January: 2020 MN Legislative preview

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

Hosted by: Third Thursdays - MNLeg Coalition and Indivisible Minnesota Legislative Action

The 2020 Mn Legislative session is about to kick off. Join us to learn what's coming up this session, what has the possibility of passing and what hasn't, and how you can help push progressive policies over the line in Minnesota!

We'll discuss ERA, Gun Sense bills, Renewable Energy, Voting Rights, Election Security and much more. We are excited to announce that our speakers will be House Reps Shelley Christensen (39B) and Amy Wazlawik (38B) and Sen Jeff Hayden (62).

Third Thursdays, Legislative ActionArlene MathisonJanuary 1, 2020

December: Do Good Together!

Thursday, December 19, 2019, 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Location: Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

It’s time for our annual Holiday Third Thursdays event, when we gather to Do Good Together. Join us for a night of community, action, and politics, celebrate the end of 2019 and kick off 2020 with power and purpose. Register today! Organized by WMM, ERA MN and MSP NOW

We did it! We survived another year! That means it's time to come together as a community and end this year on a high note, so join us for a Third Thursdays fun night of community and action.

Grab a drink and toast your friends in this fight, and then make some new ones.

Celebrate your wins from 2019, talk about your plans for 2020, and learn what topics we’re going to be tackling next year at our monthly Third Thursdays.

Pitch in on one of our many community service activities available on the night – making scarves for new refugees, assembling care kits for those who need them, writing thank-you cards to legislators at our gratitude table.

Third ThursdaysShannon AndresonDecember 8, 2019Black Dog CafeThird Thursdays

November: Boomers, Millennials and Youth: Mobilizing across generations

Thursday, November 21, 2019, 6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

Who hasn't heard dismissive comments in activist spaces like, “Youth don’t vote.” “If this was the 1960s….” “The older generation has left us this mess!” Or, simply, “Okay, Boomer, whatever.”

Tensions and misunderstandings between generations are as real as political polarization. And they are holding back political progress on vital issues like climate change, housing, or healthcare.

Join us at the fabulous Black Dog Cafe, grab some food and a drink and explore the following: Are you comfortable working across generations? What expectations or traumas do we carry into those relationships, based on our own family histories? What are some gifts and challenges that different generations bring to this political moment? How can we improve our inter-generational organizing?

Third ThursdaysArlene MathisonNovember 17, 2019

June: Roe vs. Rage: A Reproductive Rights Panel

Thursday, June 20, 2019, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: The Coven, 30 N 1st Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401.

All across the country, states are passing laws to restrict and ban abortion, and Minnesota is not immune.

As our friends at UnRestrict.org remind us, in the last 14 years, Minnesota lawmakers have proposed nearly 400 new laws restricting abortion access, intimidating providers, misleading patients, and increasing costs. This year's legislative session was no exception, as anti-choice legislators proposed and signed onto laws that would ban abortions as early as six weeks.

Join us for a conversation about reproductive rights in Minnesota.

Third ThursdaysArlene MathisonJune 4, 2019

April: MNLeg Homestretch - What's Alive at the Lege and What to Do

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location TBD

Hear from Representatives and Senators on what issues are still alive before recess in May. More importantly, learn how you can still influence the outcome.

This event is free and open to all, but please RSVP on the FB event page, so we can let the venue know how many to expect.

Third Thursdays, Legislative ActionArlene MathisonMarch 30, 2019

March: Protecting our democracy

Protecting our democracy: election security, redistricting, campaigns, 2020 census!

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. at Black Dog Cafe, 308 E Prince St, St Paul, MN 55101

Important topic - Protecting our democracy - so, election security, redistricting, campaigns, 2020 census!

Join us for a discussion on this topic with Annastacia Belladona-Carrera of Common Cause Minnesota and Nick Harper of League of Women Voters Minnesota. They also have a grassroots bill on redistricting going through the state Capitol HF1605.

Third ThursdaysArlene MathisonMarch 14, 2019Black Dog Cafe

February: Countering the Climate Crisis in MN - Politics and Policy

Hosted by Third Thursdays - MNLeg Coalition and 4 others

Thursday, 21 February 2019 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Black Dog Cafe, 308 E Prince St, St Paul, MN 55101

Climate policy in Minnesota is having a moment -- 100% renewable energy, the Minnesota Green New Deal, climate justice, Pipeline Resistance, High School Student Strikes, Electric Vehicles -- and not a moment too soon!

Come hear from our panel of advocates, activists, lobbyists and legislators on the fight in our state to save our climate. Find out specific ways to contribute to making climate policy a success in 2019. We all know how much is at stake!

Third ThursdaysArlene MathisonFebruary 8, 2019Black Dog Cafe

January: How to Lobby Your Legislators

Hosted by MSP NOW

Thursday, 17 January 2019 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Black Dog Cafe, 308 E Prince St, St Paul, MN 55101

If 2018 was all about electing good leaders, 2019 is about advancing our progressive agenda.

But how do we do that? How do we track a bill's progress, and how can we help drive what we want forward? What does this part of the process look like, and what kind of power can individual citizen activists wield? And how can we wield it most effectively?

Great questions. And our fantastic panelists will have even better answers. See you soon.

Third ThursdaysArlene MathisonJanuary 8, 2019Black Dog Cafe

December: Citizen Activists Holiday Party - Do Something Good.

Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST

Pryes Brewing Company 1401 West River Road N, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411

Join us for something a little different for the December Third Thursday - a citizen activist Holiday Party hosted by the Kindness Action Network and Women's March Minnesota!

Come on down for a pre-preview of Women's Wave Minnesota - the 2019 Women's March. Sign up to volunteer, get some gear, meet fellow marchers, talk about why you are marching and get information on the Women's March coming Saturday, January 19th.

The Kindness Action Network will provide some easy opportunities do some good and to spread some kindness with service project stations.

Third ThursdaysArlene MathisonDecember 5, 2018Pryes Brewing Company

October: Text Bank to GOTV

On October 18, 2018, WMM hosted a text bank and postcard party to get out the vote in Minnesota. Thanks to our co-sponsor Indivisible Minnesota Local and thanks to Erin Maye Quade for getting us ready to go.

We contacted 15,000 plus in one night! Way to go Third Thursdays!

Third Thursdays, GOTVArlene MathisonOctober 24, 2018Summation, October 2018 Third Thursday

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