Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

It's Like 1,000 New Coal Plants: The Risks of Liquefied Natural Gas
2024-12-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Join us for It’s Like 1,000 New Coal Plants: The Risks of Liquefied Natural Gas, a conversation with national liquefied natural gas (LGN) expert Jeremy Symons about the perils of multiple proposals being considered by the outgoing Biden administration.

Symons will explain

What LNG is and why we are exporting it
How exports of LNG raise the price for natural gas customers in the U.S.
The emissions impact of current and proposed LNG operations
Opportunities for weighing in on LNG decisions by the current and future administrations

CLICK HERE TO RSVP AND ACCESS THE ZOOM LINK!

December Reparations Learning Lab: Spiritual Practice
2024-12-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
For 2024-2025, we are offering monthly, hour-long, interactive sessions on Zoom that invite people into deeper reflection, work, and action towards repair and reparation. The December session will focus on spiritual practice.
These sessions are intended for white-bodied people from across different identities, lineages, traditions, and geographies who are already committed to the work of repair and reparation, and who want to continue to learn, grow, and build community. We will focus on moving from ideas towards action, and on building personal, collective, and systemic reparations practices. Black, Indigenous, Brown, and Native folks and other people of color are also welcome to join.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!
We have three asks and expectations as part of your commitment to this work together:

Watch our “Reparations: What are They?” session so that we can all arrive with a shared foundation and set of concepts.
Consider making a financial contribution of any amount that is meaningful and sustainable to you to support our Black & Native Advisory Table. Our Black & Native partners offer accountability, support, and solidarity, and it matters that we compensate their time and talent. Every dollar donated through this page goes to the amazing activists who are guiding us towards authentic change.
Consider becoming a sustaining donor of MNIPL with a monthly contribution of any amount.

MNIPL provides our reparations programming free of charge, and we can only make that possible with your support and participation.

Rise & Repair 2025 Kickoff and Fundraiser
2024-12-07 18:30 - 20:30 | New City Center/Walker United Methodist Church, 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
Join MNIPL and partner organizations for the 2025 kickoff of the Rise & Repair Alliance advancing Climate Justice & Indigenous Rights during the upcoming legislative session!
We’ll spend the evening hours of Saturday, December 7th at New City Center / Walker Methodist Church in South Minneapolis getting to know each other and learning about the issues and opportunities coming up ~ regardless of the outcome of the election!
More details and info coming soon.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!
PS: Interested in helping organize this event? Curious about how to engage with Rise & Repair as a community connector during this year’s legislative session? Have resources you’d like to contribute? Drop a message to eoin@riseandrepair.org!

Election impact on community-scale energy tax credits and federal funding: Briefing and participant Q&A
2024-11-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Join MNIPL and Jeremy Kalin, attorney at Avisen Legal and experienced community-scale clean energy tax credit and project finance attorney, for a briefing on the impact of the recent election on the community-scale energy tax credits and federal funding. We’ll offer a short briefing on what we know, then spend the majority of the time answering questions.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Heat Pump Helpers: Process Over Product
2024-11-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join MNIPL’s Bret Pence and Rachel Wagner, Creative and Technical Director of Just Housing, as they share their experiences of assisting 5 homeowners in Northeastern Minnesota over the past year in determining whether their houses were good candidates for air source heat pumps. Using a grant from CERTs, MNIPL and Just Housing dove deep into examining the existing homes, and used the results to undergo a process of examination with the homeowners. Barriers to implementation were recognized and bridges around these obstacles were found, with recommendations for future deliberations on this issue. The study builds upon findings and resources explored in the Northland Heat Pump Helpers webinar series from 2023.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

So What Comes Next? A Post-Election Debrief
2024-11-13 17:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and changes in our state government will have a big impact on our work and our communities. As we figure out what comes next, it’s important for us to continue to build and nurture interconnected relationships with folks who care about our world and people who live in it.
Join us on Wednesday, November 13 for a statewide online conversation about how this election has affected us and how we can continue to push forward with our work. If you’re local, we’re inviting people into our space to join the call together with an open house before hand.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP TO ATTEND IN PERSON
CLICK HERE TO RSVP TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY

