Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

August in-person Community Connector Circle
2023-08-22 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-08-15 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-08-08 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-08-01 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
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

Yes, Your Congregation Can Go Solar!
2023-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Learn how your congregation can benefit from solar energy and slash its carbon emissions. Get step-by-step details and answers to frequently asked questions. Find out how solar works, how you can get a no-cost solar design and proposal for your congregation, how IRA provisions improve solar’s return on investment, and the various methods for financing for your project. In recent years, MNIPL has helped more than a dozen congregations and nonprofits go solar. With new federal tax credits, we expect to double that number in the next year alone. Join us to be part of the solar movement!
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Community Connector Circle - 1st Thursday
2023-08-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-06-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-05-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-04-06 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.

Voices for Climate Song Circle - August
2023-08-02 17:00 - 20:00 | Grand Marais Campground & Marina, 114 S 8th Ave W, Grand Marais, MN, 55604, United States
Join songleader Sarina Partridge and Grand Marais faith leaders for a Voices for Climate Song Circle in Grand Marais on Wednesday, August 2 at 5pm under the Rec Park picnic shelter on the bay in Grand Marais! All are welcome, including kids and families.
5:00pm – Bring a picnic meal to enjoy
6:00-8:00pm singing!
Sarina will teach original, simple, satisfying songs in a way that is welcoming and accessible to all. Songs will be chosen to help us connect to the seasonal moment, connect with the natural world, and root into our collective power. Singing has been a vital part of social movements for a long time, and there are so many reasons why – singing builds community, lets us practice taking risks and learning together, let’s us have FUN!, and reminds us to listen to each other and that every voice has a place in our movements. Sarina strives to bring more singing into the climate justice movement, and these Voices for Climate Song Circles are part of making that real – come raise your voice!
We will 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.
If you’re curious… What kinds of songs will we sing? Have a listen! We’ll sing original songs Sarina has written for community groups. Some build collective energy (such as “Every Step a Prayer”) and some connect us to the natural world (such as “Of This Earth”). Listen to more of Sarina’s music here.
Click here to learn more about the Voices for Climate series and MNIPL!

A SECOND July Voices for Climate Song Circle
2023-07-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Spirit of Peace / Mills Church, 13215 Minnetonka Dr., Minnetonka, MN, 55305, United States
WHERE: Spirit of Peace/ Mills Church: 13215 Minnetonka Drive Minnetonka, MN 55305
WHEN: Sunday, July 30
10 – 11 ~ Service (with lots of singing!)
11 ~ Lunch – all are welcome to come eat
11:30-12:30ish ~ Voices for Climate Song Circle
Join the Spirit of Peace and Mills Church communities for a welcoming Sunday morning of togetherness and song. Songleader Sarina Partridge will teach original, simple songs that all can sing. No need to read music or see yourself as a “singer”! Come meet others, sing together, and learn about climate justice action we can plug into. Join for all of the morning or just come for lunch and singing. To get a taste of the original songs that Sarina will teach, check out “Every Step a Prayer” or “Of This Earth”. Listen to more of Sarina’s music here. Or click here to learn more.

Voices for Climate Song Circle - July
2023-07-29 17:00 - 20:00 | Good Courage Farm, 21161 York Rd., Hutchinson, MN, 55350, United States
Feed-Your-Farmer Potluck and Community Sing
Saturday, July 29, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Good Courage Farm
21161 York Rd, Hutchinson, MN 55350
This Feed-Your-Farmer Potluck and community gathering is a wonderful opportunity to show gratitude and support for southern MN farmers who grow good food. Community members provide the food and farmers are invited to to come and enjoy an evening off from cooking. Sarina Partridge, Community Songleader from MN Interfaith Power and Light, will lead the gathering in song. Good Courage Farm is a regenerative fruit farm and home to a non-profit agrarian ministry affiliated with The Episcopal Church in Minnesota — www.goodcourage.farm. Come meet farmers and kindred spirits who champion a resilient local foodshed!
Register by emailing deacon@goodcourage.farm. Note in your email if you are able to provide a dish.

