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Can you help? Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center is looking for volunteers to help sort donations NOW for the Franklin Hiawatha Encampment in Minneapolis.
See details of how to sign up below.
For more information on the camp and how to donate to support the critical work being done there by so many great organizations, check here.
Also, see our previous post for more information
Read MoreFrom Honor the Earth: Via Women's Foundation of Minnesota “Day 2 of the #ChangeCulture tour in Northern MN starts now! Visiting HonorTheEarth, a #YWIMN grantee-partner that uses music, the arts, the media, and #Indigenous wisdom to create awareness and support for #Native environmental issues ...”
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12,800 migrant children were detained this month in federal custody – yes, 12,800! That’s up from 2,400 in May last year! And the WH just announced that they plan to triple the size of the "Tent City" in Tornillo to house even more - a total of around 3,800 children! This is all so shameful and wrong!
Read MoreMinneapolis Franklin Hiawatha camp - find out about the issues and how to help.
The Wall of Forgotten Natives first appeared a month ago. This temporary encampment now holds about 300 homeless people and 150 tents. Many organizations and agencies are working to support the people at camp and to find stable accommodation for them. Listen to Patina Park of Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors (MUID) and Minnesota Indian Women’s Resources Center to understand the issues behind the Mpls Franklin Hiawatha camp and to find out what you can do to help.
Read MoreJust 55 days to the elections! Want to find out what the candidates running in your district stand for? Even better - want to ask the candidates a question so they will have to go public on issues that are important to you?
Read MoreThe Kavanaugh confirmation hearings are ongoing. To follow them in real time, see here or find Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 hearings on the same page. There’s been robust, probing and riveting questioning by some senators.
Read MoreWith all that is going on in Washington DC at the moment, let’s make sure we get the right people in office this November. Here’s a great opportunity this week to help Get Out The Vote: COPAL MN is working to get 10,000 new Latinx voters to the polls in November!
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