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The thoughts reflected in this piece are the authors’ individual, expert opinions as a Black Minnesota resident.

University of Minnesota Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) opened mobile testing for a week at The Cedars. The Minneapolis high-rise is home to a diverse community, many of whom come from low-income and immigrant backgrounds.…

For the second day in a row, University of Minnesota Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) organized a pop up donation drive and distribution for community members in the Franklin/Hiawatha neighborhood. Two and a half miles from…

Last week on the news, one of the people protesting George Floyd’s death approached a reporter who was broadcasting live. The reporter asked what he would like to say. The protestor pointed out that the people marching behind him were…

The death of George Floyd and what we are seeing and hearing since is painful. Even if it were the first time, which it isn’t. In the words of Dr. Sophia Vinogradov, we are experiencing: “severe acute trauma on top of chronic trauma.…

The University of Minnesota Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) serves approximately 460 American Indians, half of whom identify as Ojibwe. Located in the heart of the Minneapolis American Indian Corridor, CUHCC is at the…

El’gin Avila is a PhD student in public health who has witnessed the gentrification of neighborhoods all across America.

Native Americans have higher rates of heart disease and diabetes, while also being more likely to die from diabetes, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, suicide, assault and drug-related causes. To address…