A Tribute: Keep Working Hard for Equity in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg We pay tribute to health care this week and next (see Blueprint Breakfast invite below) and most of all to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who helped break through so many barriers for women, and men, from workplace discrimination to education and health care access, and more. Justice Ginsburg's advocacy helped provi... Read More
Post-Labor Day: Business, Labor & Pandemic’s Impact Looming in the shadow of Labor Day is the continual loss of businesses in the midst of the pandemic, and conflicts with fair labor that have come fully into focus. In the Twin Cities alone, many local businesses have suffered, and several— many of which were staples of their neighborhoods & communities— have closed their doors indefinitely. Surly Brewi... Read More
Next Blueprint Breakfast is August 19th Growth & Justice’s next virtual Minnesota Equity Blueprint Breakfast in the Recipes for Success series will be next Wednesday, August 19! From 8 to 8:30 a.m., we will hear from Dr. Bruce Corrie and Brett Buckner of OneMN.org on racial justice and strategies for equitable and inclusive economic growth, and have a Q&A session with our two guests (OneMN.org is Growth & Justice’s partn... Read More
Minnesota Equity Blueprint Breakfast Starts Growth & Justice yesterday hosted the first event in a series of 30-minute virtual "Recipes for Success - Minnesota Equity Blueprint" breakfasts, which reacquainted attendees with the two-years-in-the-making Minnesota Equity Blueprint, co-editors Dane Smith and Kate Searls shared their knowledge and insight on the Blueprint and its creation process, and gauged people’s policy prior... Read More
Minority Owned Rural Firms & the Pandemic The Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, the Housing Assistance Council, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership and Rural LISC have come together to create virtual Rural Opportunity and Development Sessions, or ROAD Sessions. The first session, "Open for Business: Working with Minority-Owned Rural Firms through the Pandemic" this week featured entrepreneurs from Native, Latinx and Black r... Read More