
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?

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A Conversation with Veronica Mendez Moore of CTUL
“My boss said we don’t do that here.” Others heard, “That passed, but it’s not for Latinos.” A law is just a piece of paper unless people can enforce it.

A Movement Rooted in Rural and Working-Class Values
These are the values I was raised with.

Why Do We Let Our Bosses Control Our Health Care?
If we don’t have enough nurses to care for us at our most vulnerable, that’s not good for any of us. We should be regulating that just like we regulate child care, where there can only be so many infants per adult.

Source to Sea, Safely
In 2024, Devin A. Brown plans to become the first Black woman to kayak the entire length of the Mississippi River. She’s not doing it alone.

Fly-Fishing Opened My Eyes
I learned that the better one understands the cycles of the stream, the easier it is to catch fish.

Walking for the Water
GitchiGami is the largest freshwater lake in the world. It is worth a walk around its 2,726–mile shoreline to speak to the water spirits.

Racial Justice Network: Frank Talk About the Pushback to Reforming Criminal Legal System
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara: "I perceived that everyone here wanted to change: residents, government, police officers. And I was wrong. People absolutely want progress, but people don't really want change.”

Minnesota Mothers Testify to U.N. Delegation About Losing Their Children to Police Violence
This ongoing series of testimonials shares the stories of pain direct from mothers of Black sons killed by police

Breaking the Cycles that Lead to Violence
"We’re seeing a resurgence of interest in restorative justice, because it resonates, I think, at the core with so many of us."

The Hometown Values & Vision Tour
“Our superpower is getting people with great insights into the same space.”
— publisher Mikki Morrissette

Deep Dive: Let’s Talk About Public Safety
Changemakers Alliance is the Minnesota Women’s Press extension that creates deep dive stories, partly by hosting and sharing public conversations about core topics that impact people statewide.