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As the global coronavirus pandemic upends all aspects of our lives, U.S. Bank is uniting with other corporations and longstanding partner organizations that are representing members of underserved and minority communities to advocate for inclusion among Pan-Asians and other cultural segments.

Sen. Jeff Hayden

Challenging virtual ballot U.S. Bank demonstrates commitment to diversity, verification and outcome equity and inclusion amid COVID-19 pandemic U.S. Bank has developed a single site full of online resources where customers can find helpful information regarding their financial needs.

Through this online resource and other partnerships, U.S. Bank aims to provide simple, clear information to help individuals and small businesses get through the pandemic and tangible financial assistance to support our communities.

“Our entire team has rallied around each other, our customers and our communities, and it is a tremendous honor to work with them as we fight this pandemic,” said U.S. Bancorp Chairman, President and CEO Andy Cecere in a statement on the company’s website.

“We stand together, and we are focused on keeping people healthy and safe – personally, professionally and financially.”

U.S. Bank joined Ascend, Catalyst, Executive Leadership Council (ELC), Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), National Organization on Disability (NOD) and Out & Equal as a Supporting Company on a COVID-19 response Action Agenda. These organizations are leading champions, connectors and conveners for business leaders and professionals who are PanAsians, African American, Hispanic, women, LGBTQ and persons with disabilities.

These organizations are committed to redoubling on their mission to promote inclusion in these unprecedented times by addressing the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. Many of the low wage earners in our communities are particularly

At usbank.com/ covid-19, customers will find helpful links to manage their finances, as well as information about the financial programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help individuals and small businesses – including Economic Impact Payments (EIPs), mortgage assistance, new rules for IRAs and retirement accounts, and the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

As the global coronavirus pandemic upends all aspects of life, U.S. Bank is uniting with other corporations and longstanding partner organizations that are representing members of underserved and minority communities to advocate for inclusion among Pan-Asians and other cultural segments.

impacted during this public health and economic crisis, while health officials indicate the pandemic has claimed disproportionate numbers of Black and Hispanic lives.

“We’re proud to stand with our peers and these leading organizations to help maintain a sense of community and support at a time when we need to stay physically apart,” said Greg Cunningham, U.S. Bank Chief Diversity Officer.

U.S. Bank committed nearly $60 million to employees and communities for COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts.

It started with a new Pay Premium Program for front-line employees and a $30 million investment in communities.

U.S. Bank has expedited its annual $1 million Market Impact Fund

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A formal complaint challenging whether the Minnesota DFL Party fulfilled its obligations to ensure open and fair elections in the recent, first ever virtual/ online endorsing convention.

Supporters of Senator Jeff Hayden, who represents Senate District 62, say they will ask the DFL to verify the credentials of people who voted in the online endorsement process.

Hayden supporters say they want to know if people who voted actually lived in the precincts they voted in, citing similar questions having been raised in past elections in the South Minneapolis District.

Hayden lost the endorsement to Omar Fateh, who ran unsuccessfully for a House of Representatives seat in the last General Election two years ago.

Minnesota’s primary elections are Aug. 11, with the general election on Nov. 3. Hayden will file for re-election and

seek the party nomination from DFL primary election voters.

Hayden was elected to the House of Representatives in 2008, following a term in the House of Representatives. He has served in the Senate seat for the past 12 years.

Hayden said his challenge of virtual convention outcome seeks to make sure that all who voted were legitimate delegates. If they were not, he said, the people he as represented since 2012 need to have their voices heard.

Hayden said the number of campaign mailers returned as undeliverable by the post office indicates that some delegates who cast votes may no longer live in the district or may have moved to different precincts.

Fateh, 30, won 72% versus Hayden’s 26% of the 582 ballots cast for the May 7th District Convention.

COVID-19 impact on neighborhoods, legacy institutions

By Davion Moore Staff Writer Al Flowers, Carmen Means, Donna Svendsen, Jonathan Palmer, and Jeff Hayden joined Conversations with Al McFarlane to discuss topics such as COVID-19’s impact on neighborhoods what is being done to help these areas through the struggles.

The Public Policy Forum featured these distinguished guests, all while trying to bring back

discussions reminiscent of the ones at Lucille’s Kitchen.

The conversation began with Jonathan Palmer, who discussed what the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center is doing during this confusing time.

Palmer is the executive director of Hallie Q. Brown Center and said that they are one of the few nonprofits staying open.

“We’re one of the few nonprofits that are staying open and staying active,” Palmer said. The center is going ahead and scaling back to the childcare center, which is

providing childcare for children of essential workers. Then, as certain jobs are starting to open back up, Halie Q. Brown is helping those families as well.

Halie Q. Brown Community Center has also been responsible

for a food shelf.

“Our biggest thing has been the food shelf,” Palmer said, “And our food shelf has continued to provide food for people across the Twin Cities.”

The center is one

of the few areas that are still doing client choice, which gives people the opportunity to select their own foods and get the items that they need.

“We’re one of a handful that are doing client choice still,” Palmer said, “Many of the food shelves have had to switch over to the prepacked boxes, but ours is set up so people can still select what they need.”

