Minnesota 50501

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The Minnesota chapter of the greater @50501movement.bsky.social movement! https://mn50501.org

Minnesota’s primary election is next Tuesday, August 11! Early voting is open through August 10 vote at your polling place on Election Day. This is your chance to help decide who will appear on the ballot this November. Visit mn50501.org for more info. Make a plan. Bring a friend. F#$king Vote.

Faith has long played a complex role in movements for justice. Hear from Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis and Rev. Dr. Susie Hayward as they share insights, history, and hope for collective action in the ongoing freedom struggle. Wednesday, August 5 6:30 PM New City Center 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis

28 people flown to indefinite detention on ICE Air today from Minneapolis. In rain that got heavier as the loading process went on, MN50501 volunteers observed construction workers, elderly, and women. If you may have loved ones on the flight, full footage be seen here: youtu.be/gJr9Q79MQxc 🧵👇

"Enforcement comes last” does not mean much when a closure is predetermined. Your own website says there is not enough housing for everyone and that this is functionally no different from previous encampment closures.

City of Saint Paul@cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social · 6d ago

Enforcement is always the last resort in the City’s response to encampments. The City’s approach begins with engagement, education, and encouragement. Learn more about the City’s unsheltered response at stpaul.gov/encampments.

Engage: We start by building relationships. Outreach teams meet people where they are, listen to their needs, and connect them with trusted staff and service providers. Every interaction begins with respect and compassion.

Signature Aviation, MSP's private jet terminal, was busy yesterday, with aircraft from the Pohlads, Cargill, Target, Marvin Windows, Sanford Health, and ICE. The ICE Air flight was loaded with 29 shackled detainees, who were flown away from Minnesota to Alexandria, LA and El Paso, TX.

Faith has historically been an important part of changes in social justice. Join us for a community conversation about the role of faith-based organizations in advancing social change and building stronger, more connected movements. Tuesday, August 5 6:30 PM New City Center 3104 16th Ave S, Mpls

Faith in Movement Spaces
A community talk by Minister Susie Hayward & Rev. DeWayne Davis
Faith-based organizations have a long history of fighting for social change. Learn what they bring to movements and why we are stronger together.
Aug 5 @ 6:30 PM
New City Center
3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis
Minnesota 50501
MARCH
Multifaith Antiracism, Change & Healing

Wondering where your donations to MN50501 go? At a recent Community Aid Team distribution in 90-degree heat, we handed out first-aid supplies, hygiene products, food, water, Narcan, pet supplies and more. Your donations become direct aid. Thank you.

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IN EXACTLY 2 WEEKS, join neighbors, organizers, artists, and community groups from across the Twin Cities for an afternoon built around solidarity. Saturday, August 8 3:30 - 8:30 PM Boom Island Park MN50501 is proud to endorse the Twin Cities Solidarity Picnic. More info: solidaritypicnic.org

Twin Cities
Solidarity Picnic

3:30 - 8:30 pm Saturday, August 8
Boom Island Park

Free food. Free live music. Free groceries. Free market.
Free bounce house. Free water slide. Free kids games.
Free face painting. Free skillshares. Free screen printing.

Performers:

Brass Solidarity
Dutch Pigeon
Emmett Doyle
Ardaa Ensemble
Van Cleaver
Singing Resistance

We are stronger together
Twin Cities Solidarity Picnic

Endorsed by:

Minnesota 50501 · Worker’s Solidarity Circle · Twin Cities Coalition for Justice · FRSO-TC · WIAOFC-MN · MN Wheelhouse Collective · Climate Justice Committee · MN Anti-War Committee · Community Kitchen · TC DSA · Brownie SPU Local 69420 · Bikers Riding Against Police Brutality · Open Market MN · WeFeedUs · About Face: Veterans Against War · Minnesota Workers United · Black Cat Social Club · and more!

More info at solidaritypicnic.org

33 people were loaded onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. Minnesota friends: please join me, along with faith, labor, and community leaders, to mourn those who have been killed by ICE, and demand accountability from Delta Air Lines, tomorrow at noon, at the airport: bit.ly/july25mn

Music outside Delaney Hall. For a few moments a day, voices and instruments carried across the fences of a place built to isolate people. They are still here. They are still human. They are not forgotten.

A fist just like the one in George Floyd Square now stands in Madison, WI. Ruiz was killed by Madison police this week. Protesters have gathered across the city demanding accountability & an independent investigation. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement @wi.bopm on Instagram.

A memorial modeled after the raised fist at George Floyd Square now stands in Madison, Wisconsin, where community members are demanding justice for Corey Ruiz.

Ruiz was shot and killed by Madison police this week. Protesters have gathered across the city demanding accountability and an independent investigation.

Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement @wi.bopm on Instagram.

Minnesota’s clean water is not for sale. MN50501 is proud to support the Climate Justice Committee’s protest against proposed sulfide mining near the Boundary Waters and across northern Minnesota. Saturday, July 25 @ 12PM Gold Medal Park, Minneapolis Protect the BW. Show up and make some noise.

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Deep in the hallowed basement halls of St. Paul's Landmark Center, journey to learrn about the Resistance's finest hour. An exhibit on tactical frivolity during Metro Surge, curated by the Ramsey County Historical Society Research Center.

Make a call NOW they are rumored to vote in 30 min!! This is not a drill!! Call and share if you can this would be so fucking bad. URGENT! Call your House representative NOW and demand they vote NO on the NDAA. Dial (202) 224-3121 and give the operator your ZIP code or state to be connected.

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Someone who is good at law and policy can probably explain this to me, but I've found ICE completely opposed to voluntary departure or any sort of collaboration with orderly, humane deportations. I even found a case where they're appealing a voluntary departure order issued by an immigration court

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's a new one: ICE *prevented* a man from self-deporting by a June 11 deadline — he asked ICE to let him leave and had a one-way plane ticket for June 10. Then ICE re-detained him because he missed the deadline. Due process violation, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mayor Her’s answer to homelessness is apparently to destroy people’s shelter and scatter their belongings in the name of “public safety". Wednesday at St. Paul City Hall, demand transparency, dignity, and actual solutions instead of cruelty towards people with nowhere else to go. Stop the sweep.

Stop the Sweep

Recently, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her made an announcement calling for the demolition of a few of the most prominent St. Paul encampments.

This executive order called for the criminalization of homelessness, alleging that unhoused people are the source of violence and threats to public safety. It claims the reasons for these issues are prolific drug use and mental illness.

We as residents of St. Paul owe it to our neighbors in encampments to amplify their voices and demand full transparency on the “plans” the mayor’s office claims to have spent months on with “community partners” that have yet to be named specifically.

We have the chance to make our presence known at the next few public events scheduled by the city and mayor’s office.

Wednesday, 07/22 at 12:30 p.m.: A Public Safety Committee presented by Assistant Mayor Cedrick Baker.

City Hall: 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102

4:30 p.m. the same day: Public hearing on the mayor’s plans with full City Council attendance and a mayor’s office representative.

City Hall

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7/17/26 Another day at the Whipple Detention Center, another round of vans taking members of our communities to the airport and out of state. Unlawfully detained people are still released daily without resources. Donate to havenwatch.org if you can.