We want to center our community’s stories in the 2020 legislative session and elections, because we know our stories are powerful. Join us for a storyteller training, reclaiming and sharing our experiences around care, criminal justice reform, and economic inequality.
Dinner will be provided. Childcare available upon request. All TakeAction events are wheelchair accessible, either on the ground floor or with access to an elevator. Any accessibility requests sent to the organizer will be honored as much as the location allows.… Continue reading »
We believe all Minnesotans should be able to live joyful, dignified lives. TakeAction Minnesota is spending this summer talking to people in St. Cloud about what they need to thrive. Join us to talk to our neighbors on the north side of the city. We’ll be asking them to fill out a community survey and join us for an upcoming community meeting in their neighborhood.
Register here.… Continue reading »
We believe all Minnesotans should be able to live joyful, dignified lives. TakeAction Minnesota is spending this summer talking to people in St. Cloud about what they need to thrive. Join us to talk to our neighbors on the north side of the city. We’ll be asking them to fill out a community survey and join us for an upcoming community meeting in their neighborhood.
Register here. … Continue reading »
We believe all Minnesotans should be able to live joyful, dignified lives. TakeAction Minnesota is spending this summer talking to people in St. Cloud about what they need to thrive. Join us to talk to our neighbors on the north side of the city. We’ll be asking them to fill out a community survey and join us for an upcoming community meeting in their neighborhood.
Register here. … Continue reading »
We are in a moment where the City Council is wrestling with what to do with Councilmember who make xenophobic comments and supports racist organizations. At the same time, we have presidential candidates broadening their platforms to be more representative of America.
Because of these things we are planning to host a political education meeting that includes training and resources on economic justice, environmental justice and care justice with a racial just lens.
As you can see the theme is focused around justice, how we make our communities more just and how do we fight for that in a way that brings people in rather than push people out. As we are pulled into the 2020 cycle its important that we focus on what is best for the St Cloud community. This is part of that conversation!
Please register here. Share on Facebook here!
Childcare and transportation are available if requested by the 22th.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions!… Continue reading »
Register to meet with your legislators at these drop-in legislative meetings with TakeAction Minnesota.
We believe in a democracy where everyone is in, and no one is out. No exceptions. This is our opportunity to find legislators on a schedule that works for us, take up space in the Capitol, and have our legislators to listen our hopes and dreams for the future.
You must register to attend these drop-in legislative meetings. Meet TakeAction staff and leaders at the staircase outside the front entrance of the Capitol. And bring a friend. … Continue reading »
Register to meet with your legislators at these drop-in legislative meetings with TakeAction Minnesota.
We believe in a democracy where everyone is in, and no one is out. No exceptions. This is our opportunity to find legislators on a schedule that works for us, take up space in the Capitol, and have our legislators to listen our hopes and dreams for the future.
You must register to attend these drop-in legislative meetings. Meet TakeAction staff and leaders at the staircase outside the front entrance of the Capitol. And bring a friend. … Continue reading »
Register to meet with your legislators at these drop-in legislative meetings with TakeAction Minnesota.
We believe in a democracy where everyone is in, and no one is out. No exceptions. This is our opportunity to find legislators on a schedule that works for us, take up space in the Capitol, and have our legislators to listen our hopes and dreams for the future.
You must register to attend these drop-in legislative meetings. Meet TakeAction staff and leaders at the staircase outside the front entrance of the Capitol. And bring a friend. … Continue reading »
Register to meet with your legislators at these drop-in legislative meetings with TakeAction Minnesota.
We believe in a democracy where everyone is in, and no one is out. No exceptions. This is our opportunity to find legislators on a schedule that works for us, take up space in the Capitol, and have our legislators to listen our hopes and dreams for the future.
You must register to attend these drop-in legislative meetings. Meet TakeAction staff and leaders at the staircase outside the front entrance of the Capitol. And bring a friend. … Continue reading »
We had a lot of wins in the last year and some difficult losses. Join us to dream big and learn what we have planned locally and statewide to build a better Minnesota this year. We will have breakouts on lobbying with your representatives, upcoming municipal elections, and our work with Vision Duluth.
