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North Star Journey is a celebration of communities in Minnesota and the champions who are doing the work that we should be bringing a voice to. We hope to bring new understandings of our state and what brought us to today. About | Credits

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Twin Cities Chinese dance academy reconnects Hmong refugee with childhood dreams

Twin Cities Chinese dance academy reconnects Hmong refugee with childhood dreams

Twin Cities-based Phoenix Chinese Dance Academy, which was founded in 2019, has become a place of self-discovery and community for Asian women and girls who want to become closer to Chinese culture.
by Nicole Ki

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When 'Chocolate Rain' ruled the internet: Anti-racism song captured Minneapolis and beyond

When 'Chocolate Rain' ruled the internet: Anti-racism song captured Minneapolis and beyond

In 2007, Adam Bahner — aka Tay Zonday, a 25-year-old biracial man living in Minneapolis —created a song and video decrying racism that captured millions and millions of views.
by Jae Bryson

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Duluth nonprofit receives opioid settlement money to provide temporary housing for people recently released from prison

Duluth nonprofit receives opioid settlement money to provide temporary housing for people recently released from prison

Nonprofit Housing for Inmates founder Richard Howell joined MPR News senior producer Emily Bright to talk about his plans to provide housing and support to formerly incarcerated people.
by Emily Bright and Alanna Elder

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Moorhead prepares to raise a monument to a long forgotten soldier

Moorhead prepares to raise a monument to a long forgotten soldier

Later this summer historians in Moorhead will install a statue on a city corner to honor a Black Civil War veteran. Moorhead might seem like an odd place for such a memorial, but the idea is to recognize a long-forgotten piece of history.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham is on a mission to tackle racial health disparities 

Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham is on a mission to tackle racial health disparities 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham. She’s a sociologist, a primary care doctor and has big ideas for improving equity in health care.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Hennepin Healthcare makes its case for more equity, inclusion training

Hennepin Healthcare makes its case for more equity, inclusion training

The Minneapolis hospital now requires doctors and other health professionals to undergo equity and inclusion training. The program is atypical in the health field, but one that hospital leaders say is crucial in their mission to serve the entire city. Here’s how it works.
by Michelle Wiley

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160 years of sanctuary at Pilgrim Baptist Church

160 years of sanctuary at Pilgrim Baptist Church

St. Paul’s Pilgrim Baptist Church first formed in 1863 when a group of formerly enslaved people, led by a man named Robert Thomas Hickman, began worshiping together. The historic church is celebrating 160 years this weekend.
by Sarah Thamer

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