Overcoming Racism Conference

The Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative’s (FREC) annual Overcoming Racism Conference took place virtually Nov. 12-13. Emceed by FREC member William Moore, the conference featured a keynote…
Federation Update

Fort Federation 882 West 7th, Suite 6 fortroadfederation.org Board UpdateAt the November 9 meeting, the Board approved a request for support of Saint Paul…
Jeremiah Program Launches New Fellowship

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit that offers support and training programs for qualifying single mother aimed at disrupting cycles of poverty has announced a new fellowship program…
Elected reps tell United Family Medicine to halt changes, call for outside review

The following letter from nine elected officials (listed below it) representing the City of St. Paul, Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota, was sent…
Fort Snelling project secures affordable housing financing while costing $900,000 per unit to build

by Max Nesterak A plan to save 26 crumbling buildings at Fort Snelling’s Upper Post and turn them into moderately priced apartments for veterans narrowly…
Resisting the Abusive Tape of Racism

by Tim JohnsonRetired Pastor of Cherokee Park United Church[Editor’s Note: This is the ninth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and insights are…
Riverview Corridor’s “Modern Streetcar” is NOT Modern Streetcar

by Jim Schoettler, C.A.R.T. The Riverview Corridor project took pains to distinguish between Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Modern Streetcar (MS-LRT). They said that LRT…
Federation Update

974 West 7thfortroadfederation.org Board UpdateAt the Oct. 12 meeting, they heard a request for support by Saint Paul 350 of their effort to support 100…
Vaccine Basics

West End Healthlineby Lily Thompson, MD With the school year in full swing and the Saint Paul Public Schools preparing for a possible transition to…