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Steve Date

Steve Date shoots video stories for MinnPost. Steve is a teacher in the Minneapolis Public Schools. He is also a documentary filmmaker and photographer. To see more of his work, go to his website, See To Sea Productions. He also has a blog called "Trying to Pay Attention." Steve welcomes story ideas.

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Video report: Liberians in Minnesota face deportation

By Steve Date | 02/16/09
Aba Hamilton Dolo of Coon Rapids might have some tough decisions to make next month. Washington Yonly, who lives in Brooklyn Park, is anxious about his future as well. Both face deportation to their home country of Liberia.
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Video report: Protesters at support rally for Israel offer their views

By Steve Date | 01/16/09
Several of the estimated 250 protesters outside Sunday's gathering in support of  Israel's actions in Gaza share their views of the issues. Also, a video history lesson on Gaza.
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Video report: Local leaders voice support for Israel

By Steve Date | 01/12/09
An overflow crowd packed the Sabes Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park yesterday afternoon to listen to Minnesota political and religious leaders speak in support of Israel's recent actions in Gaza.
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Heart of the Beast: Not your traditional Nativity story (video)

By Steve Date | 12/23/08
From the moment Maria (Lizette Gomez Vega) is summoned by angels while in line at Torilleria La Perla in the food court of El Mercado Central, it's obvious this is not going to be a traditional telling of the Nativity story.
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Somali refugees describe a country in chaos

By Steve Date | 12/01/08
The early 1990s were a terrible time in Somalia. When Minneapolis residents Mohamed Hassan and Gandi Mohamed fled in 1991, the country was in turmoil. They say it's worse today as chaos reigns.
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Smithies gather to celebrate their history

By Steve Date | 11/11/08

The list of Smith College alums is impressive. Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Barbara Bush, Julia Child, Molly Ivins, Yolanda King, Sylvia Plath, Margaret Mitchell, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Nancy Reagan are just a few of the notables.

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Video: United Negro College Fund Walk for Education

By Steve Date | 09/09/08
Caroline Wanga knows what it feels like to not fit in. When she came to Roseville from Kenya at age 10, few of her schoolmates looked like her and none of them spoke with the kind of accent she had.
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Part 3: The Postville rally

By Steve Date | 07/29/08
POSTVILLE, IOWA — This is the third installment about a rally here Sunday to support 400 undocumented workers who were arrested in a raid at a kosher meat-packing plant. Read and watch the videos... By Steve Date
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Sights and sounds of the Postville rally

By Steve Date | 07/28/08
POSTVILLE, IOWA — This is the first of two video reports on a rally here Sunday to support 400 immigrant workers who were arrested earlier this year in a raid on a kosher meat-packing plant in this community. By Steve Date
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The Postville raid: Local group rallies to support immigrant workers

By Steve Date | 07/25/08
By Steve Date | Friday, July 25, 2008 Three buses with about 130 people will roll out of Temple Israel in Minneapolis Sunday morning for a four-hour trip to Postville, Iowa, to draw attention to a raid on a kosher meat-packing plant that has come un