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The deadline to sign up for a Medicare prescription drug plan is May 15. It is estimated that 45,000 North Dakotans could still enroll and obtain prescription drug coverage that will save them money. People who miss the May 15 deadline won’t be eligible for coverage until 2007 and may face higher premium costs. ********************************************* Support Marriage Equality for ALL! Your help is needed to fight efforts to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples, including any Constitutional amendment. Please, sign the Million For Marriage petition below, and be a part of this historic civil rights battle. Gay, straight, married, single...we need everyone who believes in marriage equality to stand up NOW.
********************************************* The third annual Youth Disability Leadership Conference will be held in Minot on June 20-22, 2006 on the MSU campus. The conference is open to students aged 15-21 who have disabilities. The registration fee is $50.00, which includes meals for the entire conference, two nights lodging, and local transportation. In an effort to give the students an opportunity to experience this conference independently, personal care attendants will be provided if requested. Chaperones and a nurse will also be available throughout the entire conference. Students will participate in group activities and discussions that promote leadership. There will be presenters from the disability community. Many team building experiences are also planned focusing on abilities as well as disabilities. The keynote speaker for the 2006 conference banquet is Ben Anderson. Anderson was born with cerebral palsy and grew up in Kenmare. He graduated from Minot High and attended both Lake Region Junior College and Golden Valley Lutheran College in Golden Valley, Minnesota. He later graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout at Menomonie, Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Rehabilitation. Anderson began Break Through, Inc. in 1978 which is a non-profit organization that provides leadership training to churches, community civic groups, schools, universities, businesses, and professional groups. Parents and guests are invited to attend the banquet. For more information, see the conference web site at www.ndcpd.org/youth. Registration Forms are available on the website as well as information about the past conference. For questions about lodging, contact Dawn Olson at 1-800-233-1737 or email dawn.d.olson@minotstateu.edu
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The following description and image were posted on a Fighting Sioux message board
"UND came up with the name Fighting Sioux in the 1930s because the Sioux Warriors were the most courageous of all warriors. The great Sioux Nation epidimized honor, courage, pride, overcoming adversity, and WINNING BATTLES! We ask that you cheer your team to victory as well as exibit good sportsmanship and pride for the american indian and proud honor and heritage"
Pocahontas and Chief Illiniwek: A stereotype bonanza!
VIEWPOINT: Racism at protest shames UND "Don't you have more important things to worry about?" This statement often is posed by non-Native students at UND to Native students taking part in Fighting Sioux logo discussions. Board of Education urged to reject Native mascots Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln, NE, USA ... saw it. Use of Native mascots, nicknames and logos to Native children is comparable to a bully that never goes away. LaMere told ...
Mascot issue won't go away
Annual First Americans in the Arts awards held
Op-Ed; The Right Bases Covered; Baseball Can Be Pitch for Civility
Spaulding High to keep Red Raiders mascot
Oberlin group to join anti-Wahoo protests at Cleveland Indians ...
Board of Education urged to reject Native mascots
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New Voting Machines...From the Voter`s Perspective
New Voting Equipment
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE: Lawmakers approve changing the Capitol's ...
No Child Left Behind
New Voting Machines
Improvements Await Voters in June
AE2S is finalist in national competition
Minnesota social workers upset with North Dakota
Expanding their horizons
Students learn different ways to help
MENTAL HEALTH CARE: Minnesota social workers say ND moves patients ...
Worker promotes leadership in disabled youth
State budget surplus healthy, but some money already spoken for
Cuts hit where home care lives
Medicaid changes bring on new line of questioning ... There have been some important changes in laws regarding Medicaid eligibility for long-term care recipients. While each person’s situation is unique and the law is far too complicated to cover in this space, I wanted to get people thinking. My family's care was private pay…
Devils Lake Journal Meet Cyndi Herald, Kenny Mann and Buddy, they're not your typical husband, wife and pet, Buddy is a working dog, specially trained to assist Mann because of his hearing loss… "One difficulty they encounter over and over, in stores, restaurants, and while seeking housing are attitudes toward dogs… “
City to host convention for blind Williston Herald Over 50 people are expected to attend the North Dakota Association of the Blind Convention, in Williston on June 9-11… the public is welcome to view displays of low-vision equipment, and accessible voting machines…“We want to promote the independence of people who have sight loss across North Dakota,”…
Keeping grandfather at home
Helping Homebuyers
Need Help with the Medicare Part D Prescription Program? Enrollment assistance is also available through these entities under contracts with the Human Services department: Burleigh County Senior Adults, 701-255-4648; Fargo Senior Services, 701-293-1440; Greater Grand Forks Senior Citizens, 701-772-7245; Minot Commission on Aging, 701-852-0561; Rolette County Senior Meals & Services, 701-477-6421; South Central Adult Services (Valley City), 701-845-4300; Stark County Council on Aging Elder Care (Dickinson), 701-456-1818; and Williston Region I Senior Services, 701-577-6751
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American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
Turtle Mountain tribal officials vote to banish serious criminals
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Tribal Council has voted to banish or withhold tribal services from people involved in illegal drugs, crimes against children, sex crimes and other serious offenses.
