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Saturday January 24, federal agents attacked and shot Alex Pretti. He was a helper, a nurse for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, an American, a Minnesotan. He was in the Whittier Neighborhood of Minneapolis amidst ICE activity. He was filming. You can see from the videos that he is helping a woman when the federal agents jump on him and kill him. Our heart goes out to his family, his community and our own community.
Read MoreSubzero temperatures could not stop, nor slow down, the ICE Out of Minnesota: A Call for Freedom and Truth, a Minnesota general strike on January 23. The request was:
No Work
No School
No Shopping
On January 7 when after ICE had been terrorizing our immigrant neighbors, they murdered Renee Good. She was a mother, a wife, a poet, a legal observer, a US citizen and a Minnesotan. Our hearts go out to her family, her community and our community. Our actions over the following days were intended to show respect for Renee and let ICE know that we want them out of Minnesota.
Read MoreWe at Women’s March MN are angry and worried because what we see in mainstream media does not reflect what we have seen in person, livestreams or reported by independent media. It was irritating when they consistently under reported attendance at marches but there’s so much more at stake now. Much of the rest of the world is hearing our collective story through a lens that we know is distorted.
It’s time to contact those media sources and call them out. This is something you can do from home whether you are in Minneapolis, Roseau or around the world.
Read MoreWe have some high level answers to questions from folks who want to get more involved to connect you to efforts that need help:
Want to report ICE activity?
Looking for a first step to getting involved?
Want to attend a hyper local (or bigger) planned event?
Want to get involved in more direct action activities with Women’s March MN?
Want to be a hyper-local helper in the Metro area?
Thousands of Minnesotans from across race, zip code and background hit the streets on Dec 20 as part of the Minnesota Our Immigrant Neighbors!/ICE OUT of MN march and rally on Lake Street in Minneapolis as ICE continues to tear apart families across the state.
WHAT: Minnesota Our Immigrant Neighbors!/ICE OUT of MN March
WHEN: Sat, Dec 20, 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: March starts at Lake and Bloomington near Mercado Central, ending near Karmel Mall at Lake and Pillsbury
Thank you to everyone who attended a No Kings event last weekend. We celebrated with 100,000 attendees in downtown Minneapolis. But we were not alone. To date, we have counted almost 80,000 attendees at other No Kings events in Minnesota. From Albert Lea to Zumbrota, people stood on streets, corner and bridges with amazing signs and a growing community of attendees. At No Kings in June, we celebrated with 80,000 people at the MN State Capitol and 25,000 in other rallies around the state. That means attendance has more that tripled in outside of the Twin Cities march in the last four months.
We have a list of locations and estimated attendance, where available. If you more information to share, please let us know. admin@womensmarchmn.com
Read MoreSaturday afternoon (Oct 25, 2025), the People’s Action Coalition Against Trump (PACAT), hosted a scheduled protest and march at the MN State Capitol. Many attendees (and planners!) had been at the Whipple Building the day before, the weather on the day was cold and rainy, road construction around the Capitol and the Capitol City, there were security officers everywhere and a helicopter overhead but that did not keep protestors away.
Read MoreFriday afternoon (Oct 25), Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem came for an ICE briefing at the Federal Whipple Building.
With less than 24 hours’ notice, protestors rallied for a press conference at noon and a vigil at 4pm. Noem never addressed the crowd. At the noon conference, scheduled speaker address the media and supportive attendees. At 4pm, the parking lot was flooded with protestors singing, shouting, dressed as frogs and carrying creative signs. The event was anchored by collective of clergy reading from scriptures, telling stories of our immigrant neighbors and holding space for the work that lies ahead.
Read MoreWe’ve been working to gather information about the No Kings events outside of Minneapolis. We’ve tracked 60+ events so far and are trying to get attendance estimates. We are also interested in the experience of the marches. If you’re willing to help us out, please send us an email answering the following questions – and send to admin@womensmarchmn.com:
What’s your name?
Where did you march on Oct 18?
How many people do you think were there? (Guesses are OK)
Why did you march?
How was your experience?
Do you have a regular event you’d like us to post on our website calendar?
May we use your name online and/or in our upcoming newsletter?
Please attach a picture if you’d like to share
Depending on response, we’ll be posting stories on the blog. Answers received before Oct 26 may be added (with your permission) to the Women’s March MN newsletter.
Read MoreDespite dealing with their own financial issues, the Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis invited No Kings Planners (Women’s March MN, Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, and AFL-CIO of Minnesota) to hold a fundraising party after the march on October 18. Like the march, it was a joyful, community-building event. The event was part carnival, part show, and part party.
