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Comadres y Compadres explore AIDS prevention at Neighborhood House

By Gregory A. Patterson , Special to the TC Daily Planet

Just after the lecture covered the four ways that HIV is most commonly passed person-to-person, but before it veered into a demonstration of how to use male and female condoms, Yolanda Ruiz credited the class she’s been attending with improving her understanding of HIV/AIDS and ultimately of making her life safer. MORE »

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Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »