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New Streamlined Church and a Street Renamed
In 1938, Minneapolis’s northside welcomed a new streamlined church, St. Austin’s Catholic Church, at the northeast corner of Washburn Ave. N and 38th Ave. N. Designed by Minneapolis architects Bard and Vanderbilt, but heavily influenced by the church’s pastor, Rev. James Troy, and his worldly travels (to Brno, Czechoslovakia in particular), the church was an unusually modern, white stucco building with steep arches and curved corners. It was unlike any other building in the city and unlike anything Bard and Vanderbilt would design again.
The Church of St. Austin was a newly-organized Catholic church, made up of about 1500 people who formerly attended St. Bridget’s, St. Ann’s, Ascension, St. Phillips, Holy Cross, St. Joseph’s, and Sacred Heart churches. The new church was named in honor of the late Archbishop Austin Dowling, who was the second archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul (succeeding John Ireland) from 1919 until his death in 1930.
It was the church that led to the renaming of 38th Ave. N to Dowling Ave. N, which was officially changed by the city council on November 12, 1937. (Note, Dowling Ave. was not named after the other famous Minnesota Dowling, Michael J. Dowling, the Minnesota politician, newspaper publisher, businessman, and spokesman for the physically handicapped, who as a boy lost three of his limbs to frostbite, and for whom Dowling Elementary School in South Minneapolis is named.)
Unfortunately, the streamlined St. Austin parish didn’t survive for long, cheaply built with stucco and wood trusses, rather than poured concrete, it wasn’t built to last. The church and parsonage were demolished in 1963, just 25 years after it was built, and five basic single-story homes were built in its place from 1964 to 1965 (pictured in Google streetview above).
St. Austin parish moved to a new brick building nearby, at the corner of Upton Ave. N and 41st Ave. N and eventually merged with St. Bridget parish. Their second building is now home to the New Oil Christian Center.
Photos, 1940 map, and building permit index card from the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. See more photos of St. Austin Catholic Church.
#Minneapolis#Minnesota#North Minneapolis#churches#Catholic churches#Austin Dowling#St. Austin Catholic Church#Minneapolis history#architecture#lost buildings#1930s#Streamline Moderne
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We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our urgent concern regarding dire and escalating violence in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory, which continues to result in significant human suffering and loss of civilian life.
We condemn all violence against civilians by Hamas and the Israeli military. In this critical moment, we believe it is imperative that U.S. policymakers take measures to immediately de-escalate the violence to prevent the further loss of civilian life. We urge Congress and the Administration to:
Publicly call for a ceasefire to prevent the further loss of life;
Prioritize the protection of all civilians, including by urgently securing the entrance of humanitarian aid into Gaza and working to secure the release of hostages; and
Urge all parties to fully respect international humanitarian law.
We implore Congress and the Administration to abstain from rhetoric that exacerbates violence and to unequivocally condemn all violations of international law. Over the last several days, the Israeli government has cut all food, fuel, and humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip. On October 12, Israel issued an evacuation order for the entire northern Gaza Strip, telling residents to evacuate south of Wadi Gaza. This amounts to approximately 1.1 million people. The U.N. is calling for this order to be rescinded, warning it will have “devastating humanitarian consequences.”
We again urge Congress and the Administration to publicly call for, and help to facilitate, an immediate ceasefire to prevent the tragic loss of more innocent Palestinian and Israeli lives. Thank you for your urgent consideration.
Sincerely,
Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Churches USA
American Friends Service Committee
American Muslims for Palestine
Americans for Justice in Palestine
Anera
Arab American Institute
Auburn Theological Seminary
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Center for Jewish Nonviolence
Center for Victims of Torture
Church of the Brethren, Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
Churches for Middle East Peace
Common Defense
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Demand Progress
Democracy for the Arab World Now
The Episcopal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Freedom Forward
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Grassroots International
Historians for Peace and Democracy
If Not Now
Institute for Policy Studies New Internationalism Project
International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Jewish Voice for Peace Action
Just Foreign Policy
Justice Democrats
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention
MADRE
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Mennonite Central Committee U.S.
Minnesota Peace Project
MPower Change Action Fund
National Council of Churches
National Iranian American Council
Neighbors for Peace
Nonviolent Peaceforce
PAX
Pax Christi USA
PC(USA) Office of Public Witness
Peace Action
Project on Middle East Democracy
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Quixote Center
ReThinking Foreign Policy
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
RootsAction
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Sojourners
The Duty Legacy
The Unitarian Universalist Association
The United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society
The Zomia Center
United Church of Christ
United for Peace and Justice
UNRWA USA
Women for Weapons Trade Transparency
Working Families Party
World BEYOND War
Yemen Freedom Council
Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
Yemeni Alliance Committee
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In 1977, residents of South Minneapolis mobilized to fight the expansion of adult entertainment businesses along Lake Street. In 1983, after years of unsuccessful protest, these activists sought help from nationally known feminist theorists Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin. MacKinnon and Dworkin wrote a controversial amendment to the city's expansive civil rights ordinance that defined pornography as a violation of women's civil rights.
In the late 1960s, a pair of Minneapolis entrepreneurs named Ferris and Edward Alexander sensed opportunity. In 1969, the brothers bought the Rialto Theater on Lake Street. Once a destination for family moviegoers, the theater began screening movies like Deep Throat. Soon a bookstore opened next to the theater. An adult entertainment district began to take shape on Lake Street.
The Alexanders enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the distribution of pornography in Minnesota. They owned a string of businesses across the state. But these Lake Street storefronts would serve as the core of what one newspaper called their "empire of smut."
The cluster of pornographic bookstores and theaters attracted men from all over the Twin Cities. There, they watched movies, read magazines, and sought sexual encounters with both prostitutes (men as well as women) and other patrons.
Residents of the Powderhorn and Central areas were dismayed by the way these businesses altered the climate of their neighborhoods. They objected most to customers harassing women on the surrounding streets.
In 1977, residents mobilized in protest and organized a picket line. City officials responded with a zoning ordinance that outlawed the operation of adult bookstores and theaters within five hundred feet of churches, schools, or residential areas. The injunction would have forced the Alexander brothers to close most of their businesses. The brothers sued the city and won.
In the wake of this ruling, activists regrouped in 1979. Instead of picketing, women volunteers organized themselves into action groups they wryly called "afternoon bridge clubs" and "sewing circles." They spent several hours each week "browsing" bookstores. Like temperance activists in the nineteenth century, they saw how the mere presence of women disrupted an all-male environment. They were courteously confrontational. They greeted people at the door and stood "behind customers, watching customers watch the quarter movies."
Police and city officials sympathized with the protesters. But instead of fighting street harassment, police focused on the men inside the bookstores who sought sexual encounters with other men. Between 1979 and 1985, they arrested over thirty-five hundred men for "indecent conduct."
By 1983, the Lake Street pornography district was still flourishing. Frustrated activists decided to seek help from Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, two nationally-known feminist theorists who argued that pornography scripted women's oppression. The women were living in Minneapolis for a time while they taught a class at the University of Minnesota law school.
Dworkin and MacKinnon brought new life to the anti-pornography campaign when they called for what opponents saw as a de facto ban. They appeared before the city zoning committee in October 1983. Pornography, they argued, was a crime against women. The city council hired them to amend the Minneapolis civil rights ordinance to define pornography as “the sexually explicit subordination of women, graphically depicted” and "a form of discrimination on the basis of sex." The amendment allowed those who had been harmed by pornography to sue its producers and purveyors.
For the next two months, debate over the measure consumed the city. On December 30, 1983, the city council approved the ordinance in a seven-to-six vote. Six days later, it was vetoed by Mayor Donald Fraser, who argued it would never hold up to judicial review.
Dworkin and MacKinnon used the publicity generated by the measure to launch a national campaign. Cities all over the country considered adopting the ordinance they wrote in Minneapolis.
After the mayor's veto, debate over pornography continued to rage in the city. In January 1984, Fraser created the Task Force on Pornography to find consensus on the issue. After a series of meetings, the body proposed a new version of the ordinance, drawing fire from Dworkin and MacKinnon. The pair countered with another measure which offered a narrowed definition of pornography and a less ambitious "trafficking" provision.
In July, the city council approved the new ordinance. The mayor immediately vetoed it.
In 1986, the U. S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower-court decision that declared such measures to be unconstitutional.
https://www.mnopedia.org/thing/minneapolis-anti-pornography-ordinance
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round.
