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----- ---------.-- I 4 Peace Economy News Board (cont'd) I Minneapolis, where she specializes in personnel law. She has "I have a dream" speech. worked as an organizer and volunteer for numerous grass-roots Claudette Munson is an assembly worker at unisy. advocacy organizations, including Minnesota COACT, Corporation and an active member of the International I Minnesota National Organization for Women and Minnesota Pro-Vote. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 2047. She became Rep. Karen Clark is a founding board member of involved with Jobs with Peace through conversion efforts at Minnesota Jobs with Peace, and has worked closely with the her work place, which at the time was manufacturing parts for I organization throughout her 15 years in the Minnesota weapons guidance systems. She has played a key role in Legislature. In 1985, she became chair of the Minnesota Task strengthening ties between peace activists and organizer labor. Force on Economic Conversion, the first such state task force She is on the Steering Committee of the National Economic in the country. She has championed numerous pieces of eco- Conversion Activists Alliance. She recently was elected mayor I nomic conversion legislation at the Capitol. Her efforts have of Willemie. resulted in key pieces of legislation to assist laid-off workers Dan Valliere is an advocacy program associate with and to require more accountability from Minnesota businesses Minneapolis Family and Children's Services, where he does I that receive state funds. lobbying and organizing on issues affecting low-income peo- Darrell Edwards is a highway maintenance worker for pie. He has been active with the Minnesota Right to Housing the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the father of 4 Campaign. He previously was a VISTA volunteer with the children, and an active community volunteer in Arden Hills. Minnesota Housing Partnership. I He is an Army Reservist, who has served combat in Vietnam Kay Welsch is a minister with the United Church of Christ and Saudi Arabia. His community activities include coaching and serves as an interim minister for congregations in transi- soccer, working with the Boy Scouts and the YMCA. He tion. She became involved with Jobs with Peace in 1994, I became involved in Jobs with Peace in 1994, through his par- through her participation in the Arsenal Cleanup and ticipation in the Arsenal Cleanup and Conversion Project. Conversion Project. She also is on the board of the Religious Harry Grigsby is a business representative with Local 63 Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She is a resident of of the Service Employees International Union and an active Mounds View. I volunteer in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Before working Clarence White is a bookseller and activist in the DFL for the union, he taught school for many years, teaching trades Party. He has taught at Metropolitan State University and has to youths and adults in transition. Among his regular volunteer written articles that have appeared in various publications, activities, he takes part in Black History Month celebrations by including Minnesota:S Journal of Law and Politics and the Srae I delivering a dramatic reenactment of Martin Luther King's Tribune. He lives in Saint Paul. Arsenal Project brings together community I Residents, businesses and workers in the north suburbs the group is working to ensure that citizens have an opportu- will soon get a chance to share their views on the future of the nity to guide the redevelopment process - rather than simply Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, thanks to the Arsenal react to proposals and plans from private developers. I Cleanup and Conversion Project. Between 12 and 20 community meetings will be held dur- The Project, initiated a year ago by Jobs with Peace, is ing between April and July. Special efforts are being made to coordinating community brainstorming meetings in neighbor- involve low-income and unemployed people, youth, elderly I hoods surrounding the 4-square-mile Army site. The meetings and businesses. are intended to inform decision makers about the strengths and The enormous size and scope of the Army property war- needs of suburban communities bordering the site, and to rants taking a step back and engaging in a bottom-up approach solicit residents' ideas and concerns about the future of the to planning, members of the project believe. The Project has I property. received support for this approach from the University of The Arsenal Project seeks to address community needs - Minnesota Extension Service, which is providing funds for a such as good-paying jobs, housing, and environmental protec- half-time Community Participation Coordinator. I tion - through the re-use of the Army site. More importantly, Sacha Peterson was hired in January to coordinate the community meetings and work with Project members to edu- Congratulations to cate residents about opportunities at the Arsenal. She is a grad- uate student at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and a I Minnesota Jobs With Peace former planning assistant in the City of Faribault. The Arsenal property borders the north suburbs of New for 10 Years of Brighton, Arden Hills, Mounds View and Shoreview. The I site's 2,400 acres include approximately 1,700 acres of keeping the Grinch at bay wildlife and open space, much of which is invisible from sur- rounding roads. The area is home to a variety of plant and ani- from the mal life, including unusual water fowl and amphibian speci. I Minnesota Council of Non profits native prairie grasses and the Blanding's Turtle, a rare turtle. "Making Minnesota Better Through Nonprofits" In the property's southwest comer, near Highway 10, are continued on page 8 I ---- -