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A group of Women’s March MN members are planning to go see Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women LIVE Show and Podcast at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis on April 10. It’s an evening of empowering stories, music, and conversation with or without dinner and drinks. The plan is to each get our own tickets from the Island of Discarded Women website – but reply to this email by April 7 if you plan to come and we’ll try to sit all together. (It’s tabled seating.)

Just the facts:

• Show Tickets are $20 (Buy online)

• DATE: Sunday April 10

• TIME: Doors open at 5:30pm for purchasing dinner + drinks at your table (Service continues throughout the show. Menu includes Vegan and GF options.)

• Show from 7:00 to 8:30pm

• PLACE: The Lounge at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis, 410 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis, 55403

• COVID PROTOCOLS: Island of Discarded Women will continue to require proof of vaccination, or a negative Covid test. Audience members are encouraged to wear masks except when dining.

Let us know you’re coming, if you want to sit with other WMM members. (Reply to this message or email mailto:admin@womensmarchmn.com)

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There’s still time to join us tonight (March 29) at 6pm or use the information below to act in your own time.

We’re going try to get through an ambitious five actions:

• ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)

• Patients Right to Know (Abortion)

• Office for Missing and Murdered African American Women

• No Know Warrants (Public Safety)

• Frontline Worker Compensation

Still ready to act? Check out this longer list of Calls to Action on important legislation at the Capitol right now. This list is put together weekly by the MN Legislative Action team that we are part of. Pls share as you want.

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Still time to beat the March 25 first deadline at the MN Legislature, which means a bill must be heard in a committee to move forward. So now is a good time to tell our legislators what we want. Here are Actions from the MN-Leg Action team to make a difference. Click on the Action to get to the full instruction sheet on how to take the action - the background to the bill and issue, who to contact and what to say. If you can personalize the message, even better.

• Frontline Worker Bonus Pay

• Pre-emption of Rent Stabilization

• Fully Fund our Schools

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Thank you to everyone who joined us, Indivisible St Paul and St Croix Valley Indivisible for the online Tuesday Action Hour this week. Because Tuesday (March 8) was International Women’s Day, we spent the hour contacting policymakers about bills that would impact the lives of women, trans and nonbinary people.

In less than an hour we were able to make a difference. We’d also like in advance to thank all of you who take a minute join the effort after the fact using the instruction sheets below to make it easy for you to know who to contact and what to say. If you can personalize the message, even better, but the following will get your started:

Missing & Murdered Black Women and Girls
ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
Free Menstrual Products in Schools
Equality Act

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To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8), ERA Minnesota (ERAMN) held a press conference to deliver “Minnesotans for Equality” Petition to MN Senate leadership demanding they allow Minnesotans to vote for Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota on November ballot. (Petition is still open.) We heard from MN Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve, ERAMN executive director Suzann Willhite, ERAMN Founder Betty Folliard and several legislators: Senator Kunesch, Senator Pappas, Senator Dibble, Senator Chuck Wiger and Representative Bahner.

And then delivered the “Minnesotans for Equality” Petition to Senate leadership: Senator Jeremy Miller (R, 28), Senator Warren Limmer (R, 34) and Andrew Mathews (R, 15) Contact them to demand they allow Minnesotans to vote for Equality on November ballot.

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Women's March MN (WMM) hosts ERA Minnesota (ERAMN) on KFAI’s International Women’s Day programming on March 8 from 6-7pm. Please tune in at 90.3fm in the Twin Cities or online around the world.

WMM board member Ann Treacy hosts the conversion on ERA Minnesota and making gender rights part of Minnesota constitution. First joined by MNERA president, Suzann Willhite, we talk about the history and the need for Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota and in the US. Many people believe the gender is a protected class in the constitution – it is not. And until it is we are not equally represented or protected. We’ll talk about what needs to happen to make it happen and then speak with Representative Hornstein and Representation Bahner about the bills they have introduced to get it done. Finally, we’ll hear from folks on the street (or from a Zoom) on what passing of the ERA would mean to them.

We also hear music from Minnesota musicians: Dessa, Kashimana, Nora Montenez Patterson (borrowed with permission from Sue Scott and the Island of Discarded Women) and Kiss the Tiger.

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Time to take a minute to tell the Legislators what you want. As members of MN-Leg Action, we are creating instruction sheets to make it easy for you to know who to contact and what to say. If you can personalize the message, even better, but the following will get your started:

• Restrict use of No-Knock Warrants

• Sign a petition and/or do a video for ERA in MN

MN-Leg Action aim to share actions every week until the end of the Legislative session.

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The best way to make sure your legislators represent you is to tell them what you want. As members of MN-Leg Action, we are creating instruction sheets to make it easy for you to know who to contact and what to say. If you can personalize the message, even better, but the following will get your started:

• ERA in Minnesota

• Menstrual Products in Schools

• Get the Lead Out (Lead poisoning)

MN-Leg Action aim to share actions every week until the end of the Legislative session.

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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.

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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!

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