- 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.
- Township meetings
- All townships hold their annual meetings on the second Tuesday in March. Times may vary.
- 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.
