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Christin 🦀, Ward 9 enthusiast @christin612.bsky.social · 1d

Frey’s proposed 2026 budget defunds them, but emergency housing vouchers are funded in the 2025 budget; MPHA implemented the operational needs to get vouchers out in Q3 for resident use. It’s now Q4 & sitting in CPED. 100 vouchers could be in use right now: 50 for single residents, 50 for families.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 1d

Continues to be striking how, since Frey erected the greenway fence to Lake/Nicollet, the crowd has returned en masse to 2900 block of Blaisdell. Frey bleats “you can’t have encampments by home & businesses“ but that’s exactly where he’s pushed these folks. Meanwhile 50 housing vouchers go unfunded.

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Christin 🦀, Ward 9 enthusiast @christin612.bsky.social · 20h

A single mom in the Duluth area is in need of community care. She is navigating challenging times & was laid off from her job. She needs funds to maintain her housing & to cover basic needs. Please consider contributing or reposting. I will update progress and share screenshots for accountability.🌻

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
A single mother is navigating some difficult times and is in need of financial support for housing, bills, and basic needs.
Goal: $2000
Cash app: $ChristinCrabtree
Venmo: @christin-crabtree
PayPal: @christincrabtree
screenshots of funds raised & transferred to the mother will be provided for transparency

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 9d

The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center does such good work across so many types of people, moms and families and unhoused relatives, they are always there to support! Help them out with clothes if you can!

Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 9d

MIWRC is in need of clothing contributions!! We are looking for adult sized items of any gender. Items can be dropped off at MIWRC (2300 15th Ave S, Minneapolis)
between 9 AM and 4 PM Monday through Friday. Please be sure items are clean & in dignified condition. Thank you!

Clothing Drive for MIWRC
Clothing for adults all genders and sizes needed
Gently used: Shirts, long sleeves, sweaters, pants, shorts, sweatpants
New: socks, boxers/undergarments
2