Carmen Means is the executive director of the Central Neighborhood Association. She is passionate and admirable for

her work in the community, and it shows when she speaks.

Means described the Central Neighborhood Association, and what it is looking to accomplish within the area.

“Central Neighborhood spans within the blocks of 38th to Lake Street and Chicago and the Highway,” Means said, “I am also the interim director of BNO (Bryant Neighborhood Organization) which is on the other side of 38th.”

Means explained that

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These six young women are making local history and impact as shining tech stars In 2019, according to NCWIT, only 26% of the computing workforce were women and just 3% were African-American women. Technology companies large and small are highly challenged to significantly address the talent imbalance and achieve inclusive practices that attract women and people of color to their ranks.

As an NCWIT affiliate, the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Awards Program (MNAiC) is devoted to addressing the overall shortage of female technology talent, and to work with schools, community, and

business partners to significantly increase the number of women of color choosing and excelling in technology-related education and career pursuits. In the eight years of the MNAiC program, an average of 57% of the selected top-level Minnesota honorees have been women of color. In 2020, six of the forty-three top female honorees identify as Black or African American (14%).

The past Black History Month, the Minnesota Center of IT Excellence celebrated six top-level honorees --who were recognized along with their peers at an April awards

ceremony-- for their computingrelated interests, skills, and accomplishments. The young women were aksed to identify a person in Black history who has inspired them the most and why — here’s what they shared with us: Sarah Ali, Junior at South High School – Minneapolis “I am inspired

by Dorothy Johnson Vaughan a computer analyst and mathematician. She inspires me because despite being one of the only women in the room, she was also one of the only women of

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As an NCWIT affiliate, the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Awards Program (MNAiC) is devoted to addressing the overall shortage of female technology talent, and to work with schools, community, and business partners to significantly increase the number of women of color choosing and excelling in technology-related education and career pursuits.

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Old, Sick and Incarcerated

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor There were 4623 incarcerated people over 65 in federal prisons during the first week of May. Until May 12, Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s onetime campaign manager, was one of them. The 71-year-old petitioned the court for release to home confinement because of his age, heart condition, and “fear of coronavirus.” Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year sentence. Recently developed federal guidelines suggest athome confinement for those at risk who have served more than half of their sentence or have less than eighteen months of jail time left to serve.

Manafort meets none of these criteria, but he apparently had enough high-priced lawyers to push his case aggressively.

I’m not as outraged at Manafort’s early release as I am disturbed about the other 4622 elderly inmates, most who lack the resources and access that Manafort had.

Nearly forty percent of those incarcerated in federal prisons are African American, many serving very long sentences for drug-related crimes. Many have some of the same underlying medical conditions and “fear of coronavirus” that Manafort had.

How many of them will get an early release and the relative luxury of home confinement?

The treatment of a wealthy, older white man and a poor, older Black man is vastly different.

Prisons are a breeding ground for the coronavirus.

Prisons are overcrowded with social distancing an impossibility since an average cell, about five feet by five, does not allow six feet of distancing.

Recent studies show that the COVID-19 germs from a loud conversation or a cough linger for minutes, sufficient time to infect another person. The notorious Riker’s Island prison has eight times the COVID-19 infection rate of the New York City rate. Infection is not a

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Prison infections are so widespread that some activists describe them as “death camps.”

Older people don’t commit violent crimes (although they commit financial crimes and perjury). Releasing those over 65 who were convicted of drug crimes and other nonviolent crimes saves money and has little social cost. But incarceration is an economic driver for some communities.

Federal prisons employ tens of thousands of people. In some isolated communities, these prisons are a significant source of employment. Releasing prisoners early may cause layoffs. Is this why we insist on keeping so many people locked up for such long periods?

Parole was eliminated in federal prison in the mid1980s, allowing “good behavior ” only after 85 percent of a sentence has been served.

But Manafort, citing “fear of coronavirus,” ended up serving less than a quarter of his sentence.

Can an old Black man get the Manafort treatment and serve the rest of his sentence in a cushy condo in Northern Virginia?

Manafort had a lot less to fear, at his minimum-security prison, than a Black inmate might.

Other countries have reacted to coronavirus crowding by releasing inmates in the tens of thousands. According to David Anderson of the International Legal Foundation, Iran released more than half of its prisoners – 100,000 of 189,000. Palestine is holding emergency court sessions to allow inmates to petition for release. Other countries seem to understand that COVID-19

and crowding don’t work and are releasing prisoners.

Meanwhile, our country, in Anderson’s words, is “addicted to punishment.”

In keeping nonviolent inmates incarcerated, we are “prioritizing punishment over public health.” The inmates aren’t the only ones at risk.

Correctional officers, lawyers, and visiting family members are also vulnerable. We are so committed to getting a “pound of flesh” from those incarcerated that we refuse to consider the high costs of incarceration.

Consider the case of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, and other crimes, Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years for his crimes. He is not scheduled to be released until 2037! While Kilpatrick certainly deserved to be convicted, a 28-year sentence is excessive. Recently an inmate at his Oakdale, Louisiana prison died from the coronavirus. I’m sure Kilpatrick is as frightened of the coronavirus as Manafort is. He is not likely to be allowed home confinement.

