http://donny-allen.us News and Information Fri, 18 May 2012 14:36:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/18/digital-inclusion-fund/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/18/digital-inclusion-fund/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:36:16 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5984 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Moving to a “computer based” GED test for youth and adults in the Twin Cities might pose some serious challenges. What I attest are the failures of the Digital Inclusion Fund grants and Broadband Technology Opportunity Programs in building capacity through Internet Training, some poor and disenfranchised community members will have a much harder time [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/18/digital-inclusion-fund/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/16/vikings-stadium-deal/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/16/vikings-stadium-deal/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:27:03 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5979 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Some folks can f**k up cornflakes. The irony of local politicians working feverishly to close the deal on the new Vikings stadium should let residents of Minneapolis know local politician only care to work with those who have money and power. The thought of solving unemployment, youth violence and the continuing lack of an educated [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/16/vikings-stadium-deal/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/15/chris-fields-rocks/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/15/chris-fields-rocks/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:07:21 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5973 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } The one-year anniversary of the tornado that hit north Minneapolis is fast approaching (see countdown clock to the right of this page). F.E.M.A. bypassed funding for residents (victims) of Mother Natures wrath in favor of direct funding to city coffers. Most north Minneapolis residents didn’t qualify for SBA loans. What did Congressman Ellison and the [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/15/chris-fields-rocks/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/14/uncanny-story/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/14/uncanny-story/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:46:30 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5968 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } At some point, people who get it will see all the “new programs” being vetted to address the perpetual failure of Black students in public schools and higher education institutions in the Twin Cities. This happens every year about this time. What these procrastinators of progress don’t understand, this is their last opportunity ever to [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/14/uncanny-story/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/14/education-segregation/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/14/education-segregation/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:58:37 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5961 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Out of the 38% of the Minneapolis Public Schools Black enrolled students, only a handful will make it to college. Most of them will not have the skills to write a two-page paper on what it means to be creative – nor will they be able to understand the principles of philosophy. Throughout history, from [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/14/education-segregation/feed/ 1 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/11/history-black/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/11/history-black/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 02:46:25 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5953 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } This is in response to Usain Bolt who is known as Jamaica’s premier World- and- Olympic-winning sprinter. A national hero, Bolt has recently gained a boatload of criticism, though, due to his recent relationship to White, Slovakian-born girlfriend Lubica Slovak. (Read his story here.) By Jill Scott – Originally posted in Essence, now reflecting on [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/11/history-black/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/10/gay-marriage/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/10/gay-marriage/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:46:55 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5947 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Corporate America is operated by some of the most “powerful” gay men in the United States; unfortunately many have decided not to come out of the closet. The support of gay marriage is a civil rights issue. Also in education, gay men run a tight ship, but also have the privilege of White Privilege. In [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/10/gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/08/bobby-joe-champion/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/08/bobby-joe-champion/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 14:01:04 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5942 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } “More importantly, the community that Rep. Champion serves has once again be FAILED by another DFL political plantation zealot.” Fast Tube by Casper by Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/The Independent Business News Network Minneapolis, MN (IBNN/Vikings Stadium, Politics/May 8, 2012)…First of all, let’s not be too upset with the rookie state representative, [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/08/bobby-joe-champion/feed/ 0 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/07/higher-education/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/07/higher-education/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 23:02:15 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5932 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Editors note: There are four possible consequences to behavior. One is that something good can start or be introduced.  The second, something good could end or be taken away. The third, something bad could start or be introduced, and the fourth consequence to behavior is something bad could end – or be taken away. My [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/07/higher-education/feed/ 1 http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/06/northern-kenya-education-trust/ http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/06/northern-kenya-education-trust/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 15:41:13 +0000 admin http://donny-allen.us/?p=5922 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Fast Tube by Casper by Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/IBNN NEWS as reported on CNN’s iReport “The Northern Kenya Education Trust launches in Minnesota, Friday, May 11, 2012.” Read letter from the Kenyan Embassy in the United States in support of this mission. (Click here) Contact: Siyad Abdullahi Phone: (612) 281-6866 Email: [...]]]> http://donny-allen.us/2012/05/06/northern-kenya-education-trust/feed/ 0