The Council on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday is hosting a series of events this year in St. Paul starting with a conference Thursday at Metropolitan State University. The “Achieving the Dream Conference” will feature speeches, discussion and workshops. Professor Yohuru Williams, founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas, will deliver the .
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In April, Gov. Tim Walz appointed Stephanie Burrage, the former deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, to the newly created role of state chief equity officer.