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The University of Iowa is considering closing the University of Iowa Labor Center — the only unit in the entire state university system that specializes in research and education for and about Iowa workers. The Labor Center belongs to Iowans — it was established in 1951 and built by the contributions of generations of Iowans for nearly 70 years.
Read MoreThe balance of the US Supreme Court is set to change significantly for a generation or more, following Kennedy’s retirement and Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill his seat.
Kavanaugh is a partisan Republican and an extremist, and his confirmation would pose a serious threat to reproductive rights, healthcare, environmental protection, net neutrality, works’ rights, LGBTQ rights, gun violence prevention laws, voting rights and more.
In the coming days, Women’s March Minnesota will send an open letter to Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Tina Smith on behalf of the 110,000 Minnesotans who marched January 21st 2017, urging our Senators to vote NO on any nominee who does not believe the United States Constitution incorporates a right to privacy and will not commit to publicly stating that Roe v. Wade is settled law.
Read MoreFor 18 months, the Forest Service has been carefully documenting likely harm to the Boundary Waters and the Superior National Forest if sulfide-ore copper mining is allowed on public lands next to the Boundary Waters. This critically important study is nearly complete. The study will inform Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke before he decides whether to protect the Boundary Waters by putting nearby federal lands off-limits to new mining leases for 20 years.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission recently granted Enbridge Inc. permission to pursue building its pipeline (Line 3) through Northern Minnesota. In addition to the real concerns that the pipeline will leak, as they all do, and destroy our land and pollute our water, strong objections to Line 3 are also based on how it will only contribute to and accelerate the devastating effects of our warming climate.
Read MoreWe're ready to spread the womxn of color movement statewide. Join us in a sacred space where we share and collect input from you about how to collectively center the leadership of womxn of color and move forward as a state. When we invest in womxn of color, we invest in the type of world we should be living in today. A world where all can thrive and live in joy.
Read MoreIn honor of his 75th birthday, what is your favorite Woody Guthrie song? Covers accepted! If you are near Minneapolis, there is a Woody Guthrie tribute show tonight featuring Charlie Maguire, Tony Glover, and Pop Wagner at Crooners - July 14th For Tickets
Read MoreAfter the illegal detention of children and the immoral tearing apart of families, Women’s March National planned and executed the largest Civil Disobedient group of women ever recorded in our nation's history to rally and hold accountable those in office that are allowing these vicious, racist and outright terrifying things to happen.
Read MoreThe government is currently in violation of a court order to reunite children separated from their families at the border. Only 38 of the 102 under-5s were back with their families by the 10pm Tuesday (7/10) deadline. More reunifications were expected to follow.
Read More1,000 Who CAIR Event, July 21st - POSTPONED
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have decided to postpone our 1,000 Who CAIR event to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience, and the O'Shaughnessy Theater will quickly refund your tickets. We will notify everyone when a new date has been scheduled. Thanks everyone for your continued support.” - CAIR MN.
Read MoreWe are proud to introduce our first Resilient ReSister, Jovita Morales. Jovita Morales remembers vividly the day she became an activist regarding Minnesota driver’s licenses. The day was when her two children were returning from a field trip organized by Waite House. Their school bus was on the 35W bridge when it collapsed August 1, 2007.
Resilient ReSisters are Minnesota women who are making a difference in their communities; large or small, loud or quiet. She is your neighbor, your child’s favorite teacher, your co-worker, your daughter. She is you! Each month we’ll feature a new Resilient ReSister. If you know of someone we should feature please email us admin@womensmarchmncom.
Last week, WMM joined a number of other organizations in a civil disobedience action at General Dynamics, Bloomington, to protest the company’s involvement in the business of immigrant detention and monitoring. This action was led by Navigate MN, Black Visions Collective, CTUL, and SEIU Local 26. Eight protestors were arrested, including Sen. Patricia Torres Ray.
Read MoreLast week, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Line 3, but there is still a long way to go before Enbridge can start construction on the tar sands oil pipeline.
Read MoreThe Legislative session is over, and the party Conventions have kicked off the election season. This is what we’ve all been waiting for -- to vote the right people into power!! While voter turnout across Minnesota is definitely important (especially for the state-wide races), the purple suburban districts are arguably where this November will be won or lost.
Read MoreSaturday saw an outpouring of Minnesotans onto the streets of Minneapolis on an extraordinary June day. Extraordinary in that it was over 90 degrees, and extraordinary in that we had to take to the streets to protest the SEPARATION of children from their parents and the CAGING of them in ill-equipped shuttered Walmarts along our Southern border.
Read MoreLast week, we saw The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) narrowly vote to strip away rights and trample on progressive values; specifically women’s rights, immigrant rights, and workers’ rights. In the midst of all this, Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court announced his retirement, effective July 31st. Many of us felt shell-shocked knowing what this means for the future of our country.
Read MoreMy story as a transracial adoptee has left me with this indescribable void that will never be understood.
Throughout my life I have attached incredible meaning to who I was as Mexican and less to who I was as American, but like the Diaspora Blues says “so, here you are too foreign for home and too foreign for here. Never enough for both” - Ljeoma Umebinyuo.
Known as the Magna Carta of environmental law, is a federal law that promotes the enhancement and protection of our environment. It also established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
NEPA was passed in the 70s following outcry over how the Interstate highway system in the 1950s and 60s was built- by bulldozing communities with no consideration of the harmful impacts.
Read MoreThere are marches in over 600 cities across the country! Here are the ones in Minnesota: Albert Lea, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Duluth, Grand Marais, Grand Rapids, Lanesboro, Mankato, Minneapolis, Rochester, and Virginia.
Read MoreThis week, the Supreme Court ruled (JANUS v AFSCME) that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged a fee for services that the union provides to it's workers. This is a serious blow for organized labor and has lasting harmful effects for ALL workers - at it's minimum, decreasing income equality, equal rights in the workplace, and economic disparities across the country.
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