#Minneapolis!! You're voting for City Council in November!! #MinnPost and #MplsVoices are here to help. We've put together this 2023 ELECTION GUIDE:
💰 Who's spending $$?
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I asked Andrea Jenkins whether she's "progressive enough" to keep her Minneapolis City Council seat.
“I don’t know,” she replied. “Is Ward 8 post-racial?
Jenkins on: governing, "sloganeering" & solving racism in my latest for #MinnPost:
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2023/08/is-andrea-jenkins-progressive-enough-to-keep-her-minneapolis-city-council-seat/ #longreads
Additional coverage.
#Dakota #Sioux #Ojibwe #Chippewa #NativeAmerican #Minnesota #minnpost #umn
#dakota #sioux #ojibwe #Chippewa #nativeamerican #minnesota #minnpost #umn
by #PeterCallaghan and #WalkerOrenstein in #MinnPost
"With a DFL trifecta and more money to spend than any Legislature ever — even adjusted for inflation — nearly every plank of the DFL platform was fulfilled. While their surprise majorities were attributed to a campaign built upon abortion rights and democracy following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, DFL lawmakers and Walz moved forward on dozens of issues beyond those."
#petercallaghan #walkerorenstein #minnpost #minnesota #DFL #legislation #politics #uspol
"[M]any see toxic pollution in the Great Lakes as a continued encroachment on how Ojibwe communities exercise those rights."
I hope Native Americans continue to assert their treaty rights so as to protect the environment against degradation.What does it mean to have the right to fish if there are no fish to fish?
#NativeAmerican #Anishinaabe #Ojibwe #Minnesota #TreatyRights #MinnPost
#nativeamerican #anishinaabe #ojibwe #minnesota #TreatyRights #minnpost
Fantastic talk by Dr. Deborah Swackhamer on water use and misuse in Minnesota. Is there enough of it and is it clean enough?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWm6LmUsgL8
#MN #Minnesota #MNWater #Water #WaterUse #MinnPost #DrDeborahSwackhamer #UofMWaterResourcesCenter
#mn #minnesota #mnwater #water #wateruse #minnpost #drdeborahswackhamer #uofmwaterresourcescenter
"Rates of maternal mortality among American Indian/Alaska Natives, have persisted for decades at levels two to four times that of white mothers and infants"
"Of the deaths, an estimated 93% are preventable"
"In Minnesota, Native women are eight times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than white women.
This is a tragedy!
#nativeamerican #maternalhealth #minnesota #minnpost
"Rates of maternal mortality among American Indian/Alaska Natives, have persisted for decades at levels two to four times that of white mothers and infants"
"Of the deaths, an estimated 93% are preventable"
"In Minnesota, Native women are eight times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than white women."
This is a tragedy!
#nativeamerican #minnesota #maternalhealth #minnpost
Great #MinnPost article discussing #COVID outcome disparities despite some successes in vaccination efforts.
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealth #CommunityEngagement
Feat.:
- Research from @wrigleyfield
- Commentary from Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM (not sure if she made it to Mastodon yet)
- Our barbershop vaccine efforts with Teto Wilson at Wilson's Image Barbers & Stylists in #NorthMinneapolis #Minnesota
#minnpost #COVID #vaccinehesitancy #publichealth #communityengagement #northminneapolis #minnesota