From her Midtown Minneapolis apartment, Marisol plays two roles as caretaker for her sick sister and a daughter with special needs.Desde su apartamento en Midtown Minneapolis, Marisol tiene dos papeles cuidando a su hermana enferma y a su hija con problemas de aprendizaje.***This story is part of a series of audioslideshows about the Mujeres en Acción y Poder, a leadership training group at Corcoran Neighborhood Group in Minneapolis. Click here to see more audio slidesshows.Esta historia es parte de una serie de historias digitales acerca de la Mujeres en Acción y Poder, un grupo de liderazgo en el Corcoran Neighborhood Group en Minneapolis. Emprima aquí para ver mas historias digitales. Continue Reading
María goes to English conversation classes, which helps her when she volunteers at a community center in Minneapolis. María va a clases de conversación en inglés, que le ayuda en su trabajo de voluntaria en un centro comunitario en Minneapolis. ***This story is part of a series of audioslideshows about the Mujeres en Acción y Poder, a leadership training group at Corcoran Neighborhood Group in Minneapolis. Click here to see more audio slidesshows.Esta historia es parte de una serie de historias digitales acerca de la Mujeres en Acción y Poder, un grupo de liderazgo en el Corcoran Neighborhood Group en Minneapolis. Emprima aquí para ver mas historias digitales. Continue Reading
Amada attends a beauty training group at Corcoran Park in Minneapolis, and ends up learning more than just beauty tips. Amada asiste un grupo de belleza en Corcoran Park en Minneapolis, y aprende más que la belleza. ***This story is part of a series of audioslideshows about the Mujeres en Acción y Poder, a leadership training group at Corcoran Neighborhood Group in Minneapolis. Click here to see more audio slidesshows.Esta historia es parte de una serie de historias digitales acerca de la Mujeres en Acción y Poder, un grupo de liderazgo en el Corcoran Neighborhood Group en Minneapolis. Emprima aquí para ver mas historias digitales. Continue Reading
Silvia Perez Sánchez’s beauty training group at Corcoran Neighborhood Group goes beyond beauty and expands into leadership training and other programs.El grupo de belleza en Corcoran Neighborhood Group que Silvia Pérez Sánchez dirige va mas allá de la belleza cuando empiece clases de liderazgo. ***This story is part of a series of audioslideshows about the Mujeres en Acción y Poder, a leadership training group at Corcoran Neighborhood Group in Minneapolis. Click here to see more audio slidesshows. Esta historia es parte de una serie de historias digitales acerca de la Mujeres en Acción y Poder, un grupo de liderazgo en el Corcoran Neighborhood Group en Minneapolis. Emprima aquí para ver mas historias digitales. Continue Reading
With unemployment in the Twin Cities still high, it’s hard to believe that it’s workers—not jobs—that we’ll be short of in the next ten to twenty years. It’s especially hard for some one like John Kunesh, one of thirty participants at the Twin Cities Daily Planet’s community conversations on the future of work and jobs. Kunesh worked at a private law firm as a paralegal for 25 years, but lost his job when the economy slowed down. He recently lost his house and moved in with a friend, and is still looking for work. “It’s the epitome of what can happen even though I was good at my job,” Kunesh said. Continue Reading
The Twin Cities Daily Planet’s series, The New Normal: Deciding Community Priorities in a Downsized Economy, tackles a different issue each month. In June we’ll be talking about health care, and will ask people in the Twin Cities: “How can we ensure that all Minnesotans have access to good, affordable, dependable health care?” Come and chat with others over snacks, learn some basics about trends in health care coverage, and let us know how you think we should best expand coverage for all Minnesotans. Whether you’re a health care provider, patient, work in the insurance industry, or a concerned citizen, we want to hear your thoughts on solutions for creating good health care coverage for all Minnesotans. We’ll be using research from the Wilder Foundation’s MN Compass project and an article from the Twin Cities Daily Planet to get this interactive conversation going. By participating in this discussion, though, you’ll provide the part that matters most. Continue Reading
Tom Stinson is Minnesota’s state economist, and a professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. In a January presentation to the One Minnesota legislative policy conference at the Humphrey Institute, Stinson said that workforce development is crucial to Minnesota’s future, both in terms of the number of workers and the quality of workers. In that presentation he cited three keys for Minnesota’s future economic success: retention, recruitment and retraining. Stinson agreed to talk to the TC Daily Planet about the future of work and jobs in Minnesota. TCDP: What are Minnesota’s short-term concerns regarding work and jobs? Continue Reading
Bernie Hesse is the Director of Special Projects and Political Director at UFCW Local 1189. Hesse took a break from contract negotiations for grocery workers to talk to the Twin Cities Daily Planet about the future of unions and jobs in Minnesota. “We believe that working people should be paid a good and fair wage,” he told the Daily Planet. “Nobody should have to worry about whether or not they can afford health care or put food on the table.” TCDP: So where are unions going? The labor movement that we’re going to see down the road is much less bureaucratic. Continue Reading
Many Minnesotans would look at you blankly if you mentioned “fourth-tier income tax brackets.’” Not those who showed up to the Twin Cities Daily Planet’s series of three community conversations on the state budget, though. They were highly informed on the state budget, knew what loopholes and shifts were and could even mention specific legislation in the pipelines. Many were informed enough that they sought ways to influence politicians and the general public on raising revenue, rather than looking for further debate and deliberate. “I hear the budget debate, and all I can think of is ‘government by tantrum.’ That is, whoever throws the biggest tantrum wins,” one participant said. “Now, I don’t think that’s a way to govern, and it certainly doesn’t leave a lot of room for my voice.” That was a sentiment shared by many participants at our community conversations, where we asked people to tell us how Minnesota should balance the state budget. Continue Reading
The Twin Cities Daily Planet’s series, The New Normal: Deciding Community Priorities in a Downsized Economy, tackles a different issue each month. In May we’re talking about work issues, and we’re asking people in the Twin Cities:”What’s the best way to secure work and good jobs for Minnesotans in the future?” Come and chat with others over snacks, learn some basics about work trends, and let us know what you think the future of work and jobs in Minnesota should look like. Whether you’re an employee or an employer, we want to hear your thoughts on short and long term problems and solutions for creating a healthy work landscape.We’ll be using research from the Wilder Foundation and an article from the Twin Cities Daily Planet to get this interactive conversation going. By participating in this discussion, though, you’ll provide the part that matters most. We’ll report on these conversations in the TC Daily Planet, and the Bush Foundation will share the results with policy makers. Wilder FoundationMay 19, 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Room 2510 451 Lexington Parkway N., Saint PaulMetropolitan Consortium of Community DevelopersMay 25, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Midtown Global Market, Lower Level Conference Room920 East Lake StreetR.S.V.P lisa@tcdailyplanet.netUFCW 1189May 26, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Room 2510 451 Lexington Parkway N., Saint PaulR.S.V.P. bhesse@ufcw1189.orgFocus GroupMay 30, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Twin Cities Daily Planet office2600 East Franklin Ave (Back entrance)Minneapolis Continue Reading
