Vive Now - Friday, June 6, 2008 at Babalu Restaurant
There is only one of these the first week of every month.
Unwind after a busy work week and meet other professionals in a pure, unadulterated networking atmosphere. Babalu Restaurant in collaboration with Connection Consulting and Twin City Business presents, “Vive Now!”
Join us Friday, June 6, 2008 from 6-9pm at Babalu Restaurant for this very special event. Also, complementary appetizers with beverages from Three Olive Vodka, providing a flavored Martini Tasting during the event from 7-8pm!
This month’s community engagement features “Rayito de Sol”, the only Spanish Immersion Preschool and Language Academy licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services. The only one of its kind in Minnesota! There will be information about the preschool and language academy available at this event.
About Rayito de Sol:
Rayito de Sol – Spanish Immersion Preschool & Language Academy is dedicated to the multicultural education of all children in the State of Minnesota. Rayito de Sol executive director, Luisa Fuentes-Tuel said, “It’s important for all children to be multicultural and learn another language besides English, it’s the wave of the future”. Fuentes-Tuel goes on to say, “In most countries students are required to learn and speak more than one language. This event will help us to spread the word about Rayito de Sol and the preschools mission.
You may ask, “What is a Spanish Immersion Preschool?”
Spanish Immersion means that your child is immersed, or surrounded by, the Spanish language during his or her preschool day. This unique opportunity is provided at Rayito de Sol a chance for children to learn about themselves and others.
This networking event will also feature Speed Networking. Everyone is encouraged to bring lots of business cards and meet someone new!
Babalu Restaurant is located at 800 Washington Avenue North, in the historic warehouse district. For more information or dinner reservations, please call (612) 746-3158.
MUL ACADEMY STUDENT TO RECIEVE $500 SCHOLARSHIP
Robert G. Powell, a senior at the Minneapolis Urban League Academy High School in south Minneapolis, has been named the local winner of TV One’s “Live the Dream” essay contest, receiving a $500 scholarship from TV One and Comcast. Representatives from Comcast will present Powell with the scholarship award Friday, May 30, during graduation ceremonies, which begin at 6:30 pm at the Minneapolis Urban League, Glover-Sudduth Center, 2100 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis.
TV One’s “Live the Dream” essay contest was implemented as part of the network’s “Our History Month” initiative in February 2008. The announcement was made jointly by TV One and Comcast.TV One joined with Comcast, Cable in the Classroom, and other local cable affiliates around the country to sponsor the national “Live the Dream” essay contest. Building on the theme of TV One’s documentary special MLK: A Dream Deferred, high school students were invited to write an essay commenting on the progress that has been made on Martin Luther King’s Dream – Are we living the Dream today? Essays from participating students were evaluated by an independent panel of judges based on the following criteria: relevance to the MLK: A Dream Deferred special, originality/creativity, clarity of expression and grammar. The top scoring entries were then reviewed by a TV One committee for final selection.
“I can’t believe I won,” said Powell, 18, who titled his essay Does the Dream Still Live On? and questioned if enough progress has been made in 40 years towards improving race relations nationally and globally. “On one hand, we’ve made great strides towards racial equality,” says Powell, “but on the other hand, we’ve been standing still for 40 years. Black communities still experience high rates of crime and violence, and our children still suffer from an inadequate education. Moreover, we’re at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine are at war, and nations are at war in Africa. If we looked beyond what makes us different, we’d see that the content our character is the same in every one of us.”
Forty years after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MLK: A Dream Deferred evaluates the current state of race relations in America through the words and dreams that the legendary civil rights leader. Noted celebrities, including Academy Award winning actress Halle Berry, Sanaa Lathan, Regina King and Hill Harper, speak excerpts from Dr. King’s most famous speeches throughout the special. “Live the Dream” is the latest in a series of partnerships between Comcast and the Minneapolis Urban League. Last September, The Comcast Foundation provided a $12,000 grant to the organization’s Community Empowerment Program, which offers services to help prepare low-income families, African Americans and other minority groups for the workplace through job readiness training. Most recently, dozens of Comcast employees volunteered at Minneapolis Urban League Academy High School and the After Today Group Home as a part of Comcast Cares Day 2008 on Saturday, May 3.
“We are delighted to join with TV One in presenting Robert Powell with this scholarship award,” said Bill Wright, Comcast Twin Cities Region vice president. “His thoughtful essay makes it clear there are many young people who, like Robert, are concerned about extending Dr. King’s dream to the least fortunate American citizens and to those who suffer injustice throughout the world.” “We thank Comcast’s Twin Cities Region operation for participating in this essay contest,”said TV One Vice President of Affiliate Marketing George Lima. “We were very impressed with the passion of Robert Powell and the other young people who clearly feel that the principles Dr. King stood for are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.”
