Today’s Good News from Minneapolis list

I’m losing count of how many parts I’m on

• Needle and Skein a yarn and knitting store in a small Minneapolis suburb, St. Louis Park (where the Cohen brothers were raised) sold a $5 pattern for a red resistance cap with a braided tassle to raise funds. It went global and has raised over $650,000!

• Not On Native Land Event gathered this morning at the Whipple Federal Building, led by indigenous leadership and clergy from around the country to pray for peace and get centered through the chaos.

• When a mom of a newborn and 16yo was detained, the 16yo did what she could to feed her infant sibling. Then a mom in Minneapolis named Bre gave her 300 ounces of her own breast milk. Bre has now started organizing to support all mothers and babies impacted by ICE.

• Fuzzy Loon Designs, a small 7-person mom-and-pop 10yo business has had such response to their stickers and designs they are now donating a large percentage of their profits to mutual aid.

• Comma, a Bookshop in Minneapolis has had hundreds of online orders from out of state that they are announcing that they don’t need donations. They want all donations to go to mutual aid and community organizations.

• University of Minnesota students chained themselves to Morrill Hall, the administrative building demanding that the university be declared a sanctuary campus.

We Minnesotans use the term uffda as both a curse and a prayer. If you’ve never heard the term, it might be time you learn it.

Also, we aren’t giving up. We are MN Vikings football fans. We suffer in pain together even if we never win. This is the true definition of stubborn.

If you want to know where to put your monetary donations, support our BIPOC small businesses buy purchasing gift cards you never intend to use. Find a local school and give to their gofundme campaigns and your money will go directly to the families in need.

People are asking me about coming here to help, to march, to support. I’ve been saying, please don’t come to MN. If you came, we would feel like we would have to host you, and that’s more than our arms can hold right now. Please, organize in your own communities. Coordinate a general strike in your town. Attend a demonstration in your state and make it as big as the tens-of-thousands marching every single Friday here.

Thanks for giving a shit.

And as always, I love you all.

TeriLeigh💜