Weekend of Action: Oct 7-9 - find an event!
We're so excited about our upcoming Weekend of Action (Oct7-9)! Join us to remind people that Reproductive Freedom is on the ballot this November. Join us to Get Out the Vote for Pro-Choice candidates in the Midterms. It’s going to take all of us!
Attend an event hosted by Women’s March MN:
10/8
- Doorknock with WMM to help Flip the MN Senate Join us at the Day of 2,000 Doors for Judy Seeberger (SD41) 1:30-4pm. Cottage Grove. Register here
- Postcard Party to help Flip the Senate Join us in an important part of our #FlipTheMNSenate effort as we write postcards to support pro-choice candidates. 3-5 pm Bear Cave Brewing, Hopkins. Register here
10/9
- Pro-Choice Sign Brigade 10am-noon. Join friends from Women's March Minnesota, Edina Indivisible and Indivisible St. Paul for a "bridge brigade" to encourage drivers with our pro-choice voting messages. We will be standing on three bridges strategically in the path of drivers heading toward downtown Minneapolis for the Vikings game. Register here
- Island of Deserted Women Get Out the Vote table Visit Women’s March MN at the Island of Discarded Women show at the Minneapolis Women’s Club, 410 OakGrove St., Minneapolis. We’ll be in the lobby before and after the show helping people get registered and/or hearing more about the upcoming midterm elections. Show is at 5.30-8.30pm and tickets are available online.
10/7 - 10/9
Adopt a Clinic Join us all weekend as we support a women’s clinic in Duluth and help them reach their goal of providing sexual and reproductive health care for all. Donate directly or purchase items on their We Health Amazon wish list.
Other Weekend of Action Events NOT hosted by Women’s March MN:
Two weeks ago, we put out the call for you to host Weekend of Action events. You responded. Here are the events that we know of so far. Let us know if you’ve heard of more. Please find one near you and support it.
10/8
- Rally in Lindstrom for Women’s Rights 9am-12noon. Oberstar Plaza, 12650 Lake Blvd, Lindstrom, MN, 55045
.- Doorknock for Jen Schultz and Kate Malchow 10am and 1pm. Central ParkPavilion, 6250 Main Street, North Branch.
- Sign Holding in Coon Rapids 11am-1pm. Join Sign Holding event in high traffic area - Highway 10 overpass on Main Street in Coon Rapids. 3045 Main Street, Coon Rapids, MN.
- Women’s Wave MN 12 noon, MN State Capitol, St Paul. Register here.
10/9
Doorknock for Jen Schultz and Katie Malchow. 11am. Goodview Park Pavilion, Goodview Ave South of 262nd St., Wyoming, MN.
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Weekend of Action: Donate to Women’s Clinic in Duluth
Join us in supporting the Women’s Health Clinic in Duluth. Abortion Clinics are under attack and we need to support them, especially since they provide services to individuals who can’t access care in their own state. Please consider donating to them directly or through their wish list on Amazon. You can also consider sending them gift cards to Duluth area restaurants to provide meals for staff.
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EVENT Oct 9: Island of Discarded Women
Visit Women’s March MN at the Island of Discarded Women. We’ll be in the lobby before and after the show helping people get registered and/or get informed about the upcoming Mid Term Elections.
It’s a special night of a live broadcast of a podcast that lifts of women. Sue Scott and her guests share powerful stories, original music and inspiring conversation! + Food & drink!
The special guest is Marcie Rendon. Marcie is a member of the White Earth Nation and an author, playwright, poet and community arts activist. She is an award-winning author of a fresh new murder mystery series and will share with us excerpts from a new powerful play she is writing that shines a light on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Musical guest will be Jaspar Lepak, with new music that is sure to inspire action.
Tickets for the show: $20
Doors open at 5:30 to purchase Food + Drink at your table (service continues during show!)
Show time: 7:00 to 8:30pm
At the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis!
410 Oak Grove St. Minneapolis, MN 55403
https://www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com/
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OPPORTUNITY September 10: Volunteer with Women's March at Open Streets West Broadway
Come visit us and/or volunteer at the WMM booth on West Broadway at Open Streets on September 10!