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to amend the city's noise ordinance, which had prevented dawn and late evening calls at certain times of the year due to noise restrictions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The vote came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
“The Constitution doesn’t sleep at night,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, after the vote. He said the action in Minneapolis shows the world that a “nation founded on freedom of religion makes good on its promise.”
Minneapolis has had a flourishing population of East African immigrants since at least the 1990s, and mosques now are common. Three of 13 members of the council identify as Muslim. The decision drew no organized community opposition. Mayor Jacob Frey is expected to sign the measure next week.
“Minneapolis has become a city for all religions,” said Imam Mohammed Dukuly of Masjid An-Nur mosque in Minneapolis, who was among several Muslim leaders who witnessed the vote.
Three years ago, city officials worked with the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque to allow the adhan to be broadcast outdoors five times daily during Ramadan. Prayers are said when light appears at dawn, at noon, at mid- to late afternoon, at sunset and when the night sky appears. In Minnesota, dawn arrives as early as before 5:30 a.m. in summer, while sunset at the solstice happens after 9 p.m.
The city allowed year-round broadcasts last year, but only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. — typically excluding early morning prayer and sometimes night prayer.
At a recent public hearing, Christian and Jewish leaders expressed support for extending the hours for the adhan.
Council Member Lisa Goodman, who on Thursday was observing the final day of Passover, said the Jewish call to prayer — which is generally spoken rather than broadcast — doesn’t face legal restrictions. Observers said church bells regularly toll for Christians.
“It’s something I grew up with, but not my children,” council member Jamal Osman said, adding that hearing the call to prayer from local mosques brings him joy.
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#nunyas news#was gonna add the church bell thing#till I saw it#gonna make life annoying for the atheists tho
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Thurl Lee Bailey (born April 7, 1961) is a retired basketball player who played in the NBA (1983-99) with the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves. he has been a broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and the University of Utah and an inspirational speaker, singer, songwriter, and film actor.
He was born in DC but grew up in Bladensburg, Maryland. He attended North Carolina State University. He was a part of the Wolfpack team that won the 1983 NCAA Championship.
The Utah Jazz chose him as the seventh pick in the first round of the 1983 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played for the Timberwolves for three seasons when he left the NBA and played for the Greek professional basketball club Panionios B.C. He played in the Italian League. He was the Italian League’s All-Star Games MVP before returning to the Jazz as a free agent. He retired from the NBA after the 1998–1999 NBA season.
He began his involvement in community service during his basketball career. He directed basketball camps for youth. He has worked with various charities which include Make-A-Wish, D.A.R.E, and the Happy Factory. He received the NBA’s prestigious Kennedy Community Award, the Utah Association for Gifted Children’s Community Service Award, Sigma Gamma Chi Fraternity’s Exemplary Manhood Award, and the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s American Champion Award.
He became a motivational speaker and broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and the University of Utah. He is an actor and songwriter. He released music albums which include Faith in Your Heart, The Gift of Christmas, and I’m Not the Same. He acted in films including Thurl: Forward with New Power, The Luck of the Irish, The Single Ward, David and Goliath, Church Ball, Herbert Holiday, Running with the Pack, and an episode of ESPN’s 30 for 30 (2013). He is chairman of Big T Productions, Fertile Earth, and Four-leaf Films.
He is a father of six children. He and his wife, Sindi have three children. He had a daughter with his college sweetheart and two sons from his first marriage. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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If you can't get city approval just sue your way in via /r/atheism
If you can't get city approval just sue your way in
In Minnesota a city is blocking a megachurch's request to open a church. In response the church is threatening to sue. People in the city are against them moving in and the city council overwhelmingly voted against it. There's rumors that the city's mayor is a member and he was pushing for it but couldn't sway city council.
https://www.startribune.com/eagle-brook-church-threatens-lawsuit-if-plymouth-doesnt-approve-new-campus/600333219/
It should be noted that this church already has 11 buildings in the Twin Cities. Also a friend of mine that's Christian and is gay went there for a while until he was told by a leader there that he was not welcome. My friend didn't share his orientation and most people don't know he's gay, but a leader heard about it and told him to scram.
Submitted January 09, 2024 at 10:11PM by AtomicBlastCandy
(From Reddit https://ift.tt/OWreg9B)
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American Churches
When congregations become multiracial, you will often see a group of white people leave the church. And it's either a fear of change, a fear of doing things differently, a fear of losing power.