November Reparations Learning Lab: Relationships
2024-11-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
For 2024-2025, we are offering monthly, hour-long, interactive sessions on Zoom that invite people into deeper reflection, work, and action towards repair and reparation. The November session will focus on relationships.
These sessions are intended for white-bodied people from across different identities, lineages, traditions, and geographies who are already committed to the work of repair and reparation, and who want to continue to learn, grow, and build community. We will focus on moving from ideas towards action, and on building personal, collective, and systemic reparations practices. Black, Indigenous, Brown, and Native folks and other people of color are also welcome to join.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!
We have three asks and expectations as part of your commitment to this work together:

Watch our “Reparations: What are They?” session so that we can all arrive with a shared foundation and set of concepts.
Consider making a financial contribution of any amount that is meaningful and sustainable to you to support our Black & Native Advisory Table. Our Black & Native partners offer accountability, support, and solidarity, and it matters that we compensate their time and talent. Every dollar donated through this page goes to the amazing activists who are guiding us towards authentic change.
Consider becoming a sustaining donor of MNIPL with a monthly contribution of any amount.

MNIPL provides our reparations programming free of charge, and we can only make that possible with your support and participation.

Vote for Climate: Using Relational Organizing to Get Out the Vote with Rep. Esther Agabje
2024-10-23 17:30 - 18:30 | V3 Sports, 701 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN, 55411, United States
Elections are critical to making sure that our state and country are committed to repairing the harms of climate change and to building towards a green and interdependent future. In this important time, we need people like you and people you know – people who care about this world and everything that lives here – to vote in November.
The most effective way to get folks to the polls is when someone they know and trust shares why this election is important and helps them make a plan. That’s why MNIPL is holding a series of events in October to help people like you get their friends and neighbors to vote in November!
Join Rep. Esther Agabje and MNIPL for a conversation about relational organizing, a tool that helps us reach out to people in our communities to get them to vote for people who care about the things we care about: policies that support a green future and authentic repair for the harms of climate change.
This session will offer concrete tools for you to make a plan to vote, tell your story about your commitment to addressing climate change, and help your loved ones get to the polls.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Vote for Climate: Using Relational Organizing to Get Out the Vote with Sen. Omar Fateh
2024-10-16 17:30 - 18:30 | MNIPL Office, 4407 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Elections are critical to making sure that our state and country are committed to repairing the harms of climate change and to building towards a green and interdependent future. In this important time, we need people like you and people you know – people who care about this world and everything that lives here – to vote in November.
The most effective way to get folks to the polls is when someone they know and trust shares why this election is important and helps them make a plan. That’s why MNIPL is holding a series of events in October to help people like you get their friends and neighbors to vote in November!
Join Sen. Omar Fateh and MNIPL for a conversation about relational organizing, a tool that helps us reach out to people in our communities to get them to vote for people who care about the things we care about: policies that support a green future and authentic repair for the harms of climate change.
This session will offer concrete tools for you to make a plan to vote, tell your story about your commitment to addressing climate change, and help your loved ones get to the polls.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

October Reparations Learning Lab: Truth Telling
2024-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
For 2024-2025, we are offering monthly, hour-long, interactive sessions on Zoom that invite people into deeper reflection, work, and action towards repair and reparation. The October session will focus on truth telling.
These sessions are intended for white-bodied people from across different identities, lineages, traditions, and geographies who are already committed to the work of repair and reparation, and who want to continue to learn, grow, and build community. We will focus on moving from ideas towards action, and on building personal, collective, and systemic reparations practices. Black, Indigenous, Brown, and Native folks and other people of color are also welcome to join.
We have three asks and expectations as part of your commitment to this work together:

Watch our “Reparations: What are They?” session so that we can all arrive with a shared foundation and set of concepts.
Consider making a financial contribution of any amount that is meaningful and sustainable to you to support our Black & Native Advisory Table. Our Black & Native partners offer accountability, support, and solidarity, and it matters that we compensate their time and talent. Every dollar donated through this page goes to the amazing activists who are guiding us towards authentic change.
Consider becoming a sustaining donor of MNIPL with a monthly contribution of any amount.

