Activism

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BIPOC Foodways Alliance Launch and Fundraiser

Join Chef / Writer Mecca Bos and Chef Sean Sherman for the launch of their new nonprofit, BIPOC Foodways Alliance

  • 03/02/2023
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Zealous Hellions: Charlayne Hunter-Gault in conversation with Brandi Powell

Mixed Blood curates on-stage conversations with iconoclastic thought leaders whose world view aligns with this theatre’s mission, vision, and values:

  • 02/03/2023
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Separation & Impermanence

If I did not want to lose my passion for change — a casualty of my drive and intensity — I had to find another path.

  • 02/28/2022
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Notes from a Tenant Advocate, Disruptor and Agitator

It seems that anything helpful to lower-income residents does not get much air time, if any, because of obstructions on the senate floor.

  • 02/09/2022
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Then and Now: Environmental Activists

Over the years, Minnesota Women’s Press has talked to many environmental advocates. A lot has changed since our first conversations with them — and a lot remains the same. From the perspective of a climate activist, how are we doing?

  • 08/21/2021
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VIEW: Caring for Our Essential Infrastructure

Will we support bills that value these workers with adequate training, fair wages, and benefits to show them how essential they really are?

  • 08/12/2021
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Weeds, Words & Wisdom: An Intergenerational Conversation

We put three of our favorite environmental activists and policy advocates in the same virtual room together for a conversation. Here is what former Rep. Karen Clark, Women’s Environmental Institute co-founder Jacqueline Zita, and sustainable agriculture student and activist Priscilla Trinh talked about in June 2021.

  • 07/29/2021
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Net Zero

My parents’ love for each other and their children was a bubble that protected us from the rest of the

  • 06/24/2021

LEAP Into Action 2021: Feeding Native Families, Empowering Native Youth

LEAP Into Action 2021: Feeding Native Families, Empowering Native Youth, raises money to support DIW’s Horizons Unlimited Food Shelf and Youth

  • 06/08/2021
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A Special Message From Sen. Mary Kunesh

“Don’t put the report on a shelf and let it gather dust!” We heard that from the Canadian team that created its

  • 05/25/2021
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An Essential Ingredient for Rural Connection

If it were profitable, internet providers would be serving more communities.

  • 05/24/2021
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April 7: Advocacy Updates from WoMN Act

Advocacy updates related to equity and justice

  • 04/07/2021