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Legislative Priorities from WoMN Act

In honor of our joint commitment to promote the progressive, women-led interests of equity and justice for all in this state, we are showcasing some of the legislation WoMN Act is supporting this year.

Casa de Esperanza: Reducing Gender-Based Violence

We want our families to stay together — we just want the domestic violence to go away. Currently the system makes us choose between one or the other.

Work, Motherhood, & Pandemic

"Families were communal in the past. I hope that this is something we take away [from the pandemic] — how can we lend support to one another?"

VIEW: Benya Kraus, “Why I Choose Rural”

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Our greatest civic duty, and indeed our most human duty, is to look closest to us and commit to our place — in the entirety of its beauty and challenges — and to sow it with hope, relationships, and imagination.

Work With Farmers to Build Climate Resistance

LSP’s "Incentivizing 100% Soil Healthy Farming Bill," which was developed by a team of farmer, rural, and urban members, will be introduced in the Minnesota legislature this month.

Help us share women’s voices

There are four ways to support our work to create solidarity…

Q&A Esther Agbaje: State Representative 59B

Esther Agbaje. Courtesy photo In August, Esther Agbaje…

Caring for Veterans in Crisis

Shame and reluctance to discuss experiences with colleagues or support staff in a male-dominated career field often delay veterans’ seeking out help.

Conversation: Policing in Minnesota

We talked with Nicole Archbold of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety about topics ranging from defunding police to how we get past an 'us versus them' mentality in justice work.

Visual Q&A: Collective Action conversation

Talking with three Collective Action storytellers

October 2020 Table of Contents

The October theme is on Gatekeeping — who decides what the values and priorities are, and how are women working to change those tables of power?

Reimagining Rural Healthcare

“How do we create a system — not a business?”