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Writing from students enrolled in HECUA's semester-long, social-justice-focused programs for undergraduates.
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Fake it Till you (Just) Break: Survival Tips for the Working Class Student
Fake it Till you (Just) Break: Survival Tips for the Working Class Student
I found it necessary to create 10 survival tips for the working class college student. Most of these tips surround….
Esther Jay Shields
Apr 17, 2019
A Case for Expungement Reform
A Case for Expungement Reform
An argument in support of expungement for eviction filings.…
Miguel Fernandes
Apr 12, 2019
Capitol Offense
Capitol Offense
Our Capitol is the visual representation of Minnesota, so why does it not visually represent Minnesota?
Kristin Lentz
Apr 3, 2019
Your Home Dictates Your Education: A Look at the Opportunity Gap in Minnesota
Your Home Dictates Your Education: A Look at the Opportunity Gap in Minnesota
I can still remember the day vividly. As I walked down the school’s hallways, I could see….
Audra Weigand
Apr 3, 2019
DEVIN MAYFIELD, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO BE
DEVIN MAYFIELD, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO BE
Devin Mayfield is a highly motivated individual. From when he started volunteering in college to his work today in the Community…
Jack Castro
Dec 26, 2018
Mental Health In The Anthropocene
Mental Health In The Anthropocene
We are the first generation to grow up learning about what it means to live in the Anthropocene. We are inundated with information about…
Elizabeth Crain
Dec 11, 2018
Maggie Krantz: Can Germs Actually Be Good For You? An Unexpected Benefit of Getting Outside
Maggie Krantz: Can Germs Actually Be Good For You? An Unexpected Benefit of Getting Outside
So what is the Hygiene Hypothesis? This theory was first stated by David P. Strachan, a British professor of epidemiology, in the late…
Maggie Krantz
Dec 11, 2018
Creating a Sacred Space
Creating a Sacred Space
We spend so much time in our homes. In many ways they reflect who we are. That is why it is important to have a sacred space within your…
Mary Timm
Dec 7, 2018
Taking on the Stage and Screen — This is Imani Moore
Taking on the Stage and Screen — This is Imani Moore
is a rockstar participant in the SPNN program and in her first year of college at Augsburg University. Imani is from St. Paul, near…
Abby Thompson
Dec 7, 2018
Meet Georgia Fort
Meet Georgia Fort
Georgia Fort is a force to be reckoned with. She has accomplished so much in her career and she’s just getting started. You might as well…
Rajine Williams
Dec 4, 2018
On November 20, 2018, Nicola Pine will be stepping down from her position as Youth Programs…
On November 20, 2018, Nicola Pine will be stepping down from her position as Youth Programs…
Over twenty years ago, when Nicola was a student studying video production at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC), she took…
Amy Mullowney
Nov 27, 2018
Making a Community a Family
Making a Community a Family
Making the Community a Family
Lemuel Amen
Nov 27, 2018
Scarcity vs. Abundance
Scarcity vs. Abundance
“Trashing one egg wastes 55 gallons of water”. “40% of all food in America is wasted”.
Logan Rieder
Nov 27, 2018
From Texas to the Twin Cities
From Texas to the Twin Cities
Imagine moving to a new city, where you know very few people — that you’d never even visited before moving. That’s exactly what Katie Ward…
Sam Everetts
Nov 27, 2018
Regenerative Agriculture as Radical Action
Regenerative Agriculture as Radical Action
In the last five decades the expansive land of North America has been steadily razed, leveled, and tilled into vast monocultures of corn…
Avery Marrone
Nov 15, 2018
Meet Addie Welch
Meet Addie Welch
A bright new leader at the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network.
Henry Kueppers
Nov 14, 2018
At the Crossroads of Modern Feminism and Intersectionality- Giulia DeLuca
At the Crossroads of Modern Feminism and Intersectionality- Giulia DeLuca
You can’t call yourself a feminist unless you focus on the intersection of all identities and work for justice and equality for all people.
Giulia DeLuca
Nov 13, 2018
Control Freaks
Control Freaks
(and the lack thereof)
Analyah Schlaeger Dos Santos
Nov 12, 2018
Zone Zero
Zone Zero
Per•ma•cul•ture (pərməˌkəlCHər): an agricultural system or method that seeks to integrate human activity with natural surroundings so as…
Claire Kim
Nov 12, 2018
Healing from Whiteness
Healing from Whiteness
When the CURA facilitator for the Neighborhoods Now training, Bahieh Hartshorn, asked me “Why are you here?” in front of a room of 20…
Rachel Jane Lucas
Nov 8, 2018
Healing Justice
Healing Justice
I have always been drawn to people and their stories, but it’s only through work with local nonprofit RECLAIM that I realized why.
Wren Doyle
Nov 6, 2018
Just a Small Town Girl Living in Privileged Ignorance: Homeownership in the Twin Cities
Just a Small Town Girl Living in Privileged Ignorance: Homeownership in the Twin Cities
As a 7-year-old in the basement of my best friend’s house, I remember fangirling over our future lives together. We obsessed over the fact…
Savannah Wery
Nov 6, 2018
Cultural Shock
Cultural Shock
I migrated to the United States of America from Ghana at the age of 14. It was a windy and chilly Monday morning when I walked into the…
Portia Mensah
Nov 6, 2018
In Sickness and In Health
In Sickness and In Health
What does it mean to be healthy? And what does it mean to be well? Is health a moral obligation? An ideal to strive for? Health is…
Evie Samuelson
Nov 6, 2018
The Trial of the Minnesotan Valve Turners
The Trial of the Minnesotan Valve Turners
On October 11th, 2016, nine climate activists directly acted to shut down the Canadian tar sands crude oil coming into the United States…
Ryan Thompson
Oct 22, 2018
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