Elect Jason for everything. 🩷

This is important - Sherriff Witt and the officers who report to her need to be held to account. Tbh it’s not suprising; they’ve told us who they are by how they treat neighbors experiencing unsheltered homelessness. When people tell you who they are, believe them and trust them to be themselves.

This is a deterioration of democracy, politics, games, and complete disregard for unhoused people and public health. We had the votes to overturn the veto, so we are now seeing anti-democratic maneuvers being played which will ultimately hurt unhoused people. 2/

The City Council scheduled an override session yesterday to consider the Mayor’s vetoes. Instead, Mayor Frey waited until there were no more council meetings to prohibit an overturn of the humane encampment response ordinance (even though he said he would veto it last week). 1/

Yesterday, Frey said he “will continue to work collaboratively with the Council” and that “voters were clear in their call for a collaborative approach from City Hall.” Waiting until Council couldn’t vote to override his humane encampment ordinance veto was cowardly and cruel to unhoused people.

I’m torn up after reading the email from my council member. The way she described the frustration of trying to deal with years of escalating harassment reminds me of my own experience. Jamison will do a great job, but this is a grave reminder of how much work there is to do - dangerous work.

Good morning! So far we’ve raised $118. Only $82 remaining to meet the goal. Thanks all! ❤️

Resource Connect is every Tuesday at MIWRC from 9-3. Meals, community, connection, care. Orgs & grassroots groups typically onsite include LEAD, COPE, AVIVO, Sobriety Warriors, Hennepin Cty Streets to Housing, NACC. Stop by! Mobile Medical Unit is onsite 12/16! Wound care, check ups, & screenings.

Did you know MIWRC serves breakfast for relatives 3x each week? If you can chip in to help @christin612.bsky.social and me get them some provisions, we’d appreciate it! Hoping to raise $200 for about 150 meals. C*shapp: $ ChristinCrabtree V*nmo: @ christin-crabtree P*yPal: @ christincrabtree

Here is the GoFundMe for Marco and Geovanny who were forced to brace below freezing temperature by ICE. They need help with funding for lawyers, food, and medical bills. Please share. gofund.me/443327b8d

PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help. @supplydepotmpls 💕💸

if you're sharing tips of how to stay warm while protesting ICE now in minnesota, or if you're cheering on those protestors, please contribute if you can or share this. there's a lot of energy around that effort now compared to the unhoused people living outside and we have to show care for them

Indistinguishable*** ugh

While it doesn’t go as far as providing the services & housing we need, this ordinance is a step towards transparency & accountability. The bar is in hell & this is literally the floor. @angry-grandma612.bsky.social gave incredible testimony to this fact.

Twin Cities! More than 1000 of you showed up last night for virtual training- this Saturday come to the follow up.

Fundraiser happening RIGHT NOW at MIWRC, go get some fry bread tacos and/or art and support your community!

They also interfered with residents recording them.

As we continue to learn more about the incident, we ask that you are on alert, keep the community safe, and alert neighbors about immigration enforcement you witness. No human beings should ever be treated like this. Children, especially, should never have to experience this. 2/

This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/

There’s such a disconnect in the formulaic way Politicians make statements and respond to critical incidents. “Raises questions” “monitoring” “we need answers” There’s video and we all saw what happened. We don’t need to review and we don’t need answers. We just need leaders to take action.

In four days there’s another training in St. Paul—Monarca has ramped up its efforts and has made a lot available.

Denying other parts of the city fair representation so southwest can dominate the vote for 10 of 13 council seats sounds like something Scott Graham would want to do.

i assume this blind item is paula chesley and scott graham can this crowd ever shut the fuck up about this rich people power-consolidating idea? becka thompson posted it in their private moderate facebook group in january 2024 too, fresh off graham losing in 7 and luther ranheim losing in ward 12

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

from our cold, dead hands

Finally finished my blog post on the Minneapolis Mayoral Election and demographics. I posted it to an old medium account that I forgot I had. Let me know what you think. Here's what I found 🧵 medium.com/@damia025/pr...

