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ENEWS: Thanks for celebrating our 20th anniversary!
Thank you for celebrating our 20th anniversary! Thank you to everyone who attended our 20th anniversary celebration on April 11, and thank you to all of our wonderful panelists and moderators for sharing your time, stories, and thoughts with us! We had a conversation between past and present G&J presidents on our organization’s history and path forward, discussions on public policy through Lead for Minnesota Fellows who shared t... Read More
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ENEWS: Honoring Minnesota women
Women’s History Month — honoring MN women! Happy Women’s History Month (and a belated International Women’s Day)! In honor of this, we’re spotlighting women from Minnesota’s history— thank you to the MN Historical Society for these resources! All information below comes from their website and the Votes for Women online exhibit. Below you can find information on some of the incredible Minnesotan wo... Read More
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ENEWS: Environmental resilience stories & resources
Headwaters community food and water bill To read about some action happening on the environmental resilience front, take a look at this newsletter with stories on the Headwaters Community Food & Water Bill, which creates an economic resiliency program.“Stories from the Homefront 2030” gives anecdotes about the promise shown by programs and initiatives through the bill, such as the Pollinator Landscapes Program, ‘Summ... Read More
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ENEWS: Intersections of climate, race, and economic inequalities
Intersections of climate, race, and economic inequalities In the recent heat waves rolling across the country, we thought it may be another important time to bring up the intersections between climate & the environment, race, and economic inequality. “Racism is magnifying the deadly impact of rising city heat” from Nature details the relationships between extreme weather impact and inequalities. It includes climate researc... Read More
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ENEWS: City of Lakes Summer Games - Joy, healing, & community service
Helping Kids be Kids: Summer Games and G&J For the past few months and into the 2021 summer, Growth & Justice has been turning policy development and advocacy into pragmatic practice as the fiscal agent and one of many supporting partners in the creation of the City of Lakes Summer Games (July-August) for youth, hosted in North Commons Park, North Community YMCA, and other local facilities in North Minneapolis. Organize... Read More
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