COVID-19 Community Partners Call 1/11/2021

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Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19-Related Update

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Minnesota Department of Health

12/29/2020

The Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Update is being sent to the following three MDH mailing lists to reduce duplication:

  • Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates
  • MN Immigrant and Refugee Health Announcements
  • The Center for Health Equity

January 11 COVID-19 Community Partners Call:

Health Equity and the COVID-19 Response

Date: Monday, Jan. 11, 2021

Time: 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

You must register prior to joining this WebEx.

After you register, you'll receive an email with instructions for joining the meeting online or by phone.

Register for the Jan. 11 Community Partners Call 

If you have questions you would like to send ahead of the call, please email them by noon on Thursday, Jan. 7 to: madison.olmsted@state.mn.us

We will send out a copy of the slides to all who register.

To request accessibility accommodations for this meeting, please reach out by 4pm on Tuesday, Jan. 5: madison.olmsted@state.mn.us

Agenda

  • COVID-19 update – an overview of the current situation in Minnesota
  • Maintaining health and wellbeing – tips for staying mentally and physically healthy during the winter months and the pandemic
  • Health equity – an overview and discussion of how MDH is addressing health equity in the response to COVID-19
  • Question & response with MDH staff and leadership

 

Presenters 

  • Commissioner Jan Malcolm
  • MDH staff (TBD)

 

We hope you can join us for this important discussion.  All are welcome.

Reminders

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Discrimination Helpline

Report Discrimination and Bias

COVID-19 does not discriminate based on race, where you come from, your immigration status, or anything else. 

If you have experienced or witnessed an incident of discrimination or bias call Minnesota's Discrimination Helpline at 1-833-454-0148 or submit this online form. The helpline is staffed by investigators from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Translation/interpretation services are available.

If you are the victim of a crime, including a hate crime, or fear for your safety, call 911 immediately.

Click here to get this information in multiple languages. 


Minnesota Helpline:

For questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, call 651-297-1304 or 1-800-657-3504
Mon.-Fri.: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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