We are thankful for all the incredible work put in by everyone who helped to host over 100 people - joining us in person and via Zoom. We appreciate the excellent presentations by MICAH Board members, Senator Boldon, Representative Gomez, and Ramsey County Commissioner Garrison McMurttrey.
Read MoreMICAH certainly brought the truth of that saying forward when we held our MICAH Metrowide Policy Breakfast on March 21st!
With over 60 people in the room and 40 online, we built and rebuilt connections to increase our power to achieve housing justice!
Read MoreThe MICAH Anoka Chapter held its Annual Policy Breakfast on Friday, March 3. The event was well attended by local nonprofits, community leaders, and elected officials on the state, county, and city level.
Read MoreThe St. Paul Chapter had an excellent Legislative Breakfast on the morning of February 12. With over 80 people attending, and over 12 elected officials, we had a thorough and engaging discussion of MICAH’s upcoming policy agenda.
Read MoreOver 95 people joined us at MICAH South Chapter (Dakota County) Breakfast Feb. 19th.
We addressed housing and school inequities and the impact of the pandemic as we prioritize housing that is affordable and resources programs in Dakota County.
Read MoreThis year, our event, like so many other things impacted by COVID, was different. In the urgency to deal with the pandemic, combined with the ease of setting up virtual meetings, legislative committees were already up and running several weeks earlier than normal! This made picking our date a little tricky, since it’s hard to have a Legislative Breakfast without legislators (not to mention, no breakfast…) and the chapter needed to reschedule from our original Wednesday to a Friday, when only one committee meets. We met with 8 elected officials and 60 local voters on that Friday the 5th.
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