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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.
Read MoreThe Third Thursdays MNLeg Coalition is lining up some great programming this year, beginning with our "2022 MN Legislative Preview," next week!!
Our special guest will be the new Senate DFL Leader Melisa López Franzen!
Where: On Zoom
When: Thursday, January 20th, 7-8pm
In 2021, more than 360 voter suppression bills were introduced in 47 states in the U.S., including in MN. These laws aim to make it harder for people to vote, and they particularly impact communities of color.
Join us next Thursday (MN State Capitol, 6-7pm) on the first anniversary of the Jan 6 failed rightwing coup attempt, to rally in defense of democracy and call on lawmakers to preserve, protect and strengthen our right to vote. Join us as we demand that Congress pass the Freedom to Vote Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Protecting our Democracy Act.
This event is part of a nationwide day of action focused on democracy and is being organized by a number of different MN Indivisible groups.
Women’s March MN is pleased to join with ERA Minnesota and others to host ERA Rally @ the Capitol on January 31, which is the first day of our 2022 Minnesota state legislative session. We are inviting ERA bill authors and supporters to speak in the Capitol rotunda on why the ERA is foundational to providing equality for all persons. People are invited to participate in the rally and then advocate for equality by meeting with their legislators. We will be following all recommended Covid safety protocols.
Please help build the momentum by saving the date and spreading the word!
WHAT: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Rally
WHEN: January 31, 2022 - 11 am to 12 noon
WHERE: MN State Capitol Rotunda
WHY: Organize, educate & activate for an Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution and support the enactment of the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution
RSVP: Info@eramn.org
Get more information on finding/contacting your legislators. Remember to wear green!
Read MoreThen, 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.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreDecember 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.
Read MoreImagine if each of us took one or two more actions to remind policymakers that while the minority is loud, the majority of US residents overwhelmingly support reproductive freedom. Let us continue to be louder!
7 Actions to take NOW to support Reproductive Rights…
Read MoreThe March in Minneapolis was not the only march that happened to lift up Reproductive Freedom in Minnesota this month. There were marches all over Minnesota. If you hosted or attended a March outside of Minneapolis, we’d like to hear from you! We’d love to feature your story and/or pictures here on the website.
We have a couple of questions to get your started, but feel free to send more or less.
What was the event like? (March/speakers/rally in a park…)
Time and location please?
Did you have any speakers, performers, planners or partners you’d like to highlight?
How many people showed up?
Anything you’d like us to add?
And feel free to send pictures – just email us at Admin Committee admin@womensmarchmn.com.
Read MoreThank you to our partners UnRestrict Minnesota, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and 11 others, the 200 volunteers, and an estimated 10,000 people who marched with us in Minneapolis Saturday, October 2, 2021 for #BansOffOuBodies: March for Reproductive Freedom. We joined more than 650 marches across the country to demand an end to the dangerous, escalating attacks on reproductive healthcare in this country. The magnitude of the response demonstrates what surveys have already indicated, that 74 percent of Minnesotans support to access abortion without restrictions.
(photo credit Anne Hodson 2021)
Thank you to the volunteers, speakers, performers, planners, partners and attendees who made the #BansoffourBodies March for Reproductive Justice such a success. If you have photos share please post them on the Women’s March Facebook Page. (Photos below courtesy of Anne Hodson.)
Read MoreBansOffOurBodies: A March for Reproductive Freedom is happening on Saturday, October 2 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The planners are pleased to announce performers for the program in Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Loring Park. (Speakers were announced earlier this week.)
Performers at the Sculpture Garden include Unlawful Assembly and Katy Vernon.
Performers at Loring Park include Rachel Kurtz, Mae Simpson, Lenora Elaine, Mikko Blaze, Zon Legacy Phoenix and The Insomniac.
The march to Loring Park will begin at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at 11:00; the rally will start around noon when attendees reach Loring Park. BansOffOurBodies: A March for Reproductive Freedom is organized and hosted by Women’s March Minnesota (WMM), Unrestrict Minnesota, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund, and more than 25 other groups. Please register for the event online.
All are welcome to attend and masks are required to keep everyone safe. The 1/2 mile route (map) is fully accessible and there will be a small accessible seating section with chairs in front of the stage in Loring Park.
Read MoreBansOffOurBodies: A March for Reproductive Freedom is happening on Saturday, October 2 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The march to Loring Park will begin at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at 11:00; the rally will start around noon when attendees reach Loring Park. Planners are pleased to announce speakers for the program in Loring Park:
Yolanda Roth, Strategic Partnerships Director, TakeAction MN
Shayla Walker, Vision Realization Advisor, Our Justice
Erin Maye Quade, Advocacy Director, Gender Justice
James Darville, Policy and Organizing Director, OutFront MN
Nature Keletso Inger, Human Rights Activist
Kendra Harris, Planned Parenthood Youth Council Representative
Fardouza Farah, Planned Parenthood Youth Council Representative
What do you know about abortion rights in MN? A lot less than you think…
Read MoreAn invitation to all to join us on August 27 at the Turf Club for the second A Tribute to Shania Twain show. We’re going to have fun, spread some joy, lift up women – all while singing along to some of Minnesota’s hottest women artists. And big thanks to the hosts A Little Too Short to be Stormtroopers Band and First Avenue for donating $1 from every ticket sold to the Women’s March MN.
Read MoreThere’s still time to join us tonight (Jul 20) at 6pm or use the information below to act in your own time.
With the Session ended we’re going with a mix of state and federal actions:
Read MoreThanks to folks who attended Time to Act tonight in real time. There’s still time to use the information below to act in your own time. All three actions are important and time sensitive:
· Stop Line 3 before construction over the Mississippi starts tomorrow
· Show your support for Congress passing S.1, the For the People Act
Read MoreWE NEED YOUR HELP!
Please sign the petition to President Biden to ask him to Stop Line 3! Then tell 3 friends to do the same. Even better, also call the White House and Climate Office of Gina McCarthy to tell them to Stop Line 3 at 888-724-8946.
What else can you do?
Women’s Marchers are good at standing up and SAYING NO.
Also, consider a cash donation or donate food or gear to support the Water Protectors who are camping at the sites where Enbridge plans to drill and/or consider a donation to the bail fund for protestors who are arrested.
1. Contact DFL House Leadership
Rep. Melissa Hortman (36B), Speaker of the House (DFL) Tel: 651-296-4280
Email: rep.melissa.hortman@house.mn
2. Contact Governor Walz
Governor Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan Tel: 651-201-3400
Email: https://mn.gov/governor/contact/
3. Contact Senate Leadership
Sen. Paul Gazelka (9), Senate Majority Leader (GOP)
Email: https://www.senate.mn/members/email-form/1169
4. Contact your own legislators (Rep. and Sen.), particularly if they are on the Public Safety Conference Committee.
Find your legislators and contacts here - https://www.gis.leg.mn/iMaps/districts/
Learn more…
Read MoreSo join us for a special, off-cycle Third Thursdays - TOMORROW, 6:00 - 7:00 pm - with Rep. Carlos Mariani (St. Paul), chair of the House Public Safety committee. Rep Mariani will speak about the final stages of negotiations on police accountability measures to be included in the Public Safety omnibus bill, and what we as activists can do to help move things forward.
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