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Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC)

 

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Organization Information


Organization: Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC)

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Organization Mission: Building a thoughtful, literate, and engaged society.

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Participants
Through our workshops, traveling exhibits, documentaries, published works and more, we engage people all over the state in a variety of ways – and have for nearly 50 years. Participants include civic leaders, community members, educators, Veterans, environmentalists, authors, storytellers, scholars, native nations, humanists, activists and you.

Partners
One of the great strengths of the Humanities Center is our network of statewide partners. Since 1971, the Humanities Center has partnered and collaborated with thousands of organizations and individuals including (but not limited to): The Minnesota Historical Society, Twin Cities PBS, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Health, the Science Museum of Minnesota, AMPERS, Camp Ripley, Women Veterans’ Initiative, Smithsonian Institution, Ka Joog, Hennepin County Library, Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, Saint Paul Almanac, The Loft Literary Center and a wide array of educational institutions from the University to Minnesota to St. Catherine University to the Roseville Public Schools and Minnehaha Academy – and everything in between.

Supporters
The humanities are all around us and are at the essence of our humanity, but that does not mean they do not need support and advocacy. Supporters of the Humanities Center include foundations, individual donors, volunteers, state and federal legislators, program participants, partners and more. Human-powered humanities takes all of us.

 

 


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Status Reports / News 
Related PlanScape Status on: Arts & Culture, Diversity and Inclusion

Key reports on: Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC)


Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) (May 02, 2023)

May 2023 API Month Newsletter: "We take time this month to recognize the achievements of Asian Americans"

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Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) (February 27, 2021)

(1) New funding opportunity 2021-02-27; (2) Make a Gift 2020 (3) Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage Funds, MHC will award grants to American Indians and nonprofit organizations led by Native peoples, and immigrants and nonprofit organizations led by immigrants.

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Collaboration with the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans (May 18, 2020)

This storytelling project with CAPM will feature Minnesota Cambodian community leaders in a series of video shorts.

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October 24, 2024: Rochester NAACP And Mayo Clinic AD MERG

Love Wins: Community Empowerment Initiative

Free Workshop and Community Townhalls Press Release

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October 16, 2024: 2024 Destination Medical Center Reports
Proceedings

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting with 2025 Workplan Breakout

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

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October 11, 2024: Juneteenth Activities

November 2024 Selma Film and Discussions

2024 Recognition: $1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support, Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth

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October 09, 2024: Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)
Students Decoded: The Mental Health Database

C2C October 9, 2024 Summit

Presentation Slides  

 

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October 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050
Call for inputs: Mayor Norton YouTube Messages

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

 

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October 01, 2024: Early Childhood Resource Hub Launch

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

 

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September 23, 2024: A Study of Financial Hardship

2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

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September 17, 2024: Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024
RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

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August 30, 2024: CMRC Legacy and Future

CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

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August 20, 2024: Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)
2024 Presentation at DMC DEI Series

2022 News Next chapter, summer programming: 5-K run; Narcan training partnership with Diversity Council. 

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August 12, 2024: Community Healthcare Simulation Center Co-Design Report
Jun 2021 Co-design Report

2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

Rochester by mid-October

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August 08, 2024: Anti-Hate Rally and Forum

Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate

"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."

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August 07, 2024: Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

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Impacts

The work of this organization may have impacts on the following areas:

PlanScape

Lvl 1: Arts & Culture ; Diversity and Inclusion

Lvl 2: Asian American and Pacific Islander ; Native American ; Latino

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Projects/Programs

Confirmed Project Involvement: Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage


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Organization Life Cycle Assessment (Pause, Startup, Steady, Isolated Impact, Collective Impact  Unknown)

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Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
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