Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee on 3/16/2023

Bills

Committee Members

Sen. Foung Hawj

Senate, 67, DFL, sen.foung.hawj@senate.mn, 651-296-5285

Sen. Jennifer McEwen

Senate, 8, DFL, sen.jennifer.mcewen@senate.mn, 651-296-4188

(Heard as: McKeown McEwen Sarah McEwen Sam McEwen )

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Sen. Justin Eichorn

Senate, 6, R, sen.justin.eichorn@senate.mn, 651-296-7079

(Heard as: Eichorn Eichhorn )

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Sen. Steve Green

Senate, 2, R, sen.steve.green@senate.mn, 651-297-8063

(Heard as: Sarah Green green Green )

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Sen. Grant Hauschild

Senate, 3, DFL, sen.grant.hauschild@senate.mn, 651-296-1789

Sen. John Hoffman

Senate, 34, DFL, sen.john.hoffman@senate.mn, 651-296-4154

(Heard as: Mann Hoffman )

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Sen. Mary Kunesh

Senate, 39, DFL, sen.mary.kunesh@senate.mn, 651-296-4334

(Heard as: Kundish Sarah Kunish Kunish )

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Sen. Andrew Lang

Senate, 16, R, sen.andrew.lang@senate.mn, 651-296-4918

(Heard as: Lana Phelan Lane Lang Lago Phelan Lake )

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Sen. Kelly Morrison

Senate, 45, DFL, sen.kelly.morrison@senate.mn, 651-296-9261

(Heard as: Morton Morrison Orson )

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Sen. Nathan Wesenberg

Senate, 10, R, sen.nathan.wesenberg@senate.mn, 651-296-4913

(Heard as: Weisenberg Wiesenberg Wiesbjerg Wiesemberg )

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Noteworthy Content:

00:00:18,940 - and that's involve arts and culture and heritage fund.

00:02:06,420 - art, and the culture of African Americans in Minnesota.

00:02:20,920 - but instead marginalized to a few facts related to slavery.

00:18:20,460 - Clues' mission is centered on advancing social and economic equity and well-being for Latinos.

00:20:38,180 - Clues operates Minnesota's only Latino culture centered arts gallery

00:20:52,040 - funding inequities for culturally tailored arts programming.

00:38:48,680 - I have been teaching Chinese language and culture in twin cities since September

00:38:54,860 - of 2006 and have been part of a different Chinese culture groups in Minnesota since then,

00:53:48,940 - These numbers matter as we seek to promote equity and outdoor access for

01:01:47,720 - and arts and culture do help reduce violence, and thank

01:05:10,600 - we know that sometimes some of this equity work is too cities-based,

01:14:24,340 - And they're dealing with their own negotiations of identity and their own cultural identity

01:52:23,780 - These dollars allow County Fairs to bring arts and culture into the far corners of the state,

01:54:11,900 - we have a race track

02:26:44,080 - Three we use legacy funds to expand the ways we serve Minnesota specifically through the lens of the diversity equity inclusion and access

02:34:18,580 - it's a privilege to be with you this evening and thank you senator Dibble as

02:36:36,520 - With that I'd like to turn it over to my exceptional colleague Alex to provide some additional context on our community programs and equity work Thank you

02:43:24,480 - all of all museums in the country leaving no place where Somali culture and history could be studied and displayed

02:45:32,620 - preserve and advance the Somali culture earth within the Somali American community and build

02:46:20,900 - finger-weaving classes Somali culture 101 traveling exhibit with artifacts kids

02:46:39,040 - Somali culture events once every year audience from over 1,500 attends every

02:48:27,780 - to the museum to see the culture and the history of Somalia and the East Africans

02:52:41,120 - that to be able to preserve their culture in a country that is clearly

02:53:23,920 - than a million dollars and that could go to arts and culture and I appreciate mr.

02:55:23,820 - kids I want my kids to learn about their culture and their as we like to say their duck on and who

03:10:29,920 - appreciate understand what's going on here in terms of music and in terms of our history and our culture the

03:18:04,780 - standards-based arts and culture learning that engages kids and caring

03:18:17,560 - local history regional industry and the culture that's unique to each area in the

03:38:41,340 - I'm here to testify that the Hmong culture is very resourceful.

03:59:25,500 - for arts and culture funding requests and the

04:00:56,880 - legacy legacy funding to support culinary arts and food culture preservation

04:11:48,320 - We as Native people as we are rediscovering our language our culture our values not only are we

04:19:41,300 - and collecting artists and culture bears from Minnesota are driving purpose with a

04:20:21,420 - At the M artists culture bears and community members

04:22:50,900 - to Latinx identity and immigrant culture drawing from a foundation of knowledge from our own life.

04:27:11,600 - through culturally responsive arts and

04:31:11,300 - physical year 2024 and 29,000 also for 2025 from arts and culture heritage fund to Minnesota

04:33:19,520 - think bigger and go beyond the preservation of our culture and heritage.

04:35:48,860 - My cultural identity is Hmong but I'm

04:44:24,560 - of game in my culture you you you put one spin top