MNIPL provides our reparations programming free of charge, and we can only make that possible with your support and participation.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Vote for Climate: Using Relational Organizing to Get Out the Vote with Sen. Zaynab Mohamed
2024-10-08 17:30 - 18:30 | Mayflower Church, 106 E Diamond Lake Rd, Minneapolis, MN, 55419, United States
Elections are critical to making sure that our state and country are committed to repairing the harms of climate change and to building towards a green and interdependent future. In this important time, we need people like you and people you know – people who care about this world and everything that lives here – to vote in November.
The most effective way to get folks to the polls is when someone they know and trust shares why this election is important and helps them make a plan. That’s why MNIPL is holding a series of events in October to help people like you get their friends and neighbors to vote in November!
Join Senator Zaynab Mohamed, Mayflower Church, and MNIPL for a conversation about relational organizing, a tool that helps us reach out to people in our communities to get them to vote for people who care about the things we care about: policies that support a green future and authentic repair for the harms of climate change.
This session will offer concrete tools for you to make a plan to vote, tell your story about your commitment to addressing climate change, and help your loved ones get to the polls.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Policy Solutions for the Home Insurance Crisis
2024-10-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Our friends at the Climate & Community Institute are hosting a conversation to discuss policy proposals for the mounting home insurance crisis rooted in new research findings on the insurance and housing markets.
Panelists will include legislators, advocates and policy researchers from Florida, Minnesota, and California, including MNIPL’s Julia Nerbonne!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Your Energy Transition: Making Your Home Work for the Earth
2024-09-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join us for a conversation about how you can reduce your carbon emissions and save money on your energy bills!
Our homes have amazing potential to reduce carbon emissions and save us real money. A typical Minnesota household can receive $10,000 for insulating and switching to electric options, plus you get a more comfortable and safe home to live in. Join us to hear from homeowners who have made these changes and the many resources available to help you upgrade your home. We’ll unveil the digital audit tool created by our UNC intern team, connect you to energy experts that offer in-person audits, and walk through the tax credits and rebates and how to get them.
As the first fall chill comes, Minnesotans know it’s time to get our homes in order for winter. Likewise, climate change calls us to get our house in order for the planet. Many Minnesotans are responding and you can too.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Community Harvest Camp
2024-09-20 - 2024-09-22 | Long Lake Conservation Center, 28952 438th Ln, Palisade, 56469, United States
Fire in the Village is hosting a weekend-long Community Harvest Camp! On Friday, there will be a FREE outdoor concert, featuring music by Annie Humphrey and David Huckfelt, as well as community art activities and a harvest meal prepared by Chengwatana Community Farm and friends.
Click here learn more about the concert!
After the concert, you can also stay overnight at Long Lake and join us for a Community Harvest Camp presented by the Mississippi River Open School (Macalester College) and network community partners, including Rise & Repair! This autumn culture camp is for anyone who wants to deepen their connections with place and community through time together outdoors. Activities will center around seasonal harvest in our water-rich northern climate.
Click here to learn more and register! On-site lodging is available, but space is limited.

Vote for Climate: Using Relational Organizing to Get Your Communities Activated This November
2024-09-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Elections are critical to making sure that our state and country are committed to repairing the harm of climate change and to building towards a green and interdependent future. In this critical time, we need people like you and people you know, people who care about this world and everything that lives here, to vote in November.
The most effective way to get folks to the polls is when someone they know and trust shares why this election is important and helps them make a plan.
Join us for a training on relational organizing, a tool that helps us reach out to people in our communities to get them to vote for people who care about the things they care about: policies that support a green future and authentic repair for the harms of climate change.
This session will offer concrete tools for you to make a plan to vote, tell your story about your commitment to addressing climate change, and help your loved ones get to the polls.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

People Not Polluters Webinar
2024-09-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
MNIPL is part of a new project called People Not Polluters to highlight serious regulatory failures and show that Minnesota state agencies are not living up to their responsibilities. Join us for an informational webinar & build power for People Not Polluters!
At this webinar, we’ll introduce the importance of this project, define and share characteristics of “polluter capture,” and hear from experts and community members about how this issue has impacted their lives and advocacy for strong environmental protections. There will be an audience Q & A as well as information on how to take collective action.
Together, we’re building pressure to ask our State Legislators to make agencies do right by Minnesotans and stop giving in to polluters.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP to this event hosted by Sierra Club!

Lake Street Solar Info Session
2024-08-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Lundstrum Performing Arts, Lundstrum Performing Arts, 1617 N 2nd St, Minneapolis, 55411, United States
Interested in decarbonizing but unsure of how to pay for it? Learn more about how your small business, non-profit, or faith, spiritual, or religious community can go solar for zero up-front costs!
Our Lake Street Solar program delivers more of the savings of renewable energy to you and your organization than other programs. By utilizing the tax and business incentives available, our investors can pay for your entire solar system and offer lower-than-market rates on you electricity. And at the end of 10 years, you’ll have the option to buy back the entire system at a fraction of the cost.
Join us for this information session to learn more and to get your business or organization’s name on our list of projects!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Spirit of Water 2024
2024-08-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Hidden Falls Regional Park, 1313 Hidden Falls Dr., St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Join us for a celebration with Mississippi River! Gather with us to connect, play, learn, pray, celebrate, and honor the spirit of water. There will be a community celebration featuring speakers, music, booths, food, art, and play areas for children.
These partners are co-presenting the event:

Resilient Indigenous Sisters Engaging (R.I.S.E. Coalition)
United Theological Seminary
Friends of the Mississippi River

CLICK HERE to RSVP!

Better Bonding for Better Buildings
2024-08-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Innovation in building materials techniques is on the rise – from carbon-free cement and steel to fossil-fuel-free heating. Can we use our state bonding investments to start to build better?
Please join us for a webinar about how we can use state bonding investments to build better now while spurring industry advancements!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Drag Queen Bingo Fundraiser
2024-07-30 18:30 - 21:00 | Roxy’s Cabaret, 1333 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 55403, United States
Join us for an evening of drag queen bingo to support MNIPL!
Local legends Nina DiAngelo and Monica West will host 10 bingo games and regale us with humor and some drag performances between games!
Reusable bingo boards will be available for $10 each (so you can play all 10 games with one board), and we’ll be selling raffle tickets throughout the night for a 50/50 raffle! There’s an ATM on site to get cash for the raffle and to tip the queens!
Space is limited, so we need folks to sign up!
Please note that you’ll have to pick the 7/30 date in order to get tickets for this specific event!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

How is Climate Change Affecting Our Investments?
2024-07-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
We know that climate disruption is having an effect on both our present and our future, but many of the places where we and our state are investing money aren’t taking those realities into account. In fact, 17 states across the county, influenced by fossil fuel interests, have passed laws barring their State Investment Boards from considering risks like climate change. Not only is this bad news for the environment, but it’s bad news for those pension-holders.
Please join us for a webinar on the ways in which we explore the ways climate disruption is affecting investments, and how those risks are passed on to consumers!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Clean Heat by 2040: What will it take to get there?
2024-07-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Minnesota has made a commitment to being carbon-free in our electricity production, but many of us are still using natural gas to heat our homes. Despite the fact that there are more sustainable ways to keep our homes warm like heat pumps or electric heat, most of the policy and physical infrastructure in our state makes methane gas the norm.

Join us for a conversation about what it would take to get to clean heat by 2040, from a formal state commitment to changing local ordinances around gas lines. This will need to be a long-term process in multiple arenas, and we need your help!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

CO2 Pipelines in Minnesota: Fossil Fuel's Quiet Game Plan for Drilling More Oil
2024-06-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Carbon dioxide pipelines are being sold as a necessary part of meeting our climate goals. What industry representatives don’t like to mention is that that compressed CO2 will likely end up in oil wells in North Dakota to push out more oil – a process called Enhanced Oil Recovery.
We know that a safe and equitable transition to a greener future means ending our use of fossil fuels, not finding more creative ways to hide it. Join us to learn more about how these pipelines are bad news for Minnesota and how you can help fight them!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Laugh & Learn: Improv Benefit w/Tane Danger & the Theatre of Public Policy
2024-06-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Faith Mennonite Church, 2720 E 22nd St, Minneapolis, 55406, United States
Come laugh and learn with 66-year-old Donna Minter (aka Grammy) as she shares her Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) to ride across America in Fall 2024 and raise $500,000!
This improv comedy extravaganza will be hosted by Tane Danger and the Theater of Public Policy to discover Grammy’s BHAG to ride her bicycle from San Diego, CA to Saint Augustine, FL from Sept 1 – Nov 23, 2024 to raise $500,000 for five climate action organizations: Climate Generation, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, Third Act, Climate Ride, and Climate STARR – Climate Strategies for Trauma, Action, Resilience, and Regeneration. A soon-to-be-announced climate action expert will also join the fun on June 18!
Tickets for this event are $25. If you can’t make the event in-person, you can also buy a ticket for the live stream!
BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

Unnatural Gas: Challenging Methane Gas Proposals at the PUC
2024-05-31 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us for our virtual lunch and learn, Unnatural Gas: Challenging Methane Gas Proposals at the PUC on Friday, May 31 at noon!
Given our state’s goal to phase out all carbon-based energy, it is critical that climate justice voices are heard in the public comment process to challenge utility companies’ use of this carbon-producing gas!
We’ll hear from Brian Edstrom and Olivia Carroll, Regulatory Advocates of Citizens Utility Board (CUB), with comments from MNIPL’s Greater MN Director Bret Pence. They’ll break down upcoming dockets at the Public Utilities Commission related to methane or “natural” gas, what’s at stake for wise climate policy, and how we can make our voices heard!
RSVP HERE!

