‘Health Care Disparities’ Archives
The Neighborhood HUB presents “Healthy Life Initiative” – Tuesday, March 12th
Ms. Julianne Leerssen, Executive Director - The Neighborhood Hub. The Neighborhood Hub located at 3210 Oliver Avenue North has done more for north side residents in a year then most north Minneapolis non-profits have done in the last 5 years. Now they invite community members to learn about healthy eating initiatives. IBNN NEWS Public [...]
Part 1: Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) must partner with Hennepin County to bring economic development and a Service Center to North Minneapolis
"It makes too much sense to have both Hennepin County and DEED in the same building. This would assist community members in achieving goals of self-sufficiency. (photo: IBNN) by Donald Allen, Editor-in-Chief, The Independent Business News Network "Photo taken at the actual meeting by IBNN in February 2012. Empty seats." Minneapolis, MN [...]
Minnesota’s African Immigrants ready to take over the Council on Black Minnesotans
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, the Liberian and Somali population, our brothers and sisters who migrated here from the Motherland should be apart of the American Dream here in Minnesota – but this does cast a dark shadow on the Minnesota-American born Black community that hasn’t gotten the job done on behalf of Black Minnesotans. Every [...]
Why am I still a Slave?
"It's your call. Free your mind and your ass is soon to follow." (photo: Chains-clip art/Brain photo-hplusmagazine.com) “Do you feel uncomfortable walking into a room filled with White people? Do you hesitate to go into an office where it is evident there are no Black people? Do you go to local restaurants in the hood because you don’t see [...]
Do Black Minnesotans have to have the “worse” in every category? Minneapolis’ STD disparities on the rise for Blacks – but nobody’s reporting that!
The Minnesota Department of Health has reported that Gonorrhea and other STD’s are on the rise in Minneapolis. The harshest reality is the Black-White gap. Black Minnesotans are in some cases over 20-times more likely to catch an STD then White Minnesotans. I think there’s room for some education. Oh, wait – they gave that grant out [...]
NF Walk 2012: Minnesota Family hosts Walk to help battle child’s debilitating disorder
Jacqueline who is 4-years old has a genetic tumor disorder called neurofibromatosis or for short “NF.” Please join us and The Children's Tumor Foundation to raise funding to find a cure on July 29th at 8:00 a.m. - 8:00-8:45 Registration, Bagels, Coffee and Water; 9:00-11:00 1.5 mile walk; 11:00-1:00 Lunch and fun activities for the whole [...]
Open Letter to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak: The Murders of Black Children in North Minneapolis
"Embrace north Minneapolis like you embrace everything President Obama. Make some new friends that will do right by the City of Minneapolis. Then, cut some of the usual suspects off." (photo: http://prettyawfulgiraffes.wordpress.com) Two dead Black kids are two, too much. Anyone cut down in their youth due to gun violence is too much. Okay, law [...]
The Minneapolis Neurofibromatosis Walk: July 2012
The Children’s Tumor Foundation’s NF Walk Program was established in 2009 as an important national fundraising program to support NF research, raise awareness, and provide support for individuals with NF and their families. A key feature of the Walk program is that it is a community-based event, organized by local volunteers, with teams [...]
Haiti and the United States: A Harsh Comparison and Exactness for Blacks of both countries
“Are the reasons Blacks have been successful in the United States is because we don't live on an Island?” by Donald W.R. Allen, II - Editor in Chief /The Independent Business News Network United States of America (IBNN/Editorial Opinion/June 10, 2012)...The headlines read, “U.S. Child Poverty Rate Among Worst in Developed World.” [...]
De’Vonna Bentley-Pittman celebrates her book “My Pretty and Its Ugly Truth.”
Join Ms. Pittman for her official Book Launch & Signing Celebration which will be held April 1, 2012 at Edinburgh USA, located 8700 Edinbrook, Minneapolis, MN. Please RSVP by clicking here (Facebook). The book, "My Pretty and its Ugly Truth" can be purchased on Amazon.com by Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/Independent Business [...]
