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SUMMARY:Songs Are Seeds: An Earth Day Benefit Concert
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Songs Are Seeds: An Earth Day Benefit Concert! Together we will celebrate our movement and affirm our shared commitment to the work of climate justice. Come for the sweetness of connection\, the joy of good music\, and the pleasure of yummy food and beverages. \nMeet in person at First Universalist Church in Minneapolis or join online from wherever you may be. \nSchedule:\n\nGather:  2:30-3:00pm\nMusic and Program:  3:00-4:30pm (will be livestreamed!)\nReception with snacks and beverages:  4:30-5:00pm\n\nAll are welcome! Invite your family\, friends\, comrades\, colleagues\, lovers\, buddies\, co-conspirators\, and movement makers. We enthusiastically encourage you to bring children and babies. \nFeaturing music by singer-songwriter and beloved community bard\, MJ Gilbert; a performance by Wild Voice Chorus; a special welcome from Jim Bear Jacobs (Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation); and other surprise guests! \nTickets/RSVP:\nTickets are available at a sliding scale from $18-$108 per person. Your financial gift directly supports MNIPL’s climate justice work\, so please choose a ticket level that is meaningful\, generous\, and accessible. If you would like to attend and are not able to purchase a ticket\, please email liz@mnipl.org to be added to the guest list. \nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nCan’t make it to the concert? Please consider making a gift to support MNIPL’s work! Click here to donate today. \n\nInterested in becoming a co-sponsor? Email Liz Loeb at liz@mnipl.org. \nEncourage members of your community to attend! Download this flyer to print and display in your building. \nMusicians:\n \nMJ Gilbert\nMusic lives in MJ Gilbert down to the atomic level. It has saved her life multiple times\, and she seeks to pass that favor on through her singing and playing. She performs on guitar and Irish Bouzouki\, and sings proudly through the lens of her lived experience as a transwoman. \nMJ performs a wide-ranging repertoire of curated and embodied music\, with inspiration ranging from the Decemberists to Bon Iver to Ezra Furman to Celtic folks music\, along with the occasional original song. She is also deeply connected to the music of her Jewish culture\, embodying music from Eastern Europe to Morocco and Yemen\, and to the United States. \nProfessionally\, MJ has been a social worker and social work educator for the last 32 years\, and has sought to bring music into her practice as a way to create connections of heart and spirit. MJ’s singing is guaranteed to give you the feels. \nWild Voice Chorus\n \nWild Voice Chorus is a community choir for folks who love to sing in harmony. Led by Sarina Partridge\, Wild Voice sings music from many harmony traditions\, which Sarina has studied with master teachers and tradition bearers around the world—Bulgarian\, Georgian\, Yiddish\, South African\, Corsican\, Shapenote\, and original songs. \nWild Voice is a community built around the enlivening power of raising our voices together! \n\nThank you to our event sponsors!\n \n           Abbie Schain \n 
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/songs-are-seeds-earth-day-benefit-concert/
LOCATION:First Universalist Church of Minneapolis\, 3400 Dupont Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55408\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Current Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join MNIPL for an Earth Week screening and discussion of a new docuseries on renewable energy transition. Current Revolution\, a series of short films from the American Resilience Project\, explores the transition from fossil fuels to renewables with a focus on national security\, economic prosperity\, and environmental justice. The films show how the nation can embrace smart policies and investments that support grid modernization through distributed renewable energy generation\, and ensure that the transition is just and sustainable.  We’ll watch the first episode of Current Revolution (approx. 30 min) on 4/17 then open up for a discussion moderated by MNIPL’s Buff Grace. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER 
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/film-screening-current-revolution/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Voices for Climate Song Circle - April 2023
DESCRIPTION:Join our April Voices for Climate Song Circle! 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! \nPlease register so we can let you know of any updates to the event. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nVoices 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.