Spirit of Water
2023-07-15 09:30 - 19:00
Join us on July 15 for a celebration with Mississippi River! Come gather to connect, learn, pray, engage, play, celebrate, and honor the spirit of water.
The event is designed to highlight the care and responsibility involved in protecting and sharing valuable water resources—like Mississippi River—that in today’s world are often hidden by infrastructure and institutions. We will focus of themes of gratitude, celebration, unity, coming together, the commonality of water as a presence in our life, reverence, respect, and honor for our water and all that is sacred.
MORNING SESSION | United Seminary, St. Paul
Come to United’s St. Paul Campus at 9:30 a.m. to start the day. After an opening ritual prayer, attendees will be able to attend workshops, participate in activities, and listen to talks about the importance of water, threats to water, and ways in which we can work to protect water. Refreshments will be available and lunch will be served at noon.
Register for the morning session at this link!
AFTERNOON SESSION | Hidden Falls Regional Park, St. Paul
At 2:00 p.m., meet us at Hidden Falls Regional Park—just five miles (mostly south) from United. On the bank of Mississippi River, we will have a community celebration. There will be speakers, music, information booths, food, art, and play areas for children.
Register for the afternoon session at this link!
EVENT CO-PRESENTERS
This event is co-presented by the following partners:

Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
The Leadership Center for Social Justice at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Resilient Indigenous Sisters Engaging (R.I.S.E. Coalition)
Rights of Mississippi River
Friends of the Mississippi River

Want to get involved? Fill out an interest form today!

Community Connector Circle - 1st Tuesday
2023-07-04 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-06 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-02 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom

MNCIFA Celebration!
2023-06-26 16:30 - 18:30 | The Coliseum Building, 2708 E Lake St., Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
We’ve had a lot to celebrate this legislative session, and here’s another reason to keep dancing — the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority was created and fully funded with $45 million!
MNCIFA is a state funding authority that will help communities, families, and businesses access money for renewable energy and other green projects. This innovative “green bank” was designed with equity and climate justice at its core. No one should be left behind in the transition to our greener future! MNCIFA will ensure everyone has access to the technical assistance and upfront funding needed to center equity and scale up our energy transition for climate justice.
Come celebrate with us!
Join us on Monday, June 26, to thank the MNCIFA bill authors, Representative Emma Greenman and Senator Tou Xiong, other legislative champions, and the coalition of organizational partners and people who came together to make MNCIFA happen!
Whether you can be with us in person or in spirit, we want to express our deep gratitude for your tireless work and companionship on this journey. Let us mark this moment for all that is to follow.
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Event Details
The event will be held at the historic Coliseum Building and Hall at 2708 E Lake St. in Minneapolis. Located in the heart of the George Floyd uprisings, this building is under renovation which will include adding solar to serve the community.
Because this is a construction site, covered footwear is recommended. We will be gathering under a tent on a gravel parking area.
Street and lot parking is available nearby.

This event is hosted by Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light and CURE, with support from Intermill Land History Consulting and the co-sponsors below:

Additional support provided by the organizational partners associated with the Rise and Repair agenda and MNCIFA legislative effort.

