Minnesota Women's Press

28/01/2025

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27/01/2025

Stay on top of unfolding post-election news with our ongoing update:

If you want news about the 2025 Republican Presidential administration, but don't want too much, we are curating summaries and links here

27/01/2025

As the cold winds blow in, we know you need comfort, self-care, and a sense of connection. That’s why we launched our new monthly newsletter, “Creativity & Connection.” Sign up and find the first issue here:

 As the cold winds blow in, we know you need comfort, self-care, beauty, and a sense of connection.That's why we launched our new monthly newsletter, "Creativity & Connection." Find the first issue here. Subscribe (it will arrive in your inbox mid-month).

24/01/2025

“Mutual aid isn’t about generosity—it’s essential for survival,” says Priscilla Trinh, reflecting on community-building efforts like cooperative energy projects and the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute's victory in repurposing an abandoned building. Learn how solidarity economies can reshape our future. https://buff.ly/3E3vbHC

The end of capitalist systems is not a story of good overthrowing bad, but rather a pluralistic tale of nurturing alternative economies to make the current ones obsolete.

23/01/2025

Minnesota Women’s Press publisher/editor Mikki Morrissette hosted a conversation with three women in their 20s during the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis Sunday assembly on January 12. They discussed essays they wrote for the January magazine issue about Hope & Grief.

"There is unifying recognition that it's not just about money — it's also about social and health fabrics that need tending to. The narrative is shifting. I think people are making the dots and connections a bit more."

23/01/2025

"Despair is a luxury we cannot afford." This month, Thet-Htar Thet shares lessons learned from Myanmar’s coup: the importance of never giving up — even when the fight feels endless.

The streets and community spaces of the Twin Cities shaped the way I show up in the fight to protect my own home country's fragile democracy.

22/01/2025

Under the Capitol Rotunda, ERA advocates gathered. Inside the House chamber, GOP members ignored a Secretary of State decision that without a quorum the official business was concluded — and elected GOP Rep. Lisa Demuth as leader. While DFL leader Melissa Hortman declared off-site, and as part of a lawsuit, that the split-party decision of voters needs to be honored.

22/01/2025

UPDATE: Happy to report that a new nonprofit school will take all furniture that has not been claimed by Sunday 1pm. We are saving the lamps and small desk for two people who requested, and there are blank cards left. But everything else will be gone by 1:30pm Sunday. [email protected]

22/01/2025

Very proud to report that Minnesota Women's Press now has a grant from Press Forward Minnesota in order to help us expand statewide. Seeking marketing-minded candidates based in southern or northern Minnesota for flexible, part-time work setting up connections, conversations-to-content work in the community, and membership support.

Press Forward Minnesota is a collaborative initiative dedicated to supporting local news and information across the state. The group selected 13 media organizations around the state to be recipients of $40,000 grants, and we are proud to announce that Minnesota Women's Press is one of those recipien

22/01/2025

Explore essays tackling housing, health, gender-based violence, and food insecurity—stories of resilience and hope.

Several of the people who submitted essays for Tapestry were students in a media justice class at St. Catherine’s University.

21/01/2025

"Helping people is an essential part of helping animals." After 30+ years at Animal Humane Society, Janelle Dixon celebrates progress: fewer surrenders, reduced euthanasia, and pets becoming true family members. https://buff.ly/42j59df

We have not euthanized a medically and behaviorally healthy animal since 2011.

21/01/2025

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21/01/2025

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many organizations gathered at Saint Paul College for a rally organized by Black Lives Matter Minnesota, MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee and Twin Cities Coalition for Justice.

 On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many organizations gathered at Saint Paul College for a rally organized by Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and Twin Cities Coalition for Justice (TCC4J). Because of the extreme cold, the intended march was rep

20/01/2025

"In nature, I always find a spirit of reverence and resistance." From the Great Lakes to Oaxaca’s mountains, Isavela Lopez calls us to listen to the earth’s whispers and rediscover our role in its healing.

The future looks to me like returning to the past — returning to the land.

20/01/2025

In this month's issue, we hear from Eve Wandering, a once hesitant karate beginner to passionate teacher and competitor. https://buff.ly/4h0ib3T

Karate shapes who I am.

20/01/2025

Want to curl up with self-care, beauty, and connection today?

As the cold winds blow, we know you need comfort, self-care, beauty, and a sense of connection.That's why we launched our new monthly newsletter, "Creativity & Connection." Find the first issue here. Subscribe (it will arrive in your inbox mid-month).

19/01/2025

We asked Minnesota Women’s Press creative director Sarah Whiting to pick her Top 10 photo shoots from 2024. This is what she narrowed down to, and why.

We asked Minnesota Women's Press creative director Sarah Whiting to pick her Top 10 photo shoots from 2024. She generally shoots at least five stories every month for us. This is what she narrowed down to, and why.

19/01/2025

There was a great turnout to today's Women's March Minnesota in Saint Paul, despite the cold temperatures.

 Hundreds turned out for the 2025 People's March, despite the cold weather, "to harness the power of women and their communities to create transformative social change." Photos submitted by photographer Alice Bennett  Photos by Minnesot