Judge's ability questioned
Documentary looks at impact of dam
Dems select newcomers for races
Strengthening cultural awareness
Tribal college leader appeals for Indian education support
UND dedicating American Indian Center
Washington Looks at Meth in Indian Country
Meth takes a toll on Indian reservation housing DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: Panel probes diversity and multicultural issues
Diversity is more than race, it's differences," a panelist said at UND's multicultural education panel on Thursday. Differences can be as beautiful as thousands of prairie flowers nodding their heads in a spring breeze. Unfortunately, differences among humans can also be "stink" weeds growing in the ditches along the road..
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Sonia Mayo Hohnadel letter: A racial insult at local comedy club In-Forum (subscription) - Fargo, ND, USA My husband and I decided to go out to supper and close the evening at Courtney’s Comedy Club to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The comedian was very entertaining without controversy…that night was the first time he had encountered an African-American in the three days he had been here. He proceeded to look for the young man out in the audience and asked, “Where are you from, brother?” Without a beat, a racist comment from a white male was yelled out, “Coon Rapids.”
Area students doing better on AP tests
Grafton doctor alleges abuse at border station
North Dakota doctor says US border guards abused him, sister
Last person sentenced in immigrant trafficking case
Company owner faces charges in alien arrests
Woman enters guilty plea in alien case
Young entering politics
Professor gives voice to voiceless
Merging cultures
Many Mexicans have jobs before crossing
National Jury Center Reports 139 Death Sentences in 2005
LIRS and ELCA bishops protest House immigration bill
Cluster clinics help migrant workers stay healthy
Fargo police name 2 officers community liaisons DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: Panel probes diversity and multicultural issues
Diversity is more than race, it's differences," a panelist said at UND's multicultural education panel on Thursday. Differences can be as beautiful as thousands of prairie flowers nodding their heads in a spring breeze. Unfortunately, differences among humans can also be "stink" weeds growing in the ditches along the road..
Progress in legal defense of indigents
Immigrants rounded up in Washburn
What’s it mean to be American? The Forum - 04/09/2006 All of us see immigration through the prism of our own lives, families and heritage. My experiences with immigrant grandparents color my view of the debate raging in Congress over what to do about some 11 million illegal immigrants: kick them out, jail them, insist they play by the rules or ignore them… They raised American-born children (including my mother and father) who learned English quickly while hanging on to Old World languages in order to communicate with their immigrant parents…The difference between then and now is the reluctance or downright refusal of some immigrant groups to learn English. They are abetted in that serious mistake by government, business and schools.
********************************************* ********************************************* As "defense of marriage" laws and constitutional amendments are debated around the country - including a push to allow people to vote on an amendment in Minnesota - UND's law school will spend a day Friday discussing legal issues that surround same-sex couples. Speakers on Helen Hamilton Day will talk on topics ranging from the legal future of gay rights to the debate over same-sex marriage in Indian Country.
Fargo police name 2 officers community liaisons
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Fargo human rights activist running for PSC
Student Legal Services passes
Prejudice to be topic of Tuesday workshop
Facing diversity Irene Paasch was one of 29 people chosen to present her doctoral dissertation at a conference on diversity at Oxford University in Great Britain… “People of different cultures trying to get along. We often say globalization and diversity is wonderful yes but we’re naive. It’s going to cause problems, and we’re going to have to solve these problems.”