Rev. Dr. Curtiss DeYoung
Minnesota Council of Churches, CEO
From the documentary, "White Savior: Racism in the American Church"
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Holidays 6.12
Holidays
Anne Frank Day
Bedstraw Day (French Republic)
Blue Galaxy Day
Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
Children’s Day (Haiti)
Crowded Nest Syndrome Day
Democracy Day (Nigeria)
Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)
Flag Day (Brazil; New Zealand)
Ghost in the Machine Day
Helsinki Day (Finland)
Idol Day
Indiana Jones Day
International Dubbing Day
International Shia Day
Interracial Marriage Day
June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State, Nigeria)
Little League Girls Baseball Day
Lover’s Day (Japan)
Loving Day
Magic Day
Man of Steel Day
Mother’s Day (Luxembourg)
National Automotive Service Professionals Day
National Black Men Don’t Cheat Day
National Button Battery Awareness Day
National Cancer Thriver Day
National Chiropractic Health Assistant Day (Canada)
National Cougar Day
National Dairy Goat Awareness Day
National Dame Day
National Esther Day
National Harm Reduction Day (Canada)
National Hospital at Home Patients Day
National Magic Day
National X Day
Orlando United Day (Florida)
Peace Day (Kosovo)
Perfect Game Day
Portland Trail Blazers Day (Oregon)
Poultry Day
Pulse Remembrance Day
Queen’s Birthday (Pitcairn Islands, Tuvalu)
Raggedy Ann and Andy Day
Red Rose Day
Rock Around the Clock Day
Russia Day (Russia)
Senior Race Day (Isle of Man)
Sharon Needles Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
612 Day (Minnesota)
Spoonful of Sugar Day
Spousal Abuse Day
Superman Day
Swiss Army Knife Day
Tear Down This Wall Day
Valentine’s Day (Brazil)
Welsh Bands T-Shirt Day (UK)
We Remember 612 Day (Hong Kong)
Women Veterans Day
World Day Against Child Labour (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chuy’s National Taco Day
International Cachaca Day
International Falafel Day
National Apple Cinnamon Muffin Day
National Jerky Day
Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Pink Spaghetti Day
2nd Monday in June
Blue Monday [2nd Monday]
Eat Flexitarian Day [2nd Monday]
White Nights Festival begins (St. Petersburg, Russia) [thru7.2]
Independence Days
Philippines (from Spain, 1898)
Feast Days
St. Anthony’s Day Eve (Portugal)
Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius (Christian; Martyrs)
Be More Paranoid Day (Pastafarian)
Bob Katz (Muppetism)
St. Charles Borromeo (Positivist; Saint)
Egon Schiele (Artology)
Enmegahbowh (Episcopal Church)
Eskil of Sweden (Christian; Saint)
Feast of the Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II
Festival of Mut (Ancient Egypt)
First Ecumenical Council (Lutheran)
Gaspar Bertoni (Christian; Saint)
Gerard Hoffnung Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Gin Day (Pastafarian)
Hildegard Burjan (Christian; Blessed)
John of Sahagún (Christian; Saint)
Leo III, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Media Ver VII (Pagan)
Onuphrius (Christian; Saint)
Sparky Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Ternan, Bishop of the Picts (Christian; Saint)
Zeus’ Day (Ancient Greece)
108 Martyrs of World War II (Christian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 163 [38 of 72]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [34 of 57]
Premieres
Bullet Park, by John Cheever (Novel; 1969)
Can’t Hardly Wait (Film; 1998)
Chuck Berry Is On Top, by Chuck Berry (Album; 1959)
Clash of the Titans (Film; 1981)
Cleopatra (Film; 1963)
Clockwork Angels, by Rush (Album; 2012)
Donald’s Garden (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Donovan’s Reef (Film; 1963)
Food, Inc. (Documentary Film; 2009)
Go Bo Diddly, by Bo Diddly (Album; 1959)
History of the World: Part 1 (Film; 1981)
The Horse Soldiers (Film; 1959)
I’ll Chase the Blues Away, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (Song; 1935)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (Science Book; 2010)
Jurassic World (Film; 2015)
Line of Duty (BBC TV Series; 2012)
Love and Kisses, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (Song; 1935)
Mariah Carey, by Mariah Carey (Album; 1990)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Film; 2015)
Moon (Film; 2009)
Predator (Film; 1987)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film; 1981)
Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin (Orchestral Jazz; 1924)
She’s Not There, recorded by The Zombies (Song; 1964)
Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon (Album; 1972)
