Minnesota DFL Senate District 37

12/30/2021

08/31/2021

Republicans in the Minnesota Senate are taking aim at another commissioner in the Cabinet of DFL Gov. Tim Walz: Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm. They’ve linked it to what they refer to as medical freedom.

08/23/2021

"The first part of healing is to admit it happened"

From 1829 to 1983, thousands of Native American children were sent to Catholic boarding schools with the goal of assimilating and separating them from their tribes. Many endured physical and sexual abuse. Two survivors shared their experiences.

08/20/2021

‘Test delivery is an important step toward a fully fossil-free iron and steel production value chain’

07/19/2021

While the U.S. government signed a series of treaties with the Anishinaabe people, including the Ojibwe, between 1825 and 1867, the most significant are those of 1837, 1854 and 1855.

07/02/2021

BREAKING: This morning the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution opposed to Line 3!
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Today, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota. Citing the city’s declaration of a climate emergency, overwhelming Indigenous and frontline opposition, and the cultural and environmental threats posed by the pipeline, the resolution states that the City:
Opposes construction of the pipeline and calls on every elected leader with the authority to stop its construction to do so immediately.

Requests that the mayor and Police Chief continue to keep Minneapolis police from participating in the Northern Lights Task Force.

“We are listening to the Indigenous community in their demand to stop this pipeline, a project which violates the sovereignty of Tribal Nations and puts Minneapolis’ clean drinking water source at risk,” said City Council Member Alondra Cano. “Residents throughout our city are working to create a more sustainable future, one that is free of carbon-intensive fossil fuels. We join those families, organizers, and environmental justice voices in calling for an end to an extractive economy that puts money over people. Today, we take a step forward with the water protectors of this land and stand in full solidarity with them to build that better future.”

“We are grateful again for the support of the Minneapolis City Council, which also came out against the alleged atrocities committed by authorities at Standing Rock,” says Winona LaDuke, Executive Director and co-founder of Honor the Earth. “This water we protect serves the people of your city. Together we need to stop the last tar sands pipeline, and help the Walz administration move toward a just transition that will benefit the entire state and help strengthen Indigenous communities.”

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06/30/2021

“Were not going to stop this pipeline by prayer only.” Julz Rich, Founder of Mothers Against M**h Alliance exclaimed, “Prayer and action go hand and hand”
A week ago,Water protectors locked themselves to a Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) as one barricaded themselves in the driver seat to protect the river from Enbridge’s drill.
“Enbridge is trespassing on Anishinaabe land, and were here to stop it, this drill is shut down!” Madeline Fitch yelled as they laid locked to the HDD.
They were then charged with FELONY THEFT and transported to Hubbard county jail.
“Being charged with a felony theft by a corporation that is actively stealing our clean water, clean air and our livable future”
“Be a traitor to the system that benefits you at the expense of Indigenous peoples, at the expense of the enslaved labor of the people in the global south, and a system that steals our future and our childrens futures away from us!”
All have since been released.
There are over 20 rivers, 200 bodies of water and 800 acres of pristine wetlands that are facing the same degradation all throughout Northern Minnesota due to the Line 3 pipeline.
Find your Warrior spirit and help fight line 3!

06/28/2021

Have another look at natural gas.

And why they're scared we might break up with their favorite appliance.

06/25/2021

In Style has a feature on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. She talks about how she steps into her historic role with pragmatism, empathy, and the spiritual guidance of her ancestors.
Read the entire article here 👇

"I wanted to be a leader, and I felt like I could be," the Secretary of the Interior says. "It says a lot that we're working to give opportunities to folks who haven't had them in the past."