by Natalie Copeland | Feb 29, 2016 | Black, Central MN Stories, Community, Race
Is it just me, or does anyone else ever just stop and think about the fact that signs like this were the norm until 1964? Really, that wasn’t too terribly long ago. Think of how many people that are alive today lived during a time when segregation was the way of...
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 | Jan 4, 2016 | Community, Education, Muslim, Somali
This past Saturday, #unitecloud, along with other local organizations, held a Somali American Community Engagement talk and question/answer session at the St. Cloud Public Library. Abdi Daisane, a recent grad of St. Cloud State University, moderated the event,...
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....
