The Repetitive Exploitation of Black Minnesota: Here we go again…
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“Good intentions have funded projects with the same point people that continue to fail Black Minnesota. When will Black Minnesota get tired of the blatant Exploitation of their Community?” ~Don Allen
By Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/IBNN
Several years ago, St. Paul Pioneer Press journalist David Hawley wrote a story titled “Minneapolis: Study Details Problems Facing City’s Black Men,” dated January 24, 2002.
The story details, the results of a two-year study in which Hawley stated the outlook for African-American men in Minneapolis is grim. In the article Hawley wrote: “If you’re an African-American man ages 18 to 30, the odds are roughly 50-50 that you live in one of the city’s poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods and that a single mother reared you. There’s also about a 50-50 chance that you didn’t finished high school and only a slightly lesser chance that you will be arrested in the next year, most likely for a minor offense. If you are arrested, the odds are greater than 50-50 that you will be charged again within the next two years.”
In response to Hawley’s “grim” article, Gary L. Cunningham, the former Director of NorthPoint Health and Wellness and the overseer of the African-American Men Project, an organization that once had the power and respect of the community to make meaningful change, but has now has been reduced to a glorified referral service, had only one thing to say, “This report deals with what people call “wicked problems’ in our society.”
Wicked problems” are still not solved today – even by the people who identified them 8 years ago despite an incredible amount of funding and resources. Read more
The WAVE Project on KFAI-FM 90.3 with Lennie Chism, IBNN’s Don Allen and local comedian “KJ” Sunday, July 26, 2009 from 6 – 7 p.m.
Tune into KFAI-FM Radio at 90.3 for the show “Mobilizing Impoverished Wealth.”
We will discuss strategies to improve and enhance local neighborhoods through community involvement are presented by Lennie Chism and his special guest the Independent Business News Network’s Editor and Chief Don Allen, who lately has a lot to say about “process” and why the same people are always at the table with little to no results. You can read his online Blog at www.ibnn.org.
Also included in this show will be live music by Soulasious along with special guest comedian and one of Twin Cities hottest up and coming comedian Kelechi Jaavaid. (KJ is the brother from the whopper freak out commercial. See more of KJ at (www.myspace.com/kjay02).
Subject of Program:
The questions of the day: “Why does everyone try to escape the high cost of Black address in an impoverished community?” What’s with the “attacks” on Black people from the news media to local “stratified” politicians whom have forgotten that in most cases some of them represent the poorest neighborhoods in Minneapolis?
- Why hasn’t the foreclosure crisis (opportunity) been solved? Who are the players that have created a new industry while throwing $100 million dollars at a “crisis” and still have no measurable results – should it be tolerated?
- The Minneapolis Department of Civil Right…Should they stay or go? This brings up an interesting topic that will be discussed in detail by Mr. Allen, who in his own words says, “They have not done the job for the minority-ethnic community – heads must roll, starting with the replacement of the director of the MDCR and Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak and most of the Minneapolis City Council. The City Council should at least look like the communities they represent.”
- What role should north Minneapolis non-profit social service play…and why is the Minneapolis Urban League so dysfunctional?
- The mayor’s use of the “N” word. “North Minneapolis.” We see no measurable results, but a plan to uproot a community.
- We will discuss the rolls of local social service agencies that have become an institution unto themselves with money in and no “pipeline” to the community.
We will explore the strategies to cure the stigma of having an impoverished address. The community problem solver often spends an enormous amount time addressing the symptoms without finding the cures. Example: We are so busy swatting the flies but often neglect to remove the excrement that draws them.
What kind of people will be interested in this program and what will the listeners gain?
Grassroots community organizers who strive to improve the lot of the impoverished community will find the strategies practical and put them into action.
We will take an “inside” view of local politics and “process” that have left communities of color on the outside looking in.
Our community has been denied information for over 40 years. This is an opportunity to tell what’s really going on.
Tune in Sunday, July 26, 2009 from 6 p. m. to 7 p.m. on KFAI-FM Radio – 90.3 on your FM dial. Listeners can also tune in via the Internet by going to www.kfai.org.
Editor and Chief of the Independent Business News Network, Don Allen to be featured on The Willie Lawson Show “Live from Tampa, Florida on BlogTalkRadio” this Friday
By Conrad Charles – IBNN Staff Writer
Join the Willie Lawson Show live from Tampa, Florida this Friday, May 8, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST)/12-noon-2 pm. (EST) for a live interview with Don Allen, editor and chief of the Independent Business News Network (www.ibnn.org) based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This is a call in show and we invite listeners to participate. To listen to the show via the internet, go to www.blogtalkradio.com/willielawsonshow for a live feed of the radio show. The call in number is (646) 200-3246.
Since 1999, Don has been publishing articles dealing with issues that concern the Black community ranging from Politics to Education. His hard-hitting, hold no prisoners investigative reporting puts him at odds with local non-profits and social service agencies that have not lived up to their mission statements and have further abandoned the community as it pertains to economic development, jobs and process. Mr. Allen says, “If you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the one you hit will yelp the loudest.” Mr. Allen goes on to say, “My intent is to inform the community on events and information otherwise not distributed, being on The Willie Lawson Show will give me the platforms to not only say what I want, but to also deliver sound solutions with a process while engaging like-minded people from all walks of life.”
In 2008, Don was the campaign manager for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District GOP endorsed candidate Barb Davis White and also worked on the Saxby Chamblis campaign in Atlanta, GA.
Don will talk about the Black state of chaos as it pertains to north Minneapolis with the agencies and players whom are involved, to include the Minneapolis Urban League, Stairstep Foundation and the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights along with the City of Minneapolis. Don says, “Something stinks in Minneapolis.”
The Willie Lawson Show’s tag line is, “I just say out loud what other people are thinking” – A conservative viewpoint from Mr. Lawson’s vantage point.It’s a BYOS (Bring your own solution party!) The show all about solution to the challenges that face all of us in the community!
Join us on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. (CST) for the Willie Lawson Show. Listeners are invited to call in at (646) 200-3246.
Visit the Willie Lawson Show website at http://rtradio.ning.com. “We at the Willie Lawson will do our best to be respectful to all viewpoints, even when you are dead wrong!”
About Willie Lawson:
Willie Lawson is a 48 year old African American Conservative man living in Tampa, Florida.
Willie is the epitome of the average man. Willie is married with a child working as a private music instructor. The thing that is different is that Willie is a conservative. Willie decides a year ago to start using his unique position to voice his views on BlogTalkRadio. Willie’s first show was aired on March 27th 2008.
At this point in time The Willie Lawson Show has over 350 aired episodes to a very impressive nationwide audience!
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