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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

MN50501-Rochester is pleased to endorse the following event organized by the Singing Resistance Rochester. Show up and sing out this weekend! More details in comments.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Please join us on Saturday, Feb. 14th as we gather with COPAL MN for their "Love Your Immigrant Neighbor Day" event. Details and registration in comments.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This Tuesday, people of faith and community members will gather in Rochester to speak with moral clarity. As Congress considers continued funding for ICE and DHS, we stand for human dignity and due process. Join in calling for #ICEOutOfMinnesota and an end to harmful practices.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Many of you have asked whether MN50501-Rochester is organizing a protest this weekend. We are not. There are so many of our neighbors that need help right now, and we feel there is nothing more important we could be doing with our energies than helping them.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Many people are watching the events of the past days and asking how they can help. If you would like to be directly involved in our mutual aid work, please message us. If you wish to contribute financially, consider a donation to the Immigrant Defense Network: immigrantdefensenetwork.org/donate/

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rochester MN! New Resistance Roundup just dropped. Support local action and community care. www.mn50501rochester.org/resistance-r...

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

➡️The Roundup for Dec 8th - Dec 14th is ready - please take a look to see how you might get involved in meaningful action this week. www.mn50501rochester.org/resistance-r...

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Each month our friend, Nicole Nfonoyim-Hara, at Griot Arts will bring us a recommended read and invite the community to read along. We hope that these books will inspire and empower you with knowledge and tools to build a more equitable and just community. 📖Read, learn, then pass along to a friend!

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Resistance Roundup is out! Find places to plug into community care in Rochester. 🔗 mn50501rochester.org/resistance-roundup

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

📢 The Resistance Roundup (Nov 10–16) is here! Find ways to give, volunteer, and build a stronger Rochester — from local food drives to community events celebrating unity and care. 💪💙 🔗 mn50501rochester.org/resistance-roundup

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Tomorrow (Friday 11/7)- bring donations for the local high school resource rooms to Little Thistle and we will unload for you. These items are available to all students - no questions asked, no hoops to jump through, just needs being met. See wishlist here: www.mn50501rochester.org/essentials-d...

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

📣 This Week’s Resistance Roundup is Live! Catch up on local actions, volunteer opportunities, and events happening in our community. 📰 Read it here: www.mn50501rochester.org/resistance-r... 📬 Want it by email? Sign up here: www.mn50501rochester.org/email-sign-up Let’s stay connected and active 💪

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Heads up, Rochester! We have a new speaker in our lineup for Thursday -- MN Attorney General Keith Ellison! Come hear his calls to action along with our other great speakers See more on our event website at goodtroublelivesonmn.com register on Moblize here mobilize.us/s/LCRJuD #GoodTroubleLivesOn

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Bring some non-perishables and drop them at the COPAL booth before the rally on Thursday. They have identified community who really need this help. Check out more ways you can roll up sleeves, lift up your community, and make GOOD TROUBLE on our event website here goodtroublelivesonmn.com

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Read this 🔥🔥🔥 Letter to the Editor published in the Post Bulletin this morning #votethemout www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We are less one week away from the Good Trouble Rally - Thursday, July 17th 4:30 - 7:00. Please spread the word! See also the Good Trouble Toolkit on our event website, where we provide meaningful actions you can take to lift up our community: goodtroublelivesonmn.com #goodtroublelivesonmn

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Good Trouble Lives On

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Nope. We won't get over it. Raise your voice on Wednesday, folks. #bigbeautifulbetrayal #resistance

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Micah / Symphony @enchantedpencil.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

So I guess I've gone and drawn a political comic! I didn't like the discussion happening around the recent protest so I wrote a minicomic about it. There might be more. I have ideas for more. You can download a printable version for free here: enchantedpencil.itch.io/activism-com...

Title: Watch your language! Keeping morale up in the fight against facism.

Character A: That protest wasn't enough! We need to do more!
B: Stop! This kind of talk actually hurts our cause. I know what you're trying to do. You think if you say:
A: We need to do more than we did!
Group, looking motivated: Ok! Let's do more!
or,
A: That action made a big difference.
Group, walking away: Well, we did it! Everyone go home.

B: People are the most motivated when they can see their actions causing an immediate change and positive effect. And they won't want to repeat actions they think didn't have a big effect.
A simple graph shows a stick figure getting demotivated when the time to reach their result is too long.
So this is the real effect of your words:
A: We need to do more than we did!
Group, concerned: That didn't do anything? Maybe my actions don't really matter...
A: That action made a big difference.
Group, celebrating: Maybe my actions really matter! What should we do next?

The fascists WIN by making us think we are POWERLESS.

It's natural to think that the perfect event, if BIG and STRONG enough, will solve everything overnight.

Panel of a simple illustration of an X-Wing from Star Wars flying away from the exploding Death Star.

But this is a myth. One person alone has a small skillset, a small sphere of influence, and a small impact. The event that finally tips the scale may feel like a special event that finally did something different. But it isn't special.

An illustration of a scale with two piles of sand, the pile of gray sand on the left is larger and tips the scale.

Change WILL come from the sum total of all our small actions added together.

In the next panel the pile of rainbow sand on the right has become larger and tips the scale in the opposite direction.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Alright soldiers. We are going to be taking a break from social media this weekend, keeping our money in our pockets, and reconnecting with family and community. This is a marathon, not a sprint, so go refill your tank (and flip some flags). substack.com/@minnesota50...

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Call to Action: Economic Blackout and Sick-In July 4-7

Find the plan and how to support here

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

We need all hands on deck! This bill MUST NOT PASS as written. Call Rep. Finstad TODAY. And call him every day until the vote happens.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Alright, Rochester! Our website has launched! Please check out mn50501rochester.org for news of upcoming events and ways to add to your activist toolbox. Next up, July 17th- Good Trouble Lives On. Mark your calendars. Details will be announced this week and will be available on the website as well.

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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Beginning at noon today, and ending at 5:00, anyone is welcome to pay their respects to Speaker Emerita Hortman and Mark Hortman at the MN capitol. www.kare11.com/article/news...

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Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband, Mark, will be the first pair to lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol

Rep. Melissa Hortman will be the first woman to lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol, and Gilbert will be the first dog.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations. The same forces that used violence against John Lewis and are back, with billionaires’ backers and authoritarian ambition. Join us July 17 because #GoodTroubleLivesOn social.demcast.com/s/GrwskNRg

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

When you look back on this chapter in history, be able to say you did all you could. It's on us now, folks. Join this people-powered movement and help us fight like hell for our democracy. Sign up with us here, and let's get to work! mn50501-rochester.eo.page/sxfc2

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Mark your calendars for the next day of action on July 17th. Details to follow soon!

Good trouble livs on. Make some good trouble on July 17th. March in Peace, Act in Power.

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Thank you all for coming out and making this a powerful and peaceful event. Today we showed the world what democracy looks like.The crowd was estimated at over 2500.Thank you to all our partners, especially NAACP-Rochester for including us in their Juneteenth celebration. NO KINGS. Let freedom ring!

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MN50501-Rochester @mn50501rochester.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Our joyful and peaceful march with conclude at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. park just before this Juneteenth celebration.

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