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• After George Floyd’s Murder, a Minneapolis Church Builds Community

  25-05-2024 16:00
  
  George Floyd Mural (Credit: Lorie Shaull/flickr)
   
  A member of Calvary Lutheran Church says they’ve learned to be “gentle with each other so we can be dangerous together.”
   
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
   By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware
   May 25, 2024, marks four years since George Floyd was murdered — on May 25, 2020 — by white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin, who was found guilty of s
  
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• The Overlooked Black History Of Memorial Day

  25-05-2024 15:30
  
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  When the last Monday of May comes around, Americans fire up the grill, welcome the upcoming summer season, and most importantly, honor U.S. soldiers who gave their lives to defend the country.
  Initially called Decoration Day, the observance was held in remembrance of Union troops who perished during the Civil War. Over the next century, more states and government agencies started observing the holiday for all U.S. soldiers who died in wars. It didn’t become a national h
  
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• Vitamin T Fitness to host Mental Health Spin Bike Ride and Resource Fair May 25

  25-05-2024 13:30
  
  Vitamin T Fitness is marking Mental Health Awareness Month with a special spin ride and resource fair on Saturday, May 25, from Noon-1:30 p.m. at 6128 Broadway. Gym owner Tiffany Blakemore developed the event to raise awareness of the critical connection between mental and physical wellness.
  “We must take care of the mind and the body,” said Blakemore. “We all are either going through or have been through something that may have caused some type of mental distress. This event w
  
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