News & Events
Pockets of Poverty Rise in Metropolitan Area - 8/13/2020
Gains made in the 1990s toward loosening pockets of poverty in metropolitan areas have started to erode, according to a new report.
"The trend is that we have lost some ground against concentrated poverty," said Elizabeth Kneebone, senior research analyst for the Brookings Institution. Alliance Executive Director Russ Adams is quoted in the article from the Star Tribune, stating that "It's not enough to say, 'isn't this terrible?'" he said. "You have to tackle it from all angles. We should never blame people for being poor and choosing to live close together. We should always give them more opportunities, build more affordable housing and create more mobility and access for them to get better jobs."
Tools for Radical Democracy - Reflections from the Twin Cities Social Justice Community - 8/8/2008
Organizers and activists from all different walks of the Twin Cities social justice community gathered together on July 30 for the first-ever Social Justice Summer Book Club. The book club, co-hosted by the Headwaters Foundation for Justice and the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, was a chance for folks to gather with peers to discuss Tools for Radical Democracy by Paul Getsos and Joan Minieri.
2008 Careership - Twin Cities LISC - 8/8/2008
A careership is a mid-career apprenticeship program dedicated to training new leaders, particularly people of color, for professional positions in the community development field. Careership apprentices attend a community development seminar at Metro State University and are supported by LISC staff throughout their one-year term and beyond. Careership apprentices work 15 hours per week for one year, to acquire job experience from a host organization in the community development field. A $12,000 work stipend is paid to the apprentice over the course of the year.
Minnesotans Urge Action to Create Green Jobs - 8/3/2008
Union members, environmentalists and other citizens rallied Sunday to call on Governor Tim Pawlenty and other elected leaders to create and implement a plan for “green jobs.”
While climate change is a threat to the planet, it can spur the creation of a green economy and millions of good-paying jobs.
Metro Organizer - 7/29/2008
Read the latest equitable development news in the Alliance's e-newsletter!
Housing Policy Training - 7/28/2008
Structural Racism and Sustainable Communities - 7/28/2008
Great News for Ford Plant Workers! - 7/25/2008
Workers at Ford Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant got welcome news this week. After years of warnings that the auto manufacturer might close the plant, Ford announced yesterday that the St. Paul facility will stay open until 2011. That's means the more than 1,000 UAW members still employed by Ford in the Twin Cities will maintain living-wage jobs for at least three more years.
Ford to Keep St. Paul Plant Open Until 2011 - 7/24/2008
Ford Motor Co. said today that it will retool two manufacturing plants and keep the Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul open until 2011.
Neighborhoods Learning from Rondo - 7/21/2008
Rondo Days, the celebration of a lost St. Paul neighborhood, wraps up today after a week of reclaiming what was once the center of the city's African-American community. This annual event should remind us to be careful before we "pave paradise" and put up an interstate highway.
Or a light-rail line.
Target Puts New Campus on Long Hold - 7/17/2008
In the slow economy, the retailer won’t be moving on its planned $1.75 billion complex in Brooklyn Park. It may be as long as four years.
Metro Organizer - 7/17/2008
Social Justice Summer Book Club, Green Jobs Rally, Expanding Economic opportunity in the capital city, and much, much more!
Neighborhood House Cultural Competency Trainings - 7/14/2008
Falling Short on Racial Equity - 7/14/2008
On July 26, the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability organized a community discussion on the Organizing Apprenticeship Project's 2nd annual Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. The report card, which grades the governor and the Legislature on the amount of racial equity bills proposed and passed during the session, gave our leaders a D for racial equity legislation in the 2007 session.
Council OKs road plan, but area residents say they'll still fight for those being displaced - 7/2/2008
The Arden Hills City Council's vote Monday to approve a design concept for a road project on the stretch of Hwy. 10 between Interstate 35W and Hwy. 96 was met with disappointment by residents of a manufactured home development sandwiched between the three highways.
Metro Organizer - 7/1/2008
Help us improve the Metro Organizer with a quick survey. Also: Community Training and Forum on Climate Justice, Federal Disinvestment in Opportunities for Marginalized Communities, Racial and Economic Justice Roundtable Resources and much much more!
Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable Resources - 6/27/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability held a Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable Organizer Roundtable on June 11, 2008, to bring grassroots organizers from the racial justice and environmental movements together to discuss how they could work together more effectively.