Unless there is intervention, Kilpatrick will be eligible for Social Security before he is released! What is the purpose of such a long sentence? How much does it cost to incarcerate someone for 28 years? Is it worth it?

The coronavirus magnified our nation’s inequality. Manafort is out after less than two years’ incarceration.

Thousands who are old and poor remain incarcerated and vulnerable to coronavirus. Our criminal injustice system is in dire need of reform.

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UBE urges black Episcopalians to complete US Census, register to vote

By Pat McCaughan [Episcopal News Service] The Union of Black Episcopalians has joined The Episcopal Church and other faith and advocacy groups in encouraging communities of color to participate in the 2020 census and register to vote, actions that have a direct impact on the distribution of federal funds and democratic representation in government.

During the second in a series of webinars, “Stand Up and Be Counted,” the Rev. Ellis Clifton, UBE’s Midwest regional director, told about 50 participants that African American voters could make the difference in the upcoming November election in key swing states like Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan, where

many did not vote in 2016 “and now are singing the blues.”

The Episcopal Church is an official partner of the census and is urging all Americans to submit the data for their households, which is required by law. Click here for more information on civil engagement.

UBE began hosting “Talk 2 Talk” webinars in April 2020, with a conversation about mental health and spiritual care in the age of COVID-19, said the Very Rev. Kim Coleman, UBE national president.

They are scheduled at 4 p.m.

EDT every third Sunday of the month and are designed to inform, inspire and equip members with resources and support to address important contemporary realities.

“This is so very important because what we do about the census and voting

will determine our future possibilities,” Coleman told ENS after the May 17 webinar.

“We are justifiably worried about COVID-19.

The risk is that blacks, ethnic minorities and other vulnerable peoples will allow the immediate danger COVID-19 presents to distract us from the potentially more damaging future that will unfold if we fail to act,” she said. “Completing the census assures us that, for the next decade, essential funding for services and infrastructure will reach the areas where blacks, ethnic minorities and other vulnerable peoples live, if we will stand up and be counted.”

The same, she said, holds true for elections at all levels of government.

“Doing whatever it takes to cast a vote in local, state and national elections,

down to applying for an absentee ballot, determines who the policy- and decisionmakers will be,” Coleman said.

“People who are not pleased with our national life and who dream of a better reality, particularly people of color, simply cannot afford to skip out on either the census or voting.”

Gina Wilson Steward, president of the Western Wayne County branch of Michigan’s NAACP and a featured webinar speaker, said the reluctance to complete census forms can result in loss of federal funds to local communities.

“Every person not counted in a city like Inkster represents an estimated $3,000 in funds at risk. That’s each year per person, and that’s money not coming to the city for 10 years,” Steward said, referring to her own community,

a city of 24,381 people, 20 miles west of Detroit.

Those funds, she explained, are used “for schools, health programs, [free and reduced] lunches, housing assistance, roads, police and fire services and many other critical services that benefit our community.” In a city like

Detroit, for example, failure to complete the census form can result in billions of dollars in lost revenue, she said.

Steward acknowledged that African Americans and people of color are often reluctant to fill out

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US House passes HEROES Act advancing landmark federal action on prison phone justice Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed, with a 208 to 199 vote, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act), a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package that includes more funding to address the immediate needs of families with low income. Included in the 1,815-page omnibus stimulus bill is the COVID-19 Compassion and Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act, which would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority to regulate all prison and jail phone call rates, reversing a major 2017 D.C. Court of Appeals ruling.

The Act would provide families with incarcerated loved ones—often Black and Brown families and families with low income— desperately-needed relief as they face an indefinite economic crisis. The stimulus package seeks to support these very families, many of whom are currently on the frontlines in essential jobs, facing layoffs, evictions, and hunger. Connecting with loved ones behind bars has never been more important as prisons and jails become the local epicenters of the COVID-19 outbreak across the country and visits are suspended.

Responsive to

decades of pressure by prison phone justice advocates led in part by the provision’s namesake Ms. Martha Wright-Reed, the COVID-19 Compassion and Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act would authorize and direct the FCC to regulate both interstate and intrastate prison and jail calls again. In the interim, it would set rate caps at $0.04 per minute for prepaid calls and $0.05 per minute for collect calls, making the max charge for a 15-minute call $0.75 as compared to the current national average of $5.76 in jails and $1.42 in prisons (prepaid). The Act would also bar state and local government agencies from collecting commissions off phone calls. As more and more families combat increasing economic insecurity, this provision would dramatically increase the capacity of families to communicate with incarcerated loved ones.

“This is the most significant federal legislative vote on prison phone justice in history, and it is needed now more than ever,” said Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises. “Right now, in the middle of an economic crisis, predatory prison telecom corporations are still charging families as much as $25 for a 15-minute call with an incarcerated loved one. The

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“Families have carried the heavy burden of the exorbitant cost of prison phone calls for far too long. This burden is both economical and emotional especially during this global pandemic. Families are worried about paying their bills while also being fearful about the health of their incarcerated loved one. We applaud the House for supporting fair, reasonable, and just prison phone call rates,” said Dr. Artika R. Tyner, Law Professor and Director of the University of St. Thomas Center on Race, Leadership, and Social Justice. exorbitant cost of these calls has long pushed families— disproportionately Black and Brown due to racist policies and policing—into debt, but times are even harder due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We applaud the House for thinking about these families and including prison phone justice in its stimulus package, and we urge the Senate to hold this line against the exploitation of people behind bars and the families who love them.”

