P.O.V.

Within 30 minutes, two calm, purposeful female Behavioral Crisis Response members arrived at the front gate.

As we reawaken to the control issues related to women’s bodies again… a reflection on the tension between two competing purposes. “One is social control — ensuring that people conform to social norms, standards and ideologies by providing services that control those who are deemed unworthy or deviant.”

It was her words “how dare you” that made me sit with my ideas about reproductive rights.

A Conversation with J’Mag Karbeah, Health Equity Researcher

The is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. — Audre Lorde

Our gratitude to Bernadine Joselyn for sharing her 6,800-word essay with us about her recent experiences in Poland with Ukrainian refugees. This is an excerpt.

The Minnesota Senate districts that need to be convinced to fund state-mandated special education.

Replacing trauma, ghosts, gossip, and the politics of toxic masculinity with a warmer space of Vision and Values.

“Imagination shared creates collaboration, and collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change.” — Terry Tempest Williams

This type of community attracts people who value it. Our job is to nurture that so it continues.

LGBTQ+ rights, conversion therapy ban, MMIR director, documentary about women entrepreneurs

Perspectives from Reps. Melissa Hortman (Brooklyn Park) and Julie Sandstede (Hibbing)