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August 13, 2020

1 p.m. – (live) Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Government (Remote Hearing)

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August 13, 2020

The Senate is adjourned sine die. 

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August 13, 2020

The House is adjourned sine die. 

Minnesota Senate holds first hearing about civil unrest in Minneapolis.

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Twin Cities business representatives testified during a July 1 hearing about their experience in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder.

Column: The Looting Continues

Marjaan Sirdar reflects on Minneapolis, 95 days after the killing of George Floyd, as the looting re-emerges.

Parks and Power demands an end to camp evictions

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Helping The Helpers

Support for healthcare workers is needed now more than ever. As the recent Pandemic is highlighting the need for ‘wrap around’ services such as food support, mental health services, and long-term child care one organization is leading the field in how to best serve this community and bring about structural changes to our system of hospitals, clinics and other leaders across the state, coming together to proactively support the mental and emotional health of our healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. As healthcare and mental health leaders share practices and learnings in real time, ICSI collects and curates them to build a shared knowledge network.

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On May 7, the Civc Buzz of the Minneapolis League of Women Voters had two speakers discussing, “The Urban/Rural Struggle for a Sustainable Future.” Both speakers, Meg Moynihan and Amanda Babcock, discussed the challenges of running a farm, whether it be in rural Minnesota or an urban landscape. Watch the livestreamed discussion here. Story and video by Bill Sorem.

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    By Marjaan Sirdar, Freelance Writer The UpTake is not responsible for the content of this column. With all of this talk of misdirected anger after the “looting” in downtown Minneapolis, it is important to understand that communities of color have been looted for centuries beginning with the theft of this land and Black labor during slavery.

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    A small encampment of tents sits at the edge of East Harriet Farmstead Park, near the stately Theodore Wirth House and Administrative Building sits. In front of the historic building, holding photographs of a park police clearing tents in Powderhorn Park, activists from Parks and Power, a social justice organization seeking racial equity in the Minneapolis parks system, held a press conference on Wednesday, Aug.

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    By: Rico Morales Support for healthcare workers is needed now more than ever. As the recent Pandemic is highlighting the need for 'wrap around' services such as food support, mental health services, and long-term child care one organization is leading the field in how to best serve this community and bring about structural changes to our system of hospitals, clinics and other leaders across the state, coming together to proactively support the mental and emotional health of our healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. As healthcare and mental health leaders share practices and learnings in real time, ICSI collects and curates them to build a shared knowledge network.

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