At-risk teen found home at Briggs & Morgan
Walking in, we find marble floors, nice polished wooden tables, and quiet. A beautiful receptionist offers us soda and some chocolate. Looking out the windows, we see the Foshay Tower and people in suits, walking the streets below, enjoying the summer weather.
Richard Terrell walks in with a warming smile and greets us, looking like the next new thing in the Briggs and Morgan law firm.
The IDS building, which is in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, is home to one of the most prestigious law firms in the state of Minnesota. Terrell, dressed in a two-piece suit on the 22nd floor, has come a long way from being an at-risk youth. The 21-year-old has worked at Briggs and Morgan as an intern during summers and school breaks for five years.... Read more >>
The impact of violence, a three-part series
Mary Johnson didn’t know the man she was going to visit. Three years earlier, he refused to meet her. But now that she had the chance, Johnson said she had to take it.
“We walked up through the parking ramp and about halfway up the ramp I got there and I just broke down,” Johnson said. “I said ‘God, I cannot do this, I’m just not ready.’ ”... Read more >>
Shiloh pounds pavement for safety
Just the other day Joanne Timberlake, a North Minneapolis resident, witnessed a drug deal in her yard. Racheal Babbitt, who works at a homeless shelter right across the street, was harassed by a man who seemed drunk. Tanden Brekke, who lives a few blocks away, said there have been two homicides close to his house within the last two years he has been living over in North Minneapolis.
All these events happened within a ten-block radius of Shiloh Temple International Ministries, a church located in the heart of North Minneapolis. It’s because of events like this that Shiloh has been given the large task of creating a safety zone around these blocks.
The goal of this project is not only to diminish the violence in the area, but also to establish and address the needs of the neighborhood. This is the first time Shiloh has done something like the Safe Zone project.
All these events happened within a ten-block radius of Shiloh Temple International Ministries, a church located in the heart of North Minneapolis. It’s because of events like this that Shiloh has been given the large task of creating a safety zone around these blocks.... Read more >>
