This pages includes posts on policing, (Mel Reeves, Jess Sundin, Jason Sole)  prisons, (Jason Sole, Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Nelsie Yang) police in schools, the prison industrial complex, MPD150, defunding the police, abolition, mass incarceration, the formerly incarcerated, re-entry programs, ( Marcie Rendon, David Lawrence Grant, Jason Sole) restorative justice, George Floyd, Philando Castile, Jamar Clark, the 4th Precinct occupation, the 3rd precinct burning, the Minneapolis Uprising, Minneapolis riots and alternatives to policing and prisons.

Mel Reeves (1957-2022)

Fights the Power

Susana De Leon

Attorney & Dancer without Borders.

Cathy Jones

Postal Worker Fights Police Brutality, Discrimination in the Workplace

Before George Floyd’s Murder: A Testimonial History of Police Brutality and Resistance in Minneapolis (Work in Progress)

Roxxanne O’Brien

Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

Roya Damsaz

From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis

Bruce Drewlow

Northern Minnesota to North Minneapolis: the Education of an Educator.

Artika Tyner

Planting People and Growing Justice

Tina Burnside

Harvesting the Stories Community Needs

Jane Burnett

St. Louis Park Girl Radicalized in 1970s Chicago

Jason Sole at Hamline University, January 23, 2020

Jason Sole

Makes Sacred Trouble

Alfreda Daniels

Organizes Across Communities & Continents.

Drew Edwards

6th Grade Teacher Struggled in School

Alice A. Anderson (1932-2017)

Beautiful Activist of South Minneapolis

David Lawrence Grant

Writing Things That Matter

Ronald Judy

Rich Complexity of the Historic, South Minneapolis Black Community

Ricardo Levins Morales

Radical Community Artist

Nelsie Yang

Heal Together in Public

Katrina Knutson

Urban Queer Artist Fights Police Brutality & Advances Intersectional Liberation

Sandy Hernandez

Undocumented Immigrants Are My People.

Phillipe Cunningham

Reimagining Public Safety in Minneapolis

Elizabeth Tannen

Poet Finds Community in Justice Work.

Chris Juhn

Social Movement Photographer and ABLE Press Founder

Minneapolis Uprising

Testimony and Timeline, May 25th -July 9, 2020

April Knutson

Builds United Fronts for Paix et Égalité

Raymond Dehn

Critical Resistance, Architecture, and State Electoral Politics.

Adriana Cerrillo

Elevates Immigrant Voices to Change Racist Policies

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

The Personal is Political

Veronica Mendez Moore

CTUL Organizer Builds Labor Power with Marginalized Workers

Brittany Lewis

Action Researcher Leads with Love