King visit: Alveda King, daughter and niece of two slain civil rights leaders, speaks at UND today and Friday as part of Women's History Month. King is the daughter of the slain civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King and his wife, Naomi Barber King, and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She will present "What Makes a Woman Phenomenal"… The Forum Quadriplegic Christina Carroll waited 15 years for the state to increase her $16,700 yearly income…one of two injured workers who appeared before a legislative panel Wednesday in Fargo to voice their concerns about the state’s workers’ compensation program…
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A calendar of events for April
********************************************* Health Information Technology Summit April 18 The Center for
Rural Health is supporting a Health Information Technology Summit on Tuesday,
April 18 at the University of Mary in Bismarck. Presented by Senator Kent
Conrad and the North Dakota Health Care Review, Inc., the summit will focus on
the future of health information technology in
On April 18, 2006, Barbara Coloroso will be in Fargo, ND to provide training
on bullying issues and also a parent outreach event. The Bully, the
Bullied, and the Bystander. Tuesday, April 18th at the Fargo Holiday Inn:
Workshop for professionals -
Tuesday, April 18th 2006, Dr. Dennis Staton
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PANEL DISCUSSION NEXT TUESDAY at UND School of Law April 18th The School of Law will present a panel discussion on the topic of domestic surveillance, the war on terror, and the Constitution. Panelists will include Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND; UND JD 1979), Associate Dean & Sperry Professor Kathryn Rand, and Associate Professor Steven Light of the College of Business & Public Administration. The presentation will be held in the Baker Courtroom from 10:10 to 11:05 am. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Women’s Political Action April 18 in Fargo Are you interested in helping to increase the number of
women in elected office in the Fargo-Moorhead region? If so, please attend the
Women's ********************************************* MEETING NOTICE of the NORTH DAKOTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE To the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights A meeting of the North Dakota Advisory Committee has been scheduled for: Date: Thursday, April 20, 2006 Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: Radisson Hotel, 201 Fifth Street, N, Fargo, ND 58102
The meeting is open to the public. ********************************************* Pathfinder Services of North Dakota Inc., annual
conference 2006, "We Are All In This Together" will be held
********************************************* 14th Annual Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Conference/April 20 and 21, 2006 Doublewood Inn, Bismarck, ND For more information contact the Abused Adult Resource Center 701-222-8370
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17th Annual Woodlands and High Plains Traditional Powwow“Honor Mother Earth and Her Children” Saturday, April 22, 2006 Bison Sports Arena , North Dakota State University Fargo Grand entries scheduled for 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The WHPP Committee invites you to attend the 17th Annual Woodlands and High Plains Traditional Powwow 2006, themed "Honor Mother Earth and Her Children.” The WHP Powwow is sponsored by: North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College. This event will be held Saturday, April 22, 2006 at the NDSU Bison Sports Arena, 1300 – 17th Ave North, Fargo, ND. Grand Entries are scheduled for 1:00 and 7:00 p.m. Dancer and Drum Registration begins at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 1:00 p.m. A traditional meal will be served at 5:00 p.m. Head Staff includes: Danny Seaboy from Sisseton SD as MC, Dennis Bercier from Turtle Mountain, ND as Arena Director, Ambrose Littelghost from Spirit Lake, ND as Spiritual Advisor and April Ray of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, MN and Larry Yazzie, Meskwaki/Dine, as Head Dancers. Admission is Free No alcohol or drugs permitted on campus. The WHP Powwow Committee and our affiliates are not responsible for accidents, lost or stolen articles. For more information contact Mary John WHPP Coordinator at 218-287-5433 Or the WHPP Campus representatives: NDSU Jaclynn Davis-Wallette 701-231-1029 MSUM Jody Steile 218-847-5487 Concordia Sharon Fineday 218-299-4171 ********************************************* Earth Day at the Fargo Public Library
WHEN: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 WHERE: downtown library meeting room—102 3rd St. N. WHO: NDSU senior architecture students WHAT: presentations on People/Nature/Technology · Braden Engel—Defining sustainable communities. · Dan Lipetzky—Creating a new, sustainable architecture. · Alya Sonbol—What is your ecological footprint? · Stefan Balaz—The natural step. · (Presenter to be determined)—U.S. energy policy. · Eric Lundquist—Creating healthy environments. · Ron Randell—Environmental public policy in North Dakota. · Matthew Olson—Pollution, politics and health in the United States.
WHY: Because it’s Earth Day.