Speedway (Film; 1968)
Superman vs. The Elite (Animated WB Film; 2012)
Surfer Girl, recorded by The Beach Boys (Song; 1963)
Swingers (Film; 1997)
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, by Blink-182 (Album; 2001)
Testimony of Two Men, by Taylor Caldwell (Novel; 1968)
2 Cool 4 Skool, by BTS (Album; 2013)
The Witches of Eastwick (Film; 1987)
Today’s Name Days
Florinda, Guido, Leo (Austria)
Bazilid, Gašpar, Leon (Croatia)
Antonie (Czech Republic)
Balisius (Denmark)
Eskel, Esko (Estonia)
Esko (Finland)
Guy (France)
Florinda, Guido, Leo (Germany)
Onoufrios (Greece)
Villő (Hungary)
Basilide, Guido, Onofrio (Italy)
Ija, Narda, Nora (Latvia)
Anupras, Dovė, Kristijonas, Kristis, Ramūnas (Lithuania)
Sigfrid, Sigrid, Siri (Norway)
Antonina, Bazyli, Jan, Leon, Onufry, Wyszemir (Poland)
Onufrie, Pavel, Petru (România)
Zlatko (Slovakia)
Juan, Onofre (Spain)
Eskil (Sweden)
Onopriy (Ukraine)
Ahmad, Ahmed, Aisha, Asia, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 163 of 2024; 202 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 24 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 25 (Xin-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 23 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 23 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 13 Sol; Sixday [13 of 30]
Julian: 30 May 2023
Moon: 30%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 23 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Charles Borromeo]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 3 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 84 of 92)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 32)
Calendar Changes
Duir (Oak) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 6 of 13]
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Holidays 6.12
Holidays
Anne Frank Day
Bedstraw Day (French Republic)
Blue Galaxy Day
Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
Children’s Day (Haiti)
Crowded Nest Syndrome Day
Democracy Day (Nigeria)
Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)
Flag Day (Brazil; New Zealand)
Ghost in the Machine Day
Helsinki Day (Finland)
Idol Day
Indiana Jones Day
International Dubbing Day
International Shia Day
Interracial Marriage Day
June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State, Nigeria)
Little League Girls Baseball Day
Lover’s Day (Japan)
Loving Day
Magic Day
Man of Steel Day
Mother’s Day (Luxembourg)
National Automotive Service Professionals Day
National Black Men Don’t Cheat Day
National Button Battery Awareness Day
National Cancer Thriver Day
National Chiropractic Health Assistant Day (Canada)
National Cougar Day
National Dairy Goat Awareness Day
National Dame Day
National Esther Day
National Harm Reduction Day (Canada)
National Hospital at Home Patients Day
National Magic Day
National X Day
Orlando United Day (Florida)
Peace Day (Kosovo)
Perfect Game Day
Portland Trail Blazers Day (Oregon)
Poultry Day
Pulse Remembrance Day
Queen’s Birthday (Pitcairn Islands, Tuvalu)
Raggedy Ann and Andy Day
Red Rose Day
Rock Around the Clock Day
Russia Day (Russia)
Senior Race Day (Isle of Man)
Sharon Needles Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
612 Day (Minnesota)
Spoonful of Sugar Day
Spousal Abuse Day
Superman Day
Swiss Army Knife Day
Tear Down This Wall Day
Valentine’s Day (Brazil)
Welsh Bands T-Shirt Day (UK)
We Remember 612 Day (Hong Kong)
Women Veterans Day
World Day Against Child Labour (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chuy’s National Taco Day
International Cachaca Day
International Falafel Day
National Apple Cinnamon Muffin Day
National Jerky Day
Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Pink Spaghetti Day
2nd Monday in June
Blue Monday [2nd Monday]
Eat Flexitarian Day [2nd Monday]
White Nights Festival begins (St. Petersburg, Russia) [thru7.2]
Independence Days
Philippines (from Spain, 1898)
Feast Days
St. Anthony’s Day Eve (Portugal)
Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius (Christian; Martyrs)
Be More Paranoid Day (Pastafarian)
Bob Katz (Muppetism)
St. Charles Borromeo (Positivist; Saint)
Egon Schiele (Artology)
Enmegahbowh (Episcopal Church)
Eskil of Sweden (Christian; Saint)
Feast of the Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II
Festival of Mut (Ancient Egypt)
First Ecumenical Council (Lutheran)
Gaspar Bertoni (Christian; Saint)
Gerard Hoffnung Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Gin Day (Pastafarian)
Hildegard Burjan (Christian; Blessed)
