Soren Stevenson

We simply could not go on without, Jason Chavez

Why is it always presumed that a landlord cannot be asked to weather a bit of a bumpy ride for a short period, but tenants must do everything right or face the consequences? If a landlord can't handle a limited amount of arrears, they shouldn't be in business.

URGENT AID NEEDED PREGNANT MOM & DAUGHTER SUBJECT TO VIOLENT NEGLECT IN ICE FACILITY After witnessing dangerous medical conditions, other women in the facility organized a noise demonstration to call attention to Life-threatening medical negligence. Support is needed NOW.

UREGENT AID NEEDED DONATE NOW We need 15k to cover living expenses for the family who wait their return, cover legal fees for both women, and phone calls from the detention center. givebutter.com/ bring-pregnant-women-home-from-ice-detention- 22yq6x Miriam and Sandra's story in the following slides

UREGENT AID NEEDED On January 22nd Miriam and her 18-year old daughter Sandra were targeted and pulled over by ICE. Miriam and Sandra were forced out of their vehicle at gunpoint. Miriam was aggressively thrown to the ground and handcuffed, despite informing ICE agents she was 5 months pregnant.

UREGENT AID NEEDED Upon arrival at the Whipple building, daughter Sandra was given a pregnancy test and tested positive. Both mother and daughter were sent to Texas. For weeks, Miriam was experiencing severe and abnormal pregnancy symptoms, and frequently requested to see a doctor. It wasn't until she fainted and was visibly in a dangerous state that the other women in the detention center organized a noise demonstration; chanting and pleading for Miriam to receive medical help.

We need your help bringing two pregnant women back home from ICE detention!

On January 22nd Miriam and her 18-year old daughter Sandra were targeted and pulled over by ICE. Miriam and Sandra were forced out of their vehicle at gunpoint. 1/

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Donate to Ayúdennos a reunir a una familia separada., organized by Samantha Chito Hola, me llamo Samantha. Mi esposo Jonathan fue arrestado. Él está detenido … Samantha Chito needs your support for Ayúdennos a reunir a una familia separada.

Yesterday we learned of yet another family at my kids’ school with a detained parent.

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This means this extension can work at a time when our neighbors need it the most.

It’s the City’s responsibility to support our neighbors. Please keep urging the City Council and Mayor to support Pause Evictions, Save Lives. Our communities need this.

My office was able to connect with the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and they told us that their research shows that extending the eviction notice period from the state-required 14 days to 30 days has has helped lower the rate of evictions.

Minneapolis residents who pay immigrant neighbors’ rent ask city to delay evictions A council committee voted to temporarily extend eviction notice filings from 30 to 60 days; the full council will vote again.

Tomorrow the City Council has the opportunity to listen to this call and take a step to take care of our residents.

I think what some of us very compassionate people are struggling with is the fact that at our moments of most acute crisis, MPD has shown itself to be pretty useless, despite the piles of money we shovel at them.

Stevenson spoke directly to the officer whose bodycam captured the moment he was shot in the face with a less lethal projectile by MPD and lost an eye. Called out the fact that MPD trauma is real but so is community trauma.

Council discussion of adding MPD health & wellness director. It would be funded with money intended for other positions.

Council Member Soren Stevenson: MPD compliance specialist and an embedded social worker are a "right now need." Wellness director is a real need, but they can fill it in Dec.

I call on my colleagues and Mayor Frey to support this measure. Our neighbors told us loud and clear: they need us. They pleaded with us to take action. Let’s rise to the occasion.

I also heard residents remind us about how costly evictions are, and the long-term impacts they have on our communities. We were already in a housing crisis before Operation Metro Surge, and now our residents are warning us of an escalation that we are not at all prepared for.

We all agree on one truth: we are in a crisis, and our neighbors are struggling. During their testimony, neighbors that are doing the hard work of fundraising, connecting people to resources, patrolling, and more, said that this measure is the BARE MINIMUM we can do right now.

We heard from residents from every part of our city that have been working hard and mobilizing their own resources to help keep our neighbors targeted by ICE in their homes.

I want to thank everyone who came out to today’s hearing on Pause Evictions, Save Lives, an ordinance to temporarily extend the eviction notice period from 30 to 60 days in response to Operation Metro Surge.

MPD has not submitted a single case involving federal agents for charging. Tomorrow MPD will be before the council, I want to hear from them why. Neighbors have seen way more than their fair share of criminal behavior by ICE

Council Member Soren Stevenson: What do you need from MPD to investigate and charge federal agents?

Moriarty: Met with Commissioner Barnette, told him we were going to roll out TAP. I asked if we could get collaboration with MPD.

if you've donated rent funds, you should be at City Hall today!

Tomorrow we’re taking up Pause Evictions Save Lives, a policy that will temporarily extend pre-eviction notice from 30 to 60 days until August 31st. This will give residents more time to get resources and support so that families can stay together and we can keep people in their homes.

Can't make it tomorrow morning? Send an email now: bit.ly/pauseevictions

This is Minneapolis:

A neighbor kid I’ve been helping every day since mid Dec gave me a hug today (unprompted), after running to me with a smile at pick up.

I melted.

I wish my neighbors never had to deal with this terror.

And I’m so grateful to be connected to them & their wonderful kids.

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We were literally watching our community provide a ceremony at the Whipple building.

Hennepin County Sheriff’s then began to escalate tensions. This was disrespectful to our community, our culture, and our ancestors.

This created fear and was an attack on our right to peacefully assemble.

video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground

we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

Promise me you'll start asking the DFL electeds who are attached at the hip with Sheriff Dawanna Witt what they think of the job she's doing.

The mutual aid fundraiser to support our Northrop neighbors is happening now and is a great time! Go check it out at McRae Park until 4pm

Especially because once you get an eviction on your record it is extremely difficult to find new housing. The best remedy is prevention and the city has the power to make this happen.

Powerful voices may say things like slowing down the eviction machine "does nothing to solve the problem" and this couldn't be further from the truth. Time is a huge factor when it's comes to evictions and more time means more opportunities to raise money to stay in their home.

This is a concrete thing we do NOW to help quell the bleeding

Whether you’ve been helping with rental assistance fundraising or have been working with neighbors targeted by ICE who are in need of more time to pay their rent, please come and share your stories with the City Council and show why we need Pause Evictions, Save Lives NOW