Below are resources to familiarize yourself with, as well as connections to community organizations that are providing important training opportunities.

MONARCA Training
ACLU Immigrant Rights
MIRAC Know Your Rights Video
Immigrant Defense Network Tools for Community Defense
COPAL
UNIDOS-MN
Immigration Legal Resource Center – Red Cards. Cards you can print to keep so that you know your rights.

Register today! 

Join our 2-part training to learn about impediments to abortion access and then strengthen your messaging and methods for effective advocacy! Presented by NCJW|MN in partnership with Jewish Community Action, and Unrestrict Minnesota.

When: Part 1: Thursday, February 12th 8:30 AM – 12 PM
Where: Minneapolis location emailed upon registration.
Registration: $20 Registration includes breakfast (assistance available)

Register today! 

Save the Date for Repro Shabbat!

It’s almost time for Repro Shabbat, taking place February 13-14 when we read Parshat Mishpatim. Since it’s launch in 2021, Repro Shabbat has grown from 400 participating communities to nearly 2,500 celebrations nationwide, lifting up the critical importance of reproductive freedom and Judaism’s teachings on reproductive health, rights, and justice.

There are so many ways to take part in Repro Shabbat. You might write postcards to Secretary RFK Jr. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging them to protect access to medication abortions, host your own OneTable x Repro Shabbat dinner (for hosts ages 25-39), or work with your local synagogue to incorporate Repro Shabbat into their Shabbat programming. No event is too big or too small.

We’d love to help you make the most of this year‘s Repro Shabbat! Contact Terri at terri@ncjwmn.org to plan a meaningful and impactful celebration.

Learn more and join the movement at Reproshabbat.org 

MN – St Paul – Welcome Back Legislators
Join Minnesota Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers to welcome legislators back to the Capitol at the start of the 2026 session. We’ll don our red shirts to greet legislators, tell them about our 2026 priorities, thank them for their support of previous gun-sense legislation, and hand out some homemade cookies.
When: Tuesday, February 17, 10:00 AM      Where: Minnesota State Capitol
Registration Here

Registration Here

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