Black Lives Matter Minneapolis

08/02/2017

UPDATE:
We would like to apologize to the family of Micheal Bringle for sharing those photos & also retract our statements regarding what happened this morning. As more information came out & Mr.Bringle's family came forward it became clear that this was an unfortunate incident caused by mental illness. We are sorry if our post offended anyone & hope that folks see we were simply echoing the questions and concerns that community members had.

We will absolutely respect the family's wishes and take down the initial post, our hearts are with them at this time.

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06/16/2017

Our hearts & minds are with the Castile family, Diamond Reynolds & her daughter



http://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_trial_of_officer_Jeronimo_Yanez/969433148

06/13/2017

WE NEED JUSTICE!!!

Less than two weeks after Philando Castile was killed by Police and video of the event was seen by the world via Facebook Live, we spend time with his closest friends…

04/11/2017

ICYMI
Minnesota Nice isn't as nice as we thought it was...
A black family was run out of Delano after vandalized, racist threats were written on their home.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2017/03/after-attack-black-family-decides-to-leave-delano/

A family of color in Delano is moving out after being targeted with racial epithets on their home.

03/15/2017

St. Paul Police killed a man this morning, there is no body cam footage.

Murdered by the state without a trial, another extrajudicial ex*****on.

The struggle to prove that our lives' matter continues.

A man died in a St. Paul officer-involved shooting early Wednesday morning in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood, according to the police department.

02/02/2017

In this moment especially, it is critical that we are showing up for Black Muslim folks.

Please support this young Black Muslimah who is working and studying in MN. Their car was towed suddenly and without warning.

This has happened at a time when they have no emergency funds whatsoever, even between their multiple jobs. To make matters worse, the City of Minneapolis is withholding their car until full payment of overdue parking tickets and the tow fees has been processed.



https://www.youcaring.com/asiyafae-749501

Salam everyone, I am a young Black Muslimah working and studying in MN. Yesterday, I got my car towed suddenly and without warning due to overdue parking tickets I could not afford to pay. This has happened at a time when I have no emergency funds whatsoever, even between my multiple jobs. To make.....

01/25/2017

01/24/2017

As you may know, Republican legislators in the Civil Law and Data Practices Committee passed HF322. This bill would put the burden of restitution on any individuals convicted for exercising their freedom of speech by protesting. We know that this bill is a direct response to the heightened presence of black leadership in Minnesota and the rise of the Movement for Black Lives. We also know that this bill will specifically target individuals most at the margins, being black and brown folks.

Today, many community members gathered at the hearing to express their complete dissent for this bill, yet the Republicans still voted in favor of this unconstitutional bill. This is not a post of defeat. This is a warning to those trying to take away our freedom.

We Ready. We Coming.

01/15/2017

Join us tomorrow and all next week as we collaborate with TheRoot.com for !

Black Lives Matter and the Root partner up to bring you real stories from organizers on the ground from Chicago to D.C all this week. Our local chapters, Black Lives Matter Chicago and Black Lives Matter DC, will share important content starting with and in Chicago tomorrow on MLK Day and we will end on Friday when we will spend Inauguration Day with D.C. Black organizers, bringing you their stories and work directly from them.

Don't miss it!

01/14/2017

People often celebrate Dr. King for being a champion of peace, love and justice. He was those things, but he was also an organizer, a revolutionary leader committed to seeing an end to state violence and a restructuring of political systems that disenfranchised Black people and those on the margins.

Resist & Reclaim: From MLK Day to Inauguration is our way of embracing all parts of King’s legacy and the contributions of other civil rights warriors while pushing back against the hate and bigotry of the incoming administration. Organizers from around the country are planning actions and events throughout the week, each day of which has a different theme tied to an issue and/or community that Trump’s administration is threatening to harm.

Join The Movement for Black Lives and partner organizations during "Resist & Reclaim” from MLK to Inauguration Day, a week of nationwide actions from January 16 - January 20. Find more information or an action at www.m4bl.net

12/27/2016

SUPPORT experimental Black Minneapolis cinema!

Sweetness of Wild is a coming of age, poetic film series, based in Black Minneapolis. This series with humor and complexity situates itself in the renaissance of Black Minneapolis that is sweetly and radically being defined by Black Lives Matter movement, unrepentant feminism, hood life, queerness, poverty transcendence, experimental Black music, compelling visual and performance art and urban bike culture.

Sweetness of Wild is a web series; a love story to the Blackness of Minneapolis. | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!

12/23/2016

So spring time. 2016 I got a lead role in a short film directed by E.G.Bailey titled "New neighbors" . Filming was hard but we all pulled together beautifully, so beautifully that the film was chosen to screen at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL!!!! I along with other cast and crew are all making an ef...