Updated list of MN organizations that need funding after this week
Reclaim the Block are maintaining a live list of organizations in need that are serving the community most impacted by the uprising.
I’ve updated this list to include more organizations helping North Minneapolis. North Minneapolis is a historically black neighborhood that took a lot of damage and has not had the same level of coverage and support as South Minneapolis. I talked to a friend who works at a food bank in South Minneapolis today, and he said they were taking food to North Minneapolis because the need is greater there. I am focusing on food because that is one of the most urgent needs. Many grocery stores restaurants have been destroyed and most of the chain stores have shut down and boarded up. It doesn’t take long to turn a neighborhood into a food desert.
Updated June 4, 2020
**Al Maa'uun - Al Maa'uun is a nonprofit with deep roots in North Minneapolis, serving thousands of households each year with food and critical supplies.
Black Immigrant Collective - The Black Immigrant Collective amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota
**Black Women Speak - Gathering Black Women in Minnesota to share our experiences in order to heal, find joy and move toward liberation on our own terms!
Cafe Racer has always hosted a free meal once a month for the community. This week the Columbian restaurant in Seward will be serving free food all week to those in need. Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. To order a meal call (612) 208-1695. To make a donation and buy meals for those in need, visit here.
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha - CTUL is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities.
**Division of Indian Work - Division of Indian Work’s mission is to support and strengthen urban American Indian people through culturally-based education, traditional healing approaches, and leadership development. We provide many services to the community but the most relevant one right now is our food shelf.
Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund - Du Nord Craft Spirits is a Black-owned distillery with a building that was damaged. They’ve “received a tidal wave of love and support from across the nation and many have asked how they can help… Therefore, Du Nord is establishing this fund to support black and brown companies affected by the riots.”
Femme Empowerment Project- Venmo @femmeempowermentproject. Skill shares and discussions led by and for QTIIBPOC femmes in the twin cities. Creating space for cultural resiliency, healing and ancestral wisdom. Currently organizing supplies and medic trainings.
House of Gristle (link is to facebook; scroll down to find the cashapp) Cafe: (Black woman owned business in North Minneapolis.) providing free meals for volunteers and those displaced by the uprising.
Isuroon - Isuroon is a grassroots nonprofit organization working to promote the well-being and empowerment of Somali women in Minnesota and beyond.
**Joyce Preschool - emergency fund for families who had to evacuate their homes near Lake Street last week, and who are now coming back to a devastated neighborhood with no grocery stores within walking distance.
**Latino Community on Lake Street - fundraiser for Latinx owned businesses on Lake Street.
Little Earth Residents Association - Food and safety needs for residents of Little Earth of United Tribes.
Migizi Communications - MIGIZI Communications advances a message of success, well-being and justice for the American Indian community. Support them rebuilding after fire.
Minnesota Healing Justice Network - We provide a supportive professional community and mutual aid network for wellness and healing justice practitioners who also identify as IBPOC (indigenous, black, or people of color).
Northside business support - support businesses on Minneapolis’s Northside that have been impacted by recent demonstrations.
Pimento Relief Fund - We’re partnering with Pimento to provide black business without insurance relief after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests.
Powwow Grounds - send via paypal to [email protected] - Native-run cafe, currently providing meals to elders, protectors and community, purchasing medical supplies, fire supplies, cooking supplies. It may seem weird to donate to an individual, rather than an org, but Coffee Grounds is legit and operating a food shelf out of their coffee shop.
**PPNA - Renters Support Fund - operated by the Minneapolis Renters’ Coalition, a group of residents, community organizations, and neighborhood organizations committed to supporting renters in our community.
Southside Harm Reduction- Southside Harm Reduction Services works within a harm reduction framework to promote the human rights to health, safety, autonomy, and agency among people who use substances.
Spiral Collective - A volunteer full-spectrum reproductive options and support group comprised of doulas, birth-workers, and passionate reproductive justice advocates. based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, occupied Dakhóta territories.
**TC Care Collective - South-Minneapolis based rad worker-owned childcare co-op working to provide easy access childcare by and for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and queer organizers and families.
Trio Plant Based Meals, this vegan restaurant on East Lake Street owned by Louis Hunter. His restaurant was founded after being charged with protesting his cousin Philando Castile’s killing by Falcon Height’s police. He only just reopened the restaurant for service from noon to 6 p.m. with a limited menu. Trio has also already given out over 300 bowls of food to anyone in need. Support Trio here.
**West Broadway Business and Area Coalition - WBC in partnership with Northside Funders Group will direct all donations to support Northside businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19 and the recent uprising.
Women for Political Change - Offering free transportation for protestors to get home safe. This is important because public transport has been reduced/shutdown in many areas in the twin cities.
Unicorn Riot - A decentralized media organization that has been live-streaming uprisings.
If you live in Minneapolis St. Paul you can donate food to the following locations:
Recurring grocery pop-up store at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist church at 3859 Fremont Ave North. Drop off and pick up from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Sign up for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through Sign Up Genius to register for what you can bring. Ten volunteers are also needed daily.
Grocery Pop-up at the New Way Missionary Baptist Church at 1530 North Russell Avenue from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday June 4 and Saturday June 6. Essential food items needed.
Mother’s Love pop-up at 701 West Broadway, supporting new mothers has an urgent need for diapers. Open from noon to 5 p.m.
The Following restaurants are donating meals to volunteers and those in need when you order take out:
At Hai Hai, James Beard Nominated chef Christina Nguyen’s Northeast restaurant the chef and two friends have spent the past two days packing and donating meals to those in need. The restaurant re-opens for business today and for every meal purchased, another will be donated to BIPOC communities, protestors, and those affected by the destruction in the East Lake Street area. Order for pick up or delivery to participate.
Surly Brewing delayed the opening of its patio in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. The massive brewery has made the decision to re-open, but donate 100% of the brew hall’s profits to benefit organizations that addresses the issues above, from inequality to hunger to education. The organizations and dates are: Black Lives Matter (Tuesday, 6/9), Campaign Zero (Wednesday, 6/10), Minnesota Voice (Wednesday, 6/10), Juxtaposition Arts (Thursday, 6/11), Second Harvest Heartland (Thursday, 6/11), Brewing Change Collaborative (Friday, 6/12), Take Action MN (Friday, 6/12), We Love Lake Street (Saturday, 6/13), West Broadway and Business Area Coalition (Saturday, 6/13), and Neighbors United Funding Collaborative (Saturday, 6/13). Reservations must be made ahead.