Rights of Manoomin/Psíŋ Webinar
2024-04-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Join the Rise & Repair alliance for a webinar regarding a resolution introduced in the Minnesota recognizing the inherent rights of Manoomin/Psíŋ, or “Wild Rice”. This webinar will provide information about the cultural significance of Manoomin (Anishinaabemowin) / Psíŋ (Dakota) and discuss a resolution which has been introduced in the 2024 legislative session by Representative Jamie Becker Finn & Senator Mary Kunesh recognizing the inherent rights of Minnesota’s “State Grain.”
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Voices for Climate Song Circle - April 7 2024
2024-04-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Valley Community Presbyterian Church, 3100 Lilac Dr. N, Golden Valley, MN, 55422, United States
Join our April 7 Voices for Climate Song Circle in person at Valley Community Presbyterian Church.
No need to be a “singer;” all voices welcome, including kids! Sarina Partridge will lead simple songs that all can join, and help us experience the joy, hope, and community that is possible through music-making!
Please register for so we can let you know of any updates to the event.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Voices for Climate is a monthly in-person song circle led by Sarina Partridge, MNIPL’s Songleader and Organizer. They will alternate locations between the Twin Cities metro area and Greater Minnesota.
In this circle, we sing for joy and connection, not performance or perfection. All voices are welcome. No need to read music or think of yourself as a “singer” to participate! Come meet others, sing together, and learn about climate justice action we can plug into. Click here to learn more about the series.

Be the Spark! Spring 2024 Series
2024-03-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Be the Spark is 5-session series of conversation and training that will help you grow your capacity to organize, build your skills through connection with other passionate people, and help you inspire others into climate justice work. As you progress in the series with your cohort, you’ll get tools and practices that will help you inspire your people, focus your purpose, and identify tangible actions for successes you can celebrate. Further coaching and workshops will also be available for folks who complete the series.
Spring 2024 Session Dates:
Session 1: Wednesday, March 27 | Noon – 1 pm CT
Session 2: Wednesday, April 10 | Noon – 1 pm CT
Session 3: Wednesday, April 24 | Noon – 1 pm CT
Session 4: Wednesday, May 8 | Noon – 1 pm CT
Session 5: Wednesday, May 22 | Noon – 1 pm CT
All sessions will be on Zoom
SIGN UP HERE!
Requested Donation:
We are asking people to make a suggested donation of $200 per person to MNIPL when they sign up. If you have more to give and would like to, please do to make it possible for us to sustain this offering for everyone, regardless of their ability to donate. If $200 is outside what you can offer, please make a donation of whatever feels meaningful to you. If you can’t give at all, please still sign up – we need you there, too.
DONATE HERE

Reparations Learning Lab: March 20, 2024
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Thank you for signing up to be part of the Reparations Learning Labs! These sessions will build a community of doers who are committed to repairing the harms of colonization through action. Being a part of these labs will help support your commitment to the forever work of decolonizing yourselves and your communities.
This session’s focus is to-be-determined.
These learning labs are geared towards white folks who are committed to taking action — BIPOC folks who are interested in that work are also welcome!
This session is free to attend, but we will ask that everyone who participates commits to doing something — either making a donation to support our BIPOC Reparations Advisory Table or by sharing our reparations work with a friend or neighbor.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

Voices for Climate Song Circle - March 2024
2024-03-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Hamline United Methodist Church, 1514 Englewood Ave, Saint Paul, MN, 55104
Join our March Voices for Climate Song Circle in person at Hamline Church.
No need to be a “singer;” all voices welcome, including kids! Sarina Partridge will lead simple songs that all can join, and help us experience the joy, hope, and community that is possible through music-making!
Please register for so we can let you know of any updates to the event.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Voices for Climate is a monthly in-person song circle led by Sarina Partridge, MNIPL’s Songleader and Organizer. They will alternate locations between the Twin Cities metro area and Greater Minnesota.
In this circle, we sing for joy and connection, not performance or perfection. All voices are welcome. No need to read music or think of yourself as a “singer” to participate! Come meet others, sing together, and learn about climate justice action we can plug into. Click here to learn more about the series.