“The passing of the Heroes Act through the House is a significant step in the right direction for families and their incarcerated loved ones. For decades, Black and brown families living on low incomes have for too long borne the brunt of the exorbitant cost of phone calls as the sole lifeline to remain connected to their loved ones who are incarcerated. This exploitation by prison phone companies, coupled with the disproportionate health and

economic impacts the pandemic has had on Black and brown families, has made the fight for phone justice that much more high stakes. We applaud the House for recognizing and acting upon this urgency and we demand the Senate take similar swift action to ensure our communities remain in contact with one another throughout this crisis and beyond,” said Myaisha Hayes, Campaign Director at MediaJustice.

“The Martha Wright Act provisions championed by Representative Rush, Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Pallone recognize that the right of all people in the U.S. to connect with each other during the novel coronavirus pandemic is not only a matter of mental health and economic survival, it is a matter of life and death.

Communication is particularly important for incarcerated people. Daughters, fathers, cousins, grandmothers are anxious to reach out to get and give support. If stories from inside prisons are not told, horrible life-threatening conditions are more likely to persist. If families can reach their incarcerated loved ones at fair rates, they can monitor their health and welfare and ensure they receive access to essential care given the horrific spread of COVID-19 among people in jail, prison or detention. We can

save lives,” said Cheryl Leanza, policy advisor at UCC OC, Inc. “The need for communication between incarcerated people and their families is greater than ever during this crisis, with inperson visits suspended and family members facing grave threats to their health. But even absent the widespread economic hardship caused by the crisis, the cost of prison calls can be prohibitively expensive to families,” said Ariel Nelson, attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. “The HEROES Act takes a critical step towards helping families stay connected by immediately capping the cost of calls and prohibiting exploitative practices that take advantage of families’ basic need to connect to generate revenue.”

“Today, the House passed desperately-needed connectivity assistance for millions struggling under the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact,” said Leo Fitzpatrick, Policy Counsel at Free Press Action. “We welcome the inclusion of this provision within the larger package as it ensures that everyone in our society can get and stay connected in this current crisis and recognizes what we have known all along: exploitative

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“This is a pivotal moment for our communities, our country and our future,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson. “This is the moment when we unmask those inequalities and injustices and chart a new path toward a more just nation.”

The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis

Pandemic brings years of healthcare disparities to the forefront

By Lisa Fitch, OW Editor-in-Chief Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing networks. .

“We’ve got to shop for each other, we have to pick up prescriptions for each other,” Karenga said. “We’ve got to talk; we’ve got to share information, so we don’t have to be afraid unnecessarily.”

Karenga was recently featured on the Carl Nelson Show and conducted a phone conference with Nelson and his radio audience at WOL radio in Washington, D.C. “There’s no real denying of the damage and destruction that this coronavirus has done to our lives,” Karenga said. “We can’t even worship in the same way anymore.”

During the show, Karenga admitted that there is a lot of fear and confusion out in the world now, and he warned against buying into the conspiracy theories which can pit persons against each other.

He also expressed his dismay with the information the

government issues to the public.

“They don’t have culturally competent messages for us,” Karenga said, claiming that at least 46 percent of coronavirus victims are Black.

“Even though Black people are in the emerging hot zones…

Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans…we lack the ethnic data. Who’s tested positive? Who has died? We don’t have any of that.”

“Why do we need this data?” he asked. “It saves lives.

We could target resources where they’re most needed. Help slow down the virus. We need culturally responsible education and mobilization.”

The Congressional

Black Caucus (CBC) has called for the Centers for Disease Control to collect and report racial data for COVID-19. As of April 8, only nine states and the District of Columbia released data based on race.

“We need full disclosure of racial data to identify and prioritize the areas of greatest impact,” the letter stated.

Former President Barak Obama agreed, raising the issue at a virtual meeting with mayors, local leaders and members of response teams from around the world.

“When you start looking at issues of domestic abuse and you start looking at

racial disparities that are popping up in your cities, paying attention to that is the kind of leadership I know all of you aspire to,” Obama said. “You have to be intentional about these issues.”

Rep. Karen Bass (CA37), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus holds frequent town hall teleconferences on various subjects.

“Healthcare disparities in our country have been a longstanding issue and concern for the Congressional Black Caucus,” Bass said. “The spread of the coronavirus has compounded these issues, leaving Black people even more vulnerable. We need to urgently

address these disparities with a targeted response to our community.”

Los Angeles County released figures amid a national conversation on how COVID-19 is affecting racial groups differently. The city’s racial breakdown of coronavirus deaths shows the majority of people who died were White or Latino. However, Black people accounted for a disproportionate 17 percent of the deaths while making up only 9 percent of the county’s population.

