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Friday, May 29, 2015
[Minnesota Rising Dispatch] May 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis: Theme 6 of 6
In honor of our sixth anniversary celebration, Minnesota Rising is excited to release the initial six findings from the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour! Check out this month's blog posts to see what we've learned about how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota. You can read more about the report methodology and participant profiles in the first post of this series. Thanks so much to the leaders of our Design, Advance, and Analysis teams, especially Jenny Hegland, Heidi Smith, Nick Stuber, Eriks Dunens, Taylor Vollmer, and Alexis Walstad!
And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 6 of 6: Emerging Leaders are deeply motivated to live life in accordance with their values, which manifests itself in lifestyle decision and community involvement
Emerging leaders expressed what other researchers studying this generation have shared – that Millennials are deeply motivated by values. One participant who had a comfortable job switched careers to align her values to her work, explaining, “It's also important for work to have meaning. [I] needed a role that [I] felt invested in.”
Each of the five preceding themes represents some of those values. Emerging leaders in our conversations described how it impacts where they shop, what they eat, and how they choose to spend their time. They expressed the importance of being purposefully engaged in their communities, helping to advance the causes and policies they believe can shape a better future for Minnesota. “I see people ... trying to make sure [they] are not just going into communities to do service but they are thinking critically about their service. Thinking about who [sic] they are, what they're trying to bring to their organizations or communities, how that might be perceived or received by their organizations or communities, and trying to give them a sense of whether they can live out their values in this nonprofit work and what that actually looks like.”
And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 6 of 6: Emerging Leaders are deeply motivated to live life in accordance with their values, which manifests itself in lifestyle decision and community involvement
Emerging leaders expressed what other researchers studying this generation have shared – that Millennials are deeply motivated by values. One participant who had a comfortable job switched careers to align her values to her work, explaining, “It's also important for work to have meaning. [I] needed a role that [I] felt invested in.”
Each of the five preceding themes represents some of those values. Emerging leaders in our conversations described how it impacts where they shop, what they eat, and how they choose to spend their time. They expressed the importance of being purposefully engaged in their communities, helping to advance the causes and policies they believe can shape a better future for Minnesota. “I see people ... trying to make sure [they] are not just going into communities to do service but they are thinking critically about their service. Thinking about who [sic] they are, what they're trying to bring to their organizations or communities, how that might be perceived or received by their organizations or communities, and trying to give them a sense of whether they can live out their values in this nonprofit work and what that actually looks like.”
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Sparking insight: Questions to re-ignite inquiry (Part I)
Find the spark
Do you remember the improv games, the data wrangling, and the Data Shark at the Inquiry Lab? We learned that inquiry is a powerful tool for dreaming, planning, and walking into the best possible version of the future.
Just like an engine, inquiry powers our questions, imaginations, and impact. And, like an engine, it benefits from regular care, inputs to keep things running smoothly, and the occasional spark of inspiration. In the spirit of keeping our engines running, here are simple questions you can ask yourself. Each comes with a bonus to take it even further.
We’ll start the conversation with two questions now, and continue with a couple more in Part II (now posted: Sparking insight: Part II).
Start with questions
1. "Why?"
Bertrand Russell, a Welsh philosopher, said, “In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” It’s easy to grow comfortable with a process, habit, or way of thinking. The next time you do something routine—from to sitting in the empty row of an auditorium instead of next to a stranger, to opening Facebook as soon as you wake up—ask yourself: What benefit does it bring me? What trade-offs am I making in order to do it? What if I did it differently?
Bonus: Go a step beyond the thought experiment and take your question into the realm of action: Try a different approach and see if it affects your understanding of why.
2. “How would somebody else approach this?”
Step compassionately into the shoes of another person and consider how they might think about an idea. What values would drive their thinking? What assumptions might they make? What assumptions might you make about them?
We might step into the shoes of people who identify as:
- Politically conservative/liberal
- Morally liberal/conservative
- A native English speaker/non-Native English speaker
- Urban/suburban/rural
- People from different racial, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds
- Female/male/transgender/gender non-conforming
- Religious/non-religious/spiritual/something else
- An accountant/communications staff/machine operator/fundraiser/researcher
- An intern/executive/custodian/manager
If you aren’t sure where to start, try choosing a topic or question and explore how another person might answer it. For example, what would a custodian who works 30 hours per week think about a decision to improve health insurance coverage for part-time workers? What might an executive think? What about the children of those people? Where would they converge, and where might they differ? What might lead them to their respective conclusions?