Guess what? @christin612.bsky.social and I were able to team up and get 7 Ferndale Market turkeys to MN Indian Women’s Resource Center for Native American Heritage month! MIWRC is a great org that helps so many people- please consider donating if you’re able! miwrc.salsalabs.org/miwrcgeneral...

🌻 update together we’ve raised $500 - thank you! 1700 remains to meet our goal. These funds will ensure stability for a mother and her family through a very difficult time. Thank you 💛 C*shapp: $ ChristinCrabtree V*nmo: @ christin-crabtree P*yPal: @ christincrabtree

Update - we’ve now raised $185! $2015 remains to meet our goal! Please boost or contribute if you are able. Thank you! C*shapp: $ChristinCrabtree V*nmo: @christin-crabtree P*yPal: @christincrabtree screenshots of funds raised & transferred to the person in need will be provided for transparency

Aurin is an excellent CM - she’s incredibly intelligent, thoughtful; she has deep understanding of systems & governance. Aurin’s authenticity, ethics, experience, & integrity coupled with her deep commitment to serving others means W12 is well represented by her. I’m grateful for her leadership.

🌻 a beloved mother & friend needs help to maintain stability for her family following an accident & loss. Her goal is $2200 for rent, bills, & a working vehicle. Any amount helps. Thank you! So far we’ve raised $95 $2105 left to meet her goal C*sh app: $ChristinCrabtree V*nmo: @christin-crabtree

The administration’s new proposal for Continuum of Care funding “shifts billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help the police dismantle encampments, and require the homeless to accept treatment for mental illness or addiction.”

Advocates are voicing grave warnings after the Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its plan to slash funding for long-term housing programs, cuts that could leave nearly 200,000 people at risk of becoming homeless.

This is our mayor's favorite statistic, why are you tearing it to pieces???

"Groups of kids, groups of East African kids that are coming from surrounding communities and not just one community, kind of all over the place," O'Hara told WCCO. Excuse me? Blaming and targeting the East African community is disgraceful. www.audacy.com/wccoradio/ne...

A lot of interesting information just in these excerpts: ✅ The city saved money by building its own restroom rather than outsourcing. ✅ City staff was able to experiment with design features to ensure success. ✅ Good staffing by effective ambassadors improved conduct. Good job, team 👊

I have a ~weird~ ask… if you like making friendship bracelets, or your kids like making friendship bracelets, would you consider making some for the unhoused people the Supply Depot serves? We want to bring joy

"I hear what you say, but I trust what you do.” - @elitalksmpls.bsky.social

I know this is a rhetorical question and also think I know the answer.

Everything is going to be okay ❤️

A lesson learned from two organizing groups (DFL Senior Caucus and Minneapolis Families for Public Schools) is that good organizing can take months or years to bear fruit. And it’s worth the wait!

WTAF

Michael ran a wonderful campaign, one that's about as selfless as possible. In my eyes, he centered the mission and knocked for other candidates who really needed it, incl. Jason Garcia and Ethrophic Burnett in the closing days of the election. Our city is better even just for his efforts. Thank you

Roper should name some of these “far left” policies instead of just using the term to prompt handwringing. Police accountability. Rent stabilization. City owned grocery stores. Improved public transit. More affordable housing. Housing first approach to homelessness. Doesn’t sound “radical” to me!

8. I hope going forward Eric & the Strib spend as many keystrokes truly looking into how power moves around Frey as they did typing “far left‘ in this election. I swear they must get a treat every time they do that.

@ericroper.bsky.social brushing over the role media played in propping up Frey. Where was the media condemnation of the deeply racist snake oil attack ads on Robin or the AOM flyers that darkened Fateh's skin? Why did no one care about Frey deleting his texts and voicemails when ICE was in town?

Solidarity with our Educators at Minneapolis Public Schools!

Look, someone rounded up even more supportive electeds! Thanks to @engy5150.bsky.social and @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for joining in, along with the incredible @marciaxthree.bsky.social !

mill city hall beats the @wedge.live crew to recording their after election episode!! looking forward to listening to this