About TV One
Launched in January 2004, TV One (www.tvoneonline.com) serves 43.4 million households (Nielsen May 2008 estimate), offering a broad range of lifestyle and entertainment-oriented original programming, classic series, movies, fashion and music designed to entertain, inform and inspire a diverse audience of adult African American viewers. TV One’s investors include Radio One [NASDAQ: ROIA and ROIAK; www.radio-one.com], the largest radio company that primarily targets African American and urban listeners; Comcast Corporation [NASDAQ: CMCSA and CMCSK; www.comcast.com], the leading cable television company in the country; The DirecTV Group; Constellation Ventures; Syndicated Communications; and Opportunity Capital Partners.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.7 million cable customers, 14.1 million high-speed Internet customers, and 5.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast’s
Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. Comcast serves more than 557,000 customers in 111 communities throughout the Twin Cities, Greater Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Comcast, whose local headquarters offices are located in St. Paul, employs more than 2,000 local residents. For more information about Comcast’s products and services in the Twin Cities, please call 651-222-3333, or visit the company’s Web site at www.comcast.com.
About the Minneapolis Urban League
The Minneapolis Urban League is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that provides human services and advocacy that will enable African Americans and other diverse group members residing in the Greater Minneapolis Metropolitan area to cultivate and develop their individual and group potential on a par with all other Minnesotans.
The organization provides a continuum of more than 20 programs and services, which operate from seven facilities throughout Minneapolis, and serves approximately 20,000 people each year so that individuals and families in need can have access to quality employment, housing, health care, education and social services. For more information about the Minneapolis Urban League, visit www.mul.org or call (612) 302-3100. The Minneapolis Urban League is headquartered at the Glover-Sudduth
Center, 2100 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411.
The Minneapolis Urban League Young Professionals “Thank You”
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!
Minneapolis, MN- The Minneapolis Urban League Young Professionals would like to thank all those who came out in support of our 5th Annual National Day of Service! ʻItʼs Payback Timeʼ hosted Saturday May 10th at the Minneapolis Urban League was wildly successful as junior & high school students came out in record numbers-nearly triple our attendance over last year-to learn timely information on creating personal budgets, understanding credit reports and credit scores.
This event held nationwide was sponsored nationally by Fannie Mae Corporation and The Financial Literacy Foundation. We would like to thank our YP members who taught the information: Leah Stone, Derrick Banks, George Ellis, Nneka Morgan & Christina Robinson. As well all of our volunteers and committee members.
We would also like to thank our local partners: McDonaldsʼ Corporation in association with Tim & Doris Baylor; Angela Taylor & Andrew Frisque of the MN Lynx; Our media partners, One Nation News, Insight News and KMOJ Radio & Twin City Business with special thanks to Don Allen. In addition, Wells Fargo Checkpoint, Alpha Phi Alpha Graduate chapter, Sabathani Community Center and Simply Fabulous Sista Friends networking group. And last but not least, Dj Candy of Jamminʼ Djʼs. The success of our event is proof positive that it indeed ʻtakes a village to raise a childʼ…to become SUCCESSFUL!
FOR MORE INFORMATION on The Minneapolis Urban Leagueʼs Young Professionals (MULYP) please
visit us online at www.mul-yp.org.
Summer Camp at Rayito de Sol with Rayito y Rayita
Very few culturally diverse schools that serve young children have made the amazing leaps like Rayito de Sol. Twin City Business brings you information on this 5 star educational organization. Send your children to summer camp here for a enlightening multicultural engagement!
LATEST NEWS! Summer Camp 2008 Info
Summer Camp at Rayito de Sol with Rayito y Rayita
Offering summer long Spanish Camps for kids around the Twin Cities. Come and join us for a fun and exciting way to learn Spanish and Latin culture. These camps are designed for beginners as well as for children who have studied Spanish through the year. When your child arrives at camp, they will meet Rayito and Rayita their imaginary friends … with them, your child will start a fascinating day to day trip to Latin America, They will begin by making a ’passport’ which will allow them to discover foods, music, Latin dance, arts & crafts, games, sports and, of course, the rich language of Spanish speaking countries plus 30 minutes latin dance everyday as part of our program (salsa, merenge, regeton, cha cha cha).
Children 7 to 9 years old
To ensure the quality of our program, we will have a small group of students and all class supplies will be provided.
Curriculum
You can sign up your child for 1 of 2 program schedules:
One month, or Full summer program (June, July and August)
SUMMER HOURS: 7:00am to 5:30pm
(Structured learning time 9:00am-4:00pm)
**Registration Fee: $50
Weekly Fee: $200
**Registration required for new children (year round students do not need to register)
June 9 to Jun 13: Roots and Shoots / Latin Music = Raíces y música Latina
June 16 to Jun 20: Sense-ational = Sensational
June 23 to Jun 27: Colors / Spain – Colores / España
Jun 30 to July 4: My country, My flag USA / Mi país mi bandera
July 7 to July 11: Dinosaurs/ Latin America food / Dinosaurios y comida latinoamericana
July 14 to July 18: Insects and butterfly / Insectos y mariposas
July 21 to Jul 25: Sand and Weather / PERU / Arena y tiempo - Peru
July 28 to August 1: Night Animals / Ecuador – Animales de la noche - Ecuador
August 4 to August 8: Machines / Mexico – Maquinas / Mexico
August 11 to August 15: Air and wind / Centro America – Aire y viento/ Centro America
August 18 to August 22: The Space / South America – El Espacio – South America
August 25 to August 29: My passport / End of the summer program – Mi pasaporte/ final del programa
**Please bring a bagged cold lunch every day, we will provide morning and afternoon snack and milk.
If you have any questions, please call us at 612-332-2770 or email at info@rayitodesol.org.
