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 Natalie Copeland | Jan 25, 2016 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Community, Muslim, Somali
It’s been a big week for St. Cloud – and not really in a good way. After reading the City Pages article that labeled this area the “worst place in MN to be a Somali”, many St. Cloud area dwellers have received Facebook messages and e-mails...
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 | Dec 9, 2015 | Action Steps
I would imagine that there is not a single person right now in the United States that would deny the fact that we live under the threat of terror. In response to this threat, people have ideas of how to control the many terrors of our time. Gun control. Refugee...
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...