- Protect Our Neighbors
- Local Food Shelves: money works best. Donate online here: https://www.semcac.org/donate/ Semcac has four food shelves: Houston, Rushford, Caledonia, and Preston. Mabel’s food shelf is through 1st Lutheran Church.
- Immigration
- LGBTQ Issues
- Save Our Libraries
- Protest federal funding cutsL https://www.ala.org/advocacy/show-up-for-our-libraries
- Use your library! We could all read books that have been banned:
- Minnesota Library Association advocacy resources (designed for library staff, and organized into four categories: before a challenge, informal challenge, formal challenge, and ongoing advocacy)
- Minnesota’s state law on book banning
- Video of the training for SELCO librarian staff
- Report even informal challenges to the ALA. Here’s the reporting form: https://airtable.com/appHfIMvZwLncR5WW/shrvq3llDmLGXbYh4
- Book resumes help us defend particular books (click on the .pfd). You can also report censorship of individual books there.
- Public libraries are required by law to report on a challenge to the MN Dept of Ed when the challenge is completed.
- Letter for Township Boards to send to state officials, concerning the impact of federal budget cuts and firings on our communities. Here’s Linda’s letter for Yucatan’s board to send to Finstad, Klobuchar, and Smith. Download the document and revise as needed for your own township and your township board’s process. (Thanks Linda!)
- All townships hold their annual meetings on Mar. 11, 2025 (always the second Tuesday in March). Times may vary. Yucatan Township’s annual meeting is at 1 PM at the Town Hall. Their regular meetings are every third Wednesday.
- Suggested approach: how are federal cuts to funding, contractors, and employees affecting our neighbors? How are tariffs and/or the threat of tariffs affecting our neighbors? What can we do to help?
- Click here to find more information about your township Please note that not every township has a website.
- Click here your county’s website. Here is Houston County’s Board meeting schedule. Here is Fillmore County’s Board meeting calendar.
