Recent News and Video Features of HIRE Minnesota
7/12/10 A recent Insight News article features HIRE Minnesota's public action on MN's racial disparity in employment. Read
6/21/10 In their Star Tribune commentary, HIRE Minnesota Coalition Members Maura Brown and Louis King discuss how to take the first step to end MN's racial disparity in employment. Read
6/16/10 In a Star Tribune commentary, the Organizing Apprenticeship Project examines MN's high racial employment diparities and discusses the importance of HIRE's goal to achieve hiring equity. Read
6/9/10 This Star Tribune article featuring HIRE Minnesota discusses how the Twin Cities is the worst in the nation for unemployment racial disparities. Read
5/26/10 Tanya Hill, who has been a leader with HIRE Minnesota efforts, tells some of her personal story in this MPR article discussing how MN has the nation's second highest racial disparity in unemployment. Read
5/22/10 At the spring meeting of MUUSJA, HIRE Minnesota Coordinator Alessandra Williams described the goals, efforts and successes of HIRE. Watch
5/22/10 In a Twin Cities Daily Planet article, the Indigenous People's Green Jobs Coalition discussed their work as a HIRE Minnesota coalition member and their initiatives concerning indigenous people and the green economy. Read
5/7/10 HIRE Minnesota's participation in the NAACP/Sierra Club Earth Day Event was featured in an article by Insight News. Read
3/29/10 HIRE Minnesota coalition member and Co-Chair Louis King spoke about unemployment in the African American community and the work of our coalition on MPR. Listen
12/11/09 HIRE Minnesota's member organization, MUUSJA, represented our coalition on KFAI radio's "Truth to Tell" panel discussion on stimulus dollars and jobs Listen
11/20/09 HIRE Minnesota was featured in the first-ever Viable Futures Center e-newsletter. Check out our story that begins on page 3 Read
10/30/09 Session Daily covered the Joint Legislative Hearing where the Department of Commerce discussed their progress towards goals set in the Energy Programs Act and HIRE Minnesota testified to the importance of hiring people of color and low-income people Read
10/15/09 HIRE Minnesota's testimony at the Transportation & Transit Policy Oversight hearing is featured in the House Television Archives Watch
10/14/09 HIRE Minnesota demanded better outcomes and results on MnDOT's minority hiring goals in our testimony at the Transportation & Transit Policy Oversight hearing. MPR created an article on the hearing Read
10/14/09 HIRE Minnesota demanded better outcomes and results on MnDOT's minority hiring goals in our testimony at the Transportation & Transit Policy Oversight hearing. Pioneeer Press created an article on the hearing Read
10/5/09 HIRE Minnesota's funeral procession to mourn the loss of another construction season where MnDOT again failed to meet their minority hiring goals is featured in Insight News Read
10/5/09 Asian American Press created a video of HIRE Minnesota's funeral procession to mourn the loss of another construction season where MnDOT again failed to meet their minority hiring goals Watch
10/1/09 MPR covered HIRE Minnesota's funeral procession to mourn the loss of another construction season where MnDOT again failed to meet their minority hiring goals Read
9/30/09 HIRE Minnesota's initiatives to ensure equitable stimulus spending is featured in an article by Smart Growth America Read
Websites Featuring HIRE Minnesota
The STARR Coalition: www.accountablerecovery.org
| The Communications Lead for HIRE Minnesota is Tracy Nordquist Babler of the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability. For media inquiries, please contact her at tracy@metrostability.org or 612-332-4471. |
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