TakeAction Minnesota fights for a responsive democracy as they ‘rewrite the rules’ amid COVID-19
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With the coronavirus epidemic upending politics as we know it, organizations around the country are shifting the way they engage with communities, elected officials, and the political system as whole. One such group is TakeAction Minnesota, a statewide “mulTakeAction Minnesota fights for a responsive democracy as they ‘rewrite the rules’ amid COVID-19
With the coronavirus epidemic upending politics as we know it, organizations around the country are shifting the way they engage with communities, elected officials, and the political system as whole. One such group is TakeAction Minnesota, a statewide “multi-racial people’s organization building power for a government and economy that works for [everyone].” Like many other states, Minnesota is currently in a state of flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic as elected officials grapple with how to respond, so far having closed public beaches and pools and shifted public school online for the remainder of the school year. TakeAction Minnesota is also responding to the crisis. Led by Executive Director Elianne Farhat, TakeAction Minnesota’s core work is divided into four buckets: movement politics, organizing, public affairs, and fiscal sponsorship, “provid[ing] capacity for powerful organizations to launch and grow.” The organization has described the current moment as an opportunity “to fundamentally re-write the rules, recognizing that when we center those of us most impacted by inequities, it makes us all stronger.” Read more