Faith leaders on Earth - a multi-faith panel
2023-06-13 19:00 - 20:15 | Zoom
Join our faith leader panel as they introduce us to the jewels of their tradition’s teachings on care for the earth. Panelists: Dr. Prasad Bastodkar, Hindu Society of Minnesota; Payton Hoegh, Episcopal Los Angeles and Center for Spirituality in Nature; Rabbi Ricky Kamil Temple Israel, Minneapolis and Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative; Rev. Onryu Laura Kennedy, Buddhist priest / teacher; Lóre Stevens, First Universalist Church, Minneapolis
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It is common knowledge that many faith traditions offer wisdom about humans’ relationship with the earth, but what are the specifics? For example, what does Hinduism teach, and how might that be different from Jewish wisdom? How does Buddhism guide its followers about nature? Is Christian teaching about the earth different from its cultural U.S. practice? Join us for a rich time of sharing, discussion, and insight.
More about our panelists:
Rev. Onryu Laura Kennedy (she/her) is a white, converted Buddhist settler on Dakota and Anishinabee homelands committed to untangling the karma of genocide by engaging her Buddhist practice. She has received transmission in both the Katagiri Roshi’s and Uchiyama Roshi’s Soto Zen lineage. From 2010-2021 she was one of the leaders at Clouds in Water Zen Center. In spring of 2020 she was the shuso (leading monk for the practice period) for the practice period at Toshoji International Zen Center. She has completed a year long Engaged Buddhist training at Upaya Zen Center, and her application for being a recognized zen teacher in Japan has been accepted. She has an MA in Counseling Psychology and has worked on behalf of children and families for over 22 years.
Rabbi Ricky Kamil (he/him) works on the congregational organizing team serving the western suburbs for Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative. He understands housing is a right and is always guided by the idea of Tikkun Olam repairing the world. Ricky also works at Temple Israel of Minneapolis, organizing their justice issues such as the sustainability task force, which has done great work in the congregation and larger community. Ricky is married to the wonderful Rabbi, Rebecca, who works as a chaplain. Together they have an adorable child, Matan, and a very fluffy dog named Feivel. Ricky loves to be outside even when it’s cold.
Patyon Hoegh (he/him) is a postulant in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and holds a Master’s of Divinity from the Claremont School of Theology. He works as Spiritual Communities Director for the Center for Spirituality in Nature, a non-profit that provides opportunities for deepening spirituality through nature while nurturing loving relationships with Earth. A member of the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change, Payton advocates for intentional balance of spiritual reflection, mindfulness, and engagement to renew, inspire, and enrich activism responding to God’s call to care for and nurture reciprocal relationship with Earth. He lives with his wife, Jazmin, and cat, Zooey, in a tiny home on the outskirts of the Angeles National Forest.”
Prasad Bastodkar (he/him) grew up in India and moved to the United States in early 2000. He has lived in Minnesota for most of his life. He is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon by profession. He volunteers at the Hindu Society of Minnesota and leads their Guided Temple Visits. As a practicing Hindu he loves to volunteer at outreach events such as these to discuss what it means to be a Hindu.
Lóre Stevens (rhymes with ‘story’, she/her) is the current ministerial intern at First Universalist Church in Minneapolis, finishing her last stage of training in pursuit of ordination. She has worked at the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. She served on the Board of the Church of the Larger Fellowship. She was honored to be published in UU World, the magazine of the UUA, on the topic of Food Faith. Lóre is from Tennessee and currently identifies as a bisexual, biracial, atheist, cisgender woman. She enjoys science-fiction, illustrated journaling, and her two cats!

Paving the Way to Justice 40
2023-06-05 08:00 - 13:00 | Metro State University, 700 7th St E, St Paul, MN, 55106
MNIPL is excited to sponsor Paving the Way to Justice 40: Minnesota’s Diverse Voices Forging Equitable Participation in the Future of Clean Energy Forum.
On Monday, June 5, Minnesota’s Environmental Justice advocates are coming together to chart a course forward for full, equitable participation of our state’s Indigenous and BIPOC communities in the rapidly unfolding clean energy revolution.
New Federal investments and State policies have launched an era of investment in clean energy infrastructure, electrification, and decarbonization that will be breathtaking in its scope and speed of advancement.
Join us at Metro State University in St. Paul to learn about these new opportunities and network with the experts shaping these initiatives!
Click here for the event schedule and to register!

