by Catherine Verrilli | Feb 5, 2016 | Action Steps, Community
I recently attended the Martin Luther King breakfast at SCSU with about 500 of my closest friends. The keynote speaker—streamed live from Minneapolis– was Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts. His address moved and inspired me, but, more importantly,...
by Ahmed Ali Said | Jan 19, 2016 | Community, Race, Somali
What do you know about your immigrant and refugee neighbors? Do you judge them by what you hear others say? Do you choose to believe whatever the media throws at you, no matter the accuracy or inaccuracy of the contents? Do you find yourself overgeneralizing the whole...
by Natalie Copeland | Jan 1, 2016 | Muslim, Religion, Somali
Over the holidays, my mother in law reminded me of a saying that is so pertinent to our day and age: Fear drives people to set aside their intellect and comprehensive capabilities. Case in point, the cross necklace rumor that was started a couple weeks ago in the St....
by Unite Cloud | Nov 21, 2015 | Muslim, Religion
The greatest commonality in the ever-growing anti-Muslim rhetoric in America, and in Central Minnesota, is that most people that are choosing to live in fear and anger toward the Muslim community identify as Christians. Many Christians are concerned that their...
by Natalie Copeland | Oct 17, 2015 | Action Steps, Black, Education, Muslim, Race, Religion
Last week, MN Governor Mark Dayton came to St. Cloud to talk about racial tension in our area. #unitecloud was there, along with many other community members. I was saddened to see the way that many news organizations reported on the meeting. If you would only go by...
