Generation Hope

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Our listening session was a success!

This weekend, Generation Hope hosted a conversation on overdose loss and data accuracy in the East African community. For years, our families have faced the opioid crisis and many tell us the numbers haven’t reflected our lived reality. Behind every statistic is a human being: a son, daughter, parent, friend, or neighbor. The full impact hasn’t been visible in Minnesota’s public health data.

Not from a lack of care, but because current systems don’t always capture our languages, identities, and context.

We’re working together to change that.

Generation Hope in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute ,Alliance Wellness Center l, and Hennepin County is piloting a culturally informed process to better identify and verify East African overdose deaths in Minnesota’s data.

If you’ve lost someone, if you’re fighting for someone, if you’re tired of our pain being overlooked, join our next sessions and be heard. Your voice will shape how data and the decisions it informs, better protect our community.