Community Kitchen MPLS
@commkitchenmpls.bsky.social
Minneapolis encampment food support: hot meals delivered several days a week. Powered by volunteers & food rescue. linktr.ee/communitykitchenmpls
in the absence of a green new deal, libraries and public transit are going to be america's de facto cooling centers, keeping large number of people alive during climate disasters for the indefinite future
ali alkhatib@ali-alkhatib.com · 3mo agothe bus network in austin is like a circulating distributed AC system and i think i would die without it
We're bringing together unhoused neighbors to see what's needed right now. Can you help us raise some funds to make it happen? Venmo: Nenookaasi612 Cashapp: South012 Thank you!
All day, every day, for years... www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Using fencing to curb homelessness in the Twin Cities is an insult
Agencies and governments turn to fencing instead of actual solutions for problems related to people experiencing homelessness.
minnpost.com
Karla Hovde@karlahovde.bsky.social · 4mo agoBecause of this closed bridge, my usual bike ride to church of 2.9 miles becomes 4.4 miles, while the AQI is 140 and I'm biking in an N95. It's been closed most of the summer, and I'm so frustrated!
Minneapolis stands in solidarity with Houston and Biddeford. Rally on Thursday
This is NOT how we treat our neighbors. No one involved has been able to answer what "alternative housing" will be available for the people they are intentionally displacing in preparation for a Minnesota winter. Shelters are full, and not every shelter is suited for every person... Please help 💕💸
Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press)@frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4mo agoBeginning Aug. 5, the city of St. Paul will start clearing ALL of its major homeless encampments on a rolling basis, beginning with Fish Hatchery Road/Pig's Eye Park. Here's why, and why some service providers say they're taken by surprise: www.twincities.com/2026/07/08/s...
This is murder, plain and simple. If you live in St. Paul, call the mayor's and your CM's offices and tell them you don't want this to happen.
Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press)@frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4mo agoBeginning Aug. 5, the city of St. Paul will start clearing ALL of its major homeless encampments on a rolling basis, beginning with Fish Hatchery Road/Pig's Eye Park. Here's why, and why some service providers say they're taken by surprise: www.twincities.com/2026/07/08/s...
To say that our city is not going to have encampments requires us to first say that we have an alternative plan in place to ensure that every single person who currently lives in an encampment will receive the housing and support that they need.
- body wipes that *don’t require rinsing* - good, durable backpacks - versatile repair tools like a roll of duct tape, super glue, similar - a smile, a warm bit of conversation, and eye contact Cash is always a winner. But if you have the above ^ on hand, please share!
- bus passes (check w your local public transit about buying) - Uber/Lyft credits - popsicles or ice cream on a hot day! - entertainment like books, magazines, and puzzles - solar phone chargers (businesses love refusing to allow unhoused people to charge their phone, so this can be an issue)
- tents (even the $20 specials are helpful!) - sleeping bags/sleeping bag mats - underwear (bonus for sweat-wicking or anti-odor) - socks (THICK socks. A few pairs of thick durable socks >>> a ton of those thin $1 socks) - foot spray/powder - packets of medicine like Advil and Zyrtec - Monistat
Things your unhoused neighbors can use this summer, aside from the obvious: - candy (I get asks for this more than almost anything) - sunscreen (high SPF pls!) - lip balm (bonus for SPF) - electrolyte packets for water - cash - gift cards for fast food and/or accessible grocery stores 1/
Homeless people don't produce more garbage than housed people DESPITE often needing to treat things they can't wash as disposable. But nobody is collecting their trash. There aren't bins and disposal services. Similarly, homeless people aren't more high than housed people, they're just outside.
People associate drugs with homelessness partly because they're told to, because it makes it easier to throw people away and dismiss the problem, but also for the same reason people associate accumulated garbage with homeless people - there's nowhere to hide it. Housed people just do drugs inside.
Minneapolis, hit me up if you know families in need of car booster seats. We collected a lot of donated boosters for transporting kids to school last winter/spring and would like them to be put to good use. All are used but not expired!
write things down cook food post flyers learn to use a copier learn to use a film camera learn to lay out a bulletin make zines and share them collect seeds and share them teach people what you know another world is possible! make it together, by hand
Nenookaasi Coalition's press release about the encampment fires on January 6, 2025. Thank you to everyone who has been showing up to support! Visit nenookaasi.com to view the full press release with contact info and links to additional sources.
What it was like to be at @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social yesterday, managing fire response: Cars pulling into the parking lot constantly, with neighbors bringing food, warm coats, hats, and gloves. (Short 🧵)
Sanctuary Supply Depot@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 2y agoYou amazing beautiful and incredible humans. Thank you to everyone who showed up, to everyone who donated hats and time and to everyone who donated online. Today you helped us give out 78 tents in the wake of that fire. Fires are indiscriminately devastating, and we keep going because of you ❤️
Additional pro-tip: Unlike with N95s for infection control, you cannot re-use them in rotation or over several days. You wanna throw them away when they get dirty, which will happen fast (same dayish) with smoke and particulates. Plus, they’ll stink. Guarantee it.
Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 2y agoPro tip from someone who used to cover fires all the time: N95s and KN95s (and other masks) will protect against the particulate matter that will otherwise potentially get into your throat, lungs, and bloodstream and make you feel like total shit.
I talked with my friends @prisonculture.bsky.social, @deanspade.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @shaneburley.bsky.social about activism and organizing in 2025 and how we should move into the next phase of struggle.
Wading Into 2025: How to Begin
“We live in chaotic, disastrous times, but amid that madness, we can still find each other and fight for each other.”
organizingmythoughts.org
And people have a RIGHT to shelter, to food, to water. To be warm, to be loved, to spend time on silly little things. No matter who they are, what they've done, or how you feel about them. They're people. And you should help them, and stick up for them.
This is also a good time of year for coloring books and supplies, people are trying to stay in their tents as much as possible to avoid freezing
Sanctuary Supply Depot@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 2y agoNow that coat distro is ramping up, we could really use more of the strong plastic hangers! Please bring them to any of our drop off locations during business hours if you can ❤️
2 minutes from opening the doors to distro, ALL of this will go out the door and into the hands of someone who needs it TODAY
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
