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Via the Twin Cities Daily Planet: Shades Of Yellow, the first Hmong organization for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) held its first fundraiser last week at Wilder Foundation, drawing more than a hundred supporters. Oskar Ly, vice chair, welcomed guests and said SOY is excited to hold its first fundraiser and now...
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BlackAtlas.com American Airlines debuts BlackAtlas.com, a travel networking site focused on the African American travel experience. From the press release: American Airlines announced today it is launching a first-of-its-kind social networking site, BlackAtlas.com(SM), which combines the best features of a travel site with the power of social networking to create a dynamic online community for travelers...
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This article originally appeared in the Twin Cities Daily Planet on April 22, 2009. By Deb Pleasants, TC Daily Planet April 22, 2009 On the day MayKao Hang married, her father told her she was no longer part of their clan. She now belonged to the Hang clan–her husband’s clan. She recalls her father...
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The Twin Cities Media Alliance is hosting a celebration of local ethnic and community media Friday, December 5 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Black Forest Inn’s banquet room, next door to the restaurant at 26th and Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. It’s a chance to meet and network with local grassroots journalists and other...
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Frequent MNspeak commentor g_rote had this to say about the situation: sucks for the community, but no matter how strongly I feel about gay pride, I’d have a hard time throwing good money after bad to bail out somebody who made such and egregiously bad business decision. (I think that guy might be a Republican.) (Hi,...
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There’s a facebook group: Save Pi! A lot of this information is getting posted there. In five days they’ve raised $12,000. Impressive, but they’re gonna need a LOT more. A lot as in $88,000 in the next four days. In the mean time, there’s one last week (that’s this week) worth of great events. Thursday, we...
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The issue was paying for the building. A creative financing solution has been proposed and, unsurprisingly, it is absolutely in line with the community spirit of Pi. This is a personal note from the owner of Pi Bar, Tara Yule: I have been overwhelmed by the response from our community to the news that Pi is...
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I heard that Pi is closing on November 15. Say it ain’t so! Okay, so I’ll be the first to confess that I don’t actually go to Pi all that often. It’s not because I don’t like Pi. It’s because I’m old and I live out in the suburbs and I just don’t stay out like...
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Ann Freeman was kind enough to share this site with you all on The Dish today. Thanks, Ann! I hope you find some value in what I have to offer here. My hope is that anyone who reads is willing to share their thoughts, opinions, and experience, either by commenting or by submitting an item...
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Kinda late notice on this one if you’re trying to meet the first deadline, sorry. But that’s a lot of money for college and applying for lots of stuff like this is pretty much how I got college paid for. $10,000 annually for HS Students: Ron Brown Scholars Program The Ron Brown Scholars Program seeks...
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