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ENEWS: Higher Ed Equity Goals, Business Reimagined, Mobile Innovations
Higher Ed Equity Goals Reviewed Growth & Justice has been instrumental over the last decade in convincing the state Legislature to establish specific statewide goals for post-secondary attainment and, more important, to erase the wide racial gaps in college degrees and job-training certificates. A recent MinnPost story offers a clear-eyed assessment of progress toward those goals, noting that overall attainment of an... Read More
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ENEWS: Retirement Inaccessible for Many, Growth in Gaylord, Elsie’s Breakfast
Inequality Drives Our Work Our persistent focus at Growth & Justice on building a more equitable prosperity in Minnesota is largely driven by mountains of data in recent decades that point to both stubborn racial disparities and rising economic inequality in our nation and state. A recent case in point is a report from the Brookings Institution showing that wealth inequality is even more stark than annual income inequality. ... Read More
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ENEWS: Breakfast Series Outlines G&J Sweep, Saving the Provider Tax, the Inclusion Imperative
G&J’s Past, Present and Future Join Joel, Dane and Jane for Breakfast at Elsie’s on May 22 We urge all our supporters and readers of our e-news to attend and bring a friend to the first in our free summer breakfast series, on May 22 at Elsies in Northeast Minneapolis. You’ll learn a lot more about the past, present and future of our work, as we lead Minnesota constructively toward a more inclusive economy... Read More
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ENEWS: Inclusion for Rural & Urban Places & People; MN Equity Blueprint/Human Capital; Latinos Drivi
Rural & Urban Challenges & Opportunities: Not So Divided After All Special Message from G&J President Jane Leonard: As April turned into May, I was honored to participate in two similar events at vastly different locations: first, our release of the Human Capital chapter of the MN Equity Blueprint last Friday with OneMN.org in Olivia, MN, with over 40 southwestern region community & economic leaders; and then on Tu... Read More
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ENEWS: Human Capital for Business and in Olivia, and the Rural Pulse
Small Biz Owners Call for Human Capital Investment Monday’s Star Tribune featured an op-ed by two small business owners, members of the Main Street Alliance, who made a strong case for an expansive state budget and ample public investments that actually improve the lives of their customers and employees. Growth & Justice has been collaborating with Main Street Alliance in support of policies that build human capital and ec... Read More
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