Sponsored by:
SOUTH AGASSIZ RESOURCE COUNCIL S A R CDEDICATED TO GRASSROOTS-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS
(SARC is an affiliate of Dakota Resource Council. Fargo office located at 118 Broadway, Suite 801. Learn more: e-mail terry@drcinfo.com or call 298-8685.)
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Parent Education Workshop “Leave No Child With Special Healthcare Needs or Disabilities Behind” This workshop will provide families with an overview of public policy and how it affects children at the federal, state and local level. It will also provide resources to become involved in issues that face families and identify a variety of state resources to assist families on this journey. Presented By: Donene Feist, Director of Family Voices of North Dakota Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
215 North University Drive Fargo, ND 58102
********************************************* Hate Crime Prevention and Response Workshop Fargo Human Relations Commission and Moorhead Human Rights Commission have decided to schedule a workshop for area law enforcement and community members to learn about the process for responding to and preventing hate crime in the F-M area. Therefore, you are invited to participate in a Hate Crime Prevention and Response Workshop scheduled on Friday, April 28 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at the Heritage Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead (202 1st Ave N, Moorhead). Silke Hansen, a Senior Conciliation Specialist with the US Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, is facilitating the workshop. AGENDA Hate Crime Prevention and Response Training (1:00 pm to 5:00 pm) 1:00 pm Welcome and introductions Overview of the Fargo-Moorhead Hate Crime Prevention and Response Plan Review the nature of hate crime and case studies Break Discuss guidelines for an effective response to hate crime and victim/community support Practice responding to hate crime Brainstorm hate crime prevention and education strategies 4:45 pm Closing comments In addition, there will be training for law enforcement officials only in the morning (8:00 am to noon): § Legal issues, legislation and statutes in ND and MN § Guidelines for an effective response § Investigative strategies, collection and preservation of evidence § Victim trauma § Community strategies and relationships § Case studies When a hate crime occurs in Fargo-Moorhead area, it is a community problem, not an individual problem. If you are interested in attending the Hate Crime Prevention and Response Workshop on April 28 (or if you would like a copy of the FM Hate Crime Prevention and Response Plan), please call the Fargo Planning Department at 701-241-1474 by Wednesday, April 26. ********************************************* Peace Rally and March to be held at 1 PM on Sat. Apr. 29. Those marching will meet at the Fargo Main Post Office (657 2nd Ave. N). Midway through the march a rally will be held on the Main Avenue Bridge and then continuing on for the march for peace. ********************************************* The North Dakota Association of Community Facilities 20th Annual Conference, Realizing Dreams through Individualized Support, will be held in Bismarck at the Doublewood Inn on May 3-5. The conference features keynote speaker Al Condeluci, CEO or United Cerebra Palsy of Pittsburg. Condeluci is well known for his presentations and publications on Building Inclusive Communities. Over 34 speakers present during 4 general sessions and 41 break-out sessions on topics such as grief and loss issues for people with developmental disabilities, job development and emerging employment incentives, positive behavioral supports and spirituality, emerging employment incentives, skill building for individuals with cognitive disabilities, friendships, staff retention, person-center approaches and community-based supports for individuals of all abilities. *********************************************
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********************************************* “Miles for Mental Health”, Mental health awareness walk and picnic will be held on Saturday, May 20th, 2006 at 4:00pm, Lindenwood Park, Fargo ND. The Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health and the Mental Health Association North Dakota invite you to participate in this fund raising event. Sponsors and walkers are needed!! Prizes will be awarded to those collecting the most money in pledges. For more information call 701 237-5871 or 701 235-9923. ********************************************* American Association of University Women Upper Midwest Region Conference “Female Trafficking & Slavery – A Midwest Tragedy” DATE: June 9-11, 2006 LOCATION: Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center – University Campus ********************************************* American Indian Heritage month at NDSU scheduled for November 13th-17th, 2006. Volunteers are needed to speak about the history/governmental/burning issue of the tribes, bead makers (crafts), artist reception, singing/dancing/drumming, panel(about transitioning, urban native Americans, etc. These are only some of the examples that have been in the past, any new issues or idea is welcomed. Planners would like to set it up so that each day is for one certain reservation. For example, Standing Rock is on Monday, Sisseton-Wahpeton is on Tuesday, etc. If you know of anyone that would be interested in presenting, please call 231-6179 or email Lenora.YellowBird@ndsu.edu.
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"Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (American Baptist Minister and Civil-Rights Leader, 1929-1968) *********************************************
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