Federal Disinvestment in Opportunities for Marginalized Opportunities - 6/27/2008
The Center for Social Inclusion, a national public policy intermediary that serves as a bridge between policy research and grassroots activism to create more effective strategies for equity and opportunity, compiled this report on Racism and Racial Discrimination in the U.S.: Federal Disinvestment in Opportunities for Marginalized Communities. The report is a compilation of data that represent the persistence of racism and racial discrimination due to actions and inactions by the U.S. government in violation of its treaty obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
St. Paul Ford Plant May Get Reprieve - 6/26/2008
Ford Motor Co. officials are reportedly studying plans to keep the Ford Ranger plant in St. Paul open longer than its scheduled fall 2009 closing date.
Metro Organizer - 6/16/2008
Community Conversation on Race, Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Community Meeting, Discussion on the Legislative Report Card on Racial Justice, and much, much more!!!!!
Green Affordable Housing Organizer Roundtable Resources - 6/13/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability held a Green Affordable Housing Organizer Roundtable on May 28 featuring nonprofit affordable housing developers, funders and architects who spoke about the challenges and opportunities in developing housing that is affordable to working families, yet demonstrate principles of green design and reduces our impact on climate change.
Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Community Meeting - 6/13/2008
Community members are invited to this meeting with Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell to share their concerns about LRT on University Avenue and in downtown St. Paul.
New affordable housing development strives to meet community needs - 6/10/2008
A Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) between the Longfellow Community Council and Longfellow Station LLC, a limited liability company that will own and control the development, has been signed. “I think that it symbolizes a new kind of urban development,” said developer Dale Joel recently about the soon-to-be-realized redevelopment of the Purina Mill site on the southeast corner of 38th Street and Hiawatha Avenue. “It mixes affordable housing, transit, retail, employment and environmental values in an attempt to satisfy the needs of the neighborhood with the vision of the city,” Joel said.
Metro Organizer - 6/3/2008
Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable, Legislative Report Card on Racial Justice Briefing, Facing Race 2008, and much much more!
Blue Green Jobs Roundtable Resources - 6/2/2008
On May 14, the Alliance held an Organizer Roundtable featuring local experts who spoke about connecting new green jobs to the need to create new job opportunities for low-income people and people of color.
Spring 2008 Common Ground - 5/21/2008
The latest issue of the Common Ground newsletter focuses on recent victories for the Alliance and our partner organizations, including the recent passage of the transportation bill over the governor's veto and the Twin Cities' first community-based CBA.
Metro Organizer - 5/21/2008
Organizer Roundtables: Equity, Economy, Environment, Green Jobs Event with Special Guest Van Jones, Chalchiutlicue Celebration and Environmental Justice Summit, and much, much more!
Ford Readies RFP for St. Paul Plant - 5/20/2008
The Ford Motor Co. plant in St. Paul is not slated to close until the fall of 2009. Environmental analysis of the site is not expected to be done until sometime in 2010. The city of St. Paul won’t have a development framework until after the environmental review is complete.
But even with a host of large, lingering unknowns remaining on the redevelopment site, Ford is preparing to issue an RFP (request for proposals) to would-be developers for the 138-acre site.
State Sticks Bloomington With Mall of America Tab - 5/13/2008
After a series of late-night weekend meetings, legislative opponents stripped away a proposal to subsidize the $2.1 billion project by diverting money from the state fiscal disparities pool to help create a $370 million subsidy package.
Don't Draw Subsidy from the Fiscal Disparities Pool - 5/9/2008
Alliance Executive Director Russ Adams and Citizens League Director of Policy Development Bob DeBoer published this commentary in the Pioneer Press arguing against a $200 million subisidy in the works for a parking ramp at the Mall of America. The subsidy will be taken from the fiscal disparities pool, a regional revenue-sharing program.
Metro Organizer - 5/9/2008
Organizer Roundtables, Just Health: Creating a Healthy and Just Democracy, and much much more!
Metro Organizer - 4/29/2008
Green by Design, Crisis of Disinvestment: Organizing to Rebuild Our Communities, Dedication of the First Solar Panel at Little Earth and much much more!
Pioneer Press: Arden Hills Plan for U.S. 10 Intersection Will Disrupt Mobile Home Park - 4/21/2008
The city, along with Ramsey County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation, wants to eliminate the intersection by building a U.S. 10 bridge over the county road. Motorist safety is a major concern, as is connecting the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, a future development site, to the community.
