Cunningham has been a board member of Prosperity Now, a research and advocacy organization that was behind the Earned Income Tax Credit decades ago.“Prosperity Now works across the country to lift up low-income people of all races and help them build wealth and assets,” Cunningham said. Vacationers arriving in Rome from four Mediterranean countries lined up with their suitcases at Leonardo da Vinci airport to be immediately tested for the new coronavirus on Sunday. Shipyard workers who have maintained pickets for nearly two months during a global pandemic will have the final say on a proposed labor pact at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works. Postal Service testify at an emergency hearing Aug. 24 as concerns grow that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency while states expand mail-in voting for the presidential election. Cunningham and his wife, Betsy Hodges, former Minneapolis mayor and a consultant, will move to Washington. As national support for police reform and racial equality grows, the value of listening to different points of view only increases. Join Facebook to connect with Betsy Hodges and others you may know. Betsy has 2 jobs listed on their profile. On Friday, Aug. 14 at 12:00 p.m. 22 minutes ago In a Washington Post Live conversation, we asked why she thinks liberals too often “settled for the illusions of change,” and her thought process when faced with an 18-day protest surrounding a Minneapolis police precinct after two officers shot and killed an unarmed Black man in 2015. Betsy Hodges was the 47th mayor of Minneapolis. I will keep your whiteness as comfortable as possible.’…The call to law and order isn’t merely a call to law and order…it’s like ‘Avengers assemble!’ for racism.”Former Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges says she believes White liberals can be obstacles to change because ‘Whiteness wants comfort, it doesn’t want change.’ ‘We want the comfort of feeling like we’re doing something about the racism in the world…But we don’t want to be thrusted to the discomfort of actually changing how we go about our lives.”Former Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges says the presence of unidentified federal officers in cities like Portland is ‘unacceptable’ and speaks to President Trump pursuing an ‘authoritarian agenda.’ “As someone who believes in the Constitution…It is clear that President Trump has been pursuing an authoritarian agenda…It’s completely unacceptable, it’s completely wrong. The president is continuing to use effective dog whistles for white racism to try and say ‘Hey, White people. “I have absolute faith in the deep bench of talented and committed professionals here that will continue our mission.”

Meda also was recognized for three years through 2018 as the top-performing minority business development center in the country by the U.S. Department of Commerce.Cunningham, who made nearly $270,000 in 2017, last year launched the “Meda Million Dollar Challenge,” the nation’s largest minority entrepreneurial competition. She is a senior Advisor to the Mayors Innovation Project and Cities United, serves on the Kauffman Foundation’s Mayor’s Council, and is on the Board of Advisors for the African American Mayors Association. The Democratic-run House on Sunday demanded that leaders of the U.S. Gary Cunningham and wife Betsy Hodges will move from Twin Cities. Former Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges says President Trump’s calls for “law and order” are dog whistles for White racism. It raised $1.45 million for nine winners, five of whom have raised additional growth capital.“I’m enormously proud of everything we’ve achieved for businesses and the community,” Cunningham said. “Law and order is code for needing to make sure Black people stay in their place. That’s what we’ve done at Meda in helping build small, minority-owned business. Mayor Hodges currently serves as an advisor to cities and mayors to support progressive policy and improve equitable outcomes for people of color. In her role as mayor, she focused on three clear goals: running the city well, growing a great city and increasing racial equity.

Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges says white liberal leaders need to embrace real, systemic change if there’s any hope of addressing the glaring racial disparities in America's largest cities.