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

On Morality, Transformation, and Vulnerability: A Talk by the Publisher
Historical perspectives about transformative justice, philosophy about human evolution, and stories from the Changemakers Alliance visits to statewide communities for the "Hometown Values & Vision" series.

Next Step Program: How Healing and Transformation Can Emerge From Violence
An elementary school child looked out the window and saw…

Commentary: My Abortion Experience in 1962
I was in a panic. I was sure there were doctors — and others — who would perform abortions for a price, but how to find one?

Anisa Hagi-Mohamed’s Affirmations
I feel like colonialism, war, and trauma have changed our language and mindsets. It doesn’t feel right. We come from such an abundant culture.

When Cultures Combine: The LinkingLeaders Partnership
“As the demographics of our communities change, and as we develop this multiracial identity, and our communities are merging, it’s important to have a broader understanding of our shared history — even though we’re still quite segregated in Minnesota."

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

Global Mind-Body Circles
I never imagined, sitting at home, typing away, that I would be involved in a revolution. Yet here I am. Here we are.

How to Learn a Language
Lately, I’ve been trying to dream a little bigger about what I do know in my first language.

Navigating at Home
As I grow older, I find myself less driven by adrenaline, pride, or passion to change the world. I am more energized by the simple gatherings in my own community.

Commentary: “Florida”
Ellie Krug (she/her) has a radio show on AM950, and speaks and…

Out of a Box
If there was a class focused on gender identity at my school, I know I wouldn’t have been comfortable speaking up about my experience around the individuals who were stereotyping me because of how I looked.

Reimagining “Self-Advocacy” as a Disabled Woman
Asking for help was the hardest and most cathartic self-advocacy I have ever accomplished.

Talking to Boys About Masculinity: A Conversation With Felix Martinez-Paz
We are tired because we’re carrying this backpack every day, heavy with expectations and stereotypes.

New Young Adult Book Explores Archeology, Gender, and Vikings
This turned out to be a story that is so much more than DNA testing.

Let the Black Women Say Asé
We would tell stories about our origins, and what we have endured, on our own terms, without whiteness determining how we should tell those stories.