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ENEWS: Racial and Rural Health Care Disparities
Racial Health Disparities Demand Action… Racial health disparities demand renewed attention from policy-makers as Minnesota struggles to dismantle systemic and institutional racism. A recent report from the African American Leadership Forum provides context and strategic framing that deserve careful consideration. The AALF report identifies seven “basic pillars of support” for erasing disparities: increase knowledg... Read More
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ENEWS: Pandemic Equity Op-Ed, Stakeholder Capitalism, Mapping Equity Work
Our MinnPost Op-Ed Points Way to Equitable Recovery Our latest commentary, published this week in MinnPost, describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the disparities and inequalities we’ve been warning Minnesota about in recent years. The op-ed, headlined “Equity is Rising as an Imperative for Minnesota’s Recovery’’ summarized dozens of major news stories that reveal how racial and re... Read More
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ENEWS: Help Us Fight for Minnesota Equity & Against Pandemic’s Inequalities
Give At Home MN for Growth & Justice, Please! Special message from Growth & Justice President Jane Leonard: “We urgently need your financial support this week. As a part of the Covid-19 #GiveAtHomeMN fundraising campaign for non-profits and schools, we’ve created a special fundraiser page for Growth & Justice, at https://www.givemn.org/story/Equityblueprint and I’ve kicked off the ... Read More
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ENEWS: Tracking Pandemic Inequities, Aspen/Brookings Echoes Blueprint, #GiveAtHomeMN
Tracking Pandemic’s Inequitable Impact in Minnesota Minnesota Compass, a highly respected source that tracks socio-economic conditions in Minnesota, has created a special page on its website for data on pandemic impact. Compass’s data points reinforce mounting evidence of a strongly disparate impact on communities of color and low-income families, and the website makes a point that Growth & Justice h... Read More
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ENEWS: A Momentous Earth Day, Agribiz Needs Immigrants, GiveAtHomeMN
50th Earth Day and Minnesota’s 1970 Solidarity The 50th anniversary of Earth Day finds the globe in a heightened state of awareness about the interdependence of earthlings and our ecosystems, the fragility of human and planetary health, and the consequences of both environmental degradation and economic injustice. Minnesota’s place in this momentous anniversary was highlighted in a Star Tribune article&nbs... Read More
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