by AALFTC | Apr 26, 2022 | Press Release
[MINNEAPOLIS – APRIL 26, 2022] – African American Leadership Forum leader Marcus Owens, who steered the nonprofit through robust growth over the past four years, announced on Friday that his last day as CEO will be May 6. Owens will continue to serve AALF as an...
by AALFTC | Feb 18, 2022 | Press Release
The threat to public safety in the Twin Cities from 2021 has spilled into the first seven weeks of 2022. A woman was shot and killed in St. Paul two days ago. In the last ten days, three people have been shot and killed in Minneapolis, including a sophomore...
by AALFTC | Feb 10, 2022 | Press Release
On February 2, 2022, 22-year-old Amir Locke was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer. He was not a suspect nor a person of interest. Amir was looking forward to a career in the music industry. Instead, Locke is the latest Black man in Minnesota killed by...
by AALFTC | Jan 20, 2022 | Press Release
{MINNEAPOLIS-January 20, 2021}-The old adage goes “There is strength in numbers.” Let’s add, “But we’re even stronger with collective buy-in.” That defined one of the themes that emerged during an organized retreat for the African American...
by AALFTC | Oct 28, 2021 | Press Release
{Minneapolis-October 25, 2021} -The Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy fellows are coming down the home stretch in their 2021 program, and they’ve saved some of their best work for these last 90 days. Their goal is to finish strongly, as their campaign comes to...