Thinking critically about why someone might come to a different conclusion helps us discern our own opinions, motivations, unconscious bias, and framing. It can reveal gaps in our reasoning, leading us to change our position or strengthen it. If we find that our reasoning holds strong, this practice can help us explain it to someone who thinks differently.
Bonus: Seek out one of those people who sees the world differently (they're all around you!) and ask them how they think about something you care about. For example, if you work in organizing for equity in education, choose five people you don’t usually discuss education with and ask them questions like, “What do you think of education in Minnesota? Does it work for you? Do you think it is working for everyone? What’s the point of getting an education?” Listen to what they say. Consider thinking about their words for a few minutes, hours, or days before responding.
And soon to come…
In Part II, we’ll look at the science behind our perspective and how changing the world starts with examining our expectations. We’ll consider how inquiry can help us to prioritize and begin taking action.
In the meantime, please consider joining Minnesota Rising on Monday, June 11 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm for an update from Matt Lewis of GREATER MSP at Surly Brewing: A Strategy Manager for GREATER MSP, Matt works with cross-sector partners and external stakeholders to develop and implement regional economic development strategies. He'll provide an update on the Make It. MSP. campaign and share opportunities for joining the effort to help attract and retain talent to the region. Let us know to save a seat for you at minnesotarising[at]gmail.com!
Here's Part II.
In the meantime, please consider joining Minnesota Rising on Monday, June 11 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm for an update from Matt Lewis of GREATER MSP at Surly Brewing: A Strategy Manager for GREATER MSP, Matt works with cross-sector partners and external stakeholders to develop and implement regional economic development strategies. He'll provide an update on the Make It. MSP. campaign and share opportunities for joining the effort to help attract and retain talent to the region. Let us know to save a seat for you at minnesotarising[at]gmail.com!Here's Part II.
The author
Ruth works at Minnesota Compass, a project led by Wilder Research. She asks a lot of questions and she enjoys walks, dancing, and playing the guitar. She's a member of YNPN Twin Cities. Find Ruth on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis: Theme 5 of 6
In honor of our sixth anniversary celebration, Minnesota Rising is excited to release the initial six findings from the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour! Watch the blog in the coming days to learn about how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota. You can read more about the report methodology and participant profiles in the first post of this series. And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 5 of 6: Emerging Leaders value working within and across generations
Referring to both those who have come before and those who will follow after, emerging leaders told stories about successes and the enjoyment they have had working with other generations. They viewed these relationships as essential since there are lessons to learn from older and younger generations. “New generations will continue to emerge and we must continue to engage them and connect them with older generations. Older generations must continue to embrace and respect the contributions of younger generations, and we must all embrace change.”
And, with an eye towards the sustainability of programs and resources, there is an ongoing need to bring younger people in to shape, refine, and continue the work “[to] create pipelines for Minnesota... [that] give resources back to the youth.”
Many leaders shared stories about the importance a mentor had played in their life and the joy they have found in mentoring others. Participants from the second round of conversations specifically cited the importance of having mentors and role models with a shared identity, in order to diversify and expand the definition of a leader.
Theme 5 of 6: Emerging Leaders value working within and across generations
Referring to both those who have come before and those who will follow after, emerging leaders told stories about successes and the enjoyment they have had working with other generations. They viewed these relationships as essential since there are lessons to learn from older and younger generations. “New generations will continue to emerge and we must continue to engage them and connect them with older generations. Older generations must continue to embrace and respect the contributions of younger generations, and we must all embrace change.”
And, with an eye towards the sustainability of programs and resources, there is an ongoing need to bring younger people in to shape, refine, and continue the work “[to] create pipelines for Minnesota... [that] give resources back to the youth.”
Many leaders shared stories about the importance a mentor had played in their life and the joy they have found in mentoring others. Participants from the second round of conversations specifically cited the importance of having mentors and role models with a shared identity, in order to diversify and expand the definition of a leader.
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Monday, May 25, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis: Theme 4 of 6
In honor of our sixth anniversary celebration, Minnesota Rising is excited to release the initial six findings from the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour! Watch the blog in the coming days to learn about how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota. You can read more about the report methodology and participant profiles in the first post of this series. And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 4 of 6: Emerging Leaders place high value on welcoming and valuing difference in order to strengthen and connect communities in a rapidly diversifying Minnesota
Emerging leaders referenced throughout their conversations their awareness that Minnesota continues to diversify rapidly, most commonly citing ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation. “Our communities are only becoming more diverse, which is just a wonderful treasure. Lately, I've heard RT Rybak talk about closing the achievement gap in the sense of not just closing the gap but also elevating the population. Our global populations are an asset, not just a gap to close. There's no way we'll be able to do this without having the really hard race conversation. Minnesotans and many Americans are scared to have this conversation and we need to get over the hard stuff to start trusting each other.”
