The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability is a coalition of grassroots organizations that advances racial, economic and environmental justice in growth and development patterns in the Twin Cities region.
 HIRE Minnesota Another road construction season in Minnesota. Have you ever taken a good look at the people hard at work along our state highway construction projects? If you did, you might notice that they are mostly white men. HIRE Minnesota is trying to change that this summer, challenging the Minnesota Department of Transportation to meet its goal to hire 6 percent women and 11 percent people of color! Join us!  Working Twice as Hard to Get Half as Far (TCDP) Friday, September 3, 2010 The Twin Cities Daily Planet summarizes the Alliance's Moving Minnesota from Worst to Best on Hiring Equity event, featuring Dr. Algernon Austin of the Economic Policy Institute. Planning Makes a Comeback (MinnPost) Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Thinking ahead isn't something Americans are good at. We'd rather spend money now than save for later. But since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, when arguably the absence of sound planning sent the housing and financial markets into a tailspin, planning has made a comeback. Franklin Avenue plan would create urban Indian cultural corridor (MPR) Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Native American Community Development Institute, an Alliance member, talks about plans for the nation's first American Indian cultural corridor along Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. |
 Working Twice as Hard: African Americans and the American Labor Market (09/02/2010)  Dr. Algernon Austin of the Economic Policy Institute made this presentation at the Alliance's Moving Minnesota from Worst to Best on Hiring Equity event. It provides a statistical picture of the hiring and unemployment disparities in the Twin Cities and nationally.  Common Ground Spring 2010 (03/31/2010)  The Alliance newsletter "Common Ground" features stories about the connections between people, places and issues in the Twin Cities Region. From securing the three missing light rail stations on Central Corridor, to the Harrison neighborhood's fight against disinvestment, to the benefits of public transportation and the importance of integrating land-use, housing, economic development in our transit planning, to HIRE Minnesota's work for hiring equity - this edition shares how on all of these issues, communities have been coming together to make development more racially, economically, and environmentally just. Read all about it! |
