Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

Rise & Repair: Welcoming our Legislators to the 2024 Session
2024-02-12 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
The 2024 Legislative Session starts at noon on Monday, February 12th. Folks from the Rise & Repair alliance will be holding space in-person at the Capitol to welcome our legislators and encourage them to be bold. There will be singing!
We’ll meet at 10am in Conference Room 316 at the Capitol and start heading towards chambers around 11:30am.
More information about this event will be coming soon. Please RSVP so we can make the most of this opportunity to advance the movement around Climate Justice & Indigenous Rights during the 2024 Legislative Session!
More about Rise & Repair: RiseAndRepair.org
REGISTER HERE

St. Cloud's Circular Economy: Defining the Clean Energy Future
2024-02-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
You may be surprised that the City of St. Cloud is also active in caring for the earth and has made some remarkable strides in pursuing ambitious carbon-neutral goals. Join us online February 7 at 1:00 pm to hear from St. Cloud’s Public Services Director Tracy Hodel about the green technologies the City is developing and implementing. You’ll be inspired by what’s possible and St. Cloud’s visionary leadership for a 21st city more harmony with the earth. This event is sponsored by the UMRR League of Women Voters with support from the St. Cloud chapter of Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light.
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The Threat to Community Owned Solar: How Corporations like Xcel are Undermining Local Renewables (and What We Can Do About It Together!)
2024-02-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Thank you for registering for this conversation about the history and future of community solar and join the fight to keep solar in the hands of Minnesotan communities!
Utility and energy companies in Minnesota are pushing for administrative changes that would make community-owned solar more expensive and onerous to try and monopolize the solar future. We need YOU to help protect our sustainable energy future by keeping it in the hands of Minnesota communities.
The speakers will include:

Julia Nerbonne, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Timothy DenHerder-Thomas, Cooperative Energy Futures
John Farrell, Institute for Local Self Reliance
And others!

We’re excited for you to join this conversation about the history and future of community-owned solar and how you can join the fight to help protect it!
Event Sponsors: Just Solar Coalition, Climate Generation, Cooperative Energy Futures, Vote Solar, Minneapolis Climate Action, Community Power, and Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Click here to join the Zoom!

Climate Justice and Indigenous Rights: A Jewish Opportunity to Rise & Repair
2024-01-31 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
The Rise & Repair Coalition is kicking off their planning for the 2024 Legislative Session, with a focus on protecting and promoting Indigenous rights and fighting for climate justice in our state.
Join us to learn more about how Rise and Repair can be a place for you to get involved and support the work different partners are pushing for during this legislative session. We will share information on specific bills being proposed, ways that you can get involved, and lots of opportunities for learning new topics.
Featured Speakers:

Juventino Meza, J.D., Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Siana Goodwin, Mount Zion Temple Climate Action Group
Beth Gandler, Jewish Community Action

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Rise & Repair Pre-Session Policy
2024-01-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Rise & Repair is a diverse alliance bringing together Minnesotans from across the state to push for bold proposals during the 2024 Legislative Session to advance Indigenous rights and climate justice!
Join us for an in-depth deep-dive about key legislative priorities from partner organizations and how to get involved during session.
This event will be hosted via Zoom to allow remote participation from constituents across the State! The zoom information is below, but PLEASE RSVP so we can plan accordingly!
More about Rise & Repair: RiseAndRepair.org
REGISTER HERE

Voices for Climate Song Circle - January 2024
2024-01-28 16:30 - 17:30 | Edina Community Lutheran Church, 4113 W 54th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55424
Join our January Voices for Climate Song Circle in person at Edina Community Lutheran 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.

Climate-Right Buildings
2024-01-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join MNIPL as we host the building efficiency experts at Minify Energy: Jeremy Davis and Ben Wallace. Since launching in 2019, they have helped dozens of clients make their buildings more sustainable and more comfortable.
You’ll hear about the changes congregations can make, what to expect for return on investment, and the generous incentives and tax credits available to Minnesota faith communities. Using case studies, Jeremy and Ben will describe best practices for implementing energy efficiency projects and how your congregation can move forward in 2024 making your buildings part of your mission to heal the climate crisis.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

The Threat to Community-Owned Solar
2024-01-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Utility and energy companies in Minnesota are pushing for administrative changes that would make community-owned solar more expensive and onerous to try and monopolize the solar future. We need you to help protect our sustainable energy future by keeping it in the hands of Minnesota communities.
Please join us for a conversation about the history and future of community-owned solar and how you can join the fight to help protect it.
REGISTER HERE

Reparations Learning Lab: January 17, 2024
2024-01-17 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 - December 2023
2023-12-03 13:30 - 15:30 | Twin Cities Friends Meeting (Quaker), 1725 Grand Ave, St Paul
Join our December Voices for Climate Song Circle in person at Twin Cities Friends Meeting. The event will be preceded by a community meal from 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
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.

The State of Global Repair
2023-11-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
We need you to show your support for the people and organizations that are pushing our government to honor its commitment to create a Loss and Damage Fund — and to put the fund in the hands of those countries most effected by climate disruption.
Join us in a national call-to-action with Rep. Ilhan Omar hosted by MNIPL, Justice is Global, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Action Aid, where you’ll learn about the state of play in 2023, the ever-growing importance of committing to global repair, and how to take action.
Rep. Ilhan Omar will share how she is challenging her colleagues in Congress to make good on Loss and Damage. Brandon Wu at Action Aide and Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists will share expertise on the need for global repair, and you’ll hear from youth from Cameroon to the Philippines who will tell stories of their activism in repairing the places they’ve called home.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

Reparations Learning Lab: November 15, 2023
2023-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom

Rise + Repair 2024 Launch
2023-11-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Along with many community partners, we are gearing up for the 2024 Legislative Session.
Join us to learn more about how Rise and Repair can be a vehicle for you to achieve your legislative priorities next year and for Minnesotans of faith across Minnesota to amplify and support Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice with their elected officials.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

A Call for Global Repair
2023-11-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Join MNIPL and our partners at ActionAid USA for an important presentation and discussion on international climate justice!
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Global systems of extraction and greed have exacerbated an unequal world, one where the countries who have benefited least face the most dire consequences of climate change. We believe that in order to address the impacts of global climate change, the countries whose governments and corporations have caused the most harm to the planet and its people must pay their fair share to repair it.
Staff and board members of MNIPL will share about how our organization has taken action to redress global harms, from helping to rebuild after floods in Bangladesh to working with local, national, and international organizers in successfully pushing the United States to commit to funding for global repair.
Special guest Brandon Wu of ActionAid will share about what has happened over the last year since this funding was committed and talk about where we go from here. Your support is desperately needed to make sure the US makes good on its promises and commits to funding repair in way that ensures that those most impacted by climate change decide what repair looks like for them — not the US.
Come for a light lunch and dialogue and leave with a renewed promise to help the US to show up globally in a way that promotes justice and peace.

Community Connector Circle - 1st Tuesday
2023-11-07 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-03 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Do you share information from MNIPL and opportunities to act for climate justice with your congregation, community, or team in any way? We invite you to be part of our Community Connector Circle! In this working group, we’ll share ideas, ask questions, celebrate successes, and get to know each other.
We meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 4 pm. Come as often as you like! No registration is required. Simply click this link to join.

Voices for Climate Song Circle - November 2023
2023-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | United Theological Seminary, 767 N. Eustis St. #140, St. Paul, MN, 55114, United States
Join our November Voices for Climate Song Circle either in person at United Theological Seminary or on Zoom.
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 the Zoom link and so we can let you know of any updates to the event. Following the song circle, there will be a potluck dinner from 5 – 6:30 pm for those at United. Bring a dish or beverage to share.
Please also keep in mind that November 5 is the day we turn back the clocks back to Standard Time!
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.

Rise + Repair: West Twin Cities Gathering
2023-10-17 18:00 - 19:30 | St. Edward’s Episcopal Church, 865 N Ferdale Rd, Wayzata, MN, 55391, United States
Along with many community partners, we are gearing up for the 2024 Legislative Session.
Join us to learn more about how Rise and Repair can be a vehicle for small organizations to achieve their legislative priorities next year and for Minnesotans across Minnesota to amplify and support Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice during the 2024 Legislative Session.
Special Guest: Rep. Patty Acomb (MN House District 45B)
To register, click here

Reparations Learning Lab: October 11, 2023
2023-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Thank you for signing up to be part of the Reparations Learning Labs! This session 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

Rise + Repair: North Minneapolis Gathering
2023-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Reedemer Lutheran Church, 1800 Glendwood Ave, Minneapolis, 55405, United States
Along with many community partners, we are gearing up for the 2024 Legislative Session.
Join us to learn more about how Rise and Repair can be a vehicle for small organizations to achieve their legislative priorities next year and for Minnesotans across Minnesota to amplify and support Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice during the 2024 Legislative Session.
Special Guest: Senator Bobby Joe Champion (Senate District 59)
To register, click here

How We Win: Organizing for Environmental and Climate Justice
2023-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Minneapolis Friends Meeting, 4401 York Ave S, Minneapolis, 55410, United States
From his first arrest in the Civil Rights era to his most recent during a climate justice march at the age of 83, George Lakey has committed his life to a mission of building a better world through movements for justice. Lakey’s life and vast experience with nonviolent social change organizing reminds us how to find hope in even the darkest times through strategic, joyful activism. Through a panel conversation with local organizers, Lakey will guide us in an exploration of what it takes to organize successful campaigns that create environmental and climate justice in our community.
Organizer Nazir Khan will discuss the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table’s campaign to shut down the HERC Trash Burner. Joe Vital will share insights from East Phillips Neighborhood Institute’s campaign around the Rooftop Depot site. George Lakey will weave in lessons learned from campaigns he’s organized and share stories from his involvement in struggles for peace, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, labor justice, and environmental and climate justice. This is an event not to be missed!
Lakey is visiting the Twin Cities as a part of his Dancing with History: A Life For Peace and Justice book tour. His book How We Win! will also be available.
We are so excited to cohost this amazing event! More information available at fnvw.org/georgelakey

Community Connector Circle - 1st Thursday
2023-09-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Do you share information from MNIPL and opportunities to act for climate justice with your congregation, community, or team in any way? We invite you to be part of our Community Connector Circle! In this working group, we’ll share ideas, ask questions, celebrate successes, and get to know each other.
We meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 4 pm and on the 1st Thursday at 12 pm. Come as often as you like! No registration is required. Simply click this link to join.

August in-person Community Connector Circle
2023-08-22 16:00 - 18:00
In August, we are offering our Community Connector Circle meetings as in-person events on popular patios around the Twin Cities Metro. These meetings are a great place to network with other congregation leaders working on climate justice, to share ideas and the challenges we face, and to get inspired for this fall. Come join us at the date and place most convenient for you! 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm each time
August 1 – Guavas Cuban Cafe, 5607 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis
August 8 – Silverwood Park Cafe, County Rd E, Saint Anthony
August 15 – Lake Monster Brewing, 550 Vandalia St #160, St Paul
August 22 – Hazelwood Food & Drink, 4450 Excelsior Blvd Suite #120, St Louis Park
