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From Voice to Impact: Tactical Use of Art and Design for Today’s Fight

Whether it’s an ad hoc street protest, or a multi-faceted state level campaign, we need to utilize all available resources toward creating transformative change.

The Minnesota State Capitol Moves on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Minnesota has joined a handful of other states in passing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) legislation during the 2019 legislative session. According to the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, within Indian Country, nearly half of all Native women – 46% – have experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner.

Introducing The Quilt: Policy, Art, and Healing

The Quilt: Policy, Art, and Healing is the result of a new partnership between The UpTake and Voices for Racial Justice. Read more about The Quilt and what we’re doing with it here.

Losing a job unexpectedly is devastating

By Jessica Webster | August 9, 2019

 

According to the state data, low-wage earners do not make use of the state’s unemployment insurance program. 

The fear of losing housing, food, transportation, and basic necessities can be overwhelming.

The Minnesota Unemployment Insurance program is supposed to protect workers from these harms. Through this program, a  full-time minimum wage worker who accesses unemployment insurance (UI) receives about $800-$1,000/month for six months while searching for work.

But UI does not protect all workers equally. State program data illustrate that the program heavily and disproportionately serves white males in the construction trades.

Small Business Spotlight: Trio Plant-Based

Trio Plant-Based, currently owned by Louis Hunter, opened in Sept. 2018. It’s one of the only Black-owned vegan restaurants in Minnesota and offers vegan comfort food and recently launched a new menu which highlights its soul food platters and bowls, a variety of burgers, and covered fries.

50 Years of Movement Art: Ricardo Levins Morales opens his first exhibit

Another World is Possible: Five Decades of Revolutionary Art with Ricardo Levins Morales is open until Nov. 22 at 3715 Chicago Ave. The exhibit hours are Mon.-Wed. and Fridays. from 9am-5pm; Thurs. from 9am-8pm; and Sat. from 11am-3pm; the exhibit is closed on Sundays. For more information on Levins Morales and the exhibit you can check out: https://www.rlmartstudio.com/exhibit/

From Voice to Impact: Tactical Use of Art and Design for Today’s Fight

Whether it’s an ad hoc street protest, or a multi-faceted state level campaign, we need to utilize all available resources toward creating transformative change.

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  Thank you to all who joined us for our first Community Cafe at Sammy’s Avenue Eatery on Tues. the 16th! Many of you might not know this but The UpTake has been going through a period of transition since I’ve taken over. News organizations, including our own, have struggled to find sustainability and, even […]

Minnesota loses one dairy farmer every day

On May 7, the Civc Buzz of the Minneapolis League of Women Voters had two speakers discussing, “The Urban/Rural Struggle for a Sustainable Future.” Both speakers, Meg Moynihan and Amanda Babcock, discussed the challenges of running a farm, whether it be in rural Minnesota or an urban landscape. Watch the livestreamed discussion here. Story and video by Bill Sorem.

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    Trio Plant-Based offers vegan comfort food in a welcoming space with an environmental and  social justice edge When you first walk into Trio Plant-Based (Trio) you might be struck by just how welcoming it feels. The small space is full of tables, leaf designs are imprinted onto the walls, there’s  numerous electrical outlets, and the air smells like half-a-dozen plant-based menu items which, if you’re lucky, may include their maple-vanilla cupcakes.  Trio, currently owned by Louis Hunter, opened in Sept.

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