by Jacob | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
It is with deep gratitude, great appreciation, and a little sadness that I write to tell you that Angelica Klebsch, who has been our Policy Director since March 2018, has accepted a position with an exceptional community partner of ours, CLUES, or Comunidades Latinas...
by Jacob | Apr 25, 2019 | Capitol Pathways, Uncategorized
Our sincere congratulations to Raie Gessesse, Capitol Pathways 2018 alumna, for being named a 2019 Truman Scholar!Raie, a first-generation Ethiopian-American college student studying public health and public service at Hamline University, was a Capitol...
by Jacob | Apr 24, 2019 | Capitol Pathways, Uncategorized
We are proud that Capitol Pathways was recently featured in Wells Fargo Stories, the online journal of longtime Citizens League corporate member Wells Fargo! The piece highlights current interns, who speak about their experiences in policy before and after acceptance...
by Jacob | Apr 23, 2019 | Capitol Pathways, Uncategorized
Pictured: An Garagiola-Bernier (Right, Bois Forte Ojibwe) with Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (Middle, White Earth Ojibwe) and fellow cohort intern Alexandrah Walker (Left, Meskwaki Nation) at the Jan. 9 press conference on the creation of the One Minnesota Council on...
by Jacob | Apr 10, 2019 | Capitol Pathways, Uncategorized
Our #CapitolPathways internship program has crossed the halfway point! 34 college students of color are working with their individual host organizations for 10+ hours a week in a paid internship, which provides them access to legislators, lobbyists, and other...
by Jacob | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
We were pleased to welcome Bush Foundation President Jennifer Ford Reedy to speak to our board a month ago to give a version of a talk she gave to bushCON 2018 on how big social change happens. Through examples surrounding issues such as recycling and the civil rights...
