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ENEWS: Public health and Minnesota
Public health and Minnesota We are talking about public health in this week’s newsletter not with the intention to weigh you down with heavy news, but to emphasize the importance of vigilance in combating this pandemic and to refocus conversation on the public health crisis that this country faces and must confront— both with COVID-19 and beyond. COVID-19 in Minnesota Around 3.2 million Minnesotans are fully vaccinat... Read More
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ENEWS: Redistricting data and equitable rural economies
MN Compass articles - redistricting and new demographic data Check out Minnesota Compass for some great, useful articles! Research scientist Justin Hollis wrote a brief guide to redistricting data in Minnesota and the role that newer demographic data may play in the state’s redistricting process. Hollis breaks down different population growth statistics (particularly pertaining to racial and ethnic population growth), how that data will b... Read More
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ENEWS: Labor shortages in Minnesota — especially in education
Labor shortages in Minnesota — especially in education This week’s newsletter will focus on labor shortages in education and beyond, both in Minnesota and countrywide. Schools are dealing with not only COVID-19, but understaffing, struggling students, and frustrated parents, said MPR education reporter Elizabeth Shockman on Twitter. Shockman wrote this article at the end of September about school staff burnout. It outlines the... Read More
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ENEWS: Labor Day & the return to work
Labor Day This week we observed Labor Day (officially recognized as a federal holiday in 1894), a day originally intended to honor the “common worker.” Check out this article from NPR on three pivotal moments from worker’s history to remember this Labor Day that are “central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement, and today's workplace.” This was now our second Labor Day during COVID-19, which has dra... Read More
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ENEWS: Teamwork tools for Equity Development – Sports, Arts, Mapping!
Summer Games support closer to home Dear Growth & Justice e-news readers: Two Minnesotans helped the women’s gymnastics team rally for a silver medal this week in the Tokyo Olympics team competition (Grace McCallum of Isanti, MN, and Suni Lee of St. Paul). And now, as one of several dozen partner organizations bringing equity in youth sports and leadership development via Summer Games closer to home, G & J invites you t... Read More
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