There are some bad environmental bills going through. Let’s take action!

HF3759/SF3510 proposes to grant Enbridge the right to immediately construct Line 3, completely eliminating the current Public Utilities Commission permit process. This means that Enbridge would be able to bypass any processes seeking to make sure that Line 3 would not have a negative impact on the environment or any of the communities who live in the areas the line will run through. For more on this see: Enbridge Fact Sheet

Power to the Polls!

Gov. Dayton just proclaimed March 24th 2018 as March For Our Lives Day in Minnesota. He also commended the current efforts for sensible gun laws and an end to gun violence. Thank you, Gov. Dayton!

As excitement builds for tomorrow’s events all across the country, let’s ensure this awe-inspiring wave of student-led activism around gun control is felt at the polls in November. Here’s one way to do it: Text P2P to RTVOTE (788-683) to register to vote. It’s simple and takes 2 minutes!

NewsHeidi RipplingerMarch 22, 2018March for our lives, power to the polls, GunReformNow, Gun Safety, Enough

March for our Lives

March for our Lives is one week away! There are over 10 rallies in Minnesota, and 760 across the US and the world!

Join students and allies on March 24th to demand action from our leaders. We have had enough! Join the fight for an America that is free from gun violence. #NotOneMore #GunReformNow

March for Our Lives - Minnesota, starts at Harriet Island at 10am, arriving at the Capitol at 11am for a rally, and is organized by Students Demand Action MN, Moms Demand Action - MN and Protect Minnesota. For details, see - https://marchforourlivesmsp.weebly.com/

Support DACA, TPS, and DED Recipients!

A chance for Congress to reach a legislative resolution for DACA, TPS and DED recipients!

Congress has another chance THIS WEEK to pass legislation to protect Dreamers - by insisting a clean Dream Act be included in the must-pass gov. spending bill (by 23rd March). They should also include protections for TPS and DED recipients. Let's get the whole job done!

Call US Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar and urge them to fight with all their might for this to happen

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 21, 2018Daca, TPS, DED

Two bills with hearings on 3/23 could do with some help to get them passed

As the first Mn Leg Committee deadline looms at the end of Thursday 23rd March, some bills need your support:

HF3371 - establishes a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force to report on the issue of violence against Indigenous women and girls. For more information on the bill.
Gov. Ops Committee, Basement Hearing Rm, 10.15am.

HF951 - restores voting rights to 51,000 Minnesotans on probation or parole, who are living in the community, paying taxes, but are denied the right to vote. For more on the issue of vote restoration in Minnesota. Public Safety Committee, Rm 10, State Office Bldg, 10.15am.

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 20, 2018HF3371, HF189, 313, 3257, HF3434

Demand Universal Background Checks!

On the morning of yet another fatal school shooting, MN Legislature voted along party lines AGAINST moving forward universal background checks HF1669 (except for Rep. Franke) and protective order HF1605. This is not okay! #Enough #NotOneMore

National School Walkout - An Update

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” - William Faulkner

To every student who participated in yesterday’s Walk Out:

We heard you.
We saw you.
We believe in you.
We will fight with you.
For you.
For all of us.
We will not give up.

We are so inspired and moved by the powerful protests across the country yesterday. To the students, our future leaders, thank you for your courage! You are making a difference!

And an additional thank you to the teachers and parents who supported the students yesterday and every day.

#Enough #NationalWalkoutDay #NeverAgain #NotOneMore

National Walkout - Gun Reform Now!

#Enough #GunReformNow #NotOneMore

As students and teachers across the country take part in Enough: National School Walkout, let's amplify their voices by calling our US Representative and Senators about some important federal gun bills.

Northside Students - March For Our Lives - March 24, 2018

Students across the US are calling for sensible gun laws and an end to gun violence. In 2 weeks, March For Our Lives events will take place across the country and the world.

Young Black activists have been calling for an end to gun violence for decades without much media attention or mass support. Let’s make sure the concerns of our MN communities most impacted by gun violence are represented at the national event, that their voices get heard.

Did you know?

As many as 1/4 low-income urban youth have witnessed a murder, and 75% have heard gunshots.
Black kids are 3x more likely to be killed by guns than white kids.
Black kids are 10x more likely to die by gun homicides than white kids, but white kids are more likely to use guns for suicides.

Let's make that the concerns of the communities most impacted by gun violence are represented. Let's ensure their voices are heard.

Equal Rights Amendments Must Pass! HF189/313/3257 & SF224/101/2827

What do we want? The Equal Rights Amendment.

When do we want it? NOW!

In the US, women still face inequality due to sexual harassment, inequitable pay and unequal treatment in the courts. Let’s change that and make women equal under the law. It is time!

