Events, Calls to Action, and Resources from the HFJ Grantee Community
Apply to be a Poder Fellow
Poder Fellows 2020 is an immersive paid fellowship for Latinx young adults who want to develop skills and experience to start or continue community organizing, build political power in the 2020 elections, and advance immigration, education, and environmental justice in Minnesota.
Poder Fellows gives you the support you need to become an organizer. Unidos MN is building a team of motivated, resilient, dedicated Latinx young adults to work on the 2020 general elections, build relationships, and win big policies in the 2021 Legislative session. No formal or prior experience in organizing is needed; bring your passion and they’ll provide the tools and support: relational organizing, run effective meetings, lead community-centered research, voter registration, and turnout, learn power mapping, gain experience in base-building and mobilization, and advance public policy through a race, class, gender & sexuality lens.
ReleaseMN8 Anti-Deportation Workshop
Saturday, July 11th starting at 3 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Are you or your loved one facing possible detention or deportation due to a prior conviction? Back in 2016, we were too. Several of us came together because our husbands, brothers, sons, and uncles were facing deportation to Cambodia. We formed ReleaseMN8 to fight to bring them home.
After months of legal cases, organizing, and advocacy, three of our loved ones were released back to their families, while five of our dear brothers were deported. While we can’t guarantee success, we can help you learn some tools and strategies to fight your case.
Please join ReleaseMN8 and the Southeast Asian Anti-Deportation Strategy Team for a workshop on fighting back when at risk of deportation on Facebook Live.
Please register here:
tinyurl.com/RMN8Clinic
Click here to join the live event: https://www.facebook.com/ReleaseMN8/posts/978888542561321
Fund Our Communities—Not Cops
Tuesday, July 14th starting at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 22nd starting at 10 a.m.
We need to protect and fund the things that really keep us safe - affordable housing, mental health services, youth programming and more. Minneapolis has to revise its budget due to COVID19 costs and needs to make cuts to the City's 2020 budget - we know a department that needs its budget slashed. Minneapolis must continue to fund the things that our communities need most!
Join Reclaim the Block and Black Visions Collective in demanding that City Council make cuts to MPD's budget in their 2020 Revised Budget Public Hearings.
The City Council will hold two meetings with public comment - Tuesday, July 14th at 6PM and Wednesday July 22nd at 10AM.
In the midst of a pandemic and an economic crisis, it’s more critical than ever to fully fund affordable housing, healthcare, real solutions to violence, and addiction services. As our communities are experiencing widespread housing and job insecurity, rising rates of domestic violence, and healthcare systems pushed to a breaking point, we can’t afford to keep pouring resources into an unaccountable police department.
This event will be updated with more information about how to attend the public meetings, talking points, and opportunities to submit comments.
Information about how to participate in virtual City Council meetings here: http://www2.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/onlinemeetings/WCMSP-224389
Hennepin County District 1 Candidate Forum
Tuesday, July 14th starting at 6:30 p.m.
Listen in and ask your candidates questions! Hosted by African Career, Education and Resource Inc.
Four Sisters Farmers Market 2020 Season
Thursdays beginning July 16th
11 - 12 PM is for Elders, First Responders & Immunocompromised
12 - 3 PM is open for everyone
1414 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis
Four Sisters Farmers Market is an Indigenous-centered food market, focused on both Indigenous and hyper-local foods from Phillips and surrounding neighborhoods. The market is a program of the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI). Working with native-run farms and food producers, we will help develop a healthy, Indigenous food system that is accessible and welcoming to people in the American Indian Cultural Corridor.
**2020 Market Rules & Guidelines
-Stay home if you or someone in your home are sick
-Maintain six-foot distance from others
-No dogs
-Wear a facemask or covering
-Limit shoppers to one if possible
-No eating. Takeout is available from Pow Wow Grounds Coffee
-Don't touch and let vendors serve you
-Limit socializing
-Plan to use the restroom at home because our public restrooms are closed
-Shop efficiently and shop with a grocery list if you can
