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

Land Remembers: Editor’s Letter and TOC
“I was struck by how our understanding of the place we live is shaped as much by what we do know about its history as what we don’t know."

It Happened in Duluth
I was born and raised here, and I didn’t know about this story until I was 18.

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Hometown series: Peace-building in Northfield
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"I had a New Testament professor years ago who said that the number one religion in the world today is violence."

Deep Dive: Filling Gaps in Public Safety
The most prevalent issues in community safety include domestic violence, as well as lack of options for treating mental health crises and addictions. This is a deep look at how Minnesota families and neighborhoods are impacted by these often-overlooked issues of public safety, and how Minnesotans can address these issues in a more comprehensive way than what policing is able to handle due to lack of personnel, attention, or training.

What’s in a River: Editor’s Letter and TOC
"All water has a perfect memory." – Toni Morrison

The Value of Sharing Neighborhood Stories in Duluth
People in the Hillside feel a great sense of pride, vibrancy, and beauty, while at the same time they recognize significant challenges, dangers, and concerns.

The Emerging Story of Brooklyn Center
How community leadership led to funding and citywide engagement

What Is Melanated Main Street: Editor’s Letter and TOC
“We cannot have a healed society, we cannot have change, we cannot have justice, if we do not reclaim and repair the human spirit.” — Rev. angel Kyodo williams

Images from the Chisholm Juneteenth Celebration
Getting to know ourselves better. A glimpse of Minnesota communities: Juneteenth in Chisholm, and North Minneapolis.

Post-Dobbs: Editor’s Letter and TOC
“A patient said to me, ‘You’ve given me my future back.’ When somebody says that to you, how do you not keep going?”
— Tammi Kromenaker, clinic director at Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead

A Circle by the River
Line Break Media and 100PercentMN, a coalition of organizations…