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We work in partnership with faith and spiritual communities and all Minnesotans to build transformative power and bring the lights of people’s unique gifts to addressing the climate crisis.

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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We'll be sharing videos and press coverage as it comes in, but we want to say thanks to March and the Interfaith Movement Chaplains Network for our shared Healing Democracy work. If you'd like to learn more about how you can get involved, learn more here! www.mnipl.org/take-action/...
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Healing Democracy 2026 - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
RESOURCES TO SHARE Want to share more about this opportunity with your community or congregation? Check out these resources! Healing Democracy 2026 One-Pager Feel free to print this or email…
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As Kelly Sherman-Conroy said, "Chaplains accompany people through some of the most important moments of their lives, and elections are another moment when presence matters. Democracy is something we care for together."
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today, an interfaith group of leaders and community caregivers gathered to vote early so that they can be in their communities during election day. Each of these leaders has agreed to provide calm, grounded care at the polls or online, or to open their buildings to community on Election Day.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We need you to join us in this #HealingDemocracy work! Learn more about Healing Democracy here: www.mnipl.org/take-action/...
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Healing Democracy 2026 - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
RESOURCES TO SHARE Want to share more about this opportunity with your community or congregation? Check out these resources! Healing Democracy 2026 One-Pager Feel free to print this or email…
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People across Minnesota are signing up to provide a calm, grounded presence near polling places as Poll Chaplains, provide support, care, and accurate information online as Digital Chaplains, or open the doors of their buildings to provide connection as Community Care Teams.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Faith leaders and community caregivers are committed to providing care, groundedness, and accompaniment to their communities before, during, and on Election Day.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join MNIPL, Movement Chaplains Network, and MARCH tomorrow at 10:30 am for an early voting event where faith leaders and community caregivers (including you!) are voting early so that they can be in community on Election Day. www.mnipl.org/event/healin...
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Healing Democracy: Early Voting for Community - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Join MNIPL, MARCH, and the Interfaith Movement Chaplains to vote early and learn more about how you can be part of our Healing Democracy work!
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We are kicking off our Healing Democracy work in partnership with the Movement Chaplains Network tomorrow! Join us tomorrow to learn how you can support your community through caring, grounded connection through this election season. RSVP here: www.mnipl.org/event/healin...
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Healing Democracy 2026 Kick-Off - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Join us for Our 2026 Healing Democracy Kick-Off, a statewide initiative of the Movement Chaplain Network in partnership with MNIPL. With the 2026 election coming up, we are partnering together…
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This kick-off will cover these different opportunities and talk through how to sign up for training and support leading up to the election on November 3. RSVP here: mnipl.nationbuilder.com/healing_demo... To sign up for updates, visit: mvmentchaplains.org
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We will be offering training and support for three different ways to get involved, all of which are available to everyone, clergy or not: poll chaplaincy, digital democracy work, and congregational care teams.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
With the 2026 election coming up, we are partnering together to find ways to support our communities in feeling grounded, safe, and supported as in the time before, during, and after this upcoming election.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Join us for Our 2026 Healing Democracy Kick-Off, a statewide initiative of the Movement Chaplain Network in partnership with MNIPL. Click here to RSVP: mnipl.nationbuilder.com/healing_demo...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you're interested in learning more about how your community of faith, conscience, or spiritual or religious practice can help support your neighbors in the face of climate disaster, learn more here! mnipl.org/ccrn
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"We do not have to abandon all optimism. There are entities and organizations continuing on the course for a greener, cleaner, and more-sustainable Earth." Thank you Russ for your thoughtful peace on our work and the work of congregations in Duluth! www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...
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Local View: On climate action, many in Duluth have not 'lost their way'
From the column: "During the previous presidential administration, there was considerable pressure to address climate change. But the climate of climate change has reversed."
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Listen to MNIPL's Julia Nerbonne on The Global Grit Experience where she talked with Erika Gilsdorf about the role of communities of faith, conscience, or spiritual or religious practice in meeting this climate crisis.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"We're in such a critical moment in human history. Where else do people go but to communities in which people have shared values in which they can talk about things that mean the most to them, in which they can bring their prayers and their sadness and their joys?" open.spotify.com/episode/2Sme...
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We Just Experienced Climate Chaos in MN - What Do We Do Next?
