Information to aid resistance.
With the 2024 election we’re back into resistance mode. I hope to renovate this page and collect together useful resources that might aid protecting the community I live in and the people I love. Onward! Starter pack article.
Minnesota
To support the people of Minnesota as they resist the assault of federal agents visit Stand With Minnesota and choose an organisation or group to aid.
All things Minnesotan Everything you would want to know about how things work in Minnesota.
Elected officials: MN House MN Senate MN Governor MN Federally Recognised Tribal Governments (2023)
All things Morris, MN, The Morris Model, University of Minnesota, Morris
West Central Research & Outreach Center | Morris, MN
Indivisible Morris Last post was June 2020 but I hope they will begin posting again.
West Central Minnesota Climate Network Based in Morris, MN, we usually meet the first Saturday of the month. Meetings are mainly on line though during the summer we try to have out door in-person gatherings. Promoting community connections and well being while organising to protect the environment in which we live.
Mask Up Morris A group of Morris, MN community members educating about, distributing, and wearing masks as an act of community care! #MaskUpMorris
Resources related to Climate Change
West Central Minnesota Climate Network Based in Morris, MN, we usually meet the first Saturday of the month. Meetings are mainly on line though during the summer we try to have out door in-person gatherings.
West Central Initiative Neighbourliness Generosity Empowerment Trend-testing
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.
also with useful tips like Living Green: Citizens
Resources related LGBTQ+
PDF introduction to gender by Dr. Jennifer McCreight
Why Human Sex is not Binary Ova don’t make a woman, and sperm don’t make a man. May 2023
Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia Actual research shows that sex is anything but binary, June 2019
#BlackLivesMatter Resources
PDF of Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
MPD 150 A People’s Project Evaluating Policing
Justice in June
This resource was compiled by Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace’s oversight for the purpose of providing a starting place for individuals trying to become better allies.
Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step one to becoming an active ally to the black community. On this document are links to the learning resources and a schedule of what to do each day.
Anti-racism resources for white people
This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
Shareable Anti-racism Resource Guide
This is just a resource, not a map leading to a destination, but help along the way, a strong start. The tendency to try and get through this list in its entirety and feel accomplished or to get overwhelmed by the ever growing list are real reactions we should leave behind. Again, this IS LIFE-LONG WORK that we choose to enter into, a journey for an anti-racist traveler that will take a lifetime.
106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Minnesota Freedom Fund Minnesota Freedom Fund pays cash bails and immigration bonds for those who can’t afford it, because wealth should never decide who is kept in detention and who goes free.
@notsamiira
A thread of GoFundMe’s and donation sites for the local minneapolis/st. paul black and brown owned businesses that need help right now (destroyed at the hands of white supremacists):
@ElleOsiliWood
We’re all angry about George Floyd. So, want to know what you can ACTUALLY do to help? Where to donate? How to organise protests? How to stay safe around police? Where black people can find free therapy? What to read to educate yourself? Here’s how you can make a difference:
SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19
CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Mask Up Morris A group of Morris, MN community members educating about, distributing, and wearing masks as an act of community care! #MaskUpMorris
Project N95 list of mask suppliers
There may be 6 types of COVID19 July 2020
Minnesota WasteWater Survey This dashboard is designed to provide a quick snapshot of pathogens, or viruses, found in wastewater from treatment plants throughout Minnesota.