First Latina President of a California State University Campus Inaugurated Friday
Source: California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills, one of the most diverse universities in the west, celebrates its history and future during President Mildred García’s inauguration this Friday, May 2, 2008.
Dr. Mildred García will be inaugurated as the seventh president of California State University, Dominguez Hills on Friday, May 2. Taking place on the Loker Student Union North Lawn, the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m., followed immediately by a reception at noon in the Loker Student Union Dominguez Ballroom. Inauguration day events are open to the public.
García assumed the presidency in August 2007 and in doing so became the university’s first female president and the first Latina president in the 23-campus California State University system. She succeeded James E. Lyons Sr., who retired last year after seven years as CSUDH president to take a position as secretary of higher education for the Maryland State Higher Education Commission.
García brings to the university more than 30 years of higher education leadership. She was previously president of Berkeley College, a private institution with seven campuses in New York and New Jersey, and served in various administrative capacities at Arizona State University, Montclair State University and Hostos Community College of City University of New York.
García began her career in higher education as a professor and considers herself an educator foremost. She continues to produce scholarly work focused on issues of equity in higher education. Her commitment to ensuring equitable access to higher education is well served at a university considered one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse in the western United States.
With the theme “Transforming Lives: Our Heritage, Our Future,” the installation ceremony of President García will highlight the rich history and promising future of CSU Dominguez Hills.
“The inauguration will be a celebration of all that is good about CSU Dominguez Hills, especially our students, faculty, staff, supporters and community,” said Dr. Kate Fawver, professor of history and chair of the Inauguration Committee. “This campus has a tradition of courage, hope and extraordinary commitment to the success of our students. This event will be an opportunity for others to see that CSU Dominguez Hills is among the best universities around.”
The proceedings will include a formal procession of faculty, staff and alumni of CSU Dominguez Hills, along with representatives from universities and academic societies across the country, in full academic regalia, performances by a student-faculty-alumni inauguration choir and the Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Wind Ensemble, and speakers from the campus community, the local Carson community and visiting universities. Dr. Herbert Carter, CSU Board of Trustees member and a former CSU Dominguez Hills interim president, will preside over the morning’s festivities and give the opening remarks. García will be installed by CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed.
Among the individuals who will officially welcome García to the university will be CSU Board of Trustees chair, Roberta Achtenberg; Walter Neil, Carson Chamber of Commerce president and vice president of public affairs for BP; Mike Davis, an alumnus and California assemblyman for the 48th District; Dr. Carlos Hernández, chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and president of New Jersey City University; and Dr. Evelyn Hu-DeHart, professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University. Hu-DeHart will give the inauguration’s key address.
A noted scholar on the Asian diaspora throughout North and South America, Hu-DeHart has also written extensively on issues of ethnicity, race and gender, and the importance of multiculturalism in higher education curriculum. She and García met through their shared interest in the area of women and minorities in higher education.
Following her installation as president, García will deliver an address articulating her vision for the next chapter in the history of the institution.
More than a ceremony, the inauguration also serves as a fundraiser for the university’s Presidential Scholarship program, which awards $4,000 scholarships to high school and community college transfer students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. The scholarship was established in 1994 and annually supports more than a dozen students. To date, the inauguration event has raised $175,000 through local business sponsorships for the scholarship fund.
Leading up to the inauguration, a week of special events has been planned to further celebrate the students, academic achievements and history of the university. Last Friday, April 25, Associated Students, Inc. (the student governing body), the Office of Student Life and the Loker Student Union Foundation put on “Casino Royale” Student Inaugural Ball, the university’s first student formal. As part of the ball, a special student swearing-in of President García took place.
Among the inauguration events open to the public are a town hall on the commendations and recommendations from the recent reaccreditation process by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the unveiling of the Dominguez Family and CSU Dominguez Hills Heritage Project. Funded by the Carson Companies and the Watson Land Company, the Heritage Project is a past-to-present photographic exhibit highlighting the history of Rancho San Pedro, the first Spanish land grant. CSU Dominguez Hills is on land that was once part of the rancho owned by the Dominguez family since 1784.
The WASC town hall will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, and the Heritage Project reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. Both events will take place in the Loker Student Union on campus.
A full list of events for the week, as well as other information about the inauguration, is at http://www.csudh.edu/inauguration.
About CSUDH — California State University, Dominguez Hills is a diverse, urban university located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered environment. Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology, business administration, and digital media arts. On campus is The Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex that hosts world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and cycling.
