Phyllis Wheatley's Men's Program Strengthens Skills to Resolve Problems Without Violence
Friday, June 06, 2008
A recent search of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) database indicted that of a sampling of 147 men who completed the Men's Anger Management Program at Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, 96% had no reported incidients of domestic violence 10-18 months after graduating from the program. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley and Hallie Q Brown Centers Recognized in Minnesota History Center's MN150 Exhibit
Friday, October 19, 2007
What do Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Hallie Q. Brown, Prince, the GPS system, Hubert H. Humphrey and the 1980 Olympic Hockey Team have in common? They all changed Minnesota. They’re among Minnesota’s treasures featured at ‘MN150’ exhibit that opened at the Minnesota History Center October 13. ...more
New Mentoring Program at Phyllis Wheatley Provides Opportunity to Youth and Adults
Friday, October 19, 2007
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, a cornerstone of the Minneapolis community since 1924, is beginning a school/community center based, one-on-one mentoring program for children in our surrounding community.
Research has shown that pairing youth one-on-one with caring and responsible adult mentors greatly increases the child’s chance of developing the social and academic skills needed to succeed in school and in life.
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Mary T. Wellcome Celebrates Graduates
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Over 75 family, friends and staff of Phyllis Wheatley Community Center’s Mary T. Wellcome Child Development Center, 1301 10th Avenue North in Minneapolis, gathered at the site on Friday, June 8, to celebrate the accomplishments of children graduating from its preschool. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley Earns Charities Review Council's Meets All Standards Seal
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center has been awarded the Charities Review Council “Meets All Standards” Seal indicating that it meets all sixteen rigorous Accountability Standards.
Nonprofit organizations such as Phyllis Wheatley Community Center earn the Seal by voluntarily participating in the Council’s online Accountability Wizard. The Accountability Wizard is available to all nonprofit organizations in Minnesota and addresses a nonprofit organization’s performance in four critical areas: Public Disclosure, Governance, Financial Activity and Fundraising. By participating in the Accountability Wizard, nonprofit organizations can demonstrate responsibility, integrity, and transparency to their constituents.
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Phyllis Wheatley Works to Close Academic Achievement Gap
Friday, September 15, 2006
In the state of Minnesota, one in two children enters Kindergarten unprepared to succeed. Among low-income families, a child is read to an average of 25 hours before entering Kindergarten, while a child from a middle-income family is read to an average of 1,700 hours. Phyllis Wheatley Community Center is working to close this academic achievement gap and has teamed up with Volunteers of America, Jumpstart and a number of other entities and individuals concerned about the future of our youth.
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Phyllis Wheatley Exhibit at Hennepin County Government Center
Monday, February 21, 2005
The story of Phyllis Wheatley Community Center and its impact on the community is on display during the month of February at the Hennepin County Government Center. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley Completes Strategic Plan
Friday, May 28, 2004
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center completed its strategic planning process in September 2003. This resulted in a revised mission that reflects a changing community and the demographics of the people served by Phyllis Wheatley. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley Welcomes New Executive Director Barbara Milon
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center is pleased to announce that Barbara Milon has become its new Executive Director effective February 10. This announcement comes after a six-month national executive search conducted by Phyllis Wheatley’s board of directors. “We were intent on finding the right person to lead the agency during an exciting time in the history of our organization and North Minneapolis,” said Wheatley Board Chair Henry Wesley. “Ms. Milon will bring energy and many strengths to the organization, including demonstrated success in community development, fundraising, nonprofit management and partnership collaboration.”
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Phyllis Wheatley Ends Year With Holiday Activities
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center was bustling with activity this holiday season as nearly 500 community residents experienced some holiday magic connected with the center. ...more
Community Gathers for Phyllis Wheatley’s 78th Anniversary
Monday, November 11, 2002
Over 100 people gathered to celebrate Phyllis Wheatley Community Center’s 78 years of community service at their anniversary fundraiser held on October 17 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Center at the University of Minnesota. The event, themed “Remembering the Past…Shaping the Future. Choices. Challenges. Changes” paid tribute to the agency’s rich legacy and showed how its current programs in child and youth development and family support services are helping to shape the future. ...more
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Friday, September 13, 2002
Phyllis Wheatley held a youth conference on Saturday, August 24. The conference, "Empowering Youth for the Future Against All Odds," offered a series of workshops on topics such as leadership, healthy sexual relationships, community service, education and succeeding against all odds. Music and dancing during lunch added to the fun. There were also door prizes and grab bags filled with snacks and trinkets and testimonies from youth sharing what they had received from the day. ...more
Second Annual Homecoming Held at Wheatley
Friday, August 09, 2002
A mayoral proclamation declared Saturday, July 20 an official "Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Day" in Minneapolis, in honor of the organization's 2nd annual homecoming event. ...more
Wheatley's Mary T. Wellcome Child Development Center Celebrates Graduates
Monday, July 01, 2002
Over 100 family, friends and staff of Phyllis Wheatley Community Center's Mary T. Wellcome Child Development Center, located at 1220 Seventh Avenue North in Minneapolis, gathered at the site on June 7 to celebrate the accomplishments of children graduating from its preschool. City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee delivered the commencement address, encouraging the children to strive for greater things and instilling in them that they can be whatever they want to if they work hard. ...more
New Youth Program Honors First Graduates
Friday, June 28, 2002
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Wheatley Motivators
Friday, May 24, 2002
Donnie Belcher and Gregory Clark, two participants of Phyllis Wheatley Community Center's Let's Motivate Leadership Council, were among five Twin Cities students honored with Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota "Beat the Odds" awards. Both are seniors attending North High. They were chosen for this award based on their ability to succeed despite obstacles and challenges encountered in their life. As part of this recognition, the students will receive scholarships to pursue higher education.
