Greetings! A group of us have been meeting over the months after the Minority Political Summit to create a multiethnic collaborative for the collective voice of ALANA (African, Latino, Asian, Native American) communities. Please see the vision statement below and also in the attached document if this email does not come through well.

 

We invite you to sign on as a member. The link below will take you to the application form which allows you to join the organization at whatever level you are comfortable with. The key is to have a large collective voice so that we can be heard. In the future we also envision us hosting candidate forums and other such events. Please forward to your networks.

 

To date 25 people have signed on…

 

Membership Form (Will take less than 5 minutes)  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=679663060467

 

Onemn.org Vision

 

A collaborative of the dynamic and creative capital of ALANA communities and friends building One-Minnesota. (ALANA- African Latino Asian Native Americans).

 

 Rationale

• ALANA communities will make up a greater share of the future workforce

• ALANA communities currently make up a critical number of the workforce at both the high skill and essential workers

• ALANA communities will make up a greater share of the future tax base and contributors to social entitlement programs

• ALANA  firms are one of the fastest growing segments of the local economies at the state, city and regional level, and

• ALANA consumers represent a buying power of over 12 billion dollars.

 Investment Agenda

 

1.      Pre-k to graduate school quality education for all

2.      Affordable, accessible and culturally competent health care for all

3.      Affordable and culturally appropriate housing

4.      Comprehensive immigration reform

5.      Access to resources and markets (public and private) for all entrepreneurs

6.      Accessible, affordable and alternative transit systems

7.      Welfare program leading to self sufficiency

8.      Eliminating racial disparities in the criminal justice system,

9.      Representation at all levels of government and private institutions

10.  Youth leadership and career development:

 

 

 

Bruce P. Corrie, PhD

Chair, Undergraduate Business

Professor of Economics

Editor, policyperspectives.org

ethnictrends.info

Concordia University

275 N Syndicate Ave

Saint Paul, MN 55117

Tel: 651 641 8226

corrie@csp.edu