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As one woman explained, “I didn’t have to prove that women can be architects. Lisl had already done that.”

commentary of everyday women about ingenuity and inventiveness Mounica Kota: Mentorship When I was younger, I knew that I loved

Green Card Voices released a book about immigrants in Minnesota who are engaged in STEM careers. We feature four of them in excerpted form in this Innovators issue.

Members of our Somali community dislike impersonal communication. We are very communal people. Oral communication is how we share thoughts and ideas.

What if we talked more about how much we truly depend on each other? What if we refocused our conversations and stories on the relationships that enable us to be a society?

commentary of everyday women about how to build economic power Char Dobbs: Talking Money As the co-owner of The Activate

We are launching a series of statewide conversation circles about women and money. Offer your input at: tinyurl.com/MWPMoneyForums

All women today — unlike 30 years ago — will say they know how to do money. But one-third at best are doing it. We need to take a leap to do something — not perfect, not monumental, but a start. We need to keep asking ourselves, what can we do today to get what we need?

In a related story we look at some of the statewide issues and policy suggestions stemming from the Minnesota Equity

commentary of everyday women about food and fashion Jametta Raspberry: Gristle In my house, nothing went to waste. Everyone was