Year 3, Issue 27 — June 11, 2024

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Talking About Mental Health

Drs. Catherine Squires, Rachel Hardeman, and Taiyon Coleman, with KRSM radio manager Andrea Pierre at the June 2 Changemakers Alliance forum “Let’s Talk About Black Women and Mental Health”


"We wouldn’t allow a physician to practice without passing anatomy or physiology; we have to do the same when it comes to the impact of racism on health."

— Dr. Rachel Hardeman



"Here I am with five advanced degrees. I want to believe that bodies are not expendable. I want to believe that the system doesn’t require certain people to be left out and marginalized in order for other people to have." — Dr. Taiyon Coleman



"Unless we start to imagine what we want, we will continue to live out the nightmare that someone else imagined for us. I think of all the brilliance in this room, and all the brilliance next to me, and the way that folks are reimagining what could be.” — Dr. Catherine Squires



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Hometown Values & Vision


Spotlight Brainerd:

What Crow Wing County Jail Needs in Order to Reduce Arrests


Said one staff member at the jail, “I have had clients tell me, ‘You can send me to chemical dependency treatment all you want, and they’re going to teach me how to identify my triggers and some coping skills, but the reasons I’m using are not being addressed.’”



Board Members Explain Why They Work With a Domestic Violence Shelter



Communities Grapple With Abusive Partners Who Also Are Parents


Four Advocates Talk About How Minnesotans Can Collectively Address Gender-Based Violence


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Responding to Disparities


The Healthy Churches 2030 Roadmap Tour: Forwarding the Black Health Agenda, an initiative to strengthen the Black community’s response to health disparities, will take place Saturday, June 22 at the Capri Theater, 2027 W. Broadway, Minneapolis.

 

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Minnesota Women's Press was recognized by the Minnesota Newspaper Association for six 2023 awards in photography (including first place for the River Stories cover below), social media campaign, Best Magazine article, and Community Service Leadership for our gender-based violence coverage.


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