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”That is the way we plan to lead,
clear on our values.”
— Clare Oumou Verbeten, newly elected Minnesota senator

“This is the way we create now — we come together and use art as ceremony.”

“We have been saying, ‘abortion is not an issue you should be running from, it is an issue you should be running on.'”

She witnessed the power of standing up, facing fear, and finding one’s agency — a power she has guided other women to unearth within themselves over the past 25 years.

Seraphia Gravelle (Aguallo) was 17 years old when she moved to Minnesota’s Iron Range from Texas to be close to

The events of 2020, from the outbreak of the pandemic to the uprising after the murder of George Floyd, sparked

For Ingram, providing a superb experience to restaurant guests starts with taking care of her employees.

“We have never been represented by somebody like me, with this voice, with the communities that I am bringing in.”

Changemakers Alliance (CALL) was launched by Minnesota Women’s Press in 2022 to move our statewide community of engaged readers off

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.”

Particularly in policing, but in every facet of civic life, what we need is to recenter the forming of partnerships as the heart of the activity, as both the means and the end.

“There is no single story that tells the truth of this community of cells self-organizing within our skin.” — Susan Raffo