Storytime will return next week. Jester is taking a much-needed break after
organizing for No Kings.
Celebrate No Kings! ^
the largest protest in US history
Nationwide
March 28 was powerful! There were over 3,300 protests
in all 50 states and across the globe against a fascist wannabe-king,
his tyrannical violence at home and abroad, and the corrupt circle of profiteering oligarchs enabling it all.
Organizers estimate that at least 8 million people turned out to protest Saturday,
making this the largest protest in US history.
That means that over a million new people joined us this time around —
and many of these people didn’t just attend their first No Kings protest —
they attended their first-ever protest.
In Minnesota
Minnesota held over 100 No Kings events from small, rural towns to the large national flagship event
that happened in St. Paul. Organizers put the St. Paul crowd at around 200,000.
Regionally
We gathered all across our northern MN
In our region, Hibbing kicked things off on March 26. On March 28 events cascaded across the day.
Folks gathered in Moose Lake, Grand Rapids, Ely, International Falls,
Biwabik, Grand Marais, Cloquet, Duluth, Silver Bay, Cook, Two Harbors.
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What's Next? ^
Onward!
from Indivisible
Join the No Kings Mass Call
- When:
- Tuesday, March 31, 7:00–8:00pm CT
- Where:
- Online
"At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to celebrate this historic mobilization and dig into what comes next. Join us."
Iron Range Earth Fest
Presented by Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability
- When:
- April 18, 9:00am
- Where:
- Iron Trail Motors Event Center
388 Eagle Ave, Mountain Iron, MN
- Theme:
- No Place but Home
Earth Fest is the signature event of the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability. We celebrate Earth Fest with a nod to our organizational values:
Promote Sustainability, Bring People and Communities Together, Raise Awareness, Focus Locally, Engage Multiple Generations, Foster Personal and Planetary Health
May Day!
from May Day Strong
- When:
- May 1, 2026
- Where:
- Nationwide
"We are building a day of power. Because when the billionaires break every rule, it’s going to take more than a rally to stop them...
"On May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families rally, march, and take action across the country to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires, with many refusing business as usual through No School. No Work. No Shopping."
Start planning!
Ongoing events ^
Signing & Resisting Events
Each Friday at noon at the following locations:
- Cook: Hwy 53 and River Street
- Tower: Mainstreet by the locomotive
- Ely: Sheridan St. & Central Ave
Signs should include issues common to everyone like good jobs, enough money for food and healthcare, and a good education.
Free Community Meal
Strength through Community
- When:
- First & Third Sundays, 12:00–3:00pm
- Where:
- 510 Chestnut Street
Virginia, MN
Join us for:
- Free hot meal
- Food distribution
- Clothing distribution
- Free store table
Note that food, hygiene, clothing donations are needed!
Calls to Action ^
Learn about Voting Rights
Get Prepared to the Elections
Who Gets Voting Rights?
Civics Made Easy from PBS
In this episode of Civics Made Easy, Ben Sheehan uncovers the surprising – and often overlooked – true history of voting rights in America. From the founding era to Reconstruction to Civil Rights to today, this is the story that may not have been fully taught in school.
Keep Trump Off Our Money
The Treasury plans to put Trump’s signature on U.S. currency.
Here’s why it threatens democratic norms and why Congress must stop it.
Oppose the SAVE Act
Write to your Legislators
..."if anything like this ever did become law, the cleanest single document would likely be a valid U.S. passport in your current legal name, because it proves citizenship directly. A REAL ID driver’s license would not, by itself, count as proof of citizenship under this proposal. People with name changes could be forced to assemble a full paper trail connecting birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce decrees, or court orders to their current legal identity."
Protect Wild Rice
Rise & Repair
"I am reaching out as a constituent to request your support for legislation to protect Wild Rice, our state grain, also known as Manoomin to the Anishinaabe and Psíŋ to our Dakota relatives...
"...the need for increased protections remains..."
Tell Your Senators to Oppose the Fix Our Forests Act
from Endangered Species Coalition
The so-called Fix Our Forests Act poses grave threats to our environment, wildlife, and the democratic process of public participation in environmental decisions.
Data Center Information Webinars
from CURE MN
Learn more about Data Centers & how they impact our communities.
Loosen Your Ties to Google
Switching to non-surveilling alternatives is fast and easy
Indivisible Calls to Action
Search by issue
5calls
Pick an action & make a call
Postcards to Swing States
Progressive Turnout Project
Progressive Turnout Project boosts Democratic voter turnout with data-driven organizing, trained Campaign Fellows, and handwritten postcards to key voters—driving measurable results in critical races.
Inspiration ^
Book Release & Interviews Full of Hope
Rebecca Solnit
"It’s easy to focus on authoritarians and their petty victories. But zoom out and the picture is more encouraging, says the woman who popularised the term ‘mansplaining’, whether it’s in feminism, or the environment, or civil rights.
"When I speak to Rebecca Solnit, she is beaming, and I can’t immediately figure out why. Her new book, The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change, blasts in with a pragmatic positivity"
The Tide is Turning
from Robert Hubbell
"Can you feel it? Like an undertow in the shallows, the currents beneath the surface are reversing direction. The upstart waves divert our attention with spray and noise. But the undertow exerts a silent force, restoring equilibrium, settling nature’s accounts by subsuming the momentary turbulence of breakers into the stillness of deep oceans."
Beyond the Gatekeepers
Fascism, the Fight for Democracy, and the Frontline Reality of Black Queer & Trans Life in the South
This conversation with guest Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson hosted and moderated by Bishop Vanessa M. Brown with Bishop Yvette A. Flunder
is an inspiring example of the potency of the language of faith and radical belief in community possibility.
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is a deep thinker & powerful organizer who meets
the urgency of the moment with clarity, impactful strategy and loving commitment. She is a frequent collaborator
with Indivisible and many other social change organizations.
The New Antifascist Consensus
How organizers and everyday residents are stopping ICE around the country
"The broad coalition of labor, community, faith and hundreds of other groups — along with more than 700 businesses — that drove the “Day of Truth and Freedom,” along with the networks of grassroots resistance, like the volunteer patrols, are examples of what is now a new antifascist consensus spreading like wildfire across the country."
How to Fight Fascism
from Assembly Required
Stacey Abrams & Rachel Maddow are a pleasure to hear in conversation.
We are in this struggle together & we have some brilliant thinkers on our side.
