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We will do our best to update the list – but things are happening quickly.
Minnesota
Eagan, Protect Reproductive Rights 5/14, 10-11am
St. Cloud - Bans Off Our Bodies March - 10-12pm
Duluth - Rally to Protect Rights for Abortion Access - 12pm
St. Paul - Rally for Abortion Access - 12-1pm
Brainerd - Bans Off Our Bodies - 12-2pm
Just outside MN
Dubuque, IA - 11am
Cedar Rapids, IA - 11am-1pm
Grand Forks, ND - 10-12noon
Fargo, ND 5.45-7.30pm
For all the events happening across the US
Read MoreThanks to those who joined us for Time to Act Monday night (May 9). It was a great crowd.
In less than an hour we were able to make a difference. We share our notes for those who can 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:
· Women's Health Protection Act
Thank you for your activism on these important issues
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday, May 18th at 6:30 p.m. CT
Register now!
We are excited to hear from Bernadine Joselyn who just spent three weeks at the Polish-Ukrainian border welcoming and processing evacuees fleeing Russia’s war with Ukraine. Bernadine, who is director of Public Policy and Engagement at Blandin Foundation, lived and worked in Russia 20 years ago with the U.S. Foreign Service and other international development organizations, and now lives in Grand Rapids, MN with her Ukrainian husband.
Bernadine heard about the opportunity to help and quickly found herself in the evacuee center at Korcwoza, about 20 kilometers from the actual border
Read MoreNow 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 an 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.
Thank you for your activism!
Read MoreThe Minnesota Legislature returns from spring break this week. It’s a good time to help them focus on what we want to see happen. So we will be meeting online Tuesday evening to go through actions and scripts to contact legislators on several bills. Please join us, especially if contacting legislators is new to you.
April 19 - 6pm
Calls for Tuesday:
Read MoreLast week was Black Maternal Health Week. In its honor, the MN State House Black Maternal Health Caucus hosted the “Expecting Better” roundtable. MN legislators and health advocates addressed Black maternal mortality and morbidity disparities in MN. The U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations. In the U.S., the rates are higher for people of color, due to structural racism and lack of access to healthcare. In MN, Black people are more than twice as likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white people. The participants in the roundtable gave powerful accounts of how racism in healthcare had impacted them personally, as well as other people in their lives.
Read MoreA contingency from Women’s March Minnesota (WMM) had a night out with the Island of Discarded Women. The Island is a podcast that is recorded live at the Women’s Club in Minneapolis. The show is hosted by Sue Scott, whose work with the Prairie Home Companion is well known. It features storytelling, music and a conversation with accomplished women who working to make the world better, often by lifting up other women or others in need of lift.
On April 10, Sue was joined by Dr. Artika Tyner, is the director of the Center on Race, Leadership and Social Justice at the University of St. Thomas and the founder of Planting People Growing Justice and musical guest, powerhouse singer/songwriter Rachel Kurtz.
Read MoreA 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)
Read MoreThere’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:
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.
Read MoreStill 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.
Read MoreMarch 25 is the 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 3 new Actions to take this week - 2 on bills in the MN Legislature and one on the educators' strike in Mpls. (These Actions are from the MN-Leg Action team ; we are members). 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.
Read MoreThank 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
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.
Read MoreWomen'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.
Read MoreTime 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:
MN-Leg Action aim to share actions every week until the end of the Legislative session.
Read MoreTuesday night (Mar 1, 2022) Women’s March MN hosted a virtual Happy Action Hour to sign the petition to support ERA Minnesota’s Petition for Equality and create videos to share with friends and family to persuade them to support the cause and sign the petition as well. Thanks to all who participated; you can see the videos collected
Read MoreWomen’s March MN is partnering with ERA Minnesota (ERAMN) to host a Zoom happy hour where we can catch up, share a beverage, sign a petition and have a chance to tell your ERA story for a video campaign.
Mar 1: 6-7pm
Via Zoom
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:
MN-Leg Action aim to share actions every week until the end of the Legislative session.
Read MoreWant to make sure that your progressive values are shaping lawmakers’ agendas? Get local. Attend your caucus and ensure that your elected officials advocate for the change that we need. Some caucuses are in person while others are virtual so participating depends on your district. Find out your district
And while you're there, make your voice heard! Submit a resolution on a topic you are passionate about. Here are some prefilled resolutions to get you started. Submit one or all!
Read MoreWhether you could make it or not, here are two very quick things to do NOW to ensure our elected officials keep fighting to defend democracy and to protect voting rights for ALL.
Federal level action (only takes 2 minutes) to ask Senators Smith and Klobuchar to continue to fight for voter rights
State level action (again takes 2 minutes) to tell state senators and representations to protect our voter rights