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
As MNIPL continues our work in building our communities' resilience in face of climate disaster, we're excited to use this framework to invite people into supporting their communities. Learn more about our Community Climate Resilience Network here: www.mnipl.org/movement-bui...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Through interviews with people who supported their neighbors during Operation Metro Surge, the interns found an infrastructure of community connection that allows Minnesotans to know their neighbors, know what role they can play, and to find accessible entry points into taking action.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This summer, MNIPL hosted five Morehead-Cain Scholars from UNC to help answer the question, "Why and how did so many Minnesotans show up for their neighbors during Operation Metro Surge?" Check out this WCCO coverage on Aran, Rowan, Caroline, Cora, and Logan's work! youtu.be/LsPoHgVa6Bk?...
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Researchers study how Minnesotans mobilize, care for community through difficulties
YouTube video by WCCO - CBS Minnesota
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Join MNIPL's Jim Bear Jacobs for a Sacred Sites Tour on Saturday, July 25! Sacred Sites Tours invite us to learn the history and importance of these sacred sites and to develop plans for future action on reparation and repair. RSVP here: mnipl.nationbuilder.com/sacred_sites...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Join us next Wednesday, June 18 at 7 pm at the Riverview Theatre! Get your tickets here: checkout.square.site/merchant/6N3...
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The Doctrine Film Screening 2026 - Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet - St Paul Province
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We're excited to co-sponsor a screening of the Doctrine next week, including a conversation with filmmaker Gwendolen Cates, and featured activists Mitch Walking Elk and Nina Berglund. vimeo.com/275964493?fl...
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THE DOCTRINE film trailer
A feature-length documentary film by Gwendolen Cates Producers: Gwendolen Cates, Robert J. Miller (Eastern Shawnee) Consulting Producers: Gary Farmer (Wolf Clan, Cayuga), Bruce Duthu (Houma). Original...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
If you want to support the work of that these young people have been doing, we are hoping to raise $5000 to cover the cost of this program, which Youth N' Power took on after the closure of Climate Gen. A gift of any amount helps make this work possible. Donate here: mnipl.nationbuilder.com/yea
The Environmental Youth Activists and other young people sit with Rep. Katie Jones, Rep. Larry Kraft, and others around tables arranged in a large rectangle in a large conference room in the Minnesota State Capitol.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A huge thank you to @repkatiejones.bsky.social and Rep. @larrykraft.bsky.social for participating and to the Youth Environmental Activists program participants for planning: Ansh, Himaja, Mariel, Vadanth, Toby and Kiran.
The Youth Environmental Activists and other young people with Rep. Larry Kraft, Rep. Katie Jones (and her baby), and others stand in a group, smiling, ion the dais of the MN House Chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Public health and climate impacts, green space and urban canopy, how to invest in youth people getting green jobs, and the environmental impacts of hyperscale data centers. It was an incredible day – the vibes were great and it was so powerful to have so many young people there!
The Environmental Youth Activists and other young people sit with Rep. Katie Jones, Rep. Larry Kraft, and others around tables arranged in a large rectangle in a large conference room in the Minnesota State Capitol.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Youth N' Power Network and Youth Environmental Activists Program hosted a lunch at the Capitol this afternoon with young people and state legislators. After months of work planning and coordinating, more than 25 young people shared what they're concerned about:
The Youth Environmental Activists and other young people with Rep. Larry Kraft, Rep. Katie Jones (and her baby), and others stand in a group, smiling, in a large room in the Minnesota State Capitol.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
We are so excited to welcome Jim Bear Jacobs as Co-Executive Director of MNIPL and the Climate Justice Commons! Jim Bear will be bringing his Healing Minnesota Stories and Sacred Site Tours into MNIPL as part of our commitment to Healing Justice. Welcome, Jim Bear! www.mnipl.org/2026/05/jim-...
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Jim Bear Jacobs Brings Healing Minnesota Stories to MNIPL - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
One of the greatest joys of my work at MNIPL has been in building deep, cooperative relationships between people who care about building a climate of justice for all beings…
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
There’s still time to join us at the Eco Fair on Summit! Come test drive electric vehicles and e-bikes, enjoy some food and music, and learn more about organizations and companies that can help you go green. Also, baby goats! We’ll be in the lot behind House of Hope Presbyterian until 3 today!
A man standing next to a seafood green electric FiatA person stands next to a table with MNIPL signage and literature talking to two MNIPL volunteersA baby black and white goat with a yellow tag in its ear. (Very cute)A family stands next to an electric fire truck with decals indicating it’s from Engine Company 7 with the Saint Paul Fire Department
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Did you miss last week's Community Hearing on Data Centers put on by Rise & Repair? Check out this amazing coverage by the Minnesota Women's Press! www.womenspress.com/earth-day-ra...
