‘Multi-Media’ Archives
KFAI-FM: Black History Month Programming – Tuesday, February 19th
KFAI-FM radio features the best in community programming for Black History Month. KFAI-FM radio has gone beyond the call of competent radio program to provide a unique, educated insight for all cultures in Minnesota. February is no different. Join Mr. Lennie Chism from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. with special guest Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black [...]
CNN’s Black in America asks: Who is Black in America? Mainstream Coonery takes over Television
"Someone tell Soledad O'Brien - That dog don't hunt!" (photo: Facebook Fair use) Black America will be put on the front burner in four painful days of anticipation until the re-airing of Soledad O'Brien & CNN 's "Who is Black in America?" on January 27, 2013 at 8 p.m. (EST). Please, don’t let this program rent any time in your head. [...]
Neo-Nazis “storm troopers” plan to invade public meeting at Minneapolis’ Washburn High School in regards to noose incident
Minneapolis Public School and the failure to educate children from all walks of life has lead to an incident that further disenfranchises black students." Star Tribune veteran reporter Steve Brandt said, “So Don, wouldn’t it be smarter to contact news media to tell them about this incident before you blame them for not reporting it?” My [...]
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 [...]
Will the Minnesota African American Museum become another embarrassment to Black Minnesotans?
Personal responsibility denotes we assist the Black museum with fundraising, if that means knocking on 60k doors asking for $5 bucks. But first, we need public accountability of the alleged $4.5 million dollars – who got consulting contracts, and details on where the money was used to determine if we walk the streets in protest or put our heads [...]
Part 1: African Leadership Council of Minnesota asks for the resignation of the Council on Black Minnesotans Board Chairman and reckless board member
"Council on Black Minnesotan's board chair Patwin Lawrence (far left), is under-fire from other human life-forms." (Photo: COBM website) IBNN NEWS supports the Council on Black Minnesotans board chairman Patwin Lawrence and his vision for the COBM. It’s unfortunate that Black organizations with their own agenda’s have tainted a process [...]
The Attack on Black Student Success: Performance justifies reward
2012 looks much like the 1950's in Minneapolis. (photo: vkb.isvg.org) On Saturday, August 18, 2012 at approximately 12:15 p.m. – African American Leadership Forum’s Gary Cunningham patronized Sunnyside Café for lunch. This chance encounter with Mr. Cunningham gave me the opportunity to tell him the following: “We need to put our petty [...]
Buy Black 2012: Join Black Twin Cities on Saturday for a celebration of Black Wealth and Spending Power!
On this Saturday, August 18, 2012 Black Twin Cities makes history in Minnesota by inviting local businesses and the general public to the first annual Buy Black 2012 event. The event is headquartered at Sunnyside Café located at 1825 Glenwood Avenue North (corners of Glenwood and Morgan Avenue North), from 9:00 a.m. to 12-noon. Sunnyside [...]
Success in educating Black students has its downside: Attacks on Harvest Prep and its Headmaster are Racist
Charter's schools are all non-union. This is where the trouble begins and ends. Someone is slowly losing their since of “White Privilege” and regardless of successes within Harvest Prep and Eric Mahmoud’s other educational facilities, Minnesota Nice wants it all to go away. It’s funny how the Star Tribune can be used as a public [...]
