Voices For Change

Black firefighters in the St. Paul Fire Department are now in more promoted positions than at any other time in department history. FOX 9's Symone Woolridge has the full Voices for Change story.

Growing up in Kenya, Callin Bosire and her three sisters developed a passion for working the land. Now they spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, growing nearly two dozen types of vegetables on 30 acres in Loretto.

St. Paul police, St. Paul Public Schools, along with nonprofit The Urban Village, have partnered up to help student overcome obstacles. FOX 9's Chenue Her has the story.

The new documentary, "The Brothers Of Rondo" chronicles the lives of four friends who grew up in St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood. FOX 9's Maury Glover has the full story.

In the film, “Bitterroot”, the Hmong American experience takes center stage. But the movie is also shining a light on Southeast Asian filmmakers here in the Twin Cities.

A Minneapolis woman plans to be the first Black woman to solo kayak the entire length of the Mississippi River.

The Northrop Mall is a historic landmark on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. Among the buildings that shape the landscape is Morrill Hall, a building that is home to the university’s administrative offices but also the site of a significant moment in Black history.

For nearly 70 years, St Peter Claver Catholic School has been an anchor in St. Paul's African American community. But one of the products of this neighborhood institution has been a pillar of the school as well. Lynn Wright has spent nearly half her life roaming these halls. As the scholar and family liaison, she is responsible for discipline. But she is also there to lend a helping hand wherever she is needed.

As a pilot for United Airlines, Donnie Gardner has traveled the world. Now with his store in the historic Hamm Building in downtown St. Paul, he is trying to motivate others to do the same.