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ENEWS: Happy Earth Day
Earth Day Today we celebrate the 51st Earth Day. It is our second Earth Day in the COVID-19 pandemic, which gives this particular Earth Day a unique lens in terms of climate change and environmental resilience. As we look hopefully toward a post-pandemic world, many of the changes humans were forced to make as a result of COVID-19 made a visible impact on the environment— habits that many are encouraging people to continue ... Read More
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ENEWS: Nature & Climate Solutions, Trial Updates, Legislation Tracking
Natural Solutions for Climate The Nature Conservancy has released the 2021 Nature and Climate Solutions for Minnesota, which you can read here. As laid out in the executive summary, Minnesota is positioned to lead the Midwest (and the U.S.) in combating climate change, but we still aren’t reaching the right targets. The report asserts that natural climate solutions can step in to change this, offering “an estimated mitigat... Read More
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ENEWS: International Women’s Day, Trial Updates, Legislation Tracking
International Women’s Day Happy Women’s History Month, and we wish all women a happy belated International Women’s Day! This has been a devastating year in so many ways for so many people. We must address the immense job losses that working women in the U.S. experienced— please take a few minutes to read “When Women Lose All the Jobs: Essential Actions for a Gender-Equitable Recovery” from the Cente... Read More
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ENEWS: Chauvin Trial, Reckoning with Racism, & Equity Blueprint-Related Legislation
Chauvin trial begins March 8 The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the murder of George Floyd, is set to begin March 8. In the coming weeks through the G & J newsletter, we’ll highlight different coverage of the trial to provide updates and insights in conjunction with our work statewide to lift up equity and inclusion policies and practices that confront racism and build shared sustainable... Read More
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ENEWS: Race, Wealth, and Health Care
What we’re reading this week: Heather C. McGhee’s essay in NYT This week, check out “The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth,” an essay in the New York Times by Heather C. McGhee that is adapted from her book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. The essay discusses undoing the “idea of a fixed quantity of prosperity” and ho... Read More
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