{"id":3371,"date":"2018-01-08T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2025-05-08T20:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:07:48","slug":"melvin-carter-ready-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2018\/01\/08\/melvin-carter-ready-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Carter ready to lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Harry Colbert, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managing Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

@HarryColbertJr \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul\u2019s Central High School needs to add another photo on its Hall of Fame wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo is of an effervescent young man who has risen through the ranks of government to become the city\u2019s current mayor. The photo is of Melvin Carter. Carter was inaugurated inside the gymnasium of Central High on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter said he was driven to lead by his love for the city he has called home since birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy love for St. Paul goes back 100 years to when my grandparents fled here from the violence and deep hatred in the South,\u201d said Carter during his inaugural remarks. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t have imagined the opportunity this city would show me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter thanked outgoing mayor Chris Coleman for his leadership, saying he helped in turning around the fortunes of St. Paul, but Carter said there is still work to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight now is an exciting time in St. Paul. St. Paul is a city with momentum, but we are also a city with deep inequity,\u201d said Carter, the city\u2019s first African-American mayor. \u201cI know first-hand how it feels to live on a block devastated by foreclosures, to long for a teacher for my kids that looks like them; and what it feels like to be stopped by police again and again. We have work to do to fulfil St. Paul\u2019s promise to every person in every part of our city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many St. Paulers are excited to see someone with deep roots and ties to the city in the mayor\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am proud to have a person that comes from a legacy family of taking care of others and the community,\u201d said Phaedre Sanders, a resident of St. Paul. \u201cI\u2019m excited for my son to see his possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rob Coleman, who grew up with Carter said he is proud to see Carter in the mayor\u2019s office not only because he is African-American, but also because he is the best person for the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the best thing that could happen for the city right now,\u201d said Coleman. \u201c(Carter) was born and raised in St. Paul and knows the history of the city. Not only by living here, but through his heritage. He knows the issues and understands what needs to be done to make the city better and prosper. I also believe that he will be able to get the residents on board to revive the city and make us come together as one cohesive city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Benz, a teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis and who lives in St. Paul, said Carter\u2019s election offers hope for St. Paul, but also hope for many of her students of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMelvin Carter is breaking the status quo of the typical white man in power,\u201d said Benz. \u201cI\u2019m excited to talk about this with my Black and Brown students because they can see themselves in him. I want them to be empowered. It also provides hope for me that we can come together as a community to push for more and much needed changes. It shows that progress is slow but can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Harry Colbert, Jr. Managing Editor @HarryColbertJr \u2013 St. Paul\u2019s Central High School needs to add another photo on its Hall of Fame wall. The photo is of an effervescent young man who has risen through the ranks of government to become the city\u2019s current mayor. The photo is of Melvin Carter. Carter was inaugurated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2293,2292,2291],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-chris-coleman","tag-melvin-carter","tag-st-pauls-central-high-school","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3372,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}