Activism

One Minnesota – residing on the web at OneMN.org – “is a collaborative of the dynamic and creative capital of ALANA communities and friends building One-Minnesota (ALANA- African Latino Asian Native Americans). Rationale ALANA communities will make up a greater share of the future workforce ALANA communities currently make up a critical number of the workforce at...
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Project Girl is a day camp taking place over those two school days off in October that are not “MEA weekend” anymore (Oct 15-16, 2009). It’s for girls age 10-18. Project Girl is designed to equip girls with the tools to create the foundation for long-term change.Project Girl develops and strengthens skills they need to...
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Moving Marriage Equality Forward in Minnesota – Advice from Mandy Carter Saurday, October 10th – 3:00-5:00pm Minneapolis Urban League – 2220 16th Ave N, Minneapolis This should be a really interesting event. I know marriage equality is not the be all and end all of civil rights issues for anyone, but I think this will be...
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Up In Arms: A Night of Hip Hop and Spoken Word to Honor Fong Lee and End Police Brutality Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009 Show starts 8:00pm (doorsopen 7:30pm) Location: Macalester College Kagin Commons 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105 http://www.macalester.edu/about/mapbynumber.html Suggested Donation: $5-$10 (all proceeds will to go to the family of Fong Lee to assist with attorney’s...
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Video from Twin Cities spoken word artist Desdamona. Too Big for My Skin is not just a poem. It’s a mind state. It’s an international campaign that invites you to leave your response to the video in the comment section or to submit your very own video response. It’s about positive body image, acceptance and...
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DavidMixner.com: National Equality March on Washington: Are you Happy? Many things have been written on whether one should march or not march on October 11 in Washington, DC. Let me make it easy for you. Are you really happy with the progress we have made over the last eight months with this Administration and...
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White House Green Jobs Advisor Van Jones Resigns What happened: Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs” with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans. His reason: “What Van Jones decided was that the agenda of...
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I’ve joined the Advisory Council of Rainbow Families. Rainbow Families is the Midwest office of Family Equality Council. Previously one of the strongest local LGBT family organizations in the country, Rainbow Families joined the Family Equality Council in June of 2008. Rainbow Families continues to provide local programs to the LGBT families, extended family members...
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Obama and Gay Marriage or Shut the Hell Up and Let the Man Run the Country By Minnesota expat Brandon Lacy Campos. Obama is doing EXACTLY the right thing by NOT raising the queer marriage issue back into the national spotlight. The Republicans used, quite effectively, the spectre of gays getting married as a successful wedge...
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Is Boycotting Jamaica The Solution For GLBT People? Jamaicans are well versed in global economics and are very aware of exactly how damaging the IMF and the world Bank have been to their economy however, unlike these institutions, the presence of TBLG peoples on the islands who are vulnerable means that they will be able...
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