Tag: communities
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Dane County health organizations want your input on how to improve health inequities
The Healthy Dane Collaborative wants to hear from as many people in as many communities as possible about what is working and what’s not working to improve health outcomes. Read Full Article
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Minnesota Repurposes Transit Buses to Give COVID-19 Vaccines to Communities That Need Them Most
A partnership between the state health department, Metro Transit and a large Minnesota health insurer is bringing mobile vaccine clinics on retrofitted buses to neighborhoods. Read Full Article
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OMB’s potential change of ‘city’ puts billions on the line
A proposed OMB change in what classifies as a city in the eyes of the U.S. government could cost 144 communities billions in federal funds. Read Full Article
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Minnesota makes progress in closing gap on COVID-19 vaccine disparities
Minnesota is showing some early signs of success in its effort to address COVID-19 vaccine inequities by targeting the most vulnerable communities for shots. The number of people receiving a first … Read Full Article
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U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany the only House member from Wisconsin to vote against AAPI hate crimes bill
Tiffany was the only Wisconsin House member to vote against legislation aimed at addressing the increase in hate crimes against the AAPI communities. Read Full Article
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Stacked Farmhouse Skyscrapers
Hmong Skyscraper – Responding to the displacement of the Hmong farming communities in China, the prize-winning Hmong Skyscraper provides the farmers with familiarity … Read Full Article
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University of Minnesota Regent Kao Ly Ilean Her dies at 52
Kao Ly Ilean Her, the University of Minnesota’s first Hmong regent and a passionate advocate for the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, died Thursday. She was 52. Her had been … Read Full Article
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Minnesota bets big on State Fairgrounds in push to inoculate hard-hit communities
Michael Elder, who faced obstacles securing vaccine, celebrated with a social media post after receiving an initial dose of the Pfizer drug at the State Fairgrounds inoculation site. “I think … Read Full Article
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Hmong American Farmers Association receives American Heart Association grant for health equity
The West St. Paul-based Hmong American Farmers Association is one of three organizations selected by American Heart Association to receive grants to address health equity in communities. The … Read Full Article
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UAFS event to highlight Asian American, Pacific Islander communities
Four University of Arkansas at Fort Smith associations will work together to bring the Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival to UAFS students from 4:15 to 7 p.m., April … Read Full Article
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Unrest in Minnesota town offers warning to other U.S. suburbs, experts say
As suburbs become more diverse and less affluent, tensions rise as communities struggle with how to respond to demands for racial justice. Read Full Article
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Exclusive Panel: Breaking The Silence- Did the politics of the pandemic fuel the hate against our AAPI community?
Many of us have seen the disturbing videos of violence and hate against our Asian American Pacific-Islander communities in the Central Valley and across the country. Most notably the mass shooting … Read Full Article
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Lao government, ethnic communities clash over development projects
The Lao government is reportedly ramping up military operations against Hmong communities in what appears to be an effort to secure land and resources for foreign investment and economic integration … Read Full Article
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Mobile vaccinators making inroads in Madison’s vulnerable communities
So far Benevolent Specialist has organized clinics at the Urban League, the Hmong Institute, Allied Wellness, the Boys & Girls Club, the Beacon homeless day shelter, Bethel Lutheran Church, the … Read Full Article
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Hmong communities
The Lao government is reportedly ramping up military operations against Hmong communities in what appears to be an effort to secure land and resources for foreign investment and economic integration … Read Full Article