Nrog 2015 nyob rau tam sim no hauv viav voos, peb txaus siab los qhia rau koj Tus McKnight Foundation tus Tshiab Cov Qauv Khoo, hloov tshiab thiab txhawb zog rau 2015-2017. Qhov no yog qhov thib ob ntawm daim ntawv tseem ceeb, qhov no yog thawj xyoo uas tau pib tsim xyoo 2011 thiab siv rau xyoo 2012-2014. Peb tau zoo mileage tawm ntawm peb lub inaugural moj khaum thaum ...
More than 23 million immigrants in the United States are eligible to vote in this year’s presidential election, according to the Pew Research Center. This record high makes up roughly 10 percent of the nation’s overall electorate. The question is how many of these naturalized citizens will vote this fall. Immigrants face significant barriers to …
A New Report Illustrates Equity in Action at the McKnight Foundation Ever since the McKnight Foundation released the organization’s first diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement in 2018, our board and staff have held fast to the tenet that we need to back up our words with actions. Aspiration must transform into action because our …
Lub Yim Hli 27, 2015 - Lub McKnight Foundation tau ntiav Megan Powers ua tus pabcuam hauv nroog, Flannery Clark ua tus pabcuam, thiab Grace Fredrickson ua tus pabcuam hauv kev pabcuam.
The McKnight Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Marcie Rendon for its 2020 Distinguished Artist Award—a $50,000 award created to honor a Minnesota artist who has made significant contributions to the state’s cultural life. Rendon, an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, is a writer whose poems, plays, children’s books, and novels …
The McKnight Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Faye M. Price as its 2021 Distinguished Artist, an honor that carries a $50,000 award for a Minnesota artist who has made significant contributions to the state’s cultural life. As a director, actor, dramaturg, and arts leader, Price has significantly influenced Minnesota theater by bringing …
The McKnight Foundation is pleased to announce that Dominic McQuerry will join the Vibrant & Equitable Communities and Midwest Climate & Energy programs as a program officer. McQuerry is a policy and community engagement professional with a passion for supporting people’s lives and livelihoods, guiding and supporting powerful coalitions in Minnesota on housing, healthcare, child …
The McKnight Foundation is thrilled to announce the inaugural slate of grantee organizations in its new Vibrant & Equitable Communities program. “This is a moment to celebrate—a culmination of 18 months of thoughtful planning, community input, learning, and working to infuse equity and transparency into our grantmaking at every step,” said Tonya Allen, president. “We …
Huda Zoghbi tau ua nws txoj hauv kev los ua tus kws kho mob thaum nws ntsib nrog cov me nyuam uas muaj qhov tsis txawv ntawm lub paj hlwb hloov nws txoj hauj lwm - thiab tob zuj zus peb txoj kev to taub txog tib neeg lub hlwb ua haujlwm li cas. "Tib neeg ua cov kws tshawb fawb rau txhua hom kev xav," hais tias Dr. Zoghbi, yog ib tug neeg muaj kev vam meej nyob rau ...
Tsuas yog tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv high school, Jay Petre tau txais txoj hauj lwm ripping lub tsheb ciav hlau qub nyob ze nws lub tsev nyob hauv West Virginia. "Peb tau stacking li tag nrho cov no ntoo," Petre recalls. "Thiab tus txiv leej tub no tau los ntawm thiab hais tias, 'Kuv puas yuav tau nws?' Kuv twb tau txais ib qho ntxiv $ 10,000, thiab kuv paub kuv ...