Across the nation, the numbers reveal similar racial disparities. Blacks are at greater

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Hennepin County COVID-19 preparedness plan The board approved a Hennepin County COVID-19 preparedness plan to keep people safe as the county brings more staff back to physical locations to serve residents.

The plan requires employees to do self-screening at home before coming to work and requires worksite training for all employees.

The plan also requires all employees and visitors to wear face coverings in all county facilities. The face coverings must cover both mouth and nose, as well as be secured to the head with ties or ear loops.

The county will provide face coverings to employees and

U.S. Bank From 1 grant program in April to provide funding for 30 local nonprofits that are working to respond to the most pressing needs in their communities.

From Los Angeles to Chicago, the grants are being used by nonprofits to support small businesses, maintain safe housing and ensure accessibility to critical human

COVID-19 Impact From 2 both neighborhoods are in the middle of gentrification. So, the organizations are in midswing of the fight for preserving what both the neighborhood and Southside represents, versus what Means explained as “having the predatorial behaviors coming in taking over their communities such as what we’re seeing and experiencing

6 Young Women From 1 color. By sticking it out through these working conditions she was able to pave the way for the generations to come.”

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visitors who do not have them.

The face covering requirement takes effect Thursday, May 21. Other plan elements will be in place beginning the week of May 25. The county’s plan will be reviewed regularly and updated as needed.

The county continues to take a phased approach to bringing back in-person services at county facilities.

Many services continue to be offered online and by phone, mail, drop-off, and fax. For the latest service updates, go to https://www.hennepin.us/ covid-19.

services by the communities’ most economically vulnerable populations. The company is deploying these funds three months earlier than originally scheduled to ensure immediate relief.

“We know how many nonprofits are struggling and we wanted to make sure that our partners know that we trust them to use our grant dollars in whatever way is needed to sustain the life-changing work they do in our communities every day,” said U.S. Bank

Chief Social Responsibility Officer Reba Dominski.

The move is part of a broader shift in how U.S. Bank is approaching community giving this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the company announced a $30 million philanthropic commitment focused on shortterm relief and long-term recovery and was intentionally focused on communities of color and low-to-moderate income communities. U.S. Bank donated $4 million to three national

nonprofits – United Way, LISC and Operation HOPE – and announced that its remaining $25 million in grants planned for this year could be used by nonprofits for general operating expenses rather than for specific programming. It is anticipated that 90 percent of the full $30 million commitment will be invested in organizations serving people of color and low-tomoderate income communities.

U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC), the

tax credit and community investment subsidiary of U.S. Bank, facilitated $50 million in capital to seven community development financial institution (CDFI) customers, helping them provide loans through the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program.

Each of the CDFIs are receiving $5-$10 million in low interest rate loans to support their ability to fund small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. CDFIs play a critical role in bringing investment

and resources to underserved communities, and those who may not be eligible for traditional small business financing, with a focus on women and minorityowned businesses and low-tomoderate income communities.

U.S. Bank has been a long-time partner working with CDFIs to provide funding to entrepreneurs in underserved communities. By the end of 2019, U.S. Bank helped ensure that more than $400 million in capital was available for CDFIs and their customers.

right now.”

Means explains that the goal of Central and BNO is that they build communities that exemplify equity.

“And when I talk about equity, I’m not talking about the image in which we see the black boy on a higher platform than the rest of the races.” Means said, “I’m talking about really being hands on deck, boots to the ground, and building a community that represents the origins of the community.”

When discussing her

work, Means explains that in her position, she is not afraid to make it clear on where she stands, and she not only represents herself but those that come before her.

“I don’t mind fighting or being very clear about where I stand. I was taught very young that your name is all that you have. And so for me, it’s not just about my name, it’s about the people that come before me and the people that I must honor.”

Means said that the organizations have been connecting with churches, and in turn, required a vacant land

to start teaching urban farming.

Given the current situation, the knowledge is not only valuable but is something that can be a benefit for the communities going into the future.

Donna Svendsen is leading an organization called ServeMinnesota, where people all over the state do community service in schools, nonprofits, and others for a year.

“Our mission in addressing critical community needs means that we are able to be responsive to issues as they arise,” Svendsen said.

ServeMinnesota will start the Emergency Response Initiative to help communities around the state from the fallout of COVID. The program, which beings June 8, will include benefits such as a stipend, healthcare, daycare, and an education award.

Lastly, Senator Jeff Hayden joined the conversation and explained what is going on in the pandemic on a senate level, and to say that Minnesota has done a pretty good job in lowering the curve on the issue through social distancing and getting information out.

“We are going to get the disease far greater just because of our underlying conditions and what we call comorbidities, meaning having another healthcare condition in addition to getting the disease.”

This includes things like high blood pressure, heart disease, and so on.

The conversation was insightful and like always something we should take with us as we continue navigating this pandemic.

her Girls Who Code classes to 2nd graders and running community service events such as blood drives and hosting awareness weeks at her school.

She is also president of an allgirls technology club at her high school and is the community service officer of the student council. In the near future, she hopes to have a career related to cybersecurity.