REGISTER HERE
Free food, childcare, and transportation (within Duluth area) will be provided.… Continue reading »
At TakeAction Minnesota, we believe people are the center of politics. If you are new to activism and politics, join us to talk about opportunities that the new year will bring. We will discuss the work done by our Womxn of Color table, Justice4All, the African Voting Bloc, our healthcare team, and the rest of TakeAction Minnesota. This is an exciting opportunity to meet other folks ready to lead during the legislative session and build a political home.
Lunch will be provided.
Childcare and transportation available upon request.
Register Here.… Continue reading »
Come and join us for a meet and greet session with gubernatorial candidate Tim Walz and his running mate for Lt. Governor, Peggy Flanagan! This meeting will take place in the Grand Hall at North Hennepin Community College.
Register here.… Continue reading »
Its time we face the truth, that power in this country, in this state and even in our own towns is not in the hands of the people.
We know this because communities like St Cloud have high poverty rates and low unemployment rates. We know that our community is working hard, that we are trying to make our voices heard, and that we are trying to keep afloat, even when things feel stacked against us.
Here in Minnesota, we work hard. We fight to keep ourselves above water all too often. We fight to keep our healthcare, our safety nets, our jobs and our communities safe. We often find ourselves in uphill battles in what feels like a fight against an invisible enemy. We fight for scraps while those in power manipulate and control our communities, our politicians and our leaders. But now is the time for us to unmask the powerful and the rich and hold them accountable for the struggles they have forced on Minnesota.
It is time for Minnesotans everywhere to start to name, claim and unmask the powerful who are all too happy to stay hidden and in control of our lives.
Join us to unmask the dirty dozen, the power holders in Minnesota.… Continue reading »
In case you missed it, this is from last Friday’s Week in Action email:
This week, we wanted to share a roundup of news stories about ‘statewide preemption.’ Across the country, local elected officials and community members are making progress on issues that help workers, LGTBQ folks, the environment, New Americans, small businesses, family farmers, and, well frankly, all of us.
In recent years, corporate interest groups started changing the rules of our democracy to block (or ‘preempt’) improvements in local laws. In cities like Birmingham, AL minimum wage workers won a pay increase, then had it cut back by the power of big business at their state capitol. Preemption is part of a national strategy to block local progress and it’s wrong.
Why are we sharing this? Because corporate special interests are back at the capitol trying to tell local communities what they can and can’t do.
Here’s what we’re reading on preemption:
1. Fundamentals of Preemption
This article provides a grounding in terms. What is preemption? Check out the short summaries.
2. City Power in Minnesota
In Minnesota, Cities have the option to adopt a ‘Home Rule Charter’ which grants them more power over themselves. Check it out.… Continue reading »
Come and join us at Salimatu and Aurelius Butler Sr.’s home for a conversation about how we want to build political awareness and participation in the upcoming elections. Topic areas will be: Identifying areas of opportunity to be active in the Brooklyns; what’s at stake in the local and state elections; and what YOU can do to change the narrative.
Please sign up here and you will be contacted by the organizer of the event with more details.… Continue reading »
This Ideas Worth Fighting For workshop is designed to introduce and relate our program areas in Climate Justice, Caring Economy, and Justice 4 All (i.e. ending Mass Incarceration). The format is interactive & relational. It’s designed to be exploratory, engaging, & creative, while still being knowledge-based, political, and pragmatic. Inspiring & grounded: that’s the goal. This workshop will feature orientations on the organization & how we campaign, policy basics on each issue area (and their intersections), our analysis on race, gender, & corporate power, and concrete next steps, if you want to go deeper on any of them. The agenda is designed to level-set between new & returning attendees. 6:00-6:30 will be an organizational orientation. 6:30-7:15 will be issue orientations. 7:15-8:30 will be workshopping time. 8:30-9:00 will be unstructured social time. Pre-readings will be emailed to registered attendees.
Click here to sign up.… Continue reading »
Do you have a vision for Brooklyn Park? Do you want to share with candidates and elected officials the issues that are important to you, your family and your community? The Brooklyns Political Forum was created to have these conversations and create pathways to demand the kind of representation that we want and deserves. Click here to sign up!… Continue reading »
Too many of us have experienced politics as hostile, inaccessible, dirty, or confusing. As we work together to dismantle corporate power, gender oppression, and structural racism, we will work close to home.
