further outcomes from this
team effort.
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Northside Achievement Zone invited everyone to attend
“Waiting for ‘Superman” at the Uptown Theater. America’s
public-school system is in crisis and it is carefully laid
out in Davis Guggenheim’s “Waiting for ‘Superman.’”
America’s schools rank 21st in science and 25th in math
among developed countries. Minnesota’s achievement
gap is consistently among the largest in the nation.
The most significant impact is here in North Minneapolis.
Through the coordinated effort of over 60 organizations
and schools in NAZ, the gap will be replaced with a culture
of high achievement. The inspiration for these efforts
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Left: Geoffrey Canada is prominently featured in “Waiting for
Superman” a documentary on the state of American public education
by Academy Award-winning writer/director Davis Guggenheim.
Minneapolis’ Northside Achievement Zone is modeled on Canada’s
Harlem Childern’s Zone and funded by NorthWay Community Trust.
has been the work of Geoffrey Canada who founded and
runs the successful Harlem Children’s Zone, primarily on
private donations.
The movie’s title is a recollection from Geoffrey Canada’s
youth in the South Bronx. He says, “One of the saddest
days of my life was when my mother told me Superman
did not exist. She thought I was crying because it’s like
Santa Claus is not real. I was crying because no one was
coming with enough power to save us.”
Davis Guggenheim, the film’s writer/director intends this
film to do for education reform, what his “An Inconvenient
Truth” attempted to do to reform climate change.
Film-goers will receive a $15 Gift Code to give to a
classroom of your choice. Even visiting the “Waiting for
‘Superman” and signing up will get you a $5 Gift Code
to DonersChoose.com. “Waiting for ‘Superman” plays
through today, Wednesday, October 6th at the Landmark Uptown
Theater. NAZ is funded by Northway Community Trust as
well as other generous supporters.
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Above: Mayor R.T. Rybak compliments the efforts of Congressman
Keith Ellison towards the realization of Thomas T. Feeney Manor
& Heritage Park Senior Services Center while Hennipen County
Commissioner Mark Stenglein, State Senator Linda Higgins, the
Thomas Feeney Family and a large neighborhood crowd listen.
Right: An all-star group with shovels and hard hats break ground in
Harrison Neighborhood.
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Minneapolis Housing and city
leaders broke ground today on
Friday, October 1 on a state-ofthe-
art senior center and memory
care housing units in Harrison
Neighborhood. These two projects
are being funded with more than
$20 million of federal stimulus
money. The Minnesota Public
Housing Authority won the funding
through a national competition for the
dollars.
The 48-unit Thomas T. Feeney
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The 48-unit Thomas T. Feeney
Manor-Memory Care Development
is to be built to provide housing and
support services for elderly, lowincome
residents who experience
memory loss. The building will feature
energy-efficient construction and
green technology including solar and
geothermal.
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The Minnesota Public Housing
Authority’s Heritage Park Senior
Services Center will be built next to
the Thomas Feeney Manor at 350
Van White Memorial Boulevard at
Heritage Park and across from the
102 “seniors only” unit Heritage
Commons building. This senior center
will provide a number of services to
elderly Northside residents including
medical, adult daycare, social and
recreational services.
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Qe’ Bella presented its “Fashion
Show for the Inner City Kids” on
September 18th. A percentage of
the proceeds went to establish a
scholarship fund for kids to learn to
sew and another portion went to the
Northside YMCA Leadership Club.
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As a young girl, Keiona L. Cook (Day)
sat at the kitchen table and drew
women in beautiful garments. She
later fulfilled her dream and obtained
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
Savannah College of Art & Design. In
2004 Keiona founded Qe’ Bella (Qe
“beginning” & Bella “beautiful”).
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Keiona is an active member of the
Northside Arts Collective, a NorthWay
funded organization. She also
teaches girls to sew at Homewood
Studios in North Minneapolis.
“Your thoughts are just a sketch away
from becoming a reality,” says Ms.
Cook.
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people of North Minneapolis.
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