Sophomore at South High School – Minneapolis “Lena O. Smith, who was a famous AfricanAmerican attorney in Minneapolis from the 1930s to the 1960s. She fought for those who, at the time, had no voice within the court system.

Her tireless work for minorities and civil rights in the face of adversity is simply inspiring.”

Ghebremeskal is a 2020 Aspirations in Computing National Honorable Mention and previous State Winner.

In her free time, she teaches robotics classes to elementary students and participates in other clubs at her school. Her current job at a Best Buy Teen Tech Center has taught her the skills needed to achieve her future goals in cybersecurity, game development, and politics.

Aspirations in Computing National Honorable Mention and State Winner. Her passions include speech competitions and volunteering. She’s involved in many clubs at her school including, Student Council, Muslim Student Association, and much more. After spending time in her home country of Somalia this past summer, she realized why it is important that she pursues an educational and career track in Biomedical Engineering. She hopes to help leverage her technology skills to help develop sustainable solutions conducive to a more humane and enjoyable life for the Somalian people.

have had to endure and my job as a member of the black community to put an end to that unnecessary inequality, inequity, and suffering.”

Watson is a 2020 Aspirations in Computing State Honorable Mention. In middle school she took a STEM elective, however, she was unsatisfied with the scope of the courses resulting in her teaching herself HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. An interest in science and technology led her to participate in Tech Trek, an all-girls STEM camp. Currently, she is studying graphic design, engineering, architecture, and coding. In the future, Dorothea hopes to attend Stanford University and pursue a career that allows her to unite her love for STEM and the social sciences.

The Minnesota Aspirations in Computing (MNAiC) Awards Program partners with the

National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) to inspire, empower, and honor young women of high school age for their computing-related achievements and interests.

The program is supported by the Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence and numerous businesses and organizations.

The powerful story of honoree accomplishments does not end at a recognition ceremony in April of each year, it’s just the beginning! Over 400 young women who have been honored since the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Program inception in 20122013 continue to pursue lifechanging education and career opportunities, becoming accomplished practitioners and leaders in a variety of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields.

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Claire Jensen, Senior at South High School – Minneapolis “African American author Toni Morrison inspires me because she was bold enough to initiate change and forge a path in a field where she was not welcome in society’s eyes. She didn’t let anyone hold her back and didn’t ever stop doing what she loved, no matter what she gained or lost from it. Toni Morrison inspires me to change only for myself and to never stop pursuing my passions, and I strive to be as dedicated as her.”

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Afiya Ward, Senior at Central High School – St. Paul “I have always been amazed and inspired by the story of Ms. Katherine Johnson.

Of course, my technical field of interest is very different than hers, but her examples of drive and resilience have inspired me to continue to work towards my goals, even when it gets hard.”

Ward is a 2020 Aspirations in Computing State Winner. Over the past year, she has worked with ARTS-Us to create a summer program for middle school and high school girls as well as youth of color, to help them explore their interests in STEAM and provide them with leadership opportunities.

Afiya is also a basketball player and volunteers with many organizations in her community.

Dorothea Watson, Sophomore at Hopkins High School “A woman who is an important figure in both the African-American community and the global community, that has affected me greatly is, Henrietta Lacks. She was a black woman whose cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized cell line and one of the most crucial cell lines in medical history. The name Henrietta Lacks has stuck with me for so long because for decades, she went unrecognized for her contribution to the medical field although her cells were paramount in advancing medical practices. This, to me, is something to hold onto every day because it is a reminder of the suffering black people

Federal CARES Act allotment for Hennepin County The Hennepin County Board last week approved a $2.5 million federal CARES Act allotment for emergency relief and recovery. The allotment supports private non-profits and community organizations impacted by COVID-19 that serve county-involved individuals, families, and youth.

Funding will support

facility adaptations, technology, supplies, and personal protective equipment that the providers need to safely carry out services during the COVID-19 crisis. Additionally, the funding will support the county’s disparity reduction work and those entities that deliver services to disadvantaged individuals and communities.

Hennepin announces housing and community development plans The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved the Hennepin County five-year plan and 2020 action plan for housing and community development.

These plans will guide the use of approximately $30 million in federal funds from the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development in suburban Hennepin County cities over the next five years. More than 2,000 Hennepin County residents offered input into the plans through in-person and online engagement activities.

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Helping children and families deal with stress, anxiety in a series of experiments that they were more nervous than they really needed to be. The children begin to feel better as they learn that their fears or worries are unlikely to come true.

Treatment for situational stress involves helping children use strategies to cope with emotional distress until the stressful situation improves or they adjust to the situation.

Children feel better by having strategies to solve problems that can be solved and having support to handle situations that cannot be fixed.

Anxiety and stress can be challenging, including choosing the right treatment.

If you ever feel like you need help, contact your doctor, therapist, counselor, or the Mayo Clinic Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic to schedule an appointment.

Adults seeking help for anxiety or stress may also find Anxiety Coach and the Family Stress Resource Center helpful.

More information for adults can be found at Mayo Clinic Patient Care and Health Information.

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The Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach provides online tools for children and families struggling with anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and situational stress.

Because these conditions are treated differently, the clinic created two separate programs to help. Anxiety Coach is for children and families dealing with anxiety disorders and OCD. The Family Stress Resource Center is for children and families coping with

upsetting changes, events, or challenges in their lives.

To get started, decide which program best meets your child’s needs.

What’s the difference between anxiety disorders and OCD versus situational stress?

When children have anxiety disorders they are very afraid, nervous, or worried about typical daily experiences that would not bother most children their age. For some kids with OCD, rather than feeling

nervous or worried, they feel “grossed-out” by things or feel the need to make things “just-right.” In both cases, children feel anxious or upset, even when there is nothing happening around them that would be very frightening or bothersome to most other kids.

On the other hand, situational stress is a child’s reaction to a difficult situation that most children of that age would find upsetting. At these times children may feel worried, nervous, angry, sad,

or frustrated. They may feel or act more upset than other children, but their thoughts and feelings about the stressful situation are similar to how we would expect most kids of that age to react.

It is also important to note that kids can experience both anxiety disorders and situational stress at the same time or at different times in their lives.

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Senator Calls for Significant Housing Assistance in Future Coronavirus Relief Packages

U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Nation’s Top Economic Leaders: Pandemic has Worsened Affordable Housing Crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. [05/19/20]— U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today told the nation’s top economic leaders that the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the existing affordable housing crisis in Minnesota and across the country. She called for future relief packages to include long-term housing assistance to address the problem.

Sen. Smith, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, pushed for expanded housing assistance at a hearing Tuesday that included Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. She asked Chairman Powell what challenges he sees ahead for the housing market and said the “ripple effect of people not being able to pay their rent or their mortgage and then the impact that has all the way through the

Episcopalians From 3 the lack feel does work

forms because they computer access or that “the government not benefit them or for them,” she said.

“Our challenge is convincing them that failure to complete the census is not an option. Not completing the census harms our neighborhoods and hurts our people. An accurate census

HEROES Act From 3 profiteering off incarcerated people and their families as they struggle to stay connected is unjustified and cruel, but even more starkly unacceptable during a pandemic when jails

housing continuum is a great concern.”

You can see a portion of the hearing here.

“If you don’t have a safe place to live then nothing else in your life works,” Sen. Smith told Chairman Powell. “I believe that [housing assistance] is something that’s really important for us to address in the next [coronavirus] package.”

Smith told Powell she is working on efforts to provide billions of dollars of assistance for homeowners, renters and people experiencing homelessness who need help finding or maintaining stable housing during the pandemic.

Powell responded that the pandemic is a “natural disaster” and that the economic downturn is putting the housing industry “under great pressure.”

He said many workers, especially in the service

industry, are forced to commute long distances for jobs because the cost of living – primarily in urban areas where the greatest job creation is taking place – makes housing near their workplace unaffordable.

“Really it comes down to sensibly, thoughtfully opening up the economy in a way that builds confidence and keeps people safe,” Powell said.

“I think that’s really important that we do that well.”

At the hearing, Sen. Smith said that during a statewide “housing listening tour” conducted last year, she talked to hundreds of families, community leaders, and housing developers who described for her the crisis that the shortage of affordable housing has created in virtually every community across the state. In February, she released the findings from the tour.

count affects everyone: seniors, students, children, parents, businesses and nonprofit agencies,” Steward said.

Reiterating the importance of an accurate census count, Steward stressed that the amount of federal funds cities received for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic was determined by population count.

The forms may be completed via phone or online at 2020census.gov. “It takes 10 minutes to fill it out. We just have to get everybody

involved,” she added.

The NAACP has been partnering with nonprofit agencies and churches to hold informational gatherings and even “be counted” challenges, she said. If possible, churches can aid the effort by providing online access so that local community members can complete the forms.

Inkster City Councilman Steve Chisholm, a warden at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Inkster and a webinar guest, said he completed the census form online in about 10 minutes.

Chisholm said getting out the vote is everyone’s responsibility, and individuals can begin by talking with family members and friends.

“A lot of my peers and friends feel it’s just not that important to them, and you really have to explain about voting and how important it is at the local level,” said Chisholm, who is 32. Failure to vote in local elections risks excluding “new life” on city councils and county boards, possibly even losing a congressional seat, he said.

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Hammons, president of the H. Belfield Hannibal UBE Chapter in Los Angeles, said the group offered voter registration events earlier this year. “Two member congregations committed to registering voters,” said Hammons, a retired vocational deacon.

Recalling the necessity of voting, she added: “My mother made it a point to still vote six days before she died. She could hardly walk, but she cast her ballot.”

Additionally,discovering her great-grandfather in the 1867 census in Bell County,

Texas, makes completing the information “an important way for us to connect with our ancestors,” she told ENS. She said the webinar helped her realize how “filling out the census form helps meet the needs of our communities.

If the census form is not completed, we jeopardize so much for our families and neighborhoods.”

– The Rev. Pat McCaughan is a correspondent for the Episcopal News Service. She is based in Los Angeles, California.

and prisons populations have ceased in-person visitations.”

“This vote marks an important step toward reconnecting families with their loved ones behind bars,” said Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns at Color Of Change. “For years, prison telecommunications firms have exploited incarcerated

individuals and their families, charging excessive, abusive, often insurmountable fees for phone calls. And with jails and prisons cancelling visitation in the wake of COVID-19, these firms’ price-gouging threatened to tear these families apart.

The HEROES Act provides relief for the overwhelmingly Black, Brown and cash-poor individuals victimized by

predatory pricing, and we thank the House for its vote to put families before profits.”

“Until we #FreeThemAll, it is absolutely urgent that we end the deeply immoral practice of price gouging communications between people who are imprisoned and their loved ones. We are grateful to the House for taking this important

step, and call on the Senate to follow suit immediately,” said Aura Kanegis, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the American Friends Service Committee.

“Families have carried the heavy burden of the exorbitant cost of prison phone calls for far too long. This burden is both economical and emotional especially during this

global pandemic. Families are worried about paying their bills while also being fearful about the health of their incarcerated loved one. We applaud the House for supporting fair, reasonable, and just prison phone call rates,” said Dr. Artika R. Tyner, Law Professor and Director of the University of St. Thomas Center on Race, Leadership, and Social Justice.

compounding the effects of the coronavirus pandemic for Black, Brown, Asian and indigenous communities.”

“This is a pivotal moment for our communities, our country and our future,” Johnson continued. “This is the moment when we unmask those inequalities and injustices and chart a new path toward a more just nation.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was wary of publicizing incomplete information, as not every health facility was completing demographic information.

Last week, County Supervisor Herb Wesson penned a letter to fellow board members and Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the county’s Department of Public Health.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting many compelling challenges. An important challenge is transparency in the reporting of data on how this pandemic is impacting communities and ethnic groups in Los Angeles County.

“It is vital that while our emergency public health mobilization gathers momentum that we have the needed data that is key to understanding the impact and the response that is aimed at addressing the crisis.

“This data is critical to the effective deployment of needed resources and the shaping of public education and communications, particularly in communities of color. It is also vital for the purpose of accountability.

“More specifically, I am requesting data including, but not limited to, a break-down by ethnic groups related to rates of death, the number of tests, the results of those tests, the number of those in quarantine and the data on individuals who have tested positive and have recovered. I am also requesting that this information be included with the Public Health Department’s regular updates.”

The message was received, as during one of the recent briefings, Ferrer noted that the ethnic data was often no filled in on the forms that the county collected for daily statistics during the crisis, but that the department would do its

best to get the requested data.

Data from April 9, there were 7,574 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 384 of them were Black. There were 212 deaths and 23 of them were African American.

“Early data on deaths show that no group is immune from COVID-19,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti in his recent news briefings. “We need every community to understand this can affect you. No matter what community you live in or come from, this can affect you.”

“Long-term racial disparities still exist,” Garcetti said. “The effect it has on communities can be disproportionate.”

Garcetti also mentioned that it is important to be conservative when it comes to judging the peak of the crisis. Lawmakers don’t want to cause a second virus surge by lifting the social distancing order too soon.

The mayor has ordered all residents to don nonmedical masks when out in public. These can be scarves or purchased coverings for the nose and mouth.

“Keep your masks very secure and sterile,” Garcetti said. “Wash them at night. Don’t lay them down anywhere, they can pick up germs.”

Karenga, who spoke at the 1995 Million Man March, reminded his radio listeners that he wrote the mission statement for the march, which included the reaffirmation of and strengthening of the Black family, based on principals of shared responsibility. That strength will help conquer “the awesome task before us,” he said.

“We are the people who survived the holocaust of slavery,” Karenga noted. “We have no business thinking we cannot handle this.”

Karenga referred to Kwanzaa and pointed to the fourth principle of the holiday, Ujamaa, cooperative economics.

“That’s central to this,” said Karenga, who stressed the need to find a common ground in our blackness.

“We need a collective approach where everybody benefits.”

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Black Crisis From 3 risk, mostly because many have a greater burden of disease. The problem is especially acute in Louisiana, Illinois and Michigan. In Louisiana, 70 percent of people who died were lack, but African Americans make up only a third of the population “It’s not that [Blacks are] getting infected more often,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci during a recent With House briefing. “It’s that when they do get infected with their underlying medical conditions — diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma – those are the kind of things that wind them up in the ICU and ultimately death.”

Fauci says the pandemic is shining a bright light on the healthcare disparities which have always existed in the country and added that efforts to limit these disparities should resume after this global crisis.

“Many of the social structures in our country have long placed African Americans in disadvantageous positions,” said Dr. Marjorie Innocent, senior director of NAACP Health Programs in a recent teleconference. “At the same time, African Americans are more likely not to have regular sources of healthcare and tend to rely far too much on emergency center care.”

NAACP Director of Environmental and climate justice, Jacqui Patters, noted that the most vulnerable and most marginalized populations often end up falling through the cracks during an emergency.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson agreed, adding that the government’s response to the Black community reminded him of the Katrina crisis.

“People were left stranded on rooftops,” he said during the teleconference. “Are we going to leave a significant portion of the population stranded?”

Johnson later sent an email reiterating the “deepseated racial inequities embedded in everything from healthcare to the economy are

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