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	<title>IMAGINE 2050 &#187; Garat Ibrahim</title>
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		<title>The Deteriorating Safety Conditions Facing Somali Workers in Minnesota&#8217;s Meat Processing Plants</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/09/16/the-deteriorating-safety-conditions-facing-somali-workers-in-minnesotas-meat-processing-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenneo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Threatening Injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Processing Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melrose Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Probationary Periods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Processing Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety Guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slow Down the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slow Down the Line Petition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superiors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Job Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary workers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The general level of safety of Somali workers has been eroding for some time inside the Jenneo plant in Melrose, Minnesota, but today I would like to share with you a story of one worker who has endured tremendous challenges—challenges &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/09/16/the-deteriorating-safety-conditions-facing-somali-workers-in-minnesotas-meat-processing-plants/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee Struggles in Minnesota&#8217;s Meat-Packing Plants</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/06/17/refugee-struggles-in-minnesotas-meat-packing-plants/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/06/17/refugee-struggles-in-minnesotas-meat-packing-plants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bathroom Breaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cold Spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Injustices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa Nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennie O Turkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennie-O]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lunch Breaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marshall Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Packing Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meatpacking Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worker Exploitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two decades the trend of Somali refugees moving from their war torn homeland to America, so often finding work in small meat packing plants, has had a profound impact in small towns across the Midwest and the &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/06/17/refugee-struggles-in-minnesotas-meat-packing-plants/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of Education Spurring on Public Health Epidemic in Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/04/04/lack-of-education-spurring-on-public-health-epidemic-in-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/04/04/lack-of-education-spurring-on-public-health-epidemic-in-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wakefield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department Of Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Professionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lack Of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minneapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Department Of Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mmr Vaccinations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health Epidemic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willmar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent media reports, eleven confirmed cases of measles have appeared in the Twin Cities, with about half emerging from the Somali community. Despite the dedicated efforts of health professionals within our community, many of us continue to neglect &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/04/04/lack-of-education-spurring-on-public-health-epidemic-in-minnesota/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The hardships faced by refugees in rural meat-packing communities intensifies daily</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/02/22/the-hardships-faced-by-refugees-in-rural-meat-packing-communities-intensifies-daily/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/02/22/the-hardships-faced-by-refugees-in-rural-meat-packing-communities-intensifies-daily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Injured Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intense Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat And Poultry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Packing Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ninety Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poultry Processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Agency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The impact the economic crisis has had on the refugee community in central Minnesota is significant. The major layoffs at the end of 2008 resulted in a number of refugees that are still out of work. After their employment benefits &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/02/22/the-hardships-faced-by-refugees-in-rural-meat-packing-communities-intensifies-daily/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who is to blame for the lack of progress in Haiti?</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/01/15/who-is-to-blame-for-the-lack-of-progress-in-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/01/15/who-is-to-blame-for-the-lack-of-progress-in-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aid Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billions Of Dollars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catastrophic Earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catastrophic Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colonial Exploitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colonial Oppression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Donors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Media Outlets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ngos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Of Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tsunami Catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twelve Months]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Attention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been one year since the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. World attention vividly captured the impact of that tragedy through television and a lot of people around the world sent contribution to help the people of Haiti. Billions of &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/01/15/who-is-to-blame-for-the-lack-of-progress-in-haiti/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discerning between cheap and inexpensive food</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/11/26/discerning-between-cheap-and-inexpensive-food/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/11/26/discerning-between-cheap-and-inexpensive-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Stamp Recipients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Subsidies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Fructose Corn Syrup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry Giant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Packing Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutritional Value Of Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans Fats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey Sandwiches]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newcomm.webfactional.com/?p=6649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years I have turned a critical eye on American agribusiness and the corporate food industry. Giant companies increasingly turn profits by cheapening the nutritional value of food and selling it inexpensively. High fructose corn syrup and &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/11/26/discerning-between-cheap-and-inexpensive-food/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Terry Jones: An Attack On Our Freedom</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/09/30/terry-jones-an-attack-on-our-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/09/30/terry-jones-an-attack-on-our-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Cultural Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qur’an]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two years we have seen a tide of hate-mongering and Muslim-bashing wash across the United States.  