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Community Conversations: St Cloud Doorknock for the Primaries!
Posted July 17, 2018
Join TakeAction for our last St Cloud doorknock before the primaries. We will be taking time to talk to community members about why care is important and why we are grounding our elections on the bases of caring for our communities rather than fearing our community. Our work is important, powerful and will help u show up joyfully through November! Come be apart of something bigger than just our organizations build individually!
Join us for a day of joy, conversations and celebrating the work we are doing to create a more empowered community.
Training will be provided starting at 5pm and food will be provided after the doorknock!
Community Conversations: St Cloud Doorknock for the Primaries!
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Join TakeAction to doorknock in the St Cloud area. We will be taking time to talk to community members about why care is important and why we are grounding our elections on the bases of caring for our communities rather than fearing our community. Our work is important, powerful and will help u show up joyfully through November! Come be apart of something bigger than just our organizations build individually!
Join us for a day of joy, conversations and celebrating the work we are doing to create a more empowered community.
Training will be provided starting at 5pm and food will be provided after the doorknock!
St Cloud Community Doorknock for the Primaries
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Join TakeAction to doorknock in the St Cloud area. We will be taking time to talk to community members about why care is important and why we are grounding our elections on the bases of caring for our communities rather than fearing our community. Our work is important, powerful and will help u show up joyfully through November! Come be apart of something bigger than just our organizations build individually!
Join us for a day of joy, conversations and celebrating the work we are doing to create a more empowered community.
Training will be provided starting at 5pm and food will be provided after the doorknock!
Community Conversations at the Doors: St Cloud Community Doorknock
Posted May 21, 2018
We at TakeAction believe that we all have enough for us to thrive, that no one should go without and that we should govern collectively to create a world where everyone is in and nobody is out. But we can not do this alone and we can not do this in meeting rooms and small events. We must work together to bring new people into the movement we are building and we must have tough but powerful conversations about what they need from their community to thrive.
Help us register voters, talk to people about the things that matter to them and invite them to upcoming events!
Please join us this Saturday to reach out to people in the St Cloud community and bring them with us in the powerful work we are doing!
#BadHombre
Posted November 3, 2016
This week the Justice 4 All Program went back to work calling Formally Incarcerated and Convicted Minnesotans. We completed over 7,000 dials and have built a statewide list of eligible voters who have been through the Justice system. These voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday and we hope they will follow us to the Capitol in January to fight for voting rights restoration. Join us on Election Day by signing up to share our message on Social Media.
The following is a reflection I wrote after brave words from a powerful young woman.
During a recent J4A political education session at one of our phone banks, an Ethiopian High School student brought up immigration as the primary system that has impacted her life. She talked about the threat of deportation and worrying about how filling out the wrong form could result in her family being torn apart. This is a big problem often seen as separate from the issue of criminal justice, but they not separate, they are the same problem.
The same prisons that detain Black and Brown folks for drug crimes are the same prisons that detain Brown and Black Immigrant folks before they are deported.… Continue reading »
Bold & Visionary change in Duluth
Posted September 16, 2015
This year we had the awesome opportunity to talk with thousands of Duluthians about their vision for Duluth’s future. We collaborated with many organizations representing the diverse people of our communities to develop a shared vision for our city – AICHO, CHUM, PAVSA, SOAR Career Solutions, YWCA, Northeast Area Labor Council, Community Action Duluth and Education Minnesota.
What came of this is resounding shared interest in jobs that pay living wages with benefits like earned sick and safe time so people aren’t forced to choose between caring for a loved one and earning a paycheck. Residents wanting resources and consideration of needs to be spread across the city, increased green space, free youth activities & racial justice.
We have the unique ability at TakeAction to talk about these issues and more as we engage with voters in our community. We want to see bold and visionary change! The kind of change that happens when people – like our endorsed candidates who share our vision and the vision of so many Duluthians – are elected to office. Our endorsed candidates for November are: Gary Anderson (District 2); Em Westerlund (District 3); Joel Sipress (District 4); Janet Kennedy (District 5); Elissa Hansen & Noah Hobbs (At-Large); and Emily Larson for Mayor!… Continue reading »
Being welcomed into homes
Posted November 21, 2013
I approached the minimum wage door knock I had signed up for yesterday tired and stressed. I wasn’t fully committed to being there but wanted to follow-through on what I said I would do. I am so glad I didn’t back out.
The conversations I had with people – asking them to tell their story, sign a petition and write a letter to their Senator about raising the minimum wage — were amazing. The energy and real relationship building I was able to do reminded me why I do this work. Many people invited me in, treated me like a welcomed guest in their home (even though I had unannounced showed up at their door). Everyone thanked me.
That’s what stands out the most for me. I grew up in many of those apartments. Some of my childhood memories include hanging out in the halls with all the other kids who lived in the unit. No one that I recall took the time to meet me and my family, where we were at. That’s what these door-knocks are doing. We’re lucky enough to get out and meet people in their homes, where they are. And people are grateful that we are doing it.… Continue reading »