Volunteers Needed!
We are looking for volunteers to help us at the WMM booth. If you've been looking for an easy fun way to get involved - this is it! Shifts will be:
· 10:00am-12:30pm
· 12:00pm-2:30pm
· 2:30pm-5:00pm
You can work one shift or more. Any necessary training will be provided. Please contact us at admin@womensmarchmn.com if you are interested and let us know which shift works best for you. Thank you!
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July 17: Our Future: March for Abortion Access
Join us to demand that Minnesota be a leader in securing reproductive freedom with a day of action on Sunday, July 17 starting at 11:00 am at St. Paul College with a march to the Capitol at noon.
Our Future: March for Abortion Access is an action for everyone to show our leaders and our country what Minnesotans really stand for in this historic moment. Join us!
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Protecting Reproductive Rights event with Sen. Tina Smith!! 6/15. Join us!!
The US Supreme Court is poised to undo 50 years of formal federal protections for access to abortion care in America! How will this ideological attack on reproductive rights and reproductive health care affect us? What could happen next? What can we do to protect and expand Abortion Access, Reproductive Freedom and Reproductive Justice? What are the options at the federal level, including the path toward Supreme Court Reform/Expansion in America? How secure is legal abortion here in MN and what needs to happen to safeguard and expand reproductive rights in our state?
We’re co-hosting a lunch hour event on the subject with Sen. Tina Smith - Protecting Reproductive Freedom in MN - June 15th, 11.30-12.30. Join us!
We'll hear from... U.S. Senator Tina Smith, 11:30-11:45am Meagan Hatcher Mays, Indivisible National, 11:45-12:05 * Maggie Meyer, Pro-Choice Minnesota, 12:05-12:25
Sign up here.
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Fire Prison Guard Who Sexually Assaulted Inmate and End Pattern of Abuse at Shakopee
Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee have shared a Call to Action…
This April 13th, 2022, Department of Corrections officer Christopher Wendover sexually assaulted Angela Jackson, in solitary confinement, groping her breasts and vaginal area while she was in handcuffs, and threatening her with violence not to tell. Another male guard was present, and while he didn’t directly intervene he did press the panic button, which ended the assault. Angela Jackson reported the information to the people at Shakopee prison and the police. The entire incident should be captured on prison video.
The Department of Corrections has closed this investigation without firing the officer, and until another incarcerated person complained, had officer Wendover staring at Mrs. Jackson every day in the cafeteria. Shakopee Prison has a history of sexual and other abuse, particularly after adding male staff in 1992, including lack of accountability for white officers. Just a few years ago, Sergeant Boegeman was fired from Shakopee for similar misconduct but was rehired in arbitration, so he continues to work at the facility, as well as others implicated.
These are also Department of Corrections wide issues, from failing to stop sexual assault or violence, to holding the mentally ill to solitary confinement, to policy 301.083 which allows the use of segregation for “overflow”, to holding people who are suicidal or a 'threat' naked in "wet cells". Shakopee prison also has bought but refuses to use an airport style body scanner to prevent the regular strip searching of incarcerated people, a procedure many consider sexual assault. Note that a majority of incarcerated women are survivors of sexual violence.
Angela Jackson needs your help via phone call and email --
Call the Scott County Attorney 952-496-8240 and tell them you believe it's important that they prosecute officer Christopher Wendover, Police Case Number 22007875.
Call or email the Commissioner of Corrections paul.schnell@state.mn.us 651-361-7226 and tell him to fire officer Wendover and ensure Angela Jackson is not retaliated against in her job, treatment, and work release placement. Also:
Ask him what he will do to end this pattern of abuse against vulnerable adults in his care
Tell him to start using the body scanner at Shakopee Prison to prevent strip searches which many consider to be sexual assaults, and to invest in them at all facilities
Tell him to medically release the mentally ill instead of sending them to solitary confinement
Finally, call the Attorney General’s office and ask them to investigate the pattern of abuse of in the Department of Corrections and Shakopee Prison in particular: 651-296-3353 -- they can contact us at tc.iwoc@gmail.com.
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