Women’s March MN is partnering with ERA Minnesota (ERAMN) to host a Zoom happy hour where we can catch up, share a beverage, sign a petition and have a chance to tell your ERA story for a video campaign.
Mar 1: 6-7pm
Via Zoom
The best way to make sure your legislators represent you is to tell them what you want. As members of MN-Leg Action, we are creating instruction sheets to make it easy for you to know who to contact and what to say. If you can personalize the message, even better, but the following will get your started:
MN-Leg Action aim to share actions every week until the end of the Legislative session.
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Want to make sure that your progressive values are shaping lawmakers’ agendas? Get local. Attend your caucus and ensure that your elected officials advocate for the change that we need. Some caucuses are in person while others are virtual so participating depends on your district. Find out your district
And while you're there, make your voice heard! Submit a resolution on a topic you are passionate about. Here are some prefilled resolutions to get you started. Submit one or all!
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Whether you could make it or not, here are two very quick things to do NOW to ensure our elected officials keep fighting to defend democracy and to protect voting rights for ALL.
Federal level action (only takes 2 minutes) to ask Senators Smith and Klobuchar to continue to fight for voter rights
State level action (again takes 2 minutes) to tell state senators and representations to protect our voter rights
January 31st is the first day of our 2022 Minnesota state legislative session. We are pleased to join ERA Minnesota in hosting ERA Rally @ the Capitol, where ERA bill authors and supporters will speak in the Capitol rotunda on why the ERA is foundational to providing equality for all. Please join the rally and stay to advocate for equality by meeting with their legislators. We will be following all recommended Covid safety protocols.
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Then, on Friday, the Supreme Court left in place the extreme Texan anti-abortion law, SB8, (bans abortions after six weeks and establishes vigilante citizens to enforce it), while allowing very narrow challenges to it to proceed. SB8 has now been in place in Texas for over 100 days, denying healthcare to thousands of people who want and need it.
So, what can we do? Contact your senator! Find your senators’ contact details; see if your senator is already a co-sponsor.
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We are pleased to join ERA Minnesota in hosting ERA Rally @ the Capitol on January 31, 2021, where ERA bill authors and supporters will speak in the Capitol rotunda on why the ERA is foundational to providing equality for all persons.
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December 14th marks the one-year anniversary of the first large scale arrest from nonviolent direct action against the Line 3 Pipeline. To recognize the event, MN350, Rainforest Action Network, Honor the Earth and others are holding a national Stop Line 3 Day of Action.
We support the Stop Line 3 for many reasons. First, the damage being done to the Earth will irreparably hurt our lives and the lives for generations to come. Second, the Water Protectors and Grandmothers who lead this effort are Indigenous women we support them.
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