Plans for the intersection have drawn criticism because of the potential impact on Arden Manor, the mobile home community bordered on the east by U.S. 10, on the south by County Road 96 and on the west by Interstate 35W.
St. Paul Residents Demand Central Corridor Project - 4/18/2008
The Alliance and partners organizations in the Stops for Us campaign organized a rally to restore funding for the Central Corridor LRT project on Thursday.
Metro Organizer - 4/10/2008
Metro Organizer Networking Session, The Pros and Cons for Cities Considering Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning, Media Empowerment Workshop Series and much much more!
Central Corridor Dead - or Alive? - 4/9/2008
It's not dead yet.
On the day Democrats bashed Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of state funding for the Central Corridor light-rail line linking St. Paul and Minneapolis — with several lawmakers even alleging he "killed" the plan — another picture emerged.
Star Tribune: Sales-tax hike shouldn't be used to fill transit-funding shortfall - 3/28/2008
Transit for Livable Communities Executive Director Lea Schuster argues that diverting more money from the funding that the new 0.25 cent sales tax will provide to keep the buses running is a serious mistake.
Metro Organizer - 3/27/2008
Community Forum on Minnesota's Housing Crisis, The Dream Reborn, Close the Gap Premiere, Meet the Author of "Tools for Radical Democracy" and much, much more!
Star Tribune: Now's Not the Time to Cut Transit Service - 3/25/2008
The Star Tribune editorial board argues that there are a myriad of reasons for the legislature and the counties to maintain funding for Metro Transit in the economic downturn.
Twin Cities Public Television: Close the Gap - 3/25/2008
Twin Cities Public Television, the Itasca Project and the Wilder Foundation have produced a documentary series titled Close the Gap, which features stories that bring to life the race disparities that impact our entire metropolitan community and ideas for how we can close the gap.
Re-gathering for Regional Equity Meeting notes - 3/20/2008
Pioneer Press: St. Paul Contract Reforms Would Ensure More Minorities, Women Win Bids - 3/19/2008
A powerful new department and an expanded Human Rights Commission would oversee all St. Paul contracting operations under a series of reforms being drafted by the city attorney's office.
The goal is to increase the amount of money and contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses — groups currently left out of the loop, according to leaders in the black community and an independent audit of the city's minority contracting programs last year.
Daily Planet: Grassroots organizing set the foundation for transit victory - 3/17/2008
This commentary by Alliance Executive Director Russ Adams describes how tranist, faith-based and environmental organizers played a huge role in setting the stage for passage of the transportation bill this year.
Metro Organizer - 3/12/2008
Rally to Defend Affordable Housing, Working Nature into Land-Use Decisions: Resolving the Funding Dilemma, Foundations in Focus: Community Development in a Challenging Time, and much, much more!
Action Alert: Support additional stops on the Central Corridor LRT! - 3/10/2008
Send your comments to support the three additional transit stations at Hamline, Western, and Victoria on University Avenue by March 26.
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce: Coalition Promoting Eco-Friendly Reuse for Ford Plant - 2/29/2008
This article highlights the large and growing coalition advocating for green reindustrialization of the Ford plant, including the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, the UAW Local 879, the Sierra Club Northstar Chapter and Clean Water Action Alliance, as well as students from Macalester College.
Regional Equity and the Quest for Full Inclusion - 2/28/2008
The framing paper for PolicyLink's upcoming Regional Equity '08 conference provides a snapshot of regional equity in 2008, then describes how major national and global forces are creating unique challenges and opportunities for achieving equity.
Star Tribune: Central Corridor FAQ - 2/27/2008
Today's article from the Star Tribune outlines several frequently asked questions about the Metropolitan Council's plans for Central Corridor LRT.
Star Tribune: House, Senate Override a Pawlenty Veto for the First Time - 2/26/2008
With Monday's override, the first of Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, the DFL-controlled Legislature passed a sweeping set of tax increases that broke a longtime partisan logjam over transportation funding. After the vote was announced in the House, sign-waving construction workers outside the chamber cheered.
Star Tribune: Pawlenty Vetoes Transportation Bill; House Will Try Override - 2/22/2008
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed a $6.6 billion transportation plan, setting the stage for an override attempt by the Democrat-led Legislature as soon as Monday.