There were carnival games with amazing prizes, including
Read MoreWe are celebrating the success of No Kings Twin Cities with our cohosts, Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, and AFL-CIO of Minnesota. We are celebrating the 120,000 attendees who joined us to exercise our freedom of speech and peaceful assembly. For some, it was their first foray into social activism, for others, it wasn’t their first action of the week! Either way, thank you for showing up. We enjoyed the posters, the t-shirts, the inflatables, the Handmaids of MN, and more. We cheered, sang, and marched together. We built community and we made plans to do more.
What can you do next to help the save democracy?
Talk to five people about the march, about your experience, and about the movement. (Forwarding this email to a friend is an easy start.)
Attend a smaller event in your area. (Check out the WMM Calendar for upcoming events. We have events posted daily all over the state.)
Attend another big event such as No Trump! No Troops! Organized by People’s Action Coalition Against Trump: 1pm October 25 at the MN State Capital
Plan a smaller event. Invite your neighbors to join you on the popular, local intersection or a highway overpass with posters and banners.
Volunteer to do more with one of our partners listed below or with Women’s March MN.
We are thrilled and honored to be the beneficiaries of the Shania Twain Tribute at the Turf Club on September 5, 2025. It's become an annual tradition that we enjoy so much. Get a ticket now to and a dollar to each ticket will come to Women’s March MN.
Read MoreIt has been two months since the murders of Melissa and Mark Hortman and two months since the No Kings Day of Defiance Rally at the Capitol in St. Paul and other locations around Minnesota. Those events shaped the summer. The double murders and double attempted murders could have scared our community into silence. Instead, that night of violence galvanized thousands of people. That chilling terrorism strengthened our resolve to stand together in the fight for rights and freedom for ourselves and our neighbors.
Read MoreWe thank everyone who made Good Trouble Lives On Twin Cities a remarkable event starting with our planning partners: Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, AFL-CIO of Minnesota, Black Lives Matter Minnesota and Racial Justice Networketwork.com.
Approximately 2,500 rallied and marched with us from Hennepin County Government Center to Target Office on Nicolett Mall.
Read MoreEVENT DETAILS:
Date: Thursday. July 17th, 2025
Time: 6 pm – 8:30 pm CST
Location: Hennepin County Government Center Plaza' 300 South 6th St, Mpls
6pm Gather for program
7pm March begins. Participants may choose to march or stay at Government Center Plaza where the program will continue.
8:15pm Marchers return to Government Center Plaza for candlelight vigil.
Event Website: https://indivisibletwincities.org/good-trouble-lives-on-twin-cities
Read MoreLater today (June 30, 2025), the U.S. Senate will vote on the Big Bad Budget Bill aka Trump's Tax Scam aka Big Awful Betrayal aka Budget Reconciliation bill. After that, the bill will return to the House to be voted on by Congress.
This bill must be stopped. So much is at stake. Take action NOW before it's too late! And if you've done it already, please take action again!
f you have family or friends living in other states with GOP Senators, contact them TODAY and encourage them to call their Senators to tell them all the reasons they should vote NO on this bill.
If you live in a district with a GOP U.S. Representative, contact them TODAY and tell them why you want them to vote NO on this bill. If you have friends and family who live in a district with a GOP U.S. Representative, contact them TODAY and encourage them to do the same.
You can find your U.S. Representative's contact details online.
Read MoreAgain, we thank everyone who made No Kings Day of Defiance successful starting with a planning partners: Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, and AFL-CIO of Minnesota.
Read MoreAmid a time of horrific political violence, we are grateful that 80,000 Minnesotans chose to come to our State Capitol, gathering together in peace. As we grieved the assassinations of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband and the wounding of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, we chose to continue to stand up for democracy.
A team of folks including Women’s March MN, Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, and AFL-CIO of Minnesota had been planning the march and rally for about six weeks. Saturday morning, the decision was made to march out of respect for Hortman and Hoffman and their lives dedicated to public service and meeting the needs of all Minnesotans. We wanted to stand together in solidarity in the fight for our rights and our freedom. We wanted to let the would-be-kings know, whether they sit in the White House or wear disguises and shoot our Elected Officials, that we will not stand down for one man – we will rise for our community.
Read MoreWomen’s March MN is one of the planners of the No Kings Day of Defiance - Twin Cities. If you’re in the Twin Cities, we hope you’ll join us from 11am to 3pm near the MN State Capitol. If you aren’t able to join us in St Paul, we hope you’ll find another event. We will stand together wherever we are in solidarity and power.
No Kings National has an interactive map for an event near you or check out our list.
