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South Minneapolis grocery store offers a special on helping

Gail Rosenblum

October 21, 2022 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Good Grocer, a grocery store in Minneapolis, is a nonprofit run by volunteers who receive an additional discount on groceries for their work. The store’s food outlet offers discounts of up to 70% and provides affordable, healthy foods to combat food insecurity.

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George Floyd Square COVID-19 vaccine drives target misinformation, mistrust

Susan Du

September 25, 2021 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Though police have removed barricades from the protest zone around George Floyd Square, it remains a popular gathering place for people. The church across from the spot where George Floyd was murdered in May 2020 has partnered with the Cultural Wellness Center to offer COVID-19 vaccines at the square in order to raise the vaccination rate of the surrounding community. The shots are free and recipients receive a $50 gift card for each dose of the two-dose series. While many people have come to get the vaccine begrudgingly, largely due to workplace and travel mandates, organizers are happy for any gains.

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St. Paul recruitment program aims to diversify police ranks

James Walsh

July 06, 2021 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

To boost diversity in its ranks as part of its outreach to improve community relations, the St. Paul Police Department created a two-year apprenticeship program that makes law enforcement careers more accessible by clearing the financial and educational barriers that stand in the way. Eight program graduates now serve on the force and two dozen more are about to enter the next police academy. Nearly all are people of color and low-income, and nearly half are women. The program pays a stipend while students work in the community and take classes, with counseling and mentoring services.

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Minneapolis restaurants offer takeout food without a side of guilt for using wasteful containers

Richard Chin

March 29, 2021 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

A clean tech startup called Forever Ware created reusable, stainless steel containers for restaurants to use instead of single-use takeout containers. So far, four restaurants in Minneapolis are participating in the program, where customers pay a deposit for the container and can return it to any restaurant in the network. Within two months, the containers were used about 1,400 times, which probably cut back on some plastic waste ending up in landfills.

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Next Step goes to the front lines of gun violence in Minneapolis, starting with the shooting victims

Maya Rao

January 30, 2021 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Next Step is a hospital-based violence intervention program based at Minneapolis' Hennepin County Medical Center that counsels gunshot victims to try to help lower the chances that they will be harmed again or seek to harm others. Focusing on young adults and their families, the program starts its work when a victim is hospitalized. The counseling and connections to support services can continue for months and even years.

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In the pandemic, field trips go virtual for Minnesota students

Erin Golden

December 23, 2020 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Oakdale, Minnesota

In classrooms or at home, elementary students in Oakdale have more options for virtual tours and visit thanks to virtual fieldtrips. Museums, theaters, and different organizations are bettering the virtual tour experience for students, while also providing opportunities for students to virtually visit places across spread across the country instead of being limited to close surroundings.

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Cook County, Minnesota, has kept COVID at bay

Katie Galioto

December 20, 2020 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Cook County, Minnesota

In Minnesota, cross-sector collaboration, contact tracing, and a focus on adhering to public health safety protocols have helped Cook County avoid an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, despite being a tourist destination. Local health officials and industry leaders presented a united front, while residents and business owners focused on ways to "keep the tourists from infecting the locals." With only seven residents contracting the virus by summer's end, the efforts appear to have been successful.

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'It was a godsend': New Minnesota hiring program helps care homes hit hard by COVID-19

Chris Serres

December 18, 2020 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

After facing staffing shortages during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the Minnesota Department of Human Services developed an aggressive emergency hiring initiative ahead of potential new outbreaks. Using third-party staffing agencies and encouraging applicants from all backgrounds – like those recently unemployed from the service industry – the initiative has "provided rapid relief to dozens of nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, group homes, homeless shelters and substance abuse treatment centers."

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Virtual rush, no parties: University of Minnesota fraternities and sororities navigate pandemic life

Ryan Faircloth

October 18, 2020 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Students in fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota have moved many of their social activities to a virtual space and are taking precautions for those living in Greek housing to protect members and their community from contracting COVID-19. So far, efforts have largely proven successful in mitigating cases with only two students testing positive who were both able to immediately self-quarantine in private rooms.

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Minnesota nonprofits boost voter outreach for 2020 election

Kelly Smith

October 05, 2020 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Nonprofits increased voter engagement in communities that face barriers to voting. Deaf Equity posted videos on social media in ASL to educate voters on how to register to vote and track mail-in ballots. The Native American Community Development Institute is engaging with voters in rural Minnesota, religious leaders at mosques, churches, and temples are encouraging members to vote, and volunteers at food shelves are handing out voter registration forms. Several groups have received funding to conduct voter outreach with Black and Muslim communities as well as neighborhoods where people have lower incomes.

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