Category Archives: Minnesota

Songs where I’m from

Posted on May 4, 2012 by jonneke

City Pages:

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Anti-Racism in Duluth, MN

Posted on February 24, 2012 by jonneke

Duluth, MN is a place very close to my heart. I go there every chance I get. My “Minnesotan family” live there. They mean the world to me and so does Duluth. Really, I don’t know where I would be … Continue reading →

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OCCUPY Bobby’s House, Occupy Foreclosures

Posted on December 10, 2011 by jonneke

The people of OWS in Minnesota are defending homes, families and neighbourhoods. People are standing together against US Bank to save Bobby Hull’s home on Columbus Ave S in Minneapolis from foreclosure. Bobby is asking for a reasonable adjustment on … Continue reading →

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The Field

Posted on November 16, 2011 by jonneke

Mason Jennings, The Field

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MN fall images

Posted on November 5, 2011 by jonneke

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minn. — An unnamed bog near Isabella Lake, surrounded by burned-over forest. (Photos for MPR by Steve Foss) A mound of sugar beets sits outside the American Crystal Sugar Co. processing plant in north Moorhead, … Continue reading →

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“a bunch of skinny black guys will get killed”

Posted on November 4, 2011 by jonneke

A few days a go, I noticed that some Twin Cities media people I follow on facebook/twitter were circulating a call for Somali Americans to audition for a Tom Hanks film. I also noticed that none of my East African … Continue reading →

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#occupymn

Posted on October 19, 2011 by jonneke

“this is about building another kind of society.”

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Thoughts of Love

Posted on September 11, 2011 by jonneke

Four year old Jamilah Mazloom (my friend’s lovely daughter) at Ja’afari Islamic Center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. Photo: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson. ‎”…concentrate all the thoughts of your heart on love and unity. When a thought of war … Continue reading →

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Mini Powwow at the Mall of America

Posted on August 18, 2011 by jonneke

Speaking of global politics, everyday life…. (Thanks, Sheryl)

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Hot in the City

Posted on July 19, 2011 by jonneke

I’m still in Minnesota.  It’s seriously hot in the Twin Cities. Unfortunately, I can’t make a song reference in the plural… Meteorologist: Amazon Jungle only place in western hemisphere as humid as Minnesota (from kstp via bring.mn).

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