Emerging leaders referenced throughout their conversations their awareness that Minnesota continues to diversify rapidly, most commonly citing ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation. “Our communities are only becoming more diverse, which is just a wonderful treasure. Lately, I've heard RT Rybak talk about closing the achievement gap in the sense of not just closing the gap but also elevating the population. Our global populations are an asset, not just a gap to close. There's no way we'll be able to do this without having the really hard race conversation. Minnesotans and many Americans are scared to have this conversation and we need to get over the hard stuff to start trusting each other.”
Beyond the inherent need to care for each other, participants repeatedly stated
that embracing whole people – their identities, beliefs, perspectives, talents,
knowledge, histories – will ensure Minnesotans and their communities will
thrive into the future. They desired inclusive communities that value
individuals and groups leveraging what make them distinct while actively
bringing groups to a common table. “[We need to] represent values and voices of
community, support others but not disappear.”
Participants in the second round, which contained a greater diversity of voices
in terms of race and ethnicity, added that creating this condition may entail
adapting our existing power structure to engage and actively support voices and
experiences that are not traditionally dominant. Specifically, emerging leaders
need to create and sustain spaces for people to feel comfortable and emboldened
to actualize their identity fully. “My children are Muslim but look white and it’s
their religious views that get called into question a lot. By the time my
grandchildren are born, I hope Islam in Minnesota is normalized enough that it
doesn’t overshadow their own identities.”
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Friday, May 22, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis: Theme 3 of 6
In honor of our sixth anniversary celebration, Minnesota Rising is excited to release the initial six findings from the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour! Watch the blog in the coming days to learn about how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota. You can read more about the report methodology and participant profiles in the first post of this series. And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 3 of 6: Emerging Leaders use critical thinking and dialogue as key tools to address society’s complex and contentions public issues
Emerging leaders identified several complex issues that we will need to collectively address, including improvements in inclusion, equity, and the environment and eliminating disparities in education, employment, and income. In order to explore and tackle these challenging multi-generational issues, we will need to view them with clear eyes and seek out additional and representative voices in order to have a more expansive dialogue. One participant noted the value in “being asked to give my opinions on things. Sharing my ideas, communicating with everybody else in the group, made it feel like a shared effort because of all the different levels of positions. It's important to get people from all different levels, if it's applicable, getting an outside perspective” to solving issues. It means broadening who gets to be a part of policy discussions, being open to different frames on a topic, and working together to make it a reality. “[I]t is important to be mindful of the fact that nobody sees the whole picture, so it is vital for us to keep an open mind about strategies, goals, and the like.”
Emerging leaders identified several complex issues that we will need to collectively address, including improvements in inclusion, equity, and the environment and eliminating disparities in education, employment, and income. In order to explore and tackle these challenging multi-generational issues, we will need to view them with clear eyes and seek out additional and representative voices in order to have a more expansive dialogue. One participant noted the value in “being asked to give my opinions on things. Sharing my ideas, communicating with everybody else in the group, made it feel like a shared effort because of all the different levels of positions. It's important to get people from all different levels, if it's applicable, getting an outside perspective” to solving issues. It means broadening who gets to be a part of policy discussions, being open to different frames on a topic, and working together to make it a reality. “[I]t is important to be mindful of the fact that nobody sees the whole picture, so it is vital for us to keep an open mind about strategies, goals, and the like.”
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
You're Invited: Native Professionals Networking Night
Indigenous Cities at the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) invites you to their upcoming Native Professionals Networking Night. Connect with other Native professionals and aspiring professionals in a casual and fun environment. See below for the event description and details!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis: Theme 2 of 6
In honor of our sixth anniversary celebration, Minnesota Rising is excited to release the initial six findings from the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour! Watch the blog in the coming days to learn about how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota. You can read more about the report methodology and participant profiles in the first post of this series. And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 2 of 6: Emerging Leaders express a common desire to connect through
shared values and shift the focus of public discourse to broad community
benefit.
