Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

Clean Heat by 2040: What will it take to get there?
2024-07-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | 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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.”
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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.
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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.

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
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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.
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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.
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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.

Rise & Repair Rally & Lobby Day 2024
2024-03-12 09:00 - 16:00 | Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, MN, 55155
Building on the success of last year, we’re going for round two ~ Join us for a full day of amazing organizing at the MN Capitol! This is the big day! The event will include training, visits with legislators, a march & rally in the rotunda to advance the movement around Climate Justice & Indigenous Rights.
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 Indigenous Rights & Climate Justice during the 2024 Legislative Session! Let us know in the form if you have any interest in volunteering.
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MCEA: Climate Justice and Indigenous Rights at the Minnesota Legislature in 2024
2024-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join MCEA’s legislative team and a MNIPL’s Juventino Meza, J.D. for a wide-ranging discussion of the 2024 Minnesota legislative session. Learn more about the Rise and Repair coalition, our agenda, and MCEA’s work to advance climate action while protecting Minnesota’s bedrock environmental laws and preserving community input.
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Be the Spark Information Session
2024-02-29 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.
We will be launching a Be the Spark series in March. To kick things off, we’re hosting an Information Session to share more details about the content of the series and to find out how to sign up.
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To learn more about Be the Spark, click here!

Climate Justice & Indigenous Rights: A Christian Opportunity to Rise & Repair
2024-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Rise & Repair is a diverse alliance of people and organizations advancing Indigenous rights & climate justice during Minnesota’s 2024 Legislative Session.
Join us to learn more about how Rise & Repair can be a place for you to get involved and support the work different partners are pushing for during this Legislative Session. You’ll get information on specific bills being proposed, ways that you can get involved, and lots of opportunities to engage in caring for creation.
Featured Speakers:

Dr. Jimmy Hoke, Director of Children and Family Ministries at House of Hope Presbyterian Church
Liz Loeb, Associate Director at Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

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A note: MNIPL is an intentionally multi-faith organization, which means we have supporters who practice a number of different faiths, spiritual beliefs, and spiritual practices who have a shared goal of creating a more just, sustainable world. And, we know that our different faiths call us to that work in different ways. This is an opportunity for Christian communities to talk about how a commitment to caring for creation calls us into action around Indigenous rights and climate justice.

We need folks from across multiple communities of faith, conscience, spiritual beliefs, and spiritual practices to be part of this work, respecting the unique tenets of our faiths while celebrating our shared passion for repairing this world and caring for the people in it. If you’re interested in getting involved in our work in Jewish communities, please check out this blog post with a recording of a similar event for Jewish communities and contact Juventino at juventino@mnipl.org. If you’d like to help facilitate a similar conversation within your own community of faith, conscience, spiritual belief, or spiritual practice, please get in touch with Liz at liz@mnipl.org

2024 Rise & Repair Caucus Training
2024-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
2024 is set to be a vital year for the climate movement and our planet as a whole. The Rise and Repair Alliance is bringing together organizations to promote Indigenous rights and climate justice, mobilizing people to make sure that these issues are a top priority for candidates, leaders, and voters in 2024.
What is a caucus? What are caucus resolutions? How do I participate? What should I do at my precinct caucus on February 27th?
Join us for a remote zoom training on how to use the 2024 caucuses as a constituent to advance Indigenous rights and climate justice via the Rise & Repair platform!
This one-hour zoom webinar will be led by Amy Livingston, a seasoned caucus veteran!
If you are willing to caucus on behalf of the Rise & Repair 2024 agenda, in addition to RSVP’ing to this event please commit to caucusing by filling out this form: Commit to Caucus Form!
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Reparations Learning Lab: February 14, 2024
2024-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom

Rise & Repair: Welcoming our Legislators to the 2024 Session
2024-02-12 10:00 - 13:00 | 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

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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

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.
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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.
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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 | 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.
