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mpls • she/her 🏳️‍🌈🌹 public school superfan • middle school teacher • theater director • violinist • abolitionist

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

And Minneapolis' Phillips neighborhood is named for Wendell Phillips, a fervent abolitionist. He was once asked why he couldn't turn down the heat in his rhetoric: why are do you always have to be so firery? Phillips' reply: "Yes, I'm on fire--becuase I have mountains of ice to melt!"

Mountains of Ice

When you listen to the song you can hear below you might doubt me – but it is not a topical song written about recent events. It was written by Parlando alternative voice Dave Moore in 2014. Dave’s…

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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Positive thought to end the day: The amount of organizing & mutual aid happening in Minneapolis right now is NEXT LEVEL. We will protect our neighbors & get through this as best we can. We are so much stronger together. And we are SO together right now. I ❤️ you, MPLS.

They hate Minnesota because we are a people who believe that "we all do better when we all do better." Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity. Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.

A photo of a protest against ICE at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota.