Policy Highlights &
Actions
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Funding Decisions - MN Needs Your Help! |
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Do you have ideas about how $1.15 Billion Minnesota's federal COVID response funds should be spent?
Please complete this form to share your ideas with Governor Walz, Lieutenant Governor Flanagan, and their cabinet as part of their supplemental budget decision process.
Governor’s office has requested people submit requests for the ARPA funds by September 30th.
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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has contracted with African Career, Education, and Resource Inc (ACER) in partnership with MICAH to operate the COVID-19 Trusted Messenger Vaccine Program.
The COVID-19 Trusted Messengers will be people experiencing homelessness or living in congregate settings (such as supportive housing, sober homes, halfway houses, and correctional facilities) who are trained to share information with their peers about COVID-19 vaccines.
The hired messengers will share their own experiences, and provide a non-medical, non-threatening perspective to aid their peers in making decisions about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Trusted Messengers will be trained and provided ongoing support by MDH and MICAH.
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Meet the People Who Make MICAH Happen |
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Candy Bakion
Organizer
Bright and bubbly, Candy is a constant learner who believes life lessons come from natural experiences. A life-long Minneapolis and current Heritage Park Resident, Candy has many years of customer service experience at a variety of organizations including MICAH.
When she is not rolling with her entourage of five children, and a Grandson, she enjoys connecting with people through chatting and sharing knowledge.
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MICAH's Board Members discuss the importance of making sure that the people impacted by homelessness and housing crisis are the key decision makers in finding and creating solutions to ensure that everyone has a safe, decent, accessible, and affordable home. |
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Anoka Chapter
Sue Baysden
We now have a new meeting day and time:
second Thursdays at 4:00, via Zoom.
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Our First Annual, Virtual Community Bus tour is on its way - Monday, November 1st at 4:00 pm.
We are in the process of inviting community partners to participate. Watch for more information in the coming weeks!
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Freedom From the Streets
Junail Freeman & John Slade
Freedom from the Streets & MICAH shared fellowship and a table at the East Side Freedom Library's National Night Out celebration on August 3rd, 2021.
We organized for justice! Having many conversations about homelessness, housing, power, and people!
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Housing For All
Ed Goldsmith
The Plymouth Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) will be considering a Draft Renter Protection Ordinance to give additional protection to persons in Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) and also a Draft Housing Inclusion Policy to require housing developers to include some Affordable Housing in most new or renovated multi-family housing in Plymouth.
If approved, these proposals will be submitted to the Plymouth City Council for adoption. The HRA is accepting written comments on these items until October 15, 2021. There will be a Question & Answer session on the proposals via Zoom on October 7, 2021 @ 2-3pm.
The Housing For All (West) Virtual Bus Tour is Tuesday, October 26, 8:30am
Once again we will be conducting our Community Housing Bus Tour in a virtual setting. Save the Date! More details coming soon.
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Minneapolis Community
La Shella Sims is retiring this month. Her work has been great support for MICAH as a staff member in the office and in the field organizing, while dedicated to community activism, and including a term on the board.
We are thankful that she plans to continue her volunteering and activism - an asset to her community!
Join us in saying, “Thank you La Shella for all you have done for MICAH!”
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NorthEast Chapter
This week, a story from Carlos Gantchoff
Thursday, October 28 - 8am: the NorthEast Chapter will present its Community Virtual Bus Tour
Please join the Northeast MICAH chapter for our virtual bus tour! We will be visiting the St. Andrews Community Resource Center in Mahtomedi, Solid Ground in White Bear, a Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity development, and more!
The 90 minute long tour will begin at 9 AM on Thursday October 28th. We encourage elected officials, city staff, developers, faith leaders, and anyone who cares about their neighbor to attend!
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St. Paul Chapter
Please join the Saint Paul MICAH chapter for our virtual bus tour! The pandemic is still with us, so we will have to ask you to bring your own coffee. The tour will be via Zoom and we will visit shelters, ownership housing, and affordable rentals.
The tour will begin at 8 AM on Wednesday October 27th and will last an hour and a half. Whether you are a congregation member who cares about your neighbors, a city council member wanting to see what’s really going on, or anywhere in-between, you are invited!
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South Chapter Report
Save the Date!
Wednesday, October 20 - 8am
Once again we will be conducting our Dakota County Community Housing Virtual Bus Tour. Please join us!
Keep an eye out for our flyers and detailed email coming out soon.
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