Speakers/Presenters
Our Conveners are Senator Tou Xiong, Representative Athena Hollins, and Representative Fue Lee. Our Lead Speaker is Brenda Cassillius, new Executive Director of Fresh Energy Minnesota.
Key presenters include:

Dr. Pete Wyckoff, Assistant Commissioner of Federal and State Initiatives at the Department of Commerce
Nicki Leingang, Constituent Services Director, US Representative Ilhan Omar’s Office
Gabriel Chan, Lead Faculty University of Minnesota Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center
Jose Perez, Hispanics in Energy
Nazir Khan, Campaign Director, Environmental Justice Table
Juventino Meza, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Emilia Avalos, Unidos Minnesota
Pouya Najmaie, Cooperative Energy Futures
and more!

The lunch program will recognize leaders who have significantly contributed to advancing Minnesota’s environmental justice/clean energy policy this year. Lunch is sponsored by the McKnight Foundation.
Sponsors
Funds raised from all sponsors will go to the MNIPL Diverse Communities Outreach Fund. Special thanks to:

Citizens Utility Board (CUB)
Fresh Energy
Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Hispanics in Energy
PTR Associates, LLC
McKnight Foundation
Minnesota’s Climate & Environmental Justice Team
Community Power
Unidos MN
Metro State University

Click here to become a sponsor. We’d love to add your organization’s name to the list!

Voices for Climate - June 2023
2023-06-03 | Itasca State Park, Park Rapids, MN
Join our June Voices for Climate Song Circle at Mississippi Headwaters Gathering! All are welcome at the gathering! This is a time to learn about, connect or reconnect with the pipeline resistance movement for healing and community building. Song leader Sarina Partridge will convene a song circle there and lead simple songs that all can join, and that help us deepen community and bring healing through music-making!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR HEADWATERS GATHERING

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.

Gathering at the Headwaters
2023-06-02 - 2023-06-04 | Itasca State Park, Park Rapids, MN
Join us for our 6th annual Gathering at Mississippi’s Headwaters. Be with people of faith and conscience as we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and nurture connections with our land, water, and all living creatures. Come away invigorated by the real change we are creating, and the multitude of ways we honor and respect one another and the Earth.
This event will be held in conjunction with a Fire Light Mississippi Reunion commemorating the Treaty People Gathering and the beginning of the Fire Light encampment.
The host organizations for this gathering are Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, RISE Coalition, and Honor the Earth.
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Schedule:
Our “home base” for this family-friendly gathering is the Lake Ozawindib Group Center at Itasca State Park. We will have opportunities in the surrounding area to be in community as we offer prayers by the waters, sing and hear good music, share stories from the Line 3 resistance movement, learn what’s still in jeopardy, and connect with nature and one another.
Below is a general outline of the weekend. Join us for part of a day or the whole weekend!

Friday, June 2: Arrival; the Ozawindib camp opens at 5:00 pm
Saturday, June 3: Time at the Fire Light Mississippi camp; lunch and activities at LaSalle Lake State Recreation Area; guided nature walk; dip in Lake La Salle; singing and unity activities; optional visit to the IEN Teaching Garden in Bemidji; evening community meal catered by Josie’s Family Fry Bread; readings from the new Line 3 Anthology; music with Sunni Leilani
Sunday, June 4: Multifaith prayer circle at the Headwaters, 11:00 am; box lunches provided; departure

Cost:
All are welcome! We do not want finances to be a barrier, so please register and come whether or not you can donate. For those who can financially support this event, please make a suggested donation of $75-$250 per person.
The host organizations are providing most meals, tent lodging, the group campsite, and activities. Your gift helps us cover the costs involved in this event and ensures it can be financially accessible to all. Donations can be made online or in person at the camp.
Lodging:
All participants are responsible for making their own accommodations. Our home base at the Ozawindib campsite has options for tent camping or camping in your vehicle at no additional cost.
The organizers of the Fire Light reunion also invite you to camp with them in the ditch where the encampment was named along Mississippi. This is located about 8 miles from Itasca.
Cabins, suites, and rooms may also be available to rent in the Itasca State Park or the La Salle Lake State Recreation Area. Make a reservation directly through the DNR. You can also search for hotels, motels, or private rentals in the area.
Food:
Light dinner/snacks on Friday night, Saturday’s picnic lunch, the Saturday evening community meal, and lunch at the Headwaters will be provided to all attendees. If you will be staying at the Ozawindib group campsite, breakfast will be provided both Saturday and Sunday. We will strive to offer vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free options in addition to meat.