Mosques have been attacked in California and Tennessee, and ever since the Islamic Cultural Center was planned for lower Manhattan, it &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/09/30/terry-jones-an-attack-on-our-freedom/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hope in the Making, Somali Americans Run for School Board</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/08/30/hope-in-the-making-somali-americans-run-for-school-board/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/08/30/hope-in-the-making-somali-americans-run-for-school-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achievement Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demographic Changes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inclusiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School District Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent primary election was quite extraordinary for a new group of Americans who live in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. For the last 10 or so years, school issues have been a big topic of discussion for the Somali and &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/08/30/hope-in-the-making-somali-americans-run-for-school-board/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Community Concerned About Recent Vandalism</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/08/03/somali-community-concerned-about-recent-vandalism/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/08/03/somali-community-concerned-about-recent-vandalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racist Graffiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Cloud Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Us Department Of Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The red spray paint on the front window of Somali-owned Hormud Market had not a so subtle message: “GO HOME.” The bigot who painted the graffiti could have chosen any other grocery store in town, but painting those sentiments in &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/08/03/somali-community-concerned-about-recent-vandalism/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Somalis in Minnesota Celebrate 50 Years of Independence</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/07/06/somalis-in-minnesota-celebrate-50-years-of-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/07/06/somalis-in-minnesota-celebrate-50-years-of-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50th Anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Somaliland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colonial Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian Somaliland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivory Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July 1 1960]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upcoming Election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somalis in Minnesota marked the 50th anniversary of the Somali Independence Day on Thursday at Saint Cloud’s State University Hall. Hundreds of Somalis and their friends gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary. In 2007, Ghana became the first African country &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/07/06/somalis-in-minnesota-celebrate-50-years-of-independence/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Harassment of Somali Students in Minnesota Investigated By Federal Agency&#8217;s Office of Civil Rights</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/06/08/harassment-of-somali-students-in-minnesota-investigated-by-federal-agencys-office-of-civil-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/06/08/harassment-of-somali-students-in-minnesota-investigated-by-federal-agencys-office-of-civil-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Act Of 1964]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department Of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination In Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office Of Civil Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race And Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Administrators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saint Cloud, Minnesota has been in the news lately because of the daily hostility Somali students faced at school. Among the complaints: an “I hate the Somalians at Tech High” Facebook page, bacon shoved in the faces of Muslims as &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/06/08/harassment-of-somali-students-in-minnesota-investigated-by-federal-agencys-office-of-civil-rights/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics of Immigration Reform After SB1070</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/05/11/the-politics-of-immigration-reform-after-sb1070/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/05/11/the-politics-of-immigration-reform-after-sb1070/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Draconian Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Chuck Schumer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple weeks the issue of immigration reform has come to the front burner due to draconian laws created by the anti-immigrant movement. One such law has been passed by Arizona state legislature and almost ten more state &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/05/11/the-politics-of-immigration-reform-after-sb1070/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Wake Up Call for Saint Cloud School Leaders</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/05/a-wake-up-call-for-saint-cloud-school-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/05/a-wake-up-call-for-saint-cloud-school-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Administrators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The questions many Somalis ask themselves is, ‘what is wrong with Saint Cloud, Minnesota?’ Why is there an environment of hate towards people of color and minorities? Why are our children faced with daily hostility at school? Among the complaints: &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/05/a-wake-up-call-for-saint-cloud-school-leaders/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It is Time for Humane Immigration Reform</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/03/18/it-is-time-for-humane-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/03/18/it-is-time-for-humane-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apply For Citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Conditions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is time to address the United States’ broken immigration system. Through comprehensive immigration reform many in the United States could benefit. The current immigration system weakens our economy and betrays human values. For many, the American dream remains elusive &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/03/18/it-is-time-for-humane-immigration-reform/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Racism Exists in Saint Cloud</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/02/22/racism-exists-in-saint-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/02/22/racism-exists-in-saint-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Cloud Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Refugees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An act of hate was recently perpetrated by a resident in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. A packet of hateful, deragogatory depictions of Prophet Mohamed engaged in bestiality was posted to a telephone pole in front of a Somali store. This was &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/02/22/racism-exists-in-saint-cloud/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Work to Counter Harsh Realities of Meat Packing</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/01/22/leaders-work-to-counter-harsh-realities-of-meat-packing/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/01/22/leaders-work-to-counter-harsh-realities-of-meat-packing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood Sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brave Individuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Prayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diabetic Patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glass Of Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harsh Realities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harsh Reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lowest Paying Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Packing Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midwest Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talented Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is very difficult to have a good understanding of the hands that feed us every day and the harsh reality that workers undergo daily in the meat packing industry. These are some of the hardest jobs in the food &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/01/22/leaders-work-to-counter-harsh-realities-of-meat-packing/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Progress on Plant Safety Benefits Entire Community</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/12/04/progress-on-plant-safety-benefits-entire-community/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/12/04/progress-on-plant-safety-benefits-entire-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meatpacking Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meatpacking Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Safety And Health Administration Osha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Central Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worker Injuries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The faces of central and west central Minnesota have changed over the last decade as refugee and immigrants caused the populations of Willmar and Saint Cloud to swell. Most of these individuals work in meatpacking plants. In addition to the &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/12/04/progress-on-plant-safety-benefits-entire-community/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Refugee Struggles and Triumphs</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/10/30/somali-refugee-struggles-and-triumphs/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/10/30/somali-refugee-struggles-and-triumphs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garat Ibrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Positions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Host Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Packing Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the Somali refugees in central Minnesota were resettled in early 2001, and they have being living and working in communities there for the last decade. Generally, the refugees have had tumultuous experiences while transitioning, although each community dealt &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/10/30/somali-refugee-struggles-and-triumphs/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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