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St Cloud Member Meeting: Speaking Your Truth to Power-Story Telling Training
Posted January 31, 2019
Join TakeAction members, leaders and activists as we present a storytellers training where folks can get tools to powerfully tell their stories. Together we will explore why our stories about our lived experiences are the key to moving from activists to changemakers on topics that impact our lives. We will be training and supporting groups of people who are ready to share their stories and impact the world we live in.
In this training and member meeting, we are hoping you will walk away with solid tools that can be used to share your stories and impact the dominant narratives. You will walk away with a story you want to tell to help influence the fight for policies like Earned Sick and Safe Time, access to MN Care and Paid Family Leave.
This training is built around being a storyteller, the dominant narratives that affect us and the connections our stories have to legislative issues. As an attendee, you will get space to explore these concepts, tools to use them and an invite to upcoming TakeAction events where our stories will be the foundation for change.
TakeAction Minnesota believes that the stories we carry around about shared experiences of joy, frustration, fear, and hope are often hidden by shame and anger because we are told our stories are individual moments and not connected to a larger shared experience that many of us face.… Continue reading »
St Cloud Member Meeting: Building Power with Legislators
Posted December 17, 2018
Our political arena at this moment is controlled by corporate power and political elites. Because of this, many people and their values are left out of the conversation. We believe to change this reality, we need to build authentic power with our leaders. Whether it’s a city council member or a U.S. Senator, building power to advance progressive policies is important and at the core of the work TakeAction Minnesota does during the legislative session.
Join TakeAction members and leaders at our St. Cloud member meeting to learn how to build power with legislators. Attend breakout sessions on our three legislative opportunities we’ve identified.
The first part of this meeting will be a training on how to build power with legislators. The second half will be breakout sessions on the three legislative priorities. Join us to learn, ask questions, and grow your own community leadership skills.
Building Power with Your Legislators Training:
Voting is important, but even more so are the many ways people get involved after Election Day to hold our representatives accountable. This training prepares you to go deeper with your legislator and to help you get in a relationship with the very issues they are elected to tackle.… Continue reading »
How Primaries Work and Why They Matter
Posted July 4, 2018
We have 41 days. 41 days until the polls open on August 14th and Minnesota voters go to the polls to vote in the primary election of 2018. This will be an important election, it will decide the path of our state, the path of the GOP, DFL and Independent parties. This election will decide how we fight in November, if we move forward towards the future we want or if we stay stagnant for 4 year.
We at TakeAction believe in a Minnesota where our government and our economy is by us and for us. Where each and every person has the power to make the decisions that affect their community, their lives, and their futures — especially communities that have been violently denied opportunities for generations.
To build the future we want to see we need to be informed, aware and excited for the elections. When we show up with joy and knowledge we bring others with us and turn a polling place into a community gathering, a place to share our hopes, our dream and what we care about. But first we must know what we are doing so we can show up sjoyfully.
Join TakeAction and leaders from across the state as we learn about the ins and the outs of the primaries, not just so you can feel prepared on August 14th but so that you can bring others with you to shape the future of Minnesota.… Continue reading »
Changing the narrative using local media: LTE training
Posted March 8, 2018
Often the only voices we’re hearing from Central Minnesota are hateful and angry. We at TakeAction want to change that by creating spaces for us to change the narratives around what Central Minnesota needs. One powerful way to bring attention to issues is to write Letters to the Editor to your local news paper. Join us for a training on how to write powerful LTEs to change the conversations around important issues in our communities.
Launch of Our Statewide Squad Leader Program and Orientation
Posted February 27, 2018
Over the last year and 3 months, thousands of Minnnesotans have mobilized in resistance. Fortunately, as an organization that has been leading in the movement for racial, economic and social justice for over a decade, we have seen mass mobilizations before, but this time around was different. Join us for a conversation with TakeAction MN Training Director, Sabrina Mauritz, to learn what we have seen work well over the last year, the opportunities in MN over the next year, and be here for the launch of an exciting way for community volunteers to come together, get the support they need to keep going, and create the Blue Wave everybody is talking about.
#BelieveResist Trainings: We Will NOT Be Divided
Posted April 4, 2017
This series of trainings seeks to equip the resistance in Minnesota with the skills, tools, and analysis we need to win, build, and change the story in this moment. This training will dig into how dividing and conquering us is a strategy of the opposition, where in history we can learn about how it works and what we can do about it, and skills and tools to help us build relationships with those who are different from us. All are welcome, whether you’re new to activism or have been organizing for years.
Please register: https://secure.everyaction.com/SLFpcF8450eR5vbdXl9pfg2… Continue reading »
