Video: Investing in Communities, Transforming Lives: The Minneapolis-St. Paul Light Rail Project
Video: Investing in Communities, Transforming Lives: The Minneapolis-St. Paul Light Rail Project Community-based organizations in Minnesota played a major role in improving access to healthy options for low-income communities in St….
MN VOICES | Addressing health inequities in Minnesota takes engagement from regular people | Twin Cities Daily Planet – 12/24/12
By Andrea Parrott, TC Daily Planet December 24, 2012 Health disparities implies something that is just there, Doran Schrantz explained. Health inequities, on the other hand, implies a societal structure…
Report proposes solution to Minnesota’s foreclosure crisis | Twin Cities Daily Planet – 7/15/12
By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project July 15, 2012 In your neighborhood, on your block and probably even people you know have been foreclosed upon. Where I live in Minneapolis…
Repairing, Reimagining, and Redefining Minnesota Public Schools
On Thursday, November 29, 146 parents, teachers and education administrators gathered at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Maple Grove to begin a journey for people of faith to…
Community and Faith Leaders Assemble to Save St. Paul Home
On Saturday October 27th, clergy, faith leaders, and community members gathered for a prayer vigil and spoke out against the pending sheriff’s sale of resident Dianne More’s home. There was…
Forum Brings Local and National Experts Together to Focus on Local Solutions to Foreclosure Crisis
On Tuesday, October 23, over 100 city and county officials, local and national experts, and community leaders gathered at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul to discuss the…
Voter ID amendment debated at Metro State | TwinCities.com – 10/4/12
By Doug Belden, dbelden@pioneerpress.com Posted: 10/04/2012 12:01:00 AM CDT; Updated: 10/04/2012 11:21:24 PM CDT Voter ID “might look like common-sense reform,” but it will result in “an extreme makeover of…
Slack, advocates seek foreclosure solutions | Insight News – 9/28/12
WASHINGTON, DC – Thursday, Minnesota faith leaders traveled to the nation’s capital to meet with top Obama Administration officials at the White House about implementing bold solutions to the housing…
Clergy Launch Faith in Democracy Campaign to Defeat the Voter Restriction Amendment
On September 13, 50 clergy from the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faith traditions held a press conference at the State Capitol to launch the Faith in Democracy Campaign in an effort…
Task force focuses on state health care | St. Cloud Times – 8/6/12
By Frank Lee, St. Cloud Times A task force of state legislators and health care officials heard on Monday a summary of suggestions offered by Minnesotans on how to improve…