GET INVOLVED
You can help end disparities. Learn more about some of
the organizations featured in the Close the Gap Twin Cities documentary
series:
African
American Men Project
Amicus
Council
on Crime and Justice
Lutheran Social
Service of Minnesota
Minnesota
Early Learning Foundation (MELF)
Minnesota
Indian Women's Resource Center
Neighborhood House
St.
Stephen's
Institute
on Race & Poverty
West Side Community Health Services
OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:
Minnesota Without Poverty
Find a comprehensive set of resources for closing
the poverty gap and information on their Metro Gathering event, May
1. View and discuss the Class Disparities segment of Close
the Gap, and hear a legislative update.
Teachers and Community Groups
New!
Close the Gap: Educator and Community Guides
Two new companion guides to the tpt Close the Gap series, developed
by the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, foster dialogue
to learn more about and work to overcome disparities. The guides summarizes
major points from the series, and provide surveys, discussion questions
and suggested activities to better understand disparities
and its causes, and to take action to end them.
Educator Guide: for teachers working
with youth in grades 8-12.
Community Guide: For Human Rights Commissioners, community leaders and
other community organizers.
Facing Race
Provides ways to help build an anti-racist community including the New conversations
about Race and Racism discussion tool.
Businesses
Achieve
Minneapolis
Provides opportunities for businesses and community organizations to
partner with Minneapolis schools to support student success.
Close
the Gap: How employers can help
Lists actions businesses can take to close the disparities that
threaten our community's future vitality.
Destination 2010 students
Internship opportunities at your workplace for children
participating in this unique program that bolsters and tracks student
success over a number of years.
Meda
Business Development Services
MEDA’s mentor program aims to give minority business owners
the change to benefit from the knowledge and experience of Twin Cities
CEOs and other corporate executives as well as other minority entrepreneurs.
Individuals
Area
Learning Center
Provides after-school tutoring to at-risk children in St. Paul.
Mentor
an ex-offender
Hennepin County Adult Corrections offers volunteer opportunities to mentor
ex-offenders.
Minnesota Coalition
for the Homeless
Provides a number of ways to raise awareness and take action as an
individual, group, service provider or elected official.
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Provides an "advocacy toolbox" with information about state
and local representatives and guidelines for writing to legislators,
definitions of terms It provides advocacy alerts and tools to take action
on housing issues of concern.
Resources
for Child Care
Using the best resources from the early childhood field, Resources for
Child Care provides tools and services that strengthen parents and caregivers.
Respite child care
Care for a child in your home while parents attend to a family crisis.
Project
for Pride in Living (PPL)
Help to provide a variety of services to job-seekers including tutoring
adults to get their GED, providing mock job interviews and job coaching.
Transit for Livable Communities
Gives information on alternative modes of transportation including mass
transit, carpooling, walking and biking.
Twin Cities RISE!
Trains unemployed and under-employed workers for employment. Mostly serves
people Of Color. Become a recruitment partner or help spread the word
about this program.
WomenVenture
Provides a variety of services and classes to women entrepreneurs including
assistance writing a business plan, learning how to obtain a business
loan, job coaching and support/networking groups. Volunteer as a trainer,
a consultant, or a business panel member.
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