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By on March 14, 2013
"ST. PAUL, Minn. -- MayKao Hang doesn't look like the average Minnesota CEO, especially when she's mingling with other executives. 'I would venture to guess that maybe for a lot of people, I'm the first Asian person they've actually had a relationship with,' Hang said with a laugh. 'At the...
By on March 1, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3 to 5 p.m. Humphrey Forum New Deal Ruins is about the large-scale reduction in commitment to public housing in the United States since the 1990s. Housing policy currently emphasizes the demolition of public housing and the redevelopment of previously low-income neighborhoods. This policy change...
By on February 22, 2013
The Humphrey School's Infinity Project was cited in this Associated Press article on President Obama's efforts to diversify the federal bench. "In the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis, a group called the Infinity Project was formed to promote more gender equality, with just one woman...
By on February 22, 2013
Freeman Lecture February 26, 12:45 to 2 p.m. Stassen Room (Room 170) Humphrey School of Public Affairs Professor Myers is the special editor of an upcoming edition of the Review of Black Political Economy on the political economy of race and ethnicity in China. He will introduce seminar participants to...
By on January 23, 2013
Call for papers. The Consortium for Hmong Studies between the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be hosting the conference Hmong Across Borders on October 4-5, 2013 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. This interdisciplinary international conference will focus on current, innovative research on the Hmong...
By on January 23, 2013
"This year, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day almost precisely 50 years after the civil-rights leader's visit to the Twin Cities on Jan. 28, 1963. On that historic occasion, King urged the Kennedy administration to take strong action against segregation, and his remarks were greeted with an enthusiastic ovation...
By on November 29, 2012
December 6 4:30 - 6 p.m. Humphrey Forum This Special Event is a collaboration between the Humphrey Diversity Committee's Recruitment and Retention Working Group, the Center for Integrative Leadership and the Center on Women and Public Policy. Join us for a viewing of the documentary Invisible produced by Minnesota teen...
By flun0003 on September 25, 2012
The World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality in 2012 is the fourth conference initiated by the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice.
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