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πŸ¦„ Arts and Culture , πŸ¦„ Community

Flores Oscuras Platforms BIPOC Artists’ Expressions of Horror

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

Minneapolis, MN – Eight blocks north of George Floyd Memorial Square, seven artists are using Halloween weekend as an opportunity to showcase the horrors of life under white supremacy for BIPOC-identifying community members.

Flores Oscuras (“dark flowers”) is a live show for Black, Indigenous, and…

πŸ¦„ Community , πŸ¦„ COVID-19 , πŸ¦„ Police
image: the perimeter of a sanctuary tent camp area is surrounded by orange plastic construction fencing; the fence cuts diagonally across the image from bottom right, to the left of the image. On the sidewalk outside of the fencing, two U-Haul trucks are parked; residents' belongings are inside, being moved from MLK Park to another location. A gray tent with a blue tarp is propped up beneath and to the left behind the trunk of a maple tree. To the right of the tree is a waste bin that says City of Minneapolis on its side. Partially-melted snow is visible on the ground.

Minneapolis Prioritizing Park Sweeps Over Sheltering the Unhoused

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Minneapolis, MN – The ongoing housing crisis in the Twin Cities has been made more urgent by an early major snowfall. Residents of tent camps across Minneapolis have come to understand that elected leaders have neither a plan to renew the camps’ temporary permits nor…

πŸ¦„ Community , πŸ¦„ COVID-19

Court Protest Aims at Boston Covid Housing Crisis

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

BOSTON, MA – Thousands of families in eastern Massachusetts face renewed risk of eviction. Governor Charlie Baker opted on October 17 to cease emergency measures to protect shelter that have been in effect throughout most of 2020, triggering a huge surge in “notices to quit”…

πŸ¦„ Arts and Culture , πŸ¦„ Community

Minneapolis Protest Art Collection Becomes Largest of its Kind

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

Minneapolis, MN – A donation of over 200 plywood protest murals makes the “Save the Boards to Memorialize the Movement” project the largest art collection of its kind. During the height of the civil unrest in the city, following the death of George Floyd, businesses…

πŸ¦„ Community , πŸ¦„ Police
image: Masked protester holds "Justice For Elisa Gomez" protest sign. The sign has a picture of Elisa Gomez with long dark hair and an orange blouse, looking down and to the right. It also has an image of a black handprint with "Silenced 10.11.16" white text overlaid. The protester has on a blue medical facemask, is wearing a black sweatshirt and a purple backpack, and has shoulder-length slightly-curled hair that is dyed yellow and pink. They are looking to the right. Several other masked protesters are behind this person.

β€œHe Got Away With Murder,” Says Family of Elisa Gomez

October 15, 2020October 19, 2020

Minneapolis, MN – On the 4th anniversary of a Minneapolis woman being found dead in her home, community members gathered to celebrate Elisa Gomez’ life and question why the hanging death of a newlywed wasn’t investigated as a homicide.

Community members met on Sunday, October…

πŸ¦„ Community , πŸ¦„ Global
Hundreds march in Minneapolis for Oromos in Ethiopia

Grand Rally Oromo Protest Demands U.S. Stop Funding Ethiopia

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Minneapolis, MN – Hundreds marched through downtown Minneapolis Friday afternoon in the Little Oromia North American Grand Rally. The demonstrators, some of whom came from cities like Seattle and Denver, demanded justice after a summer of repression against Oromo protests in Ethiopia. They also called…

πŸ¦„ Community , πŸ¦„ Direct Action
image: an overhead shot of the Lake Street Open Growth Space showing garden beds around the perimeter beside 17th avenue and Lake street. To the left of the photo there is a circular garden with herbs and medicinal plants planted alongside flowers around a plum tree. Across Lake street is a local Panaderia / Tortilleria.

Reclaimed Space Sprouts From Uprising’s Embers

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Minneapolis, MN – Without waiting for permission, growers began planting vegetables and herbs in an empty lot on Lake Street and 17th Avenue. Their aim was to reclaim the dormant land on behalf of the community who lived nearby, in whatever way they saw fit…


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