Thanks to donors and grantors, Minnesota Women’s Press is able to take a new step in the evolution of our solutions-and-action arm of story development, Changemakers Alliance. We will host conversations and opportunities for reflection on the road in a series of listening sessions called “Hometown Values & Vision.”
With the help of skilled facilitators and collaborative partners, we will gather for future stories what people in Greater Minnesota are doing, thinking, and debating. We will talk to people about what matters to them about public safety, identity, and healing trauma.
Our unique new media platform — Changemakers Alliance — focuses on first-person storytelling, solutions, and action steps, in print and online, in conversations and events. We call it “Media That Makes a Difference.”
Grassroots advocates benefit from well-communicated, statewide education and storytelling expertise.
Together we are a powerful combination.
tax deductible, for annual or monthly contributions
We are planning the cities we will visit this summer for in-person discussions. Please contact crystal@womenspress.com if you want to be part of a planning committee to bring these conversations to your area. We are raising funds with the link above to help us cover co-moderator fees, local food, travel, and facilitators trained to lead the discussions with us.
Possible locations (* represents areas where we have co-hosts and we are now attempting to raise funds to execute):
These will be intersectional and intergenerational conversations. What are the fears, joys, pain points, local solutions and visions for community building?
For each location, we are looking for:
Hostess Michelle Courtright (above left) opened up her home for our video launch party and discussion that featured entrepreneurs De’Vonna Pittman (Nature’s Syrup) and Babette Buckner (Moltron Builders); LGBTQ+ advocates Ellie Krug (Human Inspiration Works) and Phil Duran (Rainbow Health); political director Beth Peterson (Vote Run Lead); gender-based violence survivor allies JaneAnne Murray (University of Minnesota law), Patricia Cumbie and Sophia Morrissette (Global Rights for Women); restorative justice facilitator Michele Braley, and others. [photos by Sarah Whiting]
These are the types of conversations with an intersectional group of people that we will be holding in towns around the state, with your support.