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A bill that needs to get a hearing this session and be voted in - a Sex Trafficking Prevention Bill aimed at bringing sex trafficking awareness into the school curriculum. Proposed by an enterprising group of Hopkins High School students (Girls United MN), this bill has bipartisan support.
Read MoreIn March 2018, an estimated 1,500 people will begin to lose current DACA status every day. To prevent this, Congress must act to pass the Dream Act into law.
Read MoreFollowing the mass shooting in Las Vegas, a number of new bills on gun regulation have been introduced. Here are a few of them. Let’s help them get through!
Read MoreCreating immigrant sanctuaries ensures police can work with the community on issues of public safety without immigrants fearing detainment for their status. Call your state representatives and Governor Dayton and ask them what they are doing to protect immigrants with and without documentation in our state.
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Details included for actions you can take to help save the Boundary Waters.
Read MoreThis week, Minnesota’s Office for the Economic Status of Women (OESW) will close. Read the enclosed references on what you can do.
Read MoreWMM's statement on the Yanez trial verdict, with article links for additional perspectives to help navigate those messy conversations.
Read MoreReview our compiled list of ways to stand in solidarity with this movement and support change.
Read MoreMN Dept of Commerce will be holding 20 Public Meetings across northern MN (and St Paul) on the MN Enbridge Tar Sands Oil pipeline through Mississippi Headwaters – please attend, and testify if you can!!
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Call Governor Dayton to offer your thanks for vetoing the pre-emption bill and preventing many of the budgetary cuts and policy changes conservatives were trying to push through under cover.
Read MoreIt is really simple to call – 651-201-3400 or toll-free 800-657-3717. At the end of the line there is a person who tallies every single bill or issue each caller raises and whether the caller opposed the issue or not – so mention as many issues as you can. You don’t need to go into any further details. Every call matters.
Read MoreWith just 3 days left until the end of the MN legislative session, and Republicans proposing massive tax cuts to undercut our state programs, please take a minute to call Governor Dayton to show your support for vetoes on bills that do not support clean budget bills to fully fund state services for K-12 and higher education, health & human services, state government, public safety and the environment.
Then, keep it up with quick calls to the MN Majority Leaders of the MN House & Senate to demand the same. Remember the power we have - our voices will help to keep those programs most important to us properly funded!
Read MorePlease let him know your thoughts, thank him for the things he has already said he would veto, and encourage him to protect the people of Minnesota from an extreme agenda that will push us back into structural deficits.”
Read MorePlease call or email Governor Mark Dayton and tell him why you are opposed to this provision, that prevents undocumented immigrants from getting driver’s licenses, and ask him to use his power of veto to stop this provision becoming law as part of the Public Safety Bill (HF470).
Read MoreThe ongoing occupation of the Governor’s office, in response to an anti-immigrant provision in the Pubic Safety bill (HF470) is asking for people to join them.
“Reclaim MN: Day of Action for Working Families” is organized by Mainstreet Alliance and many other progressive groups, from now until 7 am Friday morning. In light of the “power-grabbing” bills being pushed right now, this rally calls for people to join them to remind the Legislature who they work for and whose house the Capitol is.
Read MoreAs the MN Legislative Special Session continues, please add your voice by tweeting or calling to let leadership know your positions on the budget bills under consideration. We need bills passed that will adequately fund our services.
Read MoreIf you are keen to use your experience to make a difference and impact policy, the Office of the MN Secretary of State announced this notice of current vacancies on Minnesota State Boards, Councils and Committees last week. Check out the list sent out by Rep. Connie Bernardy and see if any of openings are up your street.
Read MoreHome stretch - MN legislative session ends tonight at midnight, 5/22 - please tweet, email or call Governor Dayton and your MN legislative representatives to support those bills and funding issues most important to you - today's the day! See the enclosed list of the most important issues on the table.
Read MoreA bill we thought was dead seems to be back on the table and the MN Republicans are trying to gauge local reaction to it, before possibly introducing the bill next session. This state-level bill contains provisions that mimic provisions in the national level ACHA Healthcare bill. It’s critical that we let the legislators know that Minnesota opposes this bill!
Read MoreSounds like shady goings-on at the Legislature. Please call the MN GOP leadership to demand above-board and transparent governance.
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