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Earth Day Rally Reiterates Need for Data Center Moratorium
Across all testimony, a consistent theme emerged: Minnesota is moving faster than its policies can manage. Speakers did not uniformly oppose data centers outright, but insisted that without a pause, t...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today was the Earth Day Community Hearing on Hyperscale Data Centers with people from around the state impacted by these data centers! “Listen, learn, and legislate as if your children’s lives depend on it, because they really do.” - Leanna Goose Take action here: takeaction.io/mipl/hypersc...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Support Earth Day Collaborative on GiveMN
One Day, One Earth, One MinnesotaOne Gift, Ten ImpactsOn Earth Day, let’s unite and act. On this one day, together we can help protect and restore our one Earth in our one Minnesota in our own communi...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Your donation will be distributed across every participating nonprofit — strengthening environmental work in communities statewide. This Earth Day, we're asking you to celebrate the connections between our cooperative work by making a gift. Can we count on you?
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Support Earth Day Collaborative on GiveMN
One Day, One Earth, One MinnesotaOne Gift, Ten ImpactsOn Earth Day, let’s unite and act. On this one day, together we can help protect and restore our one Earth in our one Minnesota in our own communi...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Right now, 11 organizations, including MNIPL, are working side by side to advance environmental and climate justice by protecting waterways, restoring habitat, expanding access to green space, and strengthening climate resilience across our state. Today, you can support all of it with one gift.
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Support Earth Day Collaborative on GiveMN
One Day, One Earth, One MinnesotaOne Gift, Ten ImpactsOn Earth Day, let’s unite and act. On this one day, together we can help protect and restore our one Earth in our one Minnesota in our own communi...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day! Since the beginning, Earth Day has always been about choosing cooperation over competition, of valuing what we can do for each other and the earth rather than what we can take from it.
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Support Earth Day Collaborative on GiveMN
One Day, One Earth, One MinnesotaOne Gift, Ten ImpactsOn Earth Day, let’s unite and act. On this one day, together we can help protect and restore our one Earth in our one Minnesota in our own communi...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Our friends at @bwca.bsky.social have put together an form so you can ask the DNR Comm. to cancel Twin Metals' lease to open their toxic mine near the Boundary Waters. www.friends-bwca.org/tell-mn-dnr-... (And consider making a gift to Friends of the Boundary Waters – your gift will be matched!)
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Tell MN-DNR to Cancel BWCA Mineral Lease - friends-bwca.org
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Congress just passed a law that will strip protection of 225,000 acres of some of the most pristine wilderness in our county. Systems of greed and extraction are insatiable – but they aren't unstoppable. We can still take action. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/15/c...
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Congress overturns ban on mining near the Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer
Environmental protection groups like Save the Boundary Waters say mining for copper and other heavy metals inevitably leaches sulfuric acid, toxic metals and other pollutants into surrounding water sy...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The MN House Ag Finance Policy Committee heard testimony today on HF3898, which would protect wild rice from pesticides. Shout out to Rise & Repair's Leanna Goose for her testimony on the importance of wild rice! Learn more about how to protect wild rice here: riseandrepair.org/rights-of-ma...
Leanna Goose speaks in front of a microphone. She has long dark hair, dark glasses, and a light grey sweater. Behind her three other people are sitting. The text on the bottom of the screen says, "House File 3898, Pesticide provisions modified to protect wild-rice water, MN House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026"
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Meet This Moment @meet-this-moment.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The U.S. has spent $8T on post-9/11 wars. Meanwhile, solar costs have plunged 90% since 2009. A renewable grid isn't just "green", it’s stable and cheap. It’s time to stop funding destruction and start investing in energy that protects us. #together costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/econom...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Huge thanks to the Rise & Repair Alliance and others for helping coordinate behind the scenes to bring together the voices of folks from places across the state where these data centers are being proposed.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Rally Against Hyper-Scale Data Centers today shows that people across the state have deep concerns about proposed massive data centers in our communities. We need a two-year moratorium NOW to make sure that we have the right regulations in place to hold true to our clean energy commitments.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out today, and a reminder that we’ll be back in the Capitol tomorrow for Rise & Repair’s Rally Against Hyperscale Data Centers. RSVP here: www.facebook.com/events/88583...