Throughout the conversations, emerging leaders repeatedly
expressed frustration with the current political state, which they
characterized as partisan and laden with rhetoric. They expressed skepticism
regarding the collective ability of Minnesotans to address significant issues
under these kinds of conditions. In its place, participants commonly desired to
connect via shared values in place of positions or arguments. “For me, a
lot of it comes down to talking to people, talking to each other. Coming into
conversations and different spaces knowing we may disagree about a lot of
things but that we come to talk because we're in this together. When we talk
and listen, we learn. Come in with the agreement that I will listen to you and
you will listen to me and then that we will try to figure out what to do. I'm
okay with compromise, which doesn't seem too popular these days. I know that if
my opinion should be heard, I need to do the same for others. We sink or we
swim together as communities.”
The hope would be to elevate conversations past the yes/no binary to shared
community concern. Participants named what some of these values could be,
including integrity, empathy, intentionality, and respect across difference.
Emerging leaders that participated in the second round of conversations
expressed with a greater frequency than the first round of conversation
participants that the time is now to become a generation that works for the
benefit of all Minnesotans. One participant stated it in terms of geography, “With Minnesota
that would be paying attention to what is going on in Greater Minnesota and
making an effort to impact the lives of people who live there.” Another mentioned it in terms of racial and
ethnic diversity, “We're
better than the racial disparities in our state. They don't align with Minnesotan
values. [I] hope people are getting to a point of not accepting them anymore.
Let's get real about inequality and come up with solutions."
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Aloud
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"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."
-Coco Chanel
Monday, May 18, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis: Theme 1 of 6
In honor of our sixth anniversary celebration, Minnesota Rising is excited to release the initial six findings from the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour! Watch the blog in the coming days to learn about how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota. You can read more about the report methodology and participant profiles in the first post of this series. And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Theme 1 of 6: Emerging Leaders believe that listening and spending time
together is at the core of building trusting relationships
Whether to build more inclusive
and welcoming communities, bridge political differences, or resolve conflicts,
emerging leaders highlighted the central importance of trusting relationships.
In order to build trusting relationships, participants noted the necessary
ingredients as listening and spending time together, highlighting the
importance of face-to-face interaction. “These days, communities are so large that
you’re not going to be able to have one-to-one conversations with 20,000
people. But if you talk to your neighbors, your neighborhood, start on that
smaller level, you can keep building up and up and up. Express the ways that
you want to improve the community, present some ideas and others can give you
feedback and you can trust-build from one-to-one, face-to-face conversations.
Not just giving words, but also giving actions. Words are important to build
upon with actions, but without action, the trust doesn’t really have a
foundation."
They emphasized it is the way that emerging leaders can learn about people,
share in their wisdom, and build common experiences. Participants expressed
that building trusting relationships will create spaces where people can have
difficult and necessary conversations about topics like race, gender, and
socioeconomic status, and their implications for how we live and work together.
“Within
Minneapolis and just in the Twin Cities in general, we have a really hard time
talking effectively, openly, and honestly about all sorts of things. Especially
things like racism and sexism and homophobia and transphobia. I think we're
really afraid to talk about race in particular in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Oddly enough we're okay talking about gender, at least for white women and
white men. We haven't learned how to talk about race or class effectively yet,
and we'll need to learn to do that well in order for there to be more trust
within communities."
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Friday, May 15, 2015
"Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour 2014 Analysis
May 2015 marks Minnesota Rising's 6th anniversary! We're excited to look back at the powerful work we've helped to catalyze over the past six years, including publishing 1,337 blog posts, hosting five annual Un/Conferences, developing four Collaborative Competence Learning Labs to help young leaders navigate and shape the emerging future, and launching LOCUS to emphasize identity-driven leadership for emerging leaders of color.
One of our proudest accomplishments is having collaboratively designed the "Our Minnesota" Cascading Conversations Tour and hosting young Minnesotans in conversations across the state about their values and visions for the future. While we cannot develop a strategic plan for our generation, we can be strategic about our intentions for the Minnesota we will create together. The Cascading Conversations Tour is an attempt to discover what we have in common, to learn about what’s working in Minnesota that we can build on, and to uncover how we can work individually and collectively to achieve the future we desire.
In celebration of our anniversary, we're excited to share with you over the coming days about the report and our initial findings. To start, today we'll share about how we conducted the research and the demographic background of Tour participants. Keep an eye out next week to learn how this group of emerging leaders views and does leadership in Minnesota! And as the name implies, we are looking to continue cascading these conversations across the state this summer - and invite you to join us. Let us know if you'd like to be invited to participate in a conversation and/or join our Advance Team and help host 3 to 5 conversations this summer!
Methodology and limitations
Methodology and limitations
The “Our Minnesota” Cascading Conversation tour began in
2011 with question development. Influenced by practices from the Art of
Participatory Leadership, designers crafted open-ended questions that first
focus on individual stories and preferences before shifting the orientation
towards communities and the state.
The initial round of conversations came through a
convenience sample that in total yielded 157 responses. Conversations were held
between November 2011 and December 2013. Individuals conducting interviews were
guided by instructions at the start of the conversation guide and those
interviewed were invited at the end of the conversation to interview someone
else. Two individuals trained in qualitative analysis provided the initial
study to iteratively identify the common themes across participants. Little
demographic information about respondents was captured during this time.
Interviewers anecdotally reported that the majority of participants appeared to
be white, college-educated, and employed.
A desire to reach a broader audience led to a revision of
the feedback form which asked for participants to identify gender,
race/ethnicity, highest level of educational attainment, work situation, and
sexual orientation. The conversation questions remained the same. Organizers
planned a second round of conversations to more intentionally collect responses
that better represents the diversity of Millennials in Minnesota. They
assembled an advance team of individuals who identified across a range of
identities and provided training on holding the conversations and reporting the
responses. Their charge was to conduct conversations with individuals from
their communities.
Between June and November 2014, the advance team conducted
and reported results from fifty conversations. The same two individuals who had
conducted the qualitative analysis from the first round of conversations did
the same for the second round. They used the emergent codes from the 2011-2013
sample in addition to identifying new themes unique to the 2014 data set.
It is important to note that the data presented in this report
are not representative of all Millennials in Minnesota. Rather, these data are
meant to be a starting point for dialogue about the thoughts and opinions
regarding the future of Minnesota. Minnesota Rising is continually focused on
seeing whose voices are missing from the conversation and working to invite
greater participation. Additional conversations will continue to engage a
variety of participants in an effort to broaden the pool of responses and
reflect the state’s diversity (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, sexual
orientation, socioeconomic, and geographic).
Findings: Demographic profile of conversation participants
Looking at the 50 participants from the second round of
conversations (demographic data were not collected from the first round of
conversations), they are primarily between the ages of 23 and 32, are
well-educated, and employed full-time. Eighty-four percent of respondents had
completed a bachelor’s or higher. For employment, 80 percent had a full-time
position at the time of the conversation. About 38 percent of Minnesota
residents age 25-34 have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. Of all entry
level and early career-age adults (age 16-34), 73 percent are working.[1]
Figure 1: Percentage of
respondents by age in years (N=50)
Figure 2: Percentage of
respondents’ educational attainment (N=50)
Figure 3: Percentage of
respondents’ current employment status (N=50)
Seventy-four percent of respondents identified as female, 24
percent as male, and two percent as gender queer.
Out of the 49 respondents who provided information about
their sexual orientation, four out of five identified as heterosexual.
Figure 4: Percentage of
respondents’ identified sexual orientation (N=49)
All fifty participants provided their race and ethnicity in
an open ended question. The two tables below show all responses. The first
table includes responses which came up more than once and the second includes
those that only appeared once. The three most common responses were Caucasian
or white (32%), African-American or black (18%), Hmong (10%), and Asian (10%).
Table 1: Race and ethnicity
responses identified more than once (N = 50)
Category
|
Number
|
Percent
|
African
|
3
|
6%
|
African-American or black
|
9
|
18%
|
Asian
|
5
|
10%
|
Asian-American
|
3
|
6%
|
Caucasian or white
|
16
|
32%
|
Chinese
|
2
|
4%
|
Hmong
|
5
|
10%
|
Latino/a
|
2
|
4%
|
Multiracial or biracial
|
3
|
6%
|
Table 2: Race and ethnicity
responses identified only once (N=50)
Category
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Cuban
|
1
|
2%
|
Guyanese
|
1
|
2%
|
Haitian
|
1
|
2%
|
Hmong-Ojibwe
|
1
|
2%
|
Indian
|
1
|
2%
|
Indigenous
|
1
|
2%
|
Italian
|
1
|
2%
|
Korean-American
|
1
|
2%
|
Mexican-American
|
1
|
2%
|
Norwegian
|
1
|
2%
|
Sri Lankan
|
1
|
2%
|
In Minnesota, one in four millennials is a person of color,
so this set of respondents over samples that demographic.[2]
[1] Compiled by Minnesota Compass in March 2015
from U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census (2010) and U.S. Census Bureau, American
Community Survey (2013) The calculation does not include residents in the armed
forces.
[2]
Minnesota Compass, 6
surprising trends about Minnesota’s millennials, March 2014