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Sen. Sandy Pappas

Presidents day for feminists

What if this year we skipped the car and shoe sales and flag waving and went to work towards having something more inclusive to celebrate in the future? What would a real feminist presidents' birthday party look like?
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Women unite!

Separating from Pantsuit Nation, Stand Up Minnesota women are gathering online to share their progressive political convictions and to work for change

2016 Changemaker: Barbara Battiste

Changemakers: Working with facts to make change for women…
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2016 Changemakers: Maiv PAC

The first Hmong American women's political action committee in the United States
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The power to change

Losing is a victory. Every time we lose we have to sit back and figure out why and come back stronger.
State Sen. Melisa Franzen (DFL-Edina)

Sen. Melisa Franzen: Tackling the status quo

Young Puerto Rican mother steps out of boxes in Minnesota Senate
Sen. Patricia Torres Ray and Nekima Levy-Armstrong

Women in the Legislature: Stalled progress?

Insights from Rep. Erin Murphy, Sen. Patricia Torres Ray, and Sen. Sandy Pappas
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State Rep. Rena Moran: From a homeless shelter to the State Capitol

Rena Moran. Courtesy photo. The more I heard about laws…
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Shawntera Hardy: Mind the gap

Listening, and responding, to the screams of community at Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development

Farm activist Lou Anne Kling: From pastures to protests

Photo Rob Amberg They weren't going to take that farm away…
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Women Wage Peace

Women Wage Peace, which was founded on the premise that Israeli and Palestinian people had lost hope that there would ever be an agreement, and that women could change that attitude by instilling hope in the population.
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Tina Smith: Roots of Activism

When the conventional wisdom tells us that this group or that group won't participate, we shouldn't listen to it. Our strength grows when we open doors.