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Surviving, Thriving: Amity’s Story
January 22, 2019
By: Amity Foster When I was 22 years old, I was diagnosed with leukemia. I was fresh out of college. I did not have a job. I did not have
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Claiming Our Vision on Health Care—One Story at a Time
“I am a self-employed horse trainer and I moved back to Minnesota to start my business, in part specifically because of MinnesotaCare. It has provided fabulous coverage for me, and I could
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People’s House Series: First week of the legislative session
Dear Friends, Each week, the People’s House Series will share our progressive take on what’s happening at the people’s house (aka the Capitol). My name is Kenza Hadj-Moussa. I’m the
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Our Year in Sound: 2018
This is my last week at TakeAction Minnesota. I have loved writing to you. About our state. For TakeAction Minnesota. Working with Kenza and Elianne and the whole team here
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Growing Our Movements: Reflections from “Our Future is Joyful”
A fractal is a never-ending pattern—a complex structure that repeats and where each individual part is a replicate of the entire structure itself. Fractals exist in mathematics and in nature,
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Celebrating All the Good Trouble We Make Together
I’ve been thinking a lot about the quote Ana Maria Archila, activist and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, shared on Saturday, words of activist Valarie Kaur: “What if America is not a
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Reflection, Healing, and Magic: The Transformative Power of Angela Conley’s Campaign
Angela Conley was born and raised in South Minneapolis. A leader and mother, she not only worked with people directly impacted by the services controlled by the Board of Commissioners
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Weaving Magic, Together
The story of Angela Conley’s victory is one about organizing, to be sure. Electoral victories happen because doors are knocked, conversations are had, volunteers are recruited and retained, babies are
