Within 30 minutes, two calm, purposeful female Behavioral Crisis Response members arrived at the front gate.

It was her words “how dare you” that made me sit with my ideas about reproductive rights.

A new ‘preventing homelessness’ committee member asked a panel of ten people to reflect on when they could have made a choice differently to avoid homelessness. That was his idea of prevention. In 2020, 350 Minnesotans died outside. Some of them were babies.

Women’s power is in our ability to find ways to support each other and tap into whatever skill sets we bring to the table.

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