Tag: communities
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Hmong Spicy Pork Sausage
Hank Shaw first tried sausages made by the Hmong—an ethnic group from Southeast Asia and China—while living in Stockton, California, and St. Paul, two cities with large Hmong communities. This recipe … Read Full Article
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Phase One of Xcel Energy’s Transmission Grid Virtual Inspection Project Complete
Fire safety messaging targeting underserved communities in English, Spanish, Chinese, Hmong, and Vietnamese. A statewide fire safety awareness campaign through television, radio, digital, and outdoor … Read Full Article
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Race divides Minnesota parents’ views on schools reopening
State education study shows doubts in Black, Latinx, and Asian communities about the safety of sending kids back to school during the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article
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PG&E Enhances Website and Customer Notifications to Provide More Timely, Detailed and Accurate Information During Public Safety Power Shutoffs This Wildfire Season
As part of its ongoing commitment to keep customers and the communities it serves safe and informed, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) annou … Read Full Article
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Special Report: As cases surge, California struggles to slow COVID-19 in Latino communities
Yet until recently, few local public health officers and experts in California focused on another fact about that group: Latinos of working age are getting sick and dying from the coronavirus in … Read Full Article
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Pioneer Hall to welcome three multicultural Living Learning Communities for fall 2020 semester
Some students said the move comes with challenges, as they have felt unsupported by the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, which manages these LLCs. Read Full Article
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Neighborhood pop-up testing works to bridge health gaps in marginalized communities
Some of the hardest hit communities in the COVID-19 pandemic are also some of those least likely to seek or access testing services. Read Full Article
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Twin Cities Land Bank Using Its Balance Sheet to Protect Vulnerable Communities
Somehow, word had gotten around to Land Bank Twin Cities. With its significantly larger balance sheet, the land bank obtained a conventional loan from a local bank and acquired the building at the … Read Full Article
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Beyond Black & White: A Moment of Reckoning For Other Communities
Asians, Latinos and others have a different responsibility in this moment. Here’s how they are grappling with it it. Read Full Article
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Wee: Change in communities must begin within ourselves
American men who found me worthy to be their friend. They are incredible fathers, partners, friends and servant leaders in Dubuque. Read Full Article
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ONLINE: Underrepresented Communties Historic Resources Survey
The survey gathered histories related to historic sites associated with African Americans, First Nations, Latino/a, Hmong, Women, and LGBTQ communities. The survey identified 96 historic … Read Full Article
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Asian American, Latino communities in Atlanta show support for Black Lives Matter movement
As Black communities across the country call out racism and demand equality, other minority organizations and their leaders are showing support. Read Full Article
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George Floyd death eases tensions between two communities
Within that community, there has been heated debate about how to respond to the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd movements, which are demanding systemic change to policing. Read Full Article
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Marny Xiong, School Board Chair and Social Justice Champion, Dies at 31 of COVID-19
The daughter of Hmong refugees was an outspoken advocate for minority communities. She was elected to the St. Paul school board in 2017. Read Full Article
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Non-Black People of Color Are Mobilizing to End Complicity in Black Death
The complicity of an Asian American officer in the murder of George Floyd is forcing Asian American communities across the country to face the ongoing ways in which we have benefited from and acted in … Read Full Article
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Asian Americans confront racism in their own communities
In the wake of the police shooting of Philando Castile in 2016, Asian American activists launched an online, crowd-sourced effort to confront anti-blackness in their own communities. In a project … Read Full Article
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Historic Greenwood District, East Tulsa Main St. Selected As 2020 Oklahoma Main Street Urban Communities
Historic Greenwood District, East Tulsa Main Street Selected As 2020 Oklahoma Main Street Urban Communities . The Oklahoma Departme … Read Full Article
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‘We’re also black’: Communities of color step up fight for justice in wake of George Floyd’s killing
Americans erected a large portrait of him down the street and offered passersby markers to write messages in his honor. They wore Black Lives Matter shirts and handed out sambusas, or stuffed pastries … Read Full Article