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Rally Against Hyperscale Data Centers!
Event in Saint Paul, MN by Mukwa and 10 others on Wednesday, February 18 2026 with 194 people interested and 48 people going. 15 posts in the discussion.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
At the end, we sang with one voice in remembrance of all we lost this year, including Rep. Melissa Hortman, Renée Good, and Alex Pretti.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
MNIPL’s Jim Bear Jacobs reminded us of how much we can learn from our relationships to the natural world, and Youth N’ Power’s Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos and Makayla Freeman led us in a call and response about letting go and releasing the ways of being that are causing us hurt and pain.
Jim Bear Jacobs stands at a podium addressing a crowd of seated people in the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda.Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos and Makayla Freeman stand behind a podium addressing a seated crowd in the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda. Behind them is a painted cloth waterfall draped from the rotunda balcony. It says, "Honor the Treaties. How do we heal our relatives & Mother Earth, Makhá Iná, Gimaamanaan Akí?" There are pieces of paper shaped like blue water drops, green fish, and cream stalks of wild rice pinned to it.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We’re so grateful for the elected officials who stopped by to speak, including Sen. Mary Kunesh, Sen. Jennifer McEwen, and Rep. Liish Kozlowski for their encouraging words at the start of this session.
Senator Mary Kanesh stands at a podium with a microphone and speaks to a crowd in the Minnesota Capitol RotundaSen. McEwen and Rep. Kozlowzki stand at a podium in front of a group of seated people in the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda. Sen. McEwen is speaking while Rep. Kozlowzki looks at her. Behind them is a painted waterfall draped from the rotunda balcony. It says, "Honor the Treaties. How do we heal our relatives & Mother Earth, Makhá Iná, Gimaamanaan Akí?" There are pieces of paper shaped like blue water drops, green fish, and cream stalks of wild rice pinned to it.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Folks wrote out their ideas for healing on fish, water droplets, and stalks of manoomin or psíŋ (wild rice) and pinned them to this waterfall in a shared reflection on where we need to go next.
A table with pieces of paper drawn on and cut out to look like blue water drops, green fish, and cream stalks of wild rice. People are writing on the pieces of paper.Four people are pinning pieces of paper that look like stalks of wild rice and fish onto a large cloth painted to look like a waterfall in the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
MNIPL joined with Rise & Repair on the first day of the legislative session to welcome our legislators back and ask the important question: how do we heal our relatives and Mother Earth?
A large painted waterfall draped over the balcony of the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. Painted on it are words that say, "How do we heal our relatives & Mother Earth, Makhá Iná, Gimaamanaan Akí?" People are standing around the waterfall and some are pinning pieces of paper to it.A large painted waterfall draped over the balcony of the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. Painted on it are words that say, "How do we heal our relatives & Mother Earth, Makhá Iná, Gimaamanaan Akí?" People are standing around the waterfall and some are pinning pieces of paper to it.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Please join Rise & Repair for our Opening Day in a Good Way event! We'll welcome legislators into session as they honor Rep. Hortman and ask ourselves what it means to heal our hearts, and our relationships to each other, the water, and the land. riseandrepair-mnipl.nationbuilder.com/rally_day_2026
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Rise & Repair's Opening Day in a Good Way
Join us Feb. 17th at the Minnesota Capitol for Rise & Repair's Opening Day in a Good Way gathering in the rotunda!
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
If you are look for ways to help and to stay informed, please check out this resource from the Minnesota Council of Non-Profits: minnesotanonprofits.org/community-re...
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Resources: supporting community during ICE operations - Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Resources and actions to support our community during the “largest scale immigration operation ever."
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In the face of the violence and mounting crisis to democracy, we know that we cannot separate the work of climate justice from the work of interdependence. We can not stop doing this critical work. We invite you to follow your heart and to be where you need to be. www.mnipl.org/2026/01/clim...
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Climate Justice Work Requires Interdependence - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
We know that we cannot separate the work of climate justice from the work of interdependence. We will continue to do our work together.
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Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light @mnipl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Our next series of Reparations Learning Labs starts this month! The same systems that separate us from the earth also separate us from each other. Join a community of doers who are committed to repairing the harms of colonization through action. RSVP here: www.mnipl.org/series/2026-...
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2026 Reparations Learning Labs - Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Join us for our 2026 Reparations Learning Lab series! Learn, reflect, workshop real life questions, and commit towards action on reparations.
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