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Tag: diversity

Featured / Local / News

Turning Point’s Peter Hayden nationally recognized as pioneer of Black sobriety

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Feven Gerezgiher

A national association recently awarded Dr. Peter Hayden the inaugural ‘Diversity, Inclusivity and Racial Equity Award’ for pioneering cultural-specific treatment.

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MN Wild/NHL / Sports

College hockey pledges more diversity, equity, inclusion

October 1, 2021October 2, 2021 - by Charles Hallman

‘The racial injustice and inequities that played out during the summer of 2020 were impactful across our campuses.’

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Opinion

Right-wing efforts to erase history do not change the facts

July 23, 2021 - by Richard C. Gross - 1 Comment

Blotting out history to protect reputations or to prevent perceived criticism of races may be a feel-good exercise for some but it blurs reality and leads to ignorance.

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Sports / Twins/MLB

Twins’ efforts to draw more Black fans ineffective so far

July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 - by Charles Hallman

Team officials are hopeful that with the full stadium opening fans will come back in the current post-pandemic environment. But will African Americans be among them?

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Featured / Local / News

Attacking racism from the inside out

December 30, 2020January 1, 2021 - by MSR News Online

Children’s Minnesota attacking racism from the inside out.

Attacking racism from the inside out Read More
Lynx/WNBA / Sports / Timberwolves/NBA

NBA and WNBA lead in diversity and inclusion

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 - by Charles Hallman - 1 Comment

The WNBA and the NBA have for several years set the standard for diversity and inclusion in pro sport, consistently getting high marks in racial and gender hiring.

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Gophers/College / Sports

Final Four visitor’s guide misses diversity mark

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 - by Charles Hallman

The MLOC and Meet Minneapolis, the city’s visitors and convention bureau, were asked if any Black-owned businesses are included in this year’s Final Four visitor’s guide. Spokespersons from both organizations said they didn’t think so.

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Sports

Diversity finally reaches MIAC volleyball

October 4, 2018 - by Charles Hallman

So the secret is out — diversity in MIAC volleyball has arrived. Diversity “is something that is necessary to have teams and people who reflect the world, and be leaders,” said Graves.

Diversity finally reaches MIAC volleyball Read More
Slider / Sports / Twins/MLB

Blacks still losing ground in Major League Baseball

April 24, 2018April 30, 2018 - by Charles Hallman

This year’s Jackie Robinson Day (April 15), annually celebrated with each MLB player, coach and manager wearing Robinson’s number 42, was snowed out locally. However, the fact is, baseball doesn’t …

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Local / News

‘Missing voices’ slow progress toward true equity

April 17, 2018April 24, 2018 - by Charles Hallman

First of a three-part story The United States is becoming more segregated both politically and socially than it has been in many years. A recent conference aimed at slowing this …

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Local / News / Slider

Needed: more Foreign Service diversity

January 12, 2018January 16, 2018 - by Charles Hallman - 1 Comment

Retired U.S. ambassador Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas says that diversity in diplomacy is needed now more than ever. She is a Black woman who over four decades rose through the ranks …

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Sports / Twins/MLB

‘A long way to go’ to reach MLB diversity hiring goals

April 27, 2017 - by Charles Hallman

It’s been 70 years since Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s (MLB) color barrier, and it’s been 45 years, since shortly before his death in 1972, that he urged baseball …

‘A long way to go’ to reach MLB diversity hiring goals Read More

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