John of Sahagún (Christian; Saint)
Leo III, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Media Ver VII (Pagan)
Onuphrius (Christian; Saint)
Sparky Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Ternan, Bishop of the Picts (Christian; Saint)
Zeus’ Day (Ancient Greece)
108 Martyrs of World War II (Christian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 163 [38 of 72]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [34 of 57]
Premieres
Bullet Park, by John Cheever (Novel; 1969)
Can’t Hardly Wait (Film; 1998)
Chuck Berry Is On Top, by Chuck Berry (Album; 1959)
Clash of the Titans (Film; 1981)
Cleopatra (Film; 1963)
Clockwork Angels, by Rush (Album; 2012)
Donald’s Garden (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Donovan’s Reef (Film; 1963)
Food, Inc. (Documentary Film; 2009)
Go Bo Diddly, by Bo Diddly (Album; 1959)
History of the World: Part 1 (Film; 1981)
The Horse Soldiers (Film; 1959)
I’ll Chase the Blues Away, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (Song; 1935)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (Science Book; 2010)
Jurassic World (Film; 2015)
Line of Duty (BBC TV Series; 2012)
Love and Kisses, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (Song; 1935)
Mariah Carey, by Mariah Carey (Album; 1990)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Film; 2015)
Moon (Film; 2009)
Predator (Film; 1987)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film; 1981)
Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin (Orchestral Jazz; 1924)
She’s Not There, recorded by The Zombies (Song; 1964)
Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon (Album; 1972)
Speedway (Film; 1968)
Superman vs. The Elite (Animated WB Film; 2012)
Surfer Girl, recorded by The Beach Boys (Song; 1963)
Swingers (Film; 1997)
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, by Blink-182 (Album; 2001)
Testimony of Two Men, by Taylor Caldwell (Novel; 1968)
2 Cool 4 Skool, by BTS (Album; 2013)
The Witches of Eastwick (Film; 1987)
Today’s Name Days
Florinda, Guido, Leo (Austria)
Bazilid, Gašpar, Leon (Croatia)
Antonie (Czech Republic)
Balisius (Denmark)
Eskel, Esko (Estonia)
Esko (Finland)
Guy (France)
Florinda, Guido, Leo (Germany)
Onoufrios (Greece)
Villő (Hungary)
Basilide, Guido, Onofrio (Italy)
Ija, Narda, Nora (Latvia)
Anupras, Dovė, Kristijonas, Kristis, Ramūnas (Lithuania)
Sigfrid, Sigrid, Siri (Norway)
Antonina, Bazyli, Jan, Leon, Onufry, Wyszemir (Poland)
Onufrie, Pavel, Petru (România)
Zlatko (Slovakia)
Juan, Onofre (Spain)
Eskil (Sweden)
Onopriy (Ukraine)
Ahmad, Ahmed, Aisha, Asia, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 163 of 2024; 202 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 24 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 25 (Xin-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 23 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 23 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 13 Sol; Sixday [13 of 30]
Julian: 30 May 2023
Moon: 30%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 23 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Charles Borromeo]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 3 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 84 of 92)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 32)
Calendar Changes
Duir (Oak) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 6 of 13]
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More Criticism of U.S. Means of Addressing Immigration Needs of Afghan Evacuees
This blog previously discussed the complexity of meeting the U.S. immigration needs of Afghan evacuees, estimated at 65,000 to 199,000 less than two weeks ago.[1] This analysis has been underscored by John T. Medeiros, an experienced U.S. immigration attorney and the Chair of the Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.[2]
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PLACES TO DONATE (MONEY AND SUPPLIES) IN THE MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL AREAS AFFECTED BY THE PROTESTS (as of Monday, June 1st):
Sanctuary Covenant Church at 2108 Aldrich Ave. N., is collecting food and financial donations for families in need. Food items requested include: water, beef hot dogs (not pork), hot dog buns, hamburger patties, hamburger buns, ketchup, mustard and relish, paper plates, clementines, individual chip bags, individual snacks, napkins, hand sanitizers, grill utensils. They are also accepting financial donation at this link.