Let’s join the 24 other states who have added an Equal Rights Amendment to their State Constitution (including Texas)! Let’s get the ratification going again at the federal level!

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 11, 2018wmm, Equal Rights Amendment, ERA2018, ERA, HF189/313/3257, SF224/101/2827, MNLeg

International Women's Day of Action - ERA Day at the Capitol - Thank You!

Thank you to the many volunteers and the hundreds of attendees who spent their morning at the Capitol on International Women's Day for a DAY OF ACTION to get the Equal Rights Amendment on the Minnesota Ballot in 2018. The Rotunda was filled with Equal Rights Amendment supporters dressed in red letting legislators know the TIME FOR EQUALITY IS NOW! Click for photos..

A Restoration of Hope

A wrench has been thrown into the cyclical experience of our post-school-shooting national mourning process and it’s being led by those most affected: the students have had enough.

Students in high schools across the country are organizing themselves and taking to the streets so that their voices -- seemingly ignored for so long by the adults charged with protecting them -- will finally be heard. Minnesota youth, empowered and inspired by the actions and words of the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14, are compounding the call for stronger gun control regulations. And they’re just getting started.

NewsHeidi RipplingerMarch 7, 2018GunReformNow, Gun Safety, Enough, Hear Our Voice, WMM, Youth Empower, #ProtectMN

ERA Day of Action

Re-Sisters – Join us THIS THURSDAY for ERA Day of Action at the Capitol! Let’s pack those halls to demand Equal Rights for Women Guaranteed by the Constitution. MAKE EQUAL LEGAL!

Last year MNLeg refused to hear the Equal Rights Amendment bills. Let’s send a message so loud they cannot ignore us this session. We need your voice!

Join us March 8th in the Capitol Rotunda – please wear RED!

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 6, 2018Minneosta State CapitolERA, MNLeg, ERA2018

Beyond DACA - Permanent Protection For All!

The March 5th DACA deadline is all but gone, with no legislative solution for Dreamers. Or TPS holders. Or DED holders. Meanwhile ICE detention and deportations are ripping families apart. Our legislators are failing our immigrant brothers and sisters.

“Beyond DACA” is a series of actions hosted by local immigrant rights groups THIS WEEK to hold our MN legislators to account for their in/action. Let’s join them in demanding permanent protection for all!

Taskforce for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Minnesota

Indigenous women are 2 ½ times more likely to suffer violence than any other group in the US. In some parts of Minnesota, the murder rate of Indigenous women is over 10 times higher than anywhere else in the country. This must stop!

MN Reps Kunesh-Podein and Becker-Finn are calling for a taskforce to be set up to address the endemic crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Minnesota. Let's support this call!

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 4, 2018MMIW, MNLeg, Kunesh-Podein, Becker-Finn, Indian Country Media Network

Planned Parenthood - March. Vote. Win!

"We're sending a clear message to the politicians who made careers of undermining our freedom and rights: we're voting you out in 2018." said Deirdre Schifeling, Director of PPAF.

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 2, 2018VoteThemOut, Planned Parenthood, Take It Back, WMM

2 Gun Violence Protection Bills 'Tabled' in Committee

Today, the Minnesota Legislature GOP-led Public Safety Committee tabled 2 Gun Control bills, rather than vote on them and go on record with where they stand on Gun Reform Now. This is cowardly!

But we are watching, and in November we will vote.

These 2 bills are now essentially dead, but more gun safety bills are being introduced. We must keep the pressure up!

If your MN Rep sits on the Public Safety committee, contact them and let them know what you think of them delaying sensible gun laws.

Act Now!Heidi RipplingerMarch 2, 2018VoteThemOut, NeverAgain, MNLeg, GunReformNow, GunSafety, The Uptake, HF 1669, HF 1605

March: The Fight For Equal Pay

March 26, 2018

On average, woman are paid 20% less than their male counterparts, and that ratio is even worse for woman of color. We "celebrate" Equal Pay Day on April 10, the day in 2018 where women will finally have made as much money as their male counterparts did during the 2017 calendar year. The wage gap is real, and it's time we do something about it.

Weekly Update - February 26 - Things You May Have Missed

Weekly Update - February 25th

NewsHeidi RipplingerFebruary 27, 2018weekly update, makingHERstory

#MNLeg session has begun!

The 2018 MN Legislative Session has begun and will run to mid-May. If you are interested in legislation, what is happening at the State Capitol and knowing what you can do about it, here are some good ways of keeping up.

WMM Blog

There are some bad environmental bills going through. Let’s take action!

A chance for Congress to reach a legislative resolution for DACA, TPS and DED recipients!

#Enough #GunReformNow #NotOneMore

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