The Minneapolis - St. Paul Blog
BE BOLD: AIPDC encourages self-efficacy for African immigrant professionals
Elevating the stories of our region’s African immigrant professionals As of 2016, African immigrants made up roughly 6% of the state of Minnesota’s total labor force (MN Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage). Today, more than 134,000 African immigrants now live...
Building an inclusive workplace with the updated BE MSP toolkit
In 2016 and as part of its ongoing work to better retain professionals of color in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul region, Make It. MSP. partners launched a new toolkit designed to aid employers in building more inclusive workplaces. The BE MSP Workplace Toolkit is a free...
Shape Solutions for People of Color in MSP
This survey is now closed and no longer accepting responses. Take the survey today! Since its inception, the BE MSP team, has served as a cross-sector effort dedicated to helping people of color connect and find a sense of (be)longing to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul...
MSP Welcome Ambassadors Platform: Local insight at your fingertips
Connecting newcomers to our region’s most valuable resources: our people When Make It. MSP. surveyed more than 500 Minneapolis-Saint Paul newcomers earlier this year, we asked them to describe the biggest challenges they face as they acclimate to the region. Most...
Transcend IT: Changing the tech industry and empowering diverse talent
When Adrian Ratnayake looked around and saw the same gender and racial discrepancies he’d heard about happening across the country within the people of his own company, he decided to do something about it.
MSP Welcome Week Connects & Celebrates Hundreds of Regional Newcomers
Something to celebrateLast month, the Greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MSP) region celebrated newcomers with a weeklong series of meetups and signature events. From happy hours and networking socials to soccer matches and volunteering, each event helped our newest...
Fly in for free & discover the Startup Capital of the North
Paid flights to Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MSP). VIP Twin Cities Startup Week experience. Networking with 17,000+ entrepreneurs from across the country. Behind the scenes look at the Startup Capital of the North. It's all part of the Twin Cities Startup Week Fly-In...
Gen Z: Early research calls for open minds
Who's got next? In a recent blog post, our team examined migration data among millennials moving to or away from the Greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul region. The considerable improvement over the past five years was promising, but compared to our peer regions, we had...
MANRRS Backstage Pass at Food | Ag | Ideas Week
Minnesota has been innovating in food and agriculture for over 150 years from farm to fork. The state is home to six Fortune 500 companies in food and agriculture, a major land grant university with leading industry researchers, many commodities and specialty crops,...
Diversity Matters: Be The Match’s call for more donors of color
At each MSP Mingle event, BE MSP seeks to highlight a local organization serving MSP’s diverse communities. More than just a chance to network with professionals of color from across the region, these events are also a strategic opportunity for attendees to hear...