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Monique White wins negotiation to save her home from foreclosure

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:28

After a seven-month campaign led by Occupy Homes MN, Monique White has been offered a new loan by US Bank.

In October 2011, White was the first homeowner in the nation to approach the Occupy movement and ask for help in defending her home from what she believed was an unlawful foreclosure. Occupy Homes MN said the seven-month campaign to save White’s home set a historic precedent in the bank and foreclosure reform movement. The new loan was offered some 15 months after the end of the redemption period with a payment in keeping with the home's current value.

Fighting the battle to save our children’s lives

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:26 BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, Ph.D., LP

Within this year alone, North Minneapolis neighborhoods have experienced disproportionate amounts of violence. For example, statistics tell us that from January to March 2012, families in North Minneapolis have experienced over 50% of the city’s homicides, 27% of the robberies, approximately 19% of the sexual assaults, and over 38% of the aggravated assaults. To address this exposure to violence among youth, the Minneapolis Urban League and the African-American Child Wellness Institute have recently received a collaborative grant from the Minneapolis Department of Health & Family Support to fund a free, community based program, Project Murua: A Pre-Meditated Parenting Boot Camp.

Hawthorne Huddle looks at mentoring

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:25 Ivan Phifer

Mentoring was the focus of the monthly Hawthorne Huddle meeting.

Representatives from four local organizations; Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts, Kinship, YMCA and Big Brothers Big Sisters, shared information regarding their various mentoring programs.

Police Chief Michael Davis receives 2012 Gary P. Hayes Memorial Award

Monday, 14 May 2012 14:31

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) presented its 2012 Gary P. Hayes Memorial Award to Brooklyn Park Police Chief Michael Davis.

Pictured: Members of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Board of Directors, from right to left: Sir Hugh Orde, a police official from England, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, Prince William County (Md.) Police Chief Charlie Deane, Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel, Milwaukee Chief Ed Flynn, Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan and Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of PERF with award recipient Brooklyn Park Police Chief Michael Davis.

MPD names Arneson Deputy Chief; Frizell to 1st Precinct

Monday, 07 May 2012 15:29

Chief Timothy Dolan this week appointed Inspector Kristine Arneson to Deputy Chief of the Patrol Division.

Arneson began her law enforcement career with the Savage Police Department. A year later in 1986, she joined the Minneapolis Police Department. During her time as a patrol officer, she worked in the Fifth Precinct, Traffic, Background Investigation Unit and on the Fourth Precinct Community Police Team. In 1990, she was promoted to sergeant and was assigned to the Second and Fifth Precincts as a shift supervisor, and was also the Community Response Team Supervisor at the Fifth Precinct. Inspector Arneson also served as an Administrative Assistant for former Chiefs John Laux and Robert Olson.

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