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Songs Are Seeds: An Earth Day Benefit Concert
2023-04-23 15:00 - 17:00 | First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, 3400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
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.
Meet in person at First Universalist Church in Minneapolis or join online from wherever you may be.
Schedule:

Gather: 2:30-3:00pm
Music and Program: 3:00-4:30pm (will be livestreamed!)
Reception with snacks and beverages: 4:30-5:00pm

All are welcome! Invite your family, friends, comrades, colleagues, lovers, buddies, co-conspirators, and movement makers. We enthusiastically encourage you to bring children and babies.
Featuring 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!
Tickets/RSVP:
Tickets 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.
BUY TICKETS HERE

Can’t make it to the concert? Please consider making a gift to support MNIPL’s work! Click here to donate today.

Interested in becoming a co-sponsor? Email Liz Loeb at liz@mnipl.org.
Encourage members of your community to attend! Download this flyer to print and display in your building.
Musicians:

MJ Gilbert
Music 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.
MJ 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.
Professionally, 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.
Wild Voice Chorus

Wild 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.
Wild Voice is a community built around the enlivening power of raising our voices together!

Thank you to our event sponsors!

Abbie Schain

Film Screening: Current Revolution
2023-04-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
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.
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Voices for Climate Song Circle - April 2023
2023-04-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Unity Church – Unitarian, 732 Holly Ave., St. Paul, 55104
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!
Please register so we can let you know of any updates to the event.
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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.

Duluth Care & Climate Song Circle
2023-04-15 14:30 - 16:30 | Duluth Folk School, 1917 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN, 55806, United States
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.

2023 EcoFaith Summit
2023-04-15 09:30 - 15:30 | Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Duluth, 219 N. 6th Ave E, Duluth, 55805
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.
Co-presented by:
EcoFaith Network of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod
Northwest Synod of Wisconsin Creation Care
St. Paul Area Synod Care of Creation
In 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.
In 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.
Through 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.
MORE INFO/REGISTER
Partners include:

Luther Seminary
Minneapolis Area Synod EcoFaith Network
Northwestern Minnesota Synod ~ Creation Care Affinity Group
Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Lutherans Restoring Creation
The Pollinator Friendly Alliance
Lutheran Advocacy-Minnesota
Duluth Monarch Buddies

Rise + Repair Legislative Update
2023-04-04 19:00 - 20:15 | Zoom
MNIPL staff and volunteers have been leveraging the groundswell from the Rise + Repair Rally on February 15 toward truly groundbreaking legislation.
Hear 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.
We 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.
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During 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!
Have an idea for a topic or guest speaker? Let us know at outreach@mnipl.org!

Lunch & Learn: Inflation Reduction Act Climate Response Opportunities
2023-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
MNIPL is excited to partner with Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) to offer this update on how the Inflation Reducation Act (IRA) can help congregations.
The IRA represents the largest investment into addressing climate change in United States history. A key part of the law is creating opportunities for nonprofits, including congregations, to monetize clean energy credits through cash refunds.
Yet there is much about the law and how it can benefit faith communities that requires careful attention and navigation. Moreover, there can be an alphabet soup of technical and financial jargon that one must confront when it comes to understanding PPAs, RECs, ITCs, Direct Pay, and more.
For this lunch and learn webinar, we will sort through what faith communities need to know about the IRA, review other financing tools, and explore successful examples and practices.
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Speaker:
Peter Lindstrom is the public sector & community engagement manager for CERTs, a statewide partnership with a shared mission to connect individuals and their communities to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects. In this role, Peter is responsible for empowering communities to adopt energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies and practices.