Caucuses are local meetings in every district in Minnesota that kicks off and holds up our party political system. Join with other TakeAction activists and leaders from across the state to fight for the state our families and communities need to live lives of joy. We’ll cover the details of what happens at a caucus and how to show up powerfully, as well as ways to create new opportunities to take power for our communities.
Register here, all are welcome!… Continue reading »
In late November, U.S. House republicans passed their tax reform bill, and yesterday, the Senate passed their version of the bill out of committee on a party line vote. The president and congressional republicans have said they hope that they will have a bill signed by Christmas.
My guiding principal is: “We all do better when we all do better,” and I believe that a government by and for the people helps us get there. I know I believe that health care for all, affordable higher education and a level playing field so that we all have the best possible chance to succeed. I also know that the money for programs that help advance those goals doesn’t come out of thin air.
So we ask ourselves: What are some of the things the GOP tax bill does, what does it tell us about their priorities, and what does this bill tell us about who congressional republicans feel they represent?
What are some of the things that the GOP tax bill does?
- Permanently cuts the corporate tax rate by 15%.
- Eliminates the estate tax by 2024 (costing $200 billion over 10 years), giving a massive tax-break to the wealthiest 0.2%.
- Makes it harder for immigrants to file for certain tax credits, including the ones that benefit their American- born children.
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TakeAction MN will host a free, open-to-the-public screening of the new documentary, followed by a discussion. The screening is sponsored by Caring Across Generations, a national campaign to transform care so that everyone can live and age with dignity.
“Although we’d rather not think about it, we’re all aging. And if we’re lucky enough to love a long life, most of us will need help. 90% of Americans want to age at home, but who will provide the care we’ll need?
CARE pulls back the curtain on the largely unseen world of home elder care. With a verité eye, it follows the stories of care workers and their clients. We meet undocumented Vilma, who lovingly cares for 93-year old Dee—long an independent businesswoman, who lives 3,000 miles away from her closest family. We go to work with Laurie, mother of 5, who tends to wheelchair-bound Larry in a tiny rural town. We meet Toni whose husband, a CBS executive, suffers from severe Parkinson’s disease. “Peter would die in a nursing home,” Toni says, but keeping him home requires 24/7 help.
CARE depicts the beauty and social importance of home-based care. It also reveals a broken system., where workers make poverty wages and families struggle to pay for the care they need.… Continue reading »
“For at least a decade now, the far right has exploited its near-total domination of state government to clamp down on the mere possibility that progressive change could take root in the small specks of blue—the defiant, often Democratic cities—that hover in their midst. From Arkansas and Texas to Alabama and Missouri, reactionary legislatures and governors have used their power to roll back promising local legislation: minimum-wage ordinances, sanctuary-city laws, LGBTQ anti-discrimination regulations, and other achievements meant to better the lives of immigrants, people of color, the working class, and the queer community, among others.
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LESSON 1: BE AWARE OF THE PREEMPTION PROPOSALS IN YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE, AND STOP THEM FROM BECOMING LAW WHENEVER POSSIBLE. PREVENTION IS THE BEST REMEDY.
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“A coalition came together to fight it,” says Chris Conry, the strategic campaigns director at TakeAction Minnesota, a statewide network that fights for racial and economic justice. “It was many of the same groups that had been active fighting for sick time in the first place: labor organizations, community-organizing groups, and faith-based organizations.”
Conry says the coalition’s key goal was to publicize the preemption bill as widely as possible, using slogans like “protect local control” and “stop corporate interference” to ensure that Minnesotans knew about the state legislature’s attempt to overturn the will of the people.… Continue reading »
Join us to make calls in support of Stephanie Gasca for Ward 4. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to knock doors in support of Jeremiah Ellison for Ward 5. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to knock doors in support of Stephanie Gasca for Ward 4. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to knock doors in support of Jeremiah Ellison for Ward 5. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to knock doors in support of Stephanie Gasca for Ward 4. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to knock doors in support of Jeremiah Ellison for Ward 5. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to make calls in support of Jeremiah Ellison for Ward 5. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to make calls in support of Stephanie Gasca for Ward 4. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
Join us to make calls in support of Jeremiah Ellison for Ward 5. We need new, progressive voices in these seats at the Minneapolis City Council. Come out to help elect candidates who will build governing power with us!… Continue reading »
