Act Now

Today the water protectors have seized the site of an Enbridge Line 3 construction site. Led by indigenous women Winona LaDuke and Tara Houska and joined by celebrities such as Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener, sources have reported more than 1,000 people in the group. So far, Enbridge says, the protestor have done little to impede the $4 billion project. But I read that in the Washington Post – so the water protectors are indeed having an impact.

If nothing else, they are letting people know the perils of Line 3 and that it can be stopped by President Biden. You can contact him now (202-456-1111) to tell him you support the water protectors and stopping Line 3.

As I write this I’m back in St Paul and watching the brave water protectors in the sweltering heat (90 degrees and sunny) chanting “water is life” as police from several Minnesota counties and cities work to silence and remove the protestors from the Treaty People Gathering in Northern Minnesota. A small team from Women’s March Minnesota was up in Northern MN…

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Tonight (June 1, 2021) at 6pm, a team of Women’s March MN members will be meeting to make calls to ask our policymakers to represent us! (It’s not too late to sign up to Time to Act now!)

We will address the following topics:

• Establish and Fund the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relative Permanent Office

• Take action to stop the Gun violence

• Eviction Moratorium Off-Ramp

• Stop Line 3 - write to Biden, call Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Smith

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Time to Act is happening at 6pm tonight (May 18). There’s still time to join us or use the information below to act in your own time.

We are delighted to have Representative Kristin Bahner join us tonight to briefly update us on the 2021 session, the bills we have featured in previous weeks and issues that relate to women. We also have a few actions to take:

• Contact MN Senators about Environment & Natural Resources Omnibus Bill

• Thank Senator Smith for signing letter asking Biden to expand Medicare benefits

• Ask Sen. Klobuchar and Smith to co-sponsor the Thrive Act

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Thanks to everyone who attended the Time to Act session tonight. We sent emails this week to key legislators - we invite others to do the same before May 6 for greatest impact.

Each link below includes everything you need to take action: info on the bill, who to contact and a script you can use or modify to help legislators understand what you want. (You can also get more details on actions.)

1. Oppose Senate Education Omnibus bill

2. Keep Police Accountability measures in the Public Safety Omnibus by adding provisions from House version

3. Promote Pro-Democracy/Voting Rights Action by supporting specific House provision and opposing specific Senate provisions in State Gov omnibus bill

4. Promote House Environmental Omnibus Bills

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