Minneapolis (August 11, 2010) – Mayor R.T. Rybak and 1,350 of the youth employed through the City’s STEP-UP program celebrated the completion of their summer program Wednesday at a Minneapolis Convention Center event. The students worked as paid interns throughout the city at 178 businesses and organizations that partnered with a commitment to training the city’s future workforce.

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Learn, watch, and play at the Macalester College World Cup Soccer Camp, June 21-26, 2010.

Learn about the cultures and customs of participating World Cup nations like Spain, Brazil and South Africa while learning how to play soccer with  collegiate soccer coaches from Macalester, Beloit, Northwestern and Marquette.

The camp has morning and afternoon sessions and is for boys and girls going in to 6, 7 or 8th grade. Each camper will watch the first-ever World Cup hosted on the African continent and receive a country-specific T-shirt and official World Cup replica soccer ball along with Gatorade and snacks.

Camp costs $50 for the week and scholarships are available.  Registration deadline is June 8, 2010.  For more information call  651-696-6260.

St. Paul, Minn. (May 25, 2010) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed a decision by the U.S. Department of Education – Office for Civil Rights (DOE-OCR) to launch an investigation into growing racial tensions in public high schools in St. Cloud and Owatonna.

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Asian Media Access, the Twin Cities nonprofit organization dedicated to cultural enhancement through media arts and education, in collaboration with MN Sunshine Dance Group and Pan Asian Artists Alliance, is proud to present “Pan Asian Dance Festival” on Sunday, May 23, from Noon to 5:00 p.m. at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville.

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St. Paul, Minn. (April 12, 2010)-The Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc. announced the availability of the 2010 Academic Enrichment Guide.

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Minneapolis, Minn. (March 25, 2010) – Yinghua Academy received $99,979 from the National Foreign Language Center STARTALK Program to develop two Chinese immersion summer camp classes.

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Admission Possible, the nonprofit organization providing college preparatory programming to low-income high school students for free, is recruiting now through mid-April for sophomores interested in obtaining a college education.

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MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 28, 2010) – An innovative Hmong dance team and a new rock band’s first gig were just two of the highlights of the 5th Asian Media Access Lunar New Gala at Varsity Theater in Dinkytown on the last day of February.

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The Monkey King, a theatrical and movement filled play with a script written and translated by Shen Pei and her brother – runs March 12-14, and March 19-21 at the Performance Space at Neighborhood House at Wellstone Center, 179 Robie Street East, St. Paul.

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MINNEAPOLIS – The Year 2009 marked the end of the decade, full of surprises, and historical moments, there is no exception for Asian Media Access.

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