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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: 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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2021 Legislative Agenda Draft
2021 Draft Priorities - Using an overarching diversity, equity and inclusion lens for policy consideration HUMAN CAPITAL Top Priorities: o Improve access to affordable health care, including a MinnesotaCare buy-in and pursuing other pathways to universal coverage. o Improve the economic security of households through successful safety net programs and ensure that pay and benefits for workers provide a route out of poverty. o Increase inves... Read More
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ENEWS: Blueprint Priorities, Health Care for All & Equitable Recovery
Last call for Blastoff registration & prioritizing Blueprint policies! Our second and final Minnesota Equity Blueprint Blastoff is happening next Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 12-1 p.m., so make sure to register if you’d like to provide your input for our 2021-22 legislative agenda! This meeting, which will be over Zoom, will build off the priorities ranked during the first Blastoff and create a masterlist of Blueprint ... Read More
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ENEWS: Reflections on Veterans Day & Public Policy ActivismÂ
Reflections on Veterans Day & Public Policy Activism In lieu of regular e-news this week, I share some reflections on two related events: Veterans Day and our upcoming MN Equity Blueprint Blast-Off sessions to prioritize a legislative policy agenda for the 2021-22 session (Nov. 18 and Dec. 16, both noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom). These events are related in my heart and mind because of my Dad, Rod Leonard, a Korean War veteran ... Read More
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