by Unite Cloud | May 23, 2017 | Action Steps, Community, Muslim, Religion
Donate today to help your Muslim neighbors break their fast during Ramadan! Ramadan is a sacred holiday in the Muslim religion. This year, Ramadan starts at the end of May and lasts throughout most of June. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the main pillars of Islam....
by Natalie Copeland | May 19, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Community, Muslim, Politics, Religion
On Wednesday, May 24th, a group of men – two from Minnesota and one from New Zealand – will be speaking at The Tuscan Center in St. Cloud at 6:30pm. Their talk with focus on what they say is a link between communism, terrorism, the “radical left” and Islam. This talk...
by Natalie Copeland | May 13, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Community, Homeless, Politics
Yesterday I came across a post on Facebook that ran around in my mind all day and will not let me go: Here is a recap of the story in case you don’t want to click to go on Facebook: At 7:30am on the first day of the Governor’s fishing opener, one of our neighbors,...
by Brendan LaRocque | Apr 4, 2017 | Action Steps, Community, Muslim, Religion
FINDING COMPASSION AND CONNECTION IN HARD TIMES By Brendan LaRocque Having recently finished leading a study abroad program in India with a group of college students from Minnesota, before returning home I’ve come to stay at my family-in-law’s home in the large north...
by Melissa Marolf | Feb 26, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Immigration, Muslim, Politics, Refugee, Religion, Somali
On November 9, 2016, the day after Donald J. Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States of America, I had to have some difficult conversations with the refugee and immigrant teenagers whom I teach at Apollo High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota....
by Alison Unzelman | Feb 10, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Muslim, Somali
I faced my blank posterboard thinking about what I wanted my sign for the Women’s March on Washington/St. Paul, MN to say. I could barely focus. There was and is so much that needs protecting. So, I concentrated on what is most dear to me. With whom do I want share a...