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Jessie Austin O'Neill, Briellen Griffin, Piere Washington, and Nicole MartinRogers contributed multiple examples of work in action to a newly revised toolkit from Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy. Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration 2.0 seeks to acknowledge and mitigate the harms and bias baked into data, data infrastructure, and data practices.
Amanda Petersen joined Stephanie Peterson from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation and Madasen Briggs from Research in Action to present as part of an East Metro Pulse Volume 4 launch event at Wilder Foundation. Wilder Research conducted this survey of East Metro residents about designed to help leaders and policymakers better understand the experiences of residents.
MN Compass Project Director Allison Liuzzi was part of a panel discussing migration patterns in Minnesota, cohosted by the Center for Rural Policy and Development and the Citizens League.
Anna Granias shared results from a recent Minnesota K-12 school library census before the MN Senate Committee on Education Finance. Conducted with Minnesota Multicounty Multitype Library Systems, the census can be useful to legislators, school administrators, school library staff, and families interested in school libraries. Watch Anna's testimony.
Ananya Matewos and Sera Kinoglu partnered with the City of St. Paul to host a 2025 Climate Forum, an opportunity to gather feedback around the city’s climate action and resilience plan. The forum gathered about 130 people from across the city to plan for the future of climate resilience in our communities and featured remarks from Mayor Melvin Carter.
Multiple staff presented at the Minnesota Council on Foundation annual conference. Jackie Aman joined Nina Clark of Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies and Emma Bohmann of Arts Midwest on centering grantee voice in evaluation. Heather Britt and Ananya Matewos presented Using Future Frames to Shift Individuals and Organiztaions from Perfection to Growth.
Chris Lindberg presented a webinar with the Minnesota Elder Justice Center focused on homelessness and older adults in Minnesota.
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