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ENEWS: Rural stewardship & equity and Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Legislative updates Before the Minnesota Legislature adjourns this month, we’ll include more legislative updates in these newsletters. From MinnPost, here’s an article on “Six things that could get done at the Minnesota Legislature before the end of the 2022 session.” The issues the article highlights include budget & taxes (the state budget surplus), public safety, drought relief, liquor and gambling bills, Unemploy... Read More
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ENEWS: Racial Equity Dividends, Democracy Backsliding, Smart Investments in MN Students
Center for Economic Inclusion’s work featured in Star Tribune The Star Tribune recently published an article (written by Dee DePass) on the Minnesota Racial Equity Dividends Index created by the Center for Economic Inclusion. The Racial Equity Dividends Index allows companies to register and “assess their equity and inclusion progress against 37 ‘standards of excellence’ used to build racially inclusive workplaces ... 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: Back to school edition
The Page Amendment The Page Amendment is one of the efforts to close education disparities in Minnesota. The proposed amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution would give all children a civil right to a quality public education. The amendment is the result of a partnership between the Minneapolis Federal Reserve and Justice Page to address the longstanding racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps in education in Minnesota. If passed, the... Read More
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ENEWS: Sports as equity builders
Sports as equity builders - Summer Games finale this Sunday! Here’s a last call to join your North Minneapolis neighbors on August 8 to assist in making the final day of the Northside Summer Games and Guinness World Records™ Day a great success! REGISTER TODAY and participate on August 8 at North Commons Park in Minneapolis to help break two GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titles: the Largest Game of Catch (American Football) an... Read More
