The purpose of the monthly forum is to make it easier for all parties to network, collaborate and identify concerns and key issues affecting immigrant and refugee communities. | Pixabay
The purpose of the monthly forum is to make it easier for all parties to network, collaborate and identify concerns and key issues affecting immigrant and refugee communities. | Pixabay
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has created a forum to bring advocates for immigrants and refugees to the table with state leaders, according to its website.
The purpose of the monthly forum is to make it easier for all parties to network, collaborate and identify concerns and key issues affecting immigrant and refugee communities.
It is expected that this monthly forum will serve as a bridge between state leaders and immigrant and refugee advocates, and a platform where they can come together for discussion.
“Immigrants and refugees have always made Minnesota great. Yet despite their extraordinary contributions to our communities and economy, including their overrepresentation in critical health care, retail and agricultural jobs, all too often these Minnesotans haven’t gotten a fair shake,” DEED Commissioner Steve Grove said.
Deputy Commissioner Hamse Warfa called the collaboration “critical to supporting new Minnesotans, immigrants and refugees” who, he said, would make up 70% of the state’s labor force growth.
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