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After George Floyd’s murder, a new philanthropic collective formed to raise $25 million to combat anti-Blackness in Minnesota. In a conversation with Sahan Journal, the group’s new president, Lulete Mola, discusses that plan and its progress.

Category: Changing the Narrative

‘We need a fund that doesn’t see funding Black people as risky’: How three Black leaders are working to change Minnesota philanthropy.

Getting Hmong men to open up about something many would rather not discuss: A culture of ‘toxic masculinity’

Nativists in St. Cloud have told refugees they’re not welcome. One refugee wants to teach them a better greeting: ‘See tahay?’—‘How are you?,’ in Somali.

New generation pushes Hmong mental health concerns into the light

‘Monster in our community’: East African youth break the silence over addiction

Meet the woman who’s documenting the stories of immigrants and their children in southwest Minnesota

What’s it like to be an immigrant in America? Tell this woman

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Sahan Journal puts a front-page focus on Minnesota’s new immigrants

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