As a young Black man, he said, he had to come to the protest, even though his mother, worried about the risk, had tried to convince him not to. He wanted âto fight for what I believe inâ, he said.
Hundreds of high school students staged a walkout and gathered in downtown Minneapolis to protest the deaths of Daunte Wright and George Floyd and chant âNational Guard go home.â At least 600 young people in the the crowd by 2:45. Speakers and participants were 16, 17 years old. pic.twitter.com/E4u2qWnQ7V Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) April 19, 2021
âItâs a shame that the children have to come out and fight for our lives,â a student from North Community high school told the crowd of at least 600 young people.
MARQUETTE TruNorth Federal Credit Union has chosen nine recipients for the 2019 TruNorth Community Grant.
Recipients include Upper Peninsula Family Solutions, Superior String Alliance, Cancer Care of Marquette County, Mia’s Wings, St. Francis Connection Center, Rotary Club of Ishpeming, Ishpeming Ski Club, Great Lakes Recovery Centers INC., and Hope Free Lutheran Church.
The TriNorth Board of Directors awarded the recipients in amounts of $1,000 or more. The funds will go to local non-profit organizations working to better our local communities by building handicapped accessible boat launches, providing education to local hospitals on infant loss, kitchen upgrades for community dinners, and much more.