Article: Students’ community celebration honored their elders

April 29, 2008

Students’ Community Celebration Honored Their Elders
by Jennifer Holder
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Originally posted 4/9/2008

An eighth-grade class in Minneapolis’ InterDistrict Downtown School (IDDS) is taking pride in their recent event — called Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song — for having accomplished three things; It was a successful literacy and history project for the students. It honored and celebrated the lives of three community elders. And it gave legendary local songwriter and performer Larry Long a chance to begin passing the torch to two rising local stars. Full Article...

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