
CALL: What We Are Talking About This Week
Notes from our weekly Changemakers Alliance newsletter

SERIES in development: Hometown Values & Vision
A series in development

SERIES: Creating Authentic Safety in Minnesota
Stories that reflect the challenges and solutions to creating a safer Minnesota that relies less on locks than on addressing behavioral concerns and needs.

SERIES: Reducing Gender-Based Violence
A team of Changemakers Alliance partners helped plan discussion and story angles for this series focused on gender-based violence.

Changemakers Alliance: Media That Makes a Difference
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Values & Vision: Talking to People Engaged in Politics (With Election Results)
The values and vision of 20 Minnesotans who care about serving everyone in a culture of abundance, not scarcity and fear. "If it is about us, include us."

Breaking Barriers in Minnesota Politics
What political barriers are diverse Minnesota women and LGBTQN+ people trying to open?

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Changemakers Alliance amplifies stories and solutions to long-standing issues and helps build statewide solidarity around action. It is the next step in the Minnesota Women's Press story-sharing evolution, started in 1985.

The Concept Behind Restorative Justice Minnesota
Getting funded requires a culture shift in society, she says. “A recognition that incarceration does not work. We do not acknowledge the reality of where the harm is coming from.”

“Meeting in The Commons: How to Become Badass Collaborators”
My view of the media business I love is that we tend to be reactive, writing for a passive audience. But our most engaged readers are NOT passive, and want to get in front of the stories, to change outcomes.

CALL: Talking About LGBTQ+ Health, Aging, and Rights
Frustration is why it is crucial to sometimes take a step back and consider the change that has happened.

Step 2: Define Success on Individual Basis
Somebody came into my office and said ‘I relapsed yesterday. I already talked to my probation officer. I already have my bags packed to go to treatment.’ That is success for that person.