Minneapolis Mutual Aid Guide
Here's a round up of resources for supporting Minneapolis
By now I’m sure you are aware of the second fatal shooting by ICE in Minneapolis. 37 year old Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse, legally observing and filming agents when he was tackled to the ground, beaten, and shot while face down in the street.
I’ve struggled to put out content regarding this shooting. I spent the weekend in a bit of a state of shock — and fear for the direction this country is going in. I’m sure many of you have felt the same, so I want to say off the top; it is okay to be sad, angry, confused, and exhausted right now. It’s okay to take a moment to collect yourself. As I often say, this is a marathon not a sprint — and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
So first step — take care of you.
Second step — I’ve put together this guide for mutual aid resources you can support to help folks in Minneapolis. Whether you’re local to Minnesota, somewhere else in the country, or reading this from overseas.
ISAIAH
ISAIHA is a Minnesota multiracial organization fighting for racial and economic justice in Minnesota. They organize community aid and rallies and have been on the front lines during the ICE take over. You can support them here.
Take Action MN
Take Action is a progressive organization focused on organizing grassroots action for a just government and economic equality. You can support them here.
Monarca
Monarca has trained over 20,000 everyday Minnesotans as neighborhood observers to help protect people’s rights, defending free speech, peaceful protest, and protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. Their rapid response line can be reached at 612-441-2881 and you can support them here.
COPAL (Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina)
COPAL offers direct support for the Latino community of Minnesota. If you need their direct support, they can be reached at (612) 255-3112. You can support them here.
Unidos MN
Unidos MN is a grassroots organization focused on strengthening multiracial communities with a heavy focus on supporting immigrants. Learn more and support them here.
Working Partnerships
Working Partnerships and Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO are fundraising for immigration related legal support for impacted union members, worker center members, and their families. You can donate to them here.
Stand With Minnesota
A frequently updated hub with mutual aid funds, legal support, food assistance, rent help, and opportunities to volunteer. Support here.
Local Businesses That Are Stepping Up
Many local businesses in Minneapolis have stepped up to do all they can to support their communities. Show them some love: Twin Cities Leather, Up-Down MPLS, Wrecktangle Pizza, Smitten Kitten
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Another legal aid network, ILCM provides free legal services for immigrants and their families in Minnesota. You can support them here.
Accounts to follow
For on the ground updates from Minneapolis, follow communityaidnetworkmn and defendthe612 (if you know of more, drop a comment:
While this list doesn’t cover every single org assisting Minneapolis, it should be enough to get you started.
Are you unable to provide financial support? Dude, times are tough — that’s okay. You can still help by spreading the word and helping get these resources out there.
And as always, stay tuned with me here — I don’t just report the news, I give you resources to do something about it.
Thank you for compiling this list!
Republicans are turning into rats fleeing a sinking ship. Oh, they’re still rats alright. Don’t mistake them for something benign.
It’s another Kent State moment - the murders of Renee Good, who with the words “we don’t hate you” stuck a flower in the barrel of Jonathon Ross’ gun, and Alex Pretti, whose last words were “are you ok?” to the woman he was attempting to protect. Both of them were innocent of any wrongdoing, and the ICE agents involved, whether they pulled the trigger or just stood there, all are guilty of murder.
Speaking of which: Shouldn’t there be a warrant out for the arrest of Jonathon Ross based upon his own cell phone evidence? And warrants for every other ICE agent present as accomplices? And warrants for all ICE in the vicinity of the murder of Alex Pretti? And how about the others ICE has murdered? Not to mention all those who have been brutally assaulted and detained? Can culpability be assigned clear up to the White House?
THE COMMON GOOD MANIFESTO
A society built for people, not predators.
We are at our best when we invest in each other.
We are at our worst when we abandon the vulnerable.
This manifesto is how we return to the common good.
I. DIGNITY AND JUSTICE
1. Release the Epstein files — full transparency, no exceptions.
2. Impeach, convict, and imprison Donald Trump and every handler who enabled his corruption.
3. No federal office for any convicted felon.
4. End the weaponization of the justice system against the poor, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and marginalized communities.
II. DEMOCRACY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
1. Abolish the Electoral College — one person, one vote.
2. Abolish ICE — replace it with humane immigration policy that honors human rights.
3. Ban gerrymandering with a standardized national apportionment method.
4. Two-term limits for every elected office.
5. Mandatory retirement at 70 for all elected officials.
6. Paper ballots only — end the era of hackable voting machines.
III. AN ECONOMY THAT SERVES PEOPLE
1. Restore 1950s-style progressive tax rates — when America was prosperous and fair.
2. Overturn Citizens United — corporations are not people.
3. Eliminate the Social Security payroll cap and tax capital gains for Social Security contributions.
4. $25 minimum wage indexed to inflation.
5. Medicare for All, one unified system — no A/B/C/D maze.
6. Congress receives Medicare, not boutique private insurance.
IV. WORKERS, CREATIVES, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS
1. Big pay raises for social workers, teachers, librarians, artists, and cultural workers — the people who actually hold society together.
2. Universal childcare — because families are the foundation of the nation.
3. Free public university education.
4. Full forgiveness of all student debt.
V. CLEAN GOVERNMENT
1. Root out corruption at every level, starting at the top.
2. Full financial transparency for every elected official, appointee, and senior bureaucrat.
3. Ban lobbying for former officeholders for life.
VI. THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE
We choose a country that values:
• Compassion over cruelty
• Community over greed
• Truth over propaganda
• Shared prosperity over billionaire hoarding
• Democracy over minority rule
• Human dignity over corporate profit
We choose a nation where the common good is not a slogan, but the organizing principle of public life.
And we refuse to apologize for demanding better.
I invite you to adopt this manifesto, add to it, improve it, and share it widely with your friends and elected officials, including school boards, city councils, churches, civic groups, anywhere you can get people to listen. Post it on Substack, send it by email, hell, print it on paper and post it on light poles and bulletin boards. Let’s show the world that we envision a better world that serves people rather than just the oligarchy.
We have the power to change the world. Let’s do it!