This election season, we are preparing for safe, dignified, accessible polling spaces, and safeguarding voter rights and election officials’ well-being.
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CALL TO ACTION!!!
CLOG ICE’S NATIONAL TIP LINE WITH TIPS FOR MAKING DIFFERENT CHOICES!!
Flood the ICE National Tip Line – central to ICE’s ability to surveil and kidnap our immigrant neighbors!
Repurpose the numbers as Noncompliance Tip Line with tips for what DHS employees could do instead of complying with the orders they are given.
Wherever you are today, call this tip line to remind ICE agents that they make the choice about whether to comply every day. Share your tips about actions that everyone – from ICE to our friends and neighbors – can take to say, ‘no’, to cruelty and injustice and ‘yes’ to a world in which all of our communities can thrive!
CALL: 1-866-347-2423
SAMPLE MESSAGES:
You can say YES to…
- …opening the cages and letting people go free.
- …sharing what you know about how the deportation machine works.
- …making sure this never happens again.
You can say NO to…
- …responding to a tip that could send a mother thousands of miles from her children.
- …having a job that asks you to surveil and imprison your neighbors.
- …firing a gun at a human being.
Please like and share these social media posts:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DeO4jNbEfsJ/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CuHFikSxQ/
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/nocoalnogas.bsky.social/post/3mxegdpuj2k2z
Here’s a calling tip (!): Dial *67 prior to dialing the tip line and your number will appear as ‘private’ or ‘anonymous’. This will enable you to make the call more than once because they will not be able to recognize your number!
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MONARCA FIELD LAUNCH EVENTS
Join Monarca at a field launch near you as we protect our democracy and organize for the future our communities deserve. Together, we’ll connect with neighbors through doorknocking, share our vision, and build the people power needed to secure free, fair, and accessible elections across Minnesota.
No experience is needed. Whether this is your first event or you’ve been organizing for years, there is a place for you. Our protection is our power. We keep us safe. We are the light.
Register below for an upcoming field launch. Location details will be emailed to registered participants before each event.
October 08, 2026 – Whittier, Minneapolis – 6:00 PM
October 11, 2026 – Richfield – 1:00 PM
October 12, 2026 – Wayzata – 6:30 PM
October 13, 2026 – Edina – 6:00 PM
October 14, 2026 – Marcy Holmes, Minneapolis – 6:00 PM
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COMMUNITY CARE TEAMS
In the lead-up to the 2026, MNIPL is partnering with the Movement Chaplains Network to amplify their work and to support it through Community Care Teams.
As the 2026 election draws near, many of us are asking ourselves how we can help ourselves and our communities stay connected, grounded, and safe leading up to November 3.
MNIPL and the Movement Chaplains Network have launched Healing Democracy, a movement to organize people and communities towards groundedness in the time before, during, and after the election.
This work needs people like you, people who are connected to their communities and care about preserving our democracy.
Will you join MNIPL and the Interfaith Movement Chaplains in this meaningful work to support our communities?
Join on online information session:
Thursday, October 8, 2026 – 7:00-8:00 PM CT
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AUTHOR PRESENTATION BY DR. BRENDA J. CHILD: ‘IN OU ROWN WORDS’
Acclaimed Ojibwe historian, author, and educator, Dr. Brenda J. Child introduces her new book, In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools (Christy Ottaviano Books).
This is ‘an opportunity to hear directly from one of the nation’s leading Indigenous historians about the history of boarding schools, the resilience of Native communities, and approaches for teaching this history with accuracy, empathy, and cultural understanding…’
- Hocokata Ti Cultural Center / Shakopee, MN
- Learn more and register here.
October 16, 2026 – 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
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FROM ANALYSIS TO ACTION: CONFRONTING ISLAMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, & ANTI-SEMITISM AND BUILDING MESSAGING THAT UNITES US
Our trans, Muslim, and Jewish neighbors are being scapegoated from the same playbook, one that serves authoritarian movements by turning our communities against each other. This practical training will help us understand the playbook and combat it together.
We’ll start with political education and analysis: a grounding in Islamophobia, transphobia, and antisemitism, followed by a look at how these forms of bigotry reinforce one another and how they’re used to justify attacks on democracy and on all of us.
Then we’ll move from analysis to action with hands-on narrative training, where participants will practice spotting common tropes, countering divisive messaging, and telling a shared story that builds solidarity instead of festering division.
You’ll leave equipped with the knowledge and messaging tools to confront these narratives in your organization, your base, and your community.
Lunch will be provided!
Organized by Gender Justice, Jewish Community Action, Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment, and the MN Democracy Defense Table.
Location TBD
Friday, October 16, 2026 – 12:00 – 1:30 PM CT
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‘NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY!’ RALLY
We are not powerless. And we are not alone.
Now we carry this energy from the streets to the ballot box.
Voting early is one of the simplest ways to make sure our voices are counted while also helping friends, family, and niehgobrs make their own voting plans.
Donuts + Democracy will be there, too, registering voters! Click here to learn more about their work and how you can support it.
100s of No Kings events are being planned across the US.
Find ALL Rally locations here.
Twin Cities Metro Area Locations include:
- Minneapolis
- St Louis Park
- Edina
- Minnetonka
- Bloomington
- Eden Prairie
- Burnsville
- Savage
- Chanhassen
- Eagan / Arden Hills
- Elk River
- White Bear Lake
Greater Minnesota Locations include:
- Cook
- Ely
- Two Harbors
- Duluth
- Cloquet
- Moose Lake
- Brainerd Lakes Area
- Alexandria
- Milaca
- St Cloud
- Sherburne County
- New Ulm
- Kenyon
- Northfield
- Lakeville/Farmington
- Owatonna
- Lake City
- Rochester
- St Charles
- Fairmont
- Decorah, IA
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Grand Forks, ND
- Fargo, ND
Find ALL Rally locations here and learn how you can participate!
Sunday, October 17, 2026
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TELL THE SENATE YOUR STORY
BJC and Christians Against Christian Nationalism invite congregational leaders to share their stories about ICE activity on or near a church, synagogue, mosque, temple or other house of worship property.
Many US Senators ‘remain skeptical that ICE activity is occurring on or near places of worship’.
BJC and Christians Against Christian Nationalism are collecting stories to share with these Senators.
Personal stories and news articles, television reports, or reputable online coverage – especially from your community – are helpful contributions.
For links and essential information about drafting your story, go here.
Share Local News Coverage here.
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MUTUAL AID FOR MINNESOTANS IMPACTED BY ‘OPERATION METRO SURGE’
Organized by Lyndale Congregational United Church of Christ.
‘When you make a contribution to the MN Together Fund, you pool your resources with Minnesotans across the state who are loving our neighbor in real time. MARCH, a multi faith alliance of communities working toward racial justice and collective liberation, is collaborating with leaders of affected communities to match these funds to trusted partners best positioned to meet the emerging needs of our neighbors…
This is a moment mutual aid was made for.’
Join in here.
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MOVEMENT SONGS TO MEET THIS MOMENT
This is a living document, compiled and updated by the good folx at Singing for Liberation. They invite questions, corrections, and suggestions.
The list includes a ‘Why Do We Need Singing in This Moment?’ reflection and spans poetry, chant, round, and call-and-response appropriate for lament, resilience, courage, and persistence.
The list is here.
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If you’ve got an opportunity to share, let us know by emailing us here.
Find additional resources and ideas for Camps, Retreats, Summer & VBS in our lib guide here.
