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Courageous Character: Sumair Sheikh
Sumair Sheikh is a community organizer, fierce leader for change, and the Executive Director of LISC Duluth. He leads efforts to improve affordable housing, support small businesses and entrepreneur ecosystems, enhance income and wealth building, and ensure job opportunities.
The McKnight Foundation, in partnership with the Minnesota Council of Foundations, announces seven Minnesotans as recipients of the 2024 Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor.
“McKnight Foundation remains steadfast in our mission to advance a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and the planet thrive.”
—Tonya Allen, President
2024 McKnight Scholar Awards
The Board of Directors of The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience is pleased to announce it has selected ten neuroscientists to receive the 2024 McKnight Scholar Award. This is the second year McKnight makes these awards under the program’s new guidelines, which place additional emphasis on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion to enhance the excellence and impact of our work.
Stories of Climate Progress and Hope in Minnesota
Hear directly from the advocates who secured the state’s largest-ever investments in clean energy, environmental justice, and transit—making Minnesota a national climate leader—and find out how 100% clean energy went from impossible to inevitable.