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ENEWS: Roots in Rural, Business Prioritizing Equity, Infrastructure in NW
Retaining Newcomers in Rural The efforts of Greater Minnesota communities to attract and retain newcomers can sometime feel like a constant uphill battle. While several towns have put forth welcoming initiatives that have been successful in attracting newcomers, the next question is how do those towns encourage their children and grandchildren to keep their roots firmly planted in the community? Recently, the Sahan Journal profiled the town of ... Read More
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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: SEAT Program Success, Sprouting Solar, Economic Development Chapter
SEAT Program Success This past legislative session Growth & Justice endorsed the Increase Teachers of Color Act – which invests significant resources into attracting, developing, and retaining teachers of color in Minnesota. Recently, MinnPost published an article that clearly shows the importance of these efforts across our state. In an article entitled, “Pipeline to develop ethnic teachers has scholarships, an affinity group, ... Read More
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ENEWS: Time is Now, Tacking Action Statewide, International Leadership
The time is now for courageous action Growth & Justice makes it a mission to highlight and amplify the welcoming communities equity work happening in rural Minnesota that often goes unnoticed. While many communities are innovating new ways to welcome, this summer, regional and national publications continued to remind us that much work remains within our state to combat racism and anti-immigrant views. Kathy Annette, President of th... 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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