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Wheatley Celebrates Black History
Friday, March 01, 2002
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center held two celebrations in honor of black history month. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley To Hold Black History Celebration and 2002 Membership Drive
Thursday, February 21, 2002
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, 915 Emerson Avenue North in Minneapolis, will hold a black history celebration and 2002 membership drive kick-off on Wednesday, February 27, at 5:30 p.m. The event will feature a youth talent show celebrating the gifts of youth in our community, and a dramatic performance by Candy Pettiford portraying Phyllis Wheatley. A marketplace will also be set up during the event.
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Phyllis Wheatley Graduation Ceremony Celebrates Strong Families
Thursday, February 21, 2002
A graduation ceremony on January 15 at Phyllis Wheatley Community Center celebrated the accomplishments of 40 men and women who successfully completed the center's anger management and parenting programs. Their certificates represent the completion of 16 and 20-week curriculum programs that help individuals to develop positive ways of managing challenges. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley Helps to Spread Holiday Cheer
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center distributed donations of food, toys and funds on behalf of a number of people and organizations wishing to share holiday cheer with the community. "This outpouring of support for families in the community was one of the most generous experienced by Phyllis Wheatley in recent years," said Wheatley Associate Director Margaret Moore, who helped to coordinate many of the donations.
"We are thrilled with the generosity demonstrated by so many individuals and groups," added Carl B. Jones, President & CEO of Phyllis Wheatley. "The spirit of the season was certainly strong at Phyllis Wheatley."
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St. Thomas Students Raise Money, Food for Phyllis Wheatley Families
Thursday, December 06, 2001
As part of their spirit of giving this Thanksgiving, over 20 students who are members of St. Thomas College's Black Empowerment Student Alliance raised over $600 in cash and collected 12 boxes of nonperishable food items from other St. Thomas students and staff for families served by Phyllis Wheatley Community Center. ...more
Phyllis Wheatley Awarded Funds from Prince Hall Shriners
Thursday, December 06, 2001
The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons, jurisdiction of Minnesota, Inc., along with the Fezzan Temple #26, recently awarded Phyllis Wheatley Community Center a $1,000 gift to further their efforts in youth development.
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Phyllis Wheatley Celebrates 77 Years With Fundraiser-Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III Headlines Event
Wednesday, November 07, 2001
Drawing on the patriotism and work of poet and former slave Phyllis Wheatley, the Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III delivered a powerful message at Phyllis Wheatley Community Center’s 77th Anniversary “Empowering Families Through Generations” fundraiser banquet on October 24 at the Metropolitan Ballroom. An internationally recognized social activist, Butts is Pastor of the famous Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and President of SUNY College at Old Westbury. He is known for his work promoting social justice, community building and empowerment.
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Belarusian Delegates Visit Phyllis Wheatley
Tuesday, July 17, 2001
A delegation of leaders from the Republic of Belarus sponsored by Connect US-Russia came to the United States recently seeking ways to improve social conditions and family relationships for their residents. They came to Phyllis Wheatley Community Center with the desire to reduce all forms of domestic violence and to foster among families the opportunity for economic success-- and left hoping to emulate programs such as the Wheatley’s Anger Management and Effective Parenting. ...more
Community Gathers for Homecoming at Phyllis Wheatley
Friday, July 13, 2001
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center held its first annual alumni homecoming on June 23. The theme of the event was Generations Gathering...Celebrating Our Heritage and Hope. The homecoming was a three-part event with a brunch, a "family reunion" cookout/fun day and a Golden Gloves Gladiators memorial service. ...more
