Ideas at work
Find initiatives and collaborations working to eliminate disparities and learn about effective strategies for action.
Initiatives and collaborations
Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce
The vision of the Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce is facilitating a vibrant and prosperous Minnesota black business community.
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
A statewide coalition comprised of more than 150 organizations, whose mission is to generate individualized and flexible policies, community support, and resources that will help communities to meet their local housing and homelessness system needs.
Minnesota Department of Health
Initiative to eliminate health disparities in Minnesota.
Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc.
A nonprofit collaborative, founded in 1987, that seeks to increase the success of Students of Color and American Indian Students in Minnesota schools, colleges, and universities.
Minnesota Without Poverty
A statewide, interfaith movement to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020.
The Native Vote Alliance of Minnesota
A Native American-led, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to mobilize and empower Native people in Minnesota as a collective voice through civic participation while embracing our cultural heritage.
The NetWork for Better Futures
A results-oriented collaboration working to
reduce the economic and social costs of high-risk adults, primarily African American men, with histories of incarceration, substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, and homelessness.
