Minnesota has lost half of its family child care capacity since 1999.
That decline in home-based programs affects people in our communities and our economies…we must#SolveChildCare

Nationally, US MMRs (maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) are 2 to 4x higher in the non-Hispanic Black, for AmericanIndian/AlaskanNative people 2.3 x likely to die frm pregnancy-related causes, and roughly 2x as likely to experience severe maternal morbidity. Time for change!

Wopila!!!

In 2023, DFL legislators passed the largest income tax cut in state history, delivering more than $3 billion in new tax benefits to Minnesotans. Income tax filing season will begin on Monday, Jan. 29.

Find resources at:
revenue.state.mn.us
revenue.state.mn.us/free-tax-prepa…

Thank you Saint Michael Albertville for hosting a great Legislative Forum today. STMASUPT Senate District 53 DFL Minnesota House DFL Majority Minnesota Senate DFL MN House DFL POCI Caucus #mnleg Mary K Kunesh Indivisible North Metro #ParaprofessionalRecognitionWeek

TakeAction Minnesota executive director Elianne Farhat is on Capitol Hill w/New Justice Project MN and MN labor leaders engaging in civil disobedience w/other civic leaders because Minnesotans are clear: #CeasefireNOW . #DivestFromDeath

Send your message to Congress: secure.everyaction.com/a-yfoBhQoEesyq…

Just look at that top line! #ERA2024

“Children do not start wars, but they are always the ones who pay the highest price.”

Let’s not use the children in this atrocious adult driven violence.

EVENT Dec 7: Enjoy a night out of fun and lifting up women with the Island of Discarded Women. Enjoy it even more with a discount for Women’s March Minnesota members and followers. (Just enter the code IODW20.) Mary K Kunesh Island of Discarded Women - Podcast #jasparlepak
eventbrite.com/e/sue-scotts-i…

So looking forward to this !!

According to an agriculture census, there are @ 20,000 farms in MN where a woman is the primary operator. That = @ 1/3 of all farms in the state -- and that # is growing. From hard cider to goats, cut flowers to soil and mental health attention ••• that’s what it’s all about!

Hope you had a happiest of birthdays, Mary Frances!! 🎉

Happy Birthday to my favorite Teacher/former School Board Member/House Representative Mary Frances Clardy! Mary Frances Clardy Minnesota House DFL Majority Senate District 53 DFL MN House DFL POCI Caucus #mnleg

This past week I was honored to be elected by my peers to serve as Chair of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators during a NCNASL business meeting held in Denver, CO.

Read my press release here:
senatedfl.mn/31329-2/

Martha Salazar NCSL

DYK:
Less than 2% of US philanthropic $ go to organizations that lift up women & girls?Little wonder #ERA efforts in #MN have been so systematically ignored.
equitablegivinglab.org/WGI/

#ERA Now ☂️ Gender Justice Planned Parenthood Minnesota Advocate #mnleg ERA Coalition Minnesota Women's Press Women's March MN Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Cool show at Crooners Supper Club, December 7th! Talking about racial & gender justice and passing the ERA amendment with State Senator Mary K Kunesh! @jasparlepakmusic will perform songs from her new album! + Shanan Custer, Dae Yang, Silvia Pontaza & Zippy Laske!
islandofdiscardedwomen.com

Just 3 more days to submit your design for a Minnesota emblem and flag!!

What a great road trip - we got a lot of great feedback about the investment for our youngest to our elders!

So many good ideas around what more we can do to help our schools thrive.
Thanks to students, admin, & superintendents!

“Alarm bells should be going off statewide in the wake of a new exploration plan.”

Star Tribune Opinion gets it right in this editorial calling for state legislation to protect our waters from sulfide mining. startribune.com/antofagastas-e…

Pass #ProveItFirst ! #mnleg
friends-bwca.org/prove-it-first/

Listen in!!