Pimento Kitchen at 2524 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis is a protest donation drop-off point. They are looking for water, milk, masks, gloves, medical supplies (as given on their twitter). If you are in the area and if you can donate, please do.
Little Earth, 2495 18th Ave. S., Minneapolis, is providing groceries and meals to residents in need. They need sanitary products, garbage bags, personal hygiene products, baby products, formula, wipes, toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap. Minneapolis is home to one of the largest urban indigenous populations in the US. And is the birthplace of the American Indian Movement. And Little Earth has taken matters into it's own hands and has been protecting their own residents and neighborhoods. You can financially donate to them here.
Eagan Open Door is hosting a Minneapolis Relief Food and Supply Drive, 3904 Cedar Grove Parkway, Eagan. Food will be distributed to Minneapolis. They are looking for nonperishable diapers, bottled water, toilet paper, formula, wipes, feminine hygiene products. You can financially donate to them here.
We Love Lake Street is collecting monetary donations to help rebuild Lake Street’s small businesses (which are largely owned by poc and immigrants) and community organizations. The effort is being organized by the nonprofit, Lake Street Council. You can donate here.
The Neighbors United Funding Collaborative, a nonprofit fundraiser helping the Midway/Hamline Coalition, is helping the Midway + Union Park small business and nonprofit community rebuild the storefronts and repair the businesses in need. You can donate here.
Minnesota Rapid Response Coalition, is helping with the cleanup so they can help small businesses get back to work. They are starting with those located on Lake Street, Midway and East St. Paul business corridors and then allocating resources throughout the Twin Cities. You can donate here.
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When the church doors open, only white people will be allowed inside.
That’s the message the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, Minnesota, is sending after being granted a conditional use permit to open a church there and practice its pre-Christian religion that originated in northern Europe.
The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Asatru Folk Assembly as a “neo-Volkisch hate group” that couches “their bigotry in baseless claims of bloodlines grounding the superiority of one’s white identity.”
Many residents call them a white supremacist or white separatist group, but church members deny it.
“It’s ironic the city council didn’t want to commit discrimination against the church, but the church is discriminating against Blacks," said Abigail Suiter, 33, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "It’s very telling of where the priority is and whose lives matter.”
“They could have said the whole area has become residential, we don’t want churches in a residential area because it’s incompatible with our comprehensive plan," said David Schultz, a constitutional law professor at the University of Minnesota, " ... because at that point they’re not making a decision based upon the viewpoint or content of speech."
Laurence H. Tribe, a constitutional law professor at Harvard University, said the council might have been able to prevent the private sale of the property, had it known about it, through laws focused on forbidding racial discrimination in property transactions.
“No institution that proposes to exclude people on account of race is allowed to run an operation in the state of Minnesota,” Tribe said.
Kavanagh said he stands by the council vote "for legal reasons only."
“The biggest thing people don’t understand is, because we’ve approved this permit, all of a sudden everyone feels this town is racist, and that isn’t the case,” he said. “Just because we voted yes doesn’t mean we’re racist.”
I believe the Nazi’s used a similar excuse, “Oh we didn’t want to commit racist atrocities and genocide we were Ordered to do so there was nothing we could do”😭
This man and these people had a choice and he chose to do the wrong action, the easiest option over doing the right thing
This country has a long history of placing white privilege and needs over and at the cost of people of color, Equally long is the US government’s tradition of ignoring it, sweeping it under the rug or whitewashing it into propaganda [Thanksgiving] if it receives any acknowledgment at all, if it’s taught at all in school
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In [the] video, the Sacred Remains Relocation Unit pulls up outside of a church service and proceed to load up what appear to be recently dug up coffins in preparation for a pipeline through the cemetery.
The videos are pranks but the reactions from the people in them are real.
The Indigenous Pipeline Council is the work of comedians and environmental rights activists, Gitz Crazyboy and Tito Ybarra.
Crazyboy is from Alberta and grew up near the oil sands.
Ybarra is from the Red Lake Tribe in Minnesota, in the pathway of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline.
Jan 14, 2020
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"When the church doors open, only white people will be allowed inside.
That’s the message the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, Minnesota, is sending after being granted a conditional use permit to open a church there and practice its pre-Christian religion that originated in northern Europe.
Despite a council vote officially approving the permit this month, residents are pushing back against the decision"
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