When I testified on behalf of the renter’s rights ordinance in City Hall back in August, I wasn’t planning on mentioning my criminal record. I showed up because I just
Activist Cecelia Viel: How do we want people to come home?
Criminal Justice Reform
Conference Draws Hundreds of Black Leaders to Minneapolis, while the Nation’s District Attorneys hold their Annual Summit
July 16, 2017 CONTACT: Kenza Hadj-Moussa, 612-386-9556, kenza@takeactionminnesota.org NEWS RELEASE Minneapolis—Over the weekend, hundreds of District Attorneys traveled to Minneapolis for their annual summit. This morning, black organizers and activists
Activists and organizers reimagine modern day policing in Minneapolis
For 18 days in 2015 the community occupied the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fourth Precinct in North Minneapolis. For 18 days the community came together to demand justice for Jamar Clark,
What matters to us most
We’re all wondering what will happen. To ourselves, friends, families. To our jobs, healthcare, finances. To our society, state, country. It’s more than okay to say, “I don’t know.” In
#BadHombre
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
Open Door Policy
My name is Sarah Nemetz, an intern with TakeAction’s Justice 4 All Program. When I was being trained for the first door knock I would be participating in for Erin
Justice.
Last Tuesday TakeAction Minnesota hosted the Restore the Vote Coalition for a massive phone bank and door knock. We packed the office with 143 volunteers who called 3,824 formally incarcerated
Tough Questions (Restore the Vote Block Party)
Join the Leaders of the Justice 4 All (J4A) Program Tuesday, September 27th at 5pm as we host the Restore the Vote MN Coalition for a Block Party, door knock
A Call to Justice
We don’t have a Justice System, we have a crime and punishment system. One that protects the profits and property of the wealthy, and divides and controls the rest of
Philando Castile
This is a statement we’ve put together as the TakeAction staff. This week, this month, and this year have been incredibly painful and challenging for our country. All of us
