Dear Friends, I’m writing today heartbroken for Amir Locke’s loved ones, and for our city. Amir was 22-year-old Black man, an entrepreneur, and Door Dash driver, getting ready to move
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Dear friend, It was a heavy week for us, learning about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, digesting the state budget deficit, and seeing the unemployment numbers from April. It feels
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Dear {{FirstName or ‘friend’}}, Happy International Workers’ Day! May Day as a workers’ holiday was born in 1886 in Chicago when 40,000 workers – largely immigrants – went on strike
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Dear friend, As you probably know, we soft-launched our 100 Days of Justice, Joy & Solidaritycampaign a couple weeks ago in response to COVID-19 after surveying our members. We’re continuing
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Dear Friends,
As we write this, a hundred or so Minnesotans are rallying outside the Governor’s residence, echoing calls from Trump to open the state and prolong the pandemic by spreading COVID-19 further.
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One thing we’ve learned in the last month is just how lonely a global pandemic can feel. We’re all living through the same catastrophe, but it’s easy to feel trapped,
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Dear friend, One thing we’ve noticed during this pandemic is how truly adaptable we are as human beings. Individually and collectively we’ve been able to change quickly to fit the
Week in Action: What is preemption, and how can it impact Minnesota?
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
This Week in Action: Anniversary of the Women’s March
In case you missed it, this is from last Friday’s”This Week in Action” email: This Sunday is the anniversary of the Women’s March, the largest single-day protest in American history,
What’s your plan for the next 100 days?
100 days ago, when the reality set in that Donald Trump is our president, I was shaken, as were all of us at TakeAction Minnesota. We knew then that we
