No folks this is not baseball, although I wish it was and we were having baseball weather to boot! It is the opening day of the 2012 Legislative session and welcome to my first Legislative Update for 2012.
Sarah McLachlan: Being Bullied as Teen Inspired Her Music School School for At-Risk Youth
"When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly," McLachlan tells Spinner. "I didn't fit in, I didn't get on with a lot of people and I was sort of ostracized. Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't."
Vikings Stadium - Location Decisions Have Consequences
The major problem with the Linden Avenue proposal for a Vikings stadium is that it calls for the demolition of YouthLink, a nonprofit organization that serves youths in crisis. As an employee at the Bridge for Youth and as a student pursuing a masters in social work at Augsburg College, I have witnessed the life-saving work that YouthLink does.
“I wanted to do something for young people,” says Thompson, one of the greatest University of Minnesota football players of all time. “A lot of people, they have different callings, and for me it was getting involved with young people to shape or mold them. That was in my heart and in my mind. That’s why I got involved with Bolder Options.”