Star Tribune: Transit Advocates Try to Gain Some Traction - 2/21/2008
Transit advocates went to Eden Prairie's SouthWest Transit Station on Wednesday morning hoping to impress commuters with what's at stake when a $7.7 billion transportation package goes before the Minnesota House and Senate today.
As riders hurried to catch buses, volunteers from five pro-transit groups handed out cups of hot coffee and a map of what a regional transit system could look like -- if the big bill passes.
Star Tribune: Seeking a Place to Call Home - 2/21/2008
Local housing authorities, which handle and distribute federal funding for Section 8 and public housing, are seeing unprecedented demand as they open their waiting lists for vouchers.
Star Tribune: Legislature sends gas-tax bill to veto-ready governor - 2/21/2008
After a roller-coaster day of political jockeying, a multi-billion-dollar state transportation plan sat in limbo -- easily clearing both houses of the Legislature, but lacking a clear sign that it can survive a promised veto from Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who believes it is too costly.
Metro Organizer - 2/20/2008
Joan Vanhala Joins the Alliance Staff, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick, Designing Community Places: Bike/Walk Streets and Livable Streets, and much much more!
Star Tribune: Decision Time Draws Near for Arden Hills Project - 2/15/2008
No maps. No graphics. No visuals of any kind.
Lack of an illustration might be what enables Arden Hills to end months of debate and meet two immediate funding deadlines for proposed road reconstruction at County Road 96 and Hwy. 10.
Star Tribune: Central Corridor Rail Line Clicks a Step Closer to Reality with Plan - 2/13/2008
Ramsey County commissioners voted on Tuesday on a Central Corridor LRT plan that's in line with one passed by the St. Paul City Council last week. Stops at Western, Hamline and Victoria are included in the plan.
Pioneer Press: St. Paul Central Corridor / Groups seek three more rail stops - 2/12/2008
Social justice, economic justice, racial justice. Hamline, Victoria, Western.
Three reasons for three stops along the proposed Central Corridor light-rail line linking St. Paul and Minneapolis via University Avenue.
Pioneer Press: Deal on light-rail route nearer - 2/8/2008
Ramsey County Commissioners next week will vote on a compromise route for the Central Corridor in downtown St. Paul, including support for three additional stations along University Avenue, at Hamline Avenue, Victoria Street and Western Avenue.
Star Tribune: St. Paul pushes for 3 more light-rail stops along University Avenue - 2/7/2008
The St. Paul City Council adopted a resolution saying that adding stations between Snelling Avenue and Dale Street would benefit the city and residents near the proposed Central Corridor line. Next stop: The Metropolitan Council.
Star Tribune: Advocates Push for Affordable Housing on Army Plant - 2/6/2008
In a legislative funding pitch in December, Arden Hills officials said the roughly 4 square miles of developable land at the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) would generate some $800 million in private development -- office space, jobs, housing -- over 10 years.
But if the city proceeds without paying attention to affordable housing goals set by the Metropolitan Council, it would be "a blown opportunity," affordable housing advocates say.
Metro Organizer - 2/6/2008
Green by Design, Support LRT Stops that Serve the Community, Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, and much, much more!
Job opening at MCN - 2/4/2008
Temporary Victory for Arden Manor Residents - 1/31/2008
A story from the Daily Planet on our recent victory in Arden Hills.
Plan to Displace Manufacutured Home Residents in Arden Hills Defeated - 1/29/2008
Click here to read more about the victory from the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press, the Daily Planet and GoLeft.org!
Concern for mobile home park has Arden Hills dumping road plan - 1/29/2008
Star Tribune article about our victory in Arden Hills!
Arden Hills / Council rejects intersection plan - 1/29/2008
Pioneer Press article about our victory in Arden Hills!
Community Benefits Agreements: Growing a Movement in Minnesota - 1/28/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability recently released this report on community benefits agreements to further develop local understanding of the CBA's potential to yield significant, community-desired results from large-scale redevelopments and other projects. More and more organizations and coalitions are turning to the CBA model to produce meaningful — and, perhaps more importantly, enforceable — outcomes for low-income people and communities of color.
Update on Plans for the St. Paul Ford Plant - 1/28/2008
Click here to read an article from the Star Tribune about updates on the timeline of the Ford plant closure in St. Paul.
Central Corridor Editorials - 1/27/2008
The editorial boards of both major local papers called for vision and flexibility in Central Corridor planning on Sunday.
It's time for decisions on Central Corridor - 1/27/2008
This Star Tribune editorial argues that tunnel alternatives around the University of Minnesota deserve consideration.
Central Corridor could use boost from governor - 1/27/2008
This Pioneer Press editorial advocates for vision from Gov. Tim Pawlenty in supporting Central Corridor LRT.
Metro Organizer - 1/23/2008
Energizing Your Organizing Efforts and Coalitions, A Call to Action: Support Arden Manor Residents, and much much more!
Metro Organizer - 1/9/2008
Check out Environmental Justice from the Bottom Up, 2008 Session Preview: Housing Policy Showcase, 2008 State of the Region and much much more in this edition of the Metro Organizer!
Protestors Picket at Arden Hills City Hall - 1/7/2008
From the Bulletin: The Alliance and APAC help Arden Manor manufactured home park residents fight road expansion that may lead to loss of homes.
Our Common Future: From New Orleans to New York - 1/7/2008
From the Center for Social Inclusion newsletter: Mafruza Khan explores how decisions relating to development affect a number of other social crises, including poverty, exclusion and environmental threats.
Environmental Justice from the Bottom Up - 1/4/2008
Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota is hosting its Fifth Annual Founders' Day, themed "Environmental Justice from the Bottom Up." The event will feature Congressman Keith Ellison and Cecil Corbin-Mark, program director of We Act.
Metro Organizer - 12/18/2007
Facing Race Conference, Racial Inequities Still More Apparent to Those on the Receiving End, and much, much more!!!
Metro Organizer - 12/1/2007
Community Development Forum: Can Community Benefits Agreements Promote More Equitable Development? Changing the Face of Housing in Minnesota 6th Annual Event, and much much more!!!!
Metro Organizer - 11/16/2007
Check Out the New Metro Organizer!!!
Metro Organizer - 11/2/2007
Gathering the Movement, CURA Housing Forum, Back to Basics in Transportation Planning and much, much more!!
Metro Organizer - 10/23/2007
Housing Solutions Summit, Rail-Volution Conference, and The Third National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth, and much, much more!
Metro Organizer - 10/4/2007
Toxic Terror In a Tennessee Town, Our Nation's Transportation Infrastructure: Heading Toward a Crisis?, Access in Minneapolis Public Meetings, and much, much more!
Common Ground Fall 2007 - 10/4/2007
The Fall 2007 issue of the Alliance’ Common Ground Newsletter features stories about the opportunities and challenges presented by mega-developments being proposed in the Twin Cities. Download the newsletter to read about mega-developments in St. Paul, Arden Hills, Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis and to learn about equitable development efforts taking place throughout the region.
Roundtable Discussions: Organizing in Ethnic Communities - 10/3/2007
The Organizing in Ethnic Communities series explores how to create effective social change movements within individual ethnicities and cultures. Key questions and discussion items we will address include: What are the organizing styles, methods, techniques, values and principles that are working best - and are the most important to community members, leaders and activists? What lessons are being learned? What are the key challenges and barriers organizers are experiencing? How can organizing contribute to combating institutional racism and the struggle for a equitable future?
Metro Organizer - 9/21/2007
Roundtable Discussions: Organizing in Ethnic Communities, Robert Street Corridor Study Workshop Announced-Support Light Rail Now, Public Transportation Forums, and much, much more!
Metro Organizer - 9/7/2007
Tour de Dakota County: New Name, Same Great Ride, Labor & Community Film Series Kick-Off, Human Rights and Racial Justice, CURA Housing Forum, and much, much more!
The Color of Wealth - 7/30/2007
Get your copy of The Color of Wealth today. Through examining the asset-building histories of Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and European Americans, Brewer and others reveal how the U.S. government has fostered economic inequality. From the founding of the colonies, the U.S. government has enacted policies that favored wealth acquisition for whites.
Metro Organizer - 7/29/2007
Heading Home Hennepin and and the Minneapolis Affordable Housing Trust Fund Meeting, My view: City now working with all citizens to set affordable housing goals, NAACP Subprime discrimination suit, and much more!
