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Meet Minneapolis Names Top Black Artists 2021

February 24, 2021 by IamMoody

We just saw the news, Meet Minneapolis names top black artists 2021. It’s always fantastic to see our many artists of color getting recognized to help them connect with larger audiences.

IamMoody favorites Ta-coumba, Leslie Barlow, Christopher E. Harrison, Vanessa McDuffie and Bobby Rogers were not the list. I have purchased art from many of these and support them all.

We know that they missed rising talent Sarah B Kamsin. She is multi-talented person of color. We recently produced her book launch for Vita, Babel, Cauliflower from her new book of 39 Poems on Metropolis and EarthBook She was recently picked up by agency. The future is hers to choose!

Please take a moment to check out all the black artists, photographers and talented music professionals in the article and support them as much as you can. We will hopefully see you this summer for Healing Thru Art at MartinPatrick3 with Roho Collective

Minneapolis Black Artists & Creatives You Should Know About
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Georgia Fort Announces BLCK Press

February 20, 2021 by IamMoody

Georgia Fort just announced BLCK Press. We have known Georgia for several years and she has never been status quo. She was a working journalist the first time we met her. BLCK Press was just announced so we will

“The big news is I am starting my company BLCK Press. To create a community for independent journalists who are amplifying the Black experience. We are not a monolith and I can not tell all our stories but I can create opportunities for other media makers doing this work too. BLCK Press will lead the industry by allowing creators to retain the rights to their work. We will also be a place where society can come and get a diverse perspective that they are not able to get from mainstream media. I’m truly excited about this next chapter and invite you on this journey with me! Feel free to plant a seed and help support other dope independent journalists like myself. We’ve already created paid opportunities for 10 contractors!

The more I journeyed down the path of being an independent journalist the more I realized there was a huge need among that community for specialized resources. There’s some great stories being told but this up and coming journalists aren’t getting exposure. There’s no sustainability because an ecosystem needs to be created. And the public needs more diverse media sources so it only makes sense to create a bridge“

Houston White Fall 2020

October 13, 2020 by IamMoody

I have long been a friend and supporter of Houston White. It started with HWMR (Houston White Men’s Room) and continued on his journey to create menswear collections. The Summer collection was hot and front and center at our Healing Through Art event at Martin Patrick 3. I am already loving what I am seeing in the images he sent. I have my blazer on order. What say you?

The Houston White brand has been on a journey this year and we have a new collection (see attached) for fall that we want to drop in a special way, with special people. While this is a strange and unprecedented time for us all, we’re seeing some light in the darkness. We’re seeing a long-overdue public reckoning with racism.

We see all different types of good people coming together to create a community amid the many crises we face. And in the spirit of togetherness, we don’t want to just drop this new collection on the site. We’re creating special drop locations for people to [safely] come out and get their hands on fresh pieces that will make them feel good and stand tall.

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Houston White 2020 Fall Lookbook

Houston White 2020 Fall

Richard Moody For Blu Dot

May 14, 2020 by IamMoody

Richard Moody for Blu Dot modern furniture. Given all the roles Richard plays in the community including a neighbor, purser, event planner, fashion show producer, volunteer, people sometimes forget he is a working model. Richard recently got the call from Blu Dot in NE Minneapolis to do some work. Below is the first image we have seen. We hope more are coming. In the meantime go check out Blu Dot Modern & Contemporary Furniture Designs Online

NW Wisconsin Job Posting – MBM Dock Service

May 4, 2020 by IamMoody

This is a NW Wisconsin job posting for MBM Dock Service. They are looking for reliable, responsible help for spring dock and lift installation, possible work through November for right people. Must be able to be in the water, follow instructions from a supervisor, be on time daily. Not afraid of hard work.

Interested people please call, mitch 715-645-2073 or Tami 715-645-2209 for interview arrangements. Serious inquiries only please. Thank you! MBM

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IAM Delta Fights To Steady Air and Rail Industries

March 27, 2020 by IamMoody

More than half of my life has been working in the airlines for one company that completed merger after merger into what is now Delta. Having seen many things in my lifetime take place in the airline industry, this is something new. I am sharing this because I am a proud Delta employee and I want others to know I thank them for looking out for my “Family” making sure we are represented in the stimulus bill.

IAM Fights and Senate Passes Bill to Steady Air and Rail Industries

The Senate late last night passed a bi-partisan stimulus Bill that will help stabilize the air and rail industries, protect all airline workers and provide the entire country with much-needed financial relief. The House of Representatives is expected to easily pass the Bill on Friday.

“This critical legislation was almost derailed by opportunists, including some in the labor movement, trying to add self-serving conditions to the aid our members and our industry so desperately need,” said General Vice President Sito Pantoja. “The IAM’s legislative team has been working around the clock, seven days a week since this crisis began with specific instructions that their priority was to advocate for our members jobs, not anyone’s unrelated wish list. Thankfully, with the help of tens of thousands of IAM members who contacted their Senators and Representatives, we succeeded and unnecessary conditions were eliminated.”

It is important to emphasize that the IAM fought for airline workers who are not yet in unions just as they will be treated the same under this legislation as unionized airline workers are.

Highlights of the federal stimulus for airlines:

$25 billion in grants and $25 billion in loans or loan guarantees to the airline industry
– Before labor’s input it was only a loan program

The grant funds are EXCLUSIVELY for the continuation of payment of employee wages, salaries and benefits
– Before labor’s input, this provision did not exist

No condition to open CBAs and enter concessionary negotiations to receive grant funds, loans or loan guarantees
– Before labor’s input, the Treasury Secretary had the power to demand unlimited conditions on receiving federal funds

As a condition to receive federal grant funds the carrier must refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs until September 30, 2020
– Before labor’s input, this important provision did not exist
Prohibition on stock buybacks until September 30, 2021
Prohibition of dividend payments until September 30, 2021
Limits on executive compensation
Limits on “golden parachutes”
– Before labor’s input, these provisions did not exist

“If not for all of Labor, this legislation would not be centered on workers as it is,” continued Pantoja. “It would have been a give-away to corporations and Wall Street. What we accomplished was substantial, but now is not the time to celebrate. Workers are unemployed, businesses are closed and people are dying every day in our communities from the COVID-19 pandemic. We still have an unprecedented crisis in front of us, so our work is far from being done.”

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