Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) honored several employees with the Anti-Racism Leadership Award in 2021. The award recognizes the contributions of each recipient that further LSS’ efforts to create a more inclusive, equitable organization and society. Each recipient was nominated for the award by their colleagues and selected by a subcommittee of LSS’ Anti-Racism Task Force. The subcommittee noted that all nominees were worthy of recognition as leaders working to create equitable workplaces and communities for all people.

LSS Financial Counselor Kim Miller appeared as a guest on MPR's News with Angela Davis Show to offer insight and creative saving strategies during these inflationary times. Listen to the show!

Jane Vader, Safe Harbor Regional Navigator at LSS serving south-central Minnesota, served as a featured speaker on sex trafficking awareness and prevention at Martin Luther College in New Ulm. LSS Mankato manages a 24-Hour Hotline (507.381.5511), connecting youth and young adults to transitional housing services, education and employment support, caring adults, necessities to meet one’s basic needs and other community resources. Read the story here.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota offered a Lunch and Learn webinar on Jan. 27 to help the community understand the role it can play in sex trafficking prevention. Check out the news report. You can also tune in to the webinar.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) named Paul Slack as vice president of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice, a newly-created position that serves on the LSS Cabinet and reports directly to the CEO. Slack joined Lutheran Social Service in 2019 as its Social Justice Advocate prior to being promoted to Social Justice Advocacy Manager.

Shannon Doyle with LSS Financial Counseling offered suggestions for avoiding holiday debt, including having a "battle plan" and considering homemade gifts. Listen to the story here.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services honored LSS Youth Services in Willmar with the Circle of Excellence Award, highlighting their work helping students who have aged out of foster care attend college through a voucher program, as well as find housing, food and resources. Read the story here.