Race and wealth: a public conversation to inform the future of our communities - 7/25/2007
THIS EVENT IS FULL. University of Minnesota professor Rose Brewer will speak about race and wealth-& how public policies create and maintain a racial wealth divide.
Metro Organizer - 7/13/2007
Is Arsenic in your yard? Residents, Developers, and Church Members Clash over Affordable Housing, A New Road Map to Ease Minneapolis Downtown Congestion, and much more!!!
Metro Organizer - 6/29/2007
Race and Wealth: A Public Conversation to Inform the Future of our Communities, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits 2007 Leadership Conference, and Much More!!!
Minneapolis makes WiFi service socially responsible by adding Community Benefits requirements - 6/21/2007
Metro Organizer - 6/15/2007
Minnesota 3D workshop, Walden University Conference on Sustainablity and Social Change, Race, Wealth and the Commons and Much more!!!
Roundtable Discussions on Grassroots Organizing - 6/7/2007
The Grassroots Organizing series explores how to create effective social change movements. What strategies and tactics should we employ to engage volunteers? How do we train new leaders? How do we build leadership in communities of color and low-income communities?
Metro Organizer - 6/1/2007
Roundtable Discussions: Grassroots Organizing, Regional Equity '08, Unlearning Racism Workshops, Streetcars Could Come to Minneapolis, and much more!!!
Metro Organizer - 4/24/2007
Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use-Traditional Azteca Danza Ceremony & Environmental Justice Conference-Regionalism Pursued as Economic Development Strategy-And More!
Memo: To Sustainability Stakeholders - 4/17/2007
Status of the Legislation to Create the Sustainable Growth Working Group
Town Hall Meeting Regarding the Target Corporation World Headquarters - 4/12/2007
The Target Corporation plans to build a new World Headquarters on a 300 acre tract of land located near Highways 169 and 610 in Brooklyn Park. What they will be doing to guarantee that there is affordable housing built as part of this development? What provisions are being made for public transit in and around the site area? Will there be local hiring opportunities? Will good quality jobs be available for local residents?
Metro Organizer - 4/9/2007
Rally for Transit-Town Hall Meeting Regarding the Target Corporation World Headquarters-Global Warming Day of Action-Minnesota Conservation Finance Workshops, April 2007, Tenants' Rights Trainings-CURA Housing Forum-AFL-CIO Organizing Institute-And More!
Roundtable on an Elected Met Council - 4/4/2007
How will reforming our regional governance structure help to address the vital land-use and development issues facing us for the next 40 - 50 years? Please join us for an engaging discussion facilitated by Russ Adams with and introduction by Myron Orfield.
Metro Organizer - 3/21/2007
Roundtable on an Elected Metropolitan Council - Promoting and Defending the Human Right to Housing in Minnesota - 2nd Annual Statewide Conference Presented by Minnesota Green Communities
Metro Organizer - 3/9/2007
Roundtable on an Elected Metropolitan Council - Global Warming Day of Action - The Social Construction of Racism - and more
Community Forum on University Avenue Light Rail - 2/25/2007
Good Jobs, Small & Ethnic Businesses, Equal Access
Join your voice with others – for power! What do you want?
Metro Organizer - 2/23/2007
Attend the Transportation Choices 2020 Bill Hearing - A Surge of Better News on the Neighborhood Front - EPA Accepting Nominations for Equitable Development Award - and more
Metro Organizer - 2/9/2007
Linked Fates: Law and Social Movements - Legislative Field Hearings on Transit - Tools for Equitable Development - and more
Pioneer Press: Deal on ligh-rail route near - 2/8/2007
Ramsey County Commissioners next week will vote on a compromise route for the Central Corridor in downtown St. Paul. The proposed plan includes three additional stations along University Avenue, at Hamline Avenue, Victoria Street and Western Avenue.
Metro Organizer - 1/26/2007
Attend Hearing on Bill to Elect the Metropolitan Council - Road Pricing Summit - Failing the Test: a Report on Racial Disparity Work in the State Legislature - and more.
Housing Policy Leadership Training Program - 1/22/2007
The Public Policy Project and LISC's "Changing the Face of Housing" program are presenting their next 16-week housing policy leadership training program.
Metro Organizer - 1/12/2007
Labor and Sustainability Conference - Transit Leaders Day - St. Paul City Council passes living wage - Addressing Community Opposition to Affordable Housing Development: A Fair Housing Toolkit and more
Local and National Trainings Available - 12/29/2006
We have compiled a list of local and national trainings by organizations such as the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, the Sierra Club, and Wellstone Action.
Report Card on Racial Equity Roundtable - 12/20/2006
The report card is the first of its kind in Minnesota to hold state legislators and governor accountable for racial disparities across issue areas of education, civil rights and criminal justice, economics and health. It provides a framework for multi-issue and multi-racial coalition work and establishes racial justice as a standard for measuring government effectiveness.
Holding Subsidies Accountable Roundtable - 12/8/2006
This event is filled to capacity! Thank you for your interest.
Greg LeRoy and Karla Walter from Good Jobs First will release The Thin Cities: How Subsidized Job Piracy Deepens Inequality in the Twin Cities Metro Area, showing how public subsidies awarded to companies have fueled outward migration of jobs historically anchored in downtown urban centers.
Racial Justice and Labor Roundtable - 10/3/2006
Organized labor wants to ensure dignity in the workplace as well as living wage jobs with benefits - including affordable health insurance and retirement plans. These demands are crucial to securing a decent livelihood for low-income workers, many of whom are people of color. Racial justice organizers want to see access to good jobs, a voice for people of color, and equity in labor practices. How have the two worked together? How have they diverged? What can we learn from the struggles for racial justice and union jobs? Please join us for this lively discussion!
Celebrate Manufactured Home Park Week - 9/24/2006
Help manufactured home park residents and APAC celebrate manufactured home park week on Sunday, September 24th at 4:00 in Aquatore City Park, located at 9191 Lincoln Street in Blaine. The park is by the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway 10, directly under the Blaine water tower.
Common Ground Fall 2006 - 8/25/2006
We are pleased to be able to dedicate the latest issue of Common Ground to featuring stories that illustrate an exciting new phase in the Twin Cities’ movement for smarter growth and more equitable development. For the past year, the Alliance has worked to help a broad range of groups — our member organizations and other community allies — to ensure that low income communities and people of color benefit from the large-scale redevelopments in our midst. One of our central strategies has been to elevate and develop the potential of Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs), as a particular tool in a wide variety of locations and circumstances. You can read about CBA’s, digital justice, University Avenue organizing, and much more by downloading the newsletter at our website.
Recommendations for the Wireless Minneapolis Community Benefits Agreement - 7/14/2006
Read our new report focusing on Community Benefit strategies for closing the Digital Divide in Minneapolis. The Alliance hosted a "Digital Inclusion Coalition" that examined the alarming community technology gap that falls disproportionately on the poor, new immigrants, seniors, and communities of color. Our campaign efforts led to a landmark vendor agreement that will require profit sharing, structural safeguards guaranteeing universal access to affordable internet service and the creation of a "Digital Inclusion Fund" which will raise millions of dollars for community technology projects.
Clean Water Act Case Learning Alert - 4/21/2006
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability held an Organizers Roundtable on March 31. During the summer of 2005, the Minnesota Court of Appeals blocked the construction of a water treatment plant for Annandale and Maple Lake, two growing Twin Cities suburbs. They ruled that permitting the project violated the federal Clean Water Act because of the additional phosphorus pollution that would be added to the Crow River and thus, Lake Pepin. The case is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court. We discussed where and how the Twin Cities should grow and what the implication of the court case is.
Roundtable on Clean Water Act case - 3/31/2006
During the summer of 2005, the Minnesota Court of Appeals blocked the construction of a water treatment plant for Annandale and Maple Lake, two growing Twin Cities suburbs. They ruled that permitting the project violated the federal Clean Water Act because of the additional phosphorus pollution that would be added to the Crow River and thus, Lake Pepin. The case is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court. Join our discussion to talk about where and how the Twin Cities should grow, what the implication of the court case is, and how to effectively do public messaging about this issue.
Community Benefit Agreements - 3/10/2006
Major metropolitan cities are in a constant battle to attract new urban redevelopment projects. Cities continue to wield a variety of development tools, zoning incentives, and public subsidies to attract residential, commercial, and industrial development – but countless opportunities are being lost to tie these public investments into measurable community benefits that link development goals to racial and economic equity issues.
Common Ground Fall 2005 - 10/6/2005
Read the newsletter of the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability.