by Kim Benjamin | Apr 14, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 9 By Kerry Xiong Cuaj Leeg: Funeral drums rumbled at the front of the crowd. A wedge of wood held the double doors wide open, as if welcoming spirits of all sort. Incoming was a trail of people, couples carrying Kawm (hmong...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 14, 2020 | Community, Home Page Slider
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loans Now Available To Minnesota Businesses Dear Business Owner, We want to make sure you are kept up to date on resources as we weather this pandemic. Here’s an update as of 4/3/20. In the meantime, stay safe...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 14, 2020 | Health, Home Page Slider
Protecting Yourself And Your Family: COVID-19 By The Minnesota Department Of Health What you can do to prepare, if you or a family member gets ill, or if your community experiences spread of COVID-19. Start now: Monitor local information about COVID-19 in your...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 14, 2020 | Education, Home Page Slider
Noble Academy: A Parent’s Answer For A High-Quality Education By Mai Sue Yang Growing up as a minority in a small town, I wasn’t always too enthusiastic about my academics. Depressingly, I didn’t receive the learning experience I needed to maximize my learning...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 7, 2020 | Community, Home Page Slider
Why We Left Public Schools By Brian Xiong I grew up in north Minneapolis and attended Minneapolis Public Schools throughout my teenage years. My family arrived in Minnesota in 1993 when I was ten years old and placed in fifth grade at Bancroft Elementary School in...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 1, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 8 By Kerry Xiong Niam Yim Leej Snow didn’t know to fall on the refugee campground. That was the only home she’d ever known. Though she and her husband Yim Leej had settled their little family in Minnesota one fateful winter of...