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/voices-for-climate-song-circle-april-2023/
LOCATION:Unity Church – Unitarian\, 732 Holly Ave.\, St. Paul\, 55104
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarina Partridge":MAILTO:sarina@mnipl.org
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SUMMARY:Duluth Care & Climate Song Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Duluth Folk School to sing\, share stories\, and take action together for a caring economy and climate justice. This event is proudly hosted by Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light (MNIPL)\, the Sierra Club\, and TakeAction Minnesota.
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/duluth-care-climate-song-circle/
LOCATION:Duluth Folk School\, 1917 W. Superior St.\, Duluth\, MN\, 55806\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarina Partridge":MAILTO:sarina@mnipl.org
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SUMMARY:2023 EcoFaith Summit
DESCRIPTION:MNIPL is one of the organizational partners supporting the 8th annual EcoFaith Summit. This year’s theme is The Pollinator Plot: Cross+Pollination in a Time of Ecological Crisis. It will be held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Duluth and on-line. Download the overview and list of engagement sessions. \nCo-presented by:\nEcoFaith Network of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod\nNorthwest Synod of Wisconsin Creation Care\nSt. Paul Area Synod Care of Creation \nIn a moment of deep ecological crisis\, the 2023 EcoFaith Summit calls us to become part of the Holy Spirit’s subversive plot to pollinate an alternative way of being human for the sake of life. \nIn this great plot\, faith communities of every size and place can be demonstration plots\, pollinating alternative ways of living. We all steward plots of land\, even tiny ones\, which can become pollinator habitat. In this critical and decisive time\, a Kairos moment\, what we do with our specific plots wherever we are\, matters. How we live the Gospel paradox that God’s power is shown in weakness can engage us in active hope amid the growing crisis we face. \nThrough worship\, a keynote presentation by Margot Monson\, entomologist and beekeeper\, firsthand stories\, conversations\, and engagement sessions\, together we will be empowered to be participants in this unfolding plot. \nMORE INFO/REGISTER\nPartners include: \n\nLuther Seminary\nMinneapolis Area Synod EcoFaith Network\nNorthwestern Minnesota Synod ~ Creation Care Affinity Group\nMinnesota Interfaith Power & Light\nLutherans Restoring Creation\nThe Pollinator Friendly Alliance\nLutheran Advocacy-Minnesota\nDuluth Monarch Buddies
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/2023-ecofaith-summit/
LOCATION:Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Duluth\, 219 N. 6th Ave E\, Duluth\, 55805
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bret Pence":MAILTO:bretpence@mnipl.org
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SUMMARY:Community Connector Circle - 1st Thursday
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe 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.
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/community-connector-circle-1st-thursday/2023-04-06/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Buff Grace":MAILTO:buff@mnipl.org
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SUMMARY:Rise + Repair Legislative Update
DESCRIPTION:MNIPL staff and volunteers have been leveraging the groundswell from the Rise + Repair Rally on February 15 toward truly groundbreaking legislation. \nHear exciting updates from MNIPL’s Strategic Policy Director Sara Wolff and Legislative Affairs Organizer Juventino Meza and how you can support these climate justice and Indigenous rights efforts. \nWe will give particular attention to the MN Climate Innovation Finance Authority legislation\, which has the potential to leverage $500 billion in state and federal funding for Minnesotans across the state\, particularly those most affected by the climate crisis. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nDuring each month’s community connector webinar\, we deepen into a different topic related to climate justice. Through shared learning and conversation\, we hope you can feel more confident and empowered to help grow the climate movement. All are welcome to attend! \nHave an idea for a topic or guest speaker? Let us know at outreach@mnipl.org!
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/rise-repair-legislative-update-cc-webinar/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Connector Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Buff Grace":MAILTO:buff@mnipl.org
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SUMMARY:Community Connector Circle - 1st Tuesday
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe 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.
URL:https://www.mnipl.org/event/community-connector-circle-1st-tuesday/2023-04-04/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Buff Grace":MAILTO:buff@mnipl.org
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