Events

A silent home insurance crisis is placing at risk our fundamental ability to own a home. Driven by a perfect storm of economic and climate disruptions, the costs of homeownership and home insurance are rising, making it harder and harder for people to find stable housing. Rising homeowners insurance prices are fueling a severe housing affordability crisis, placing a heavy burden on seniors, first-time homebuyers, and low-income families. We need your help to bring this issue to the attention of our legislators.  We need legislative and policy solutions to address the compounding factors making homeownership more expensive and less accessible, including:…

Join us for this open-to-the-public Sacred Sites Tour! Sacred Sites Tours invite us to learn the history and importance of these sacred sites, to reflect on our own roles in the continuing systems of colonization and extraction, and to develop plans for future action on reparation and repair. Participants move beyond just learning about the history of these places and into a deeper relationship with their own responsibility for honoring, protecting, and repairing our relationship with these places and the Indigenous people who originated here. Spots are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. This tour is meant for individuals or groups of…

As insurance companies claim that the climate crisis is eating into their billions of dollars in profits, they are finding discriminatory ways to extract more money from people with lower incomes, young people, and people of color. Insurance companies are consistently using credit scores to determine rates rather than risk, charging people with worse credit – people who are disproportionately low-income, people of color, young people, or people who live in multiunit housing – significantly higher rates. Insurance companies are subsidizing the rates of high-income customers on the backs of people who can least afford it. Join us for this conversation with Sen. Port to…

Join building leaders from dozens of communities of faith, conscience, or spiritual practice across the greater Twin Cities Metro to learn about geothermal systems and how viable they are for decarbonizing your congregation's building demands and lowering your heating and cooling costs. Experts Dan King and Paolo Spiern will present on key topics, and Art Halbardier will give a tour of the geothermal system that Mount Olive installed ten years ago. Whether you are new to geothermal or have been around the block a few times, you'll find this session useful for your next step as someone who cares about your community's…

As insurance companies claim that the climate crisis is eating into their billions of dollars in profits, they are finding discriminatory ways to extract more money from people with lower incomes, young people, and people of color. Insurance companies are consistently using credit scores to determine rates rather than risk, charging people with worse credit – people who are disproportionately low-income, people of color, young people, or people who live in multiunit housing – significantly higher rates. Insurance companies are subsidizing the rates of high-income customers on the backs of people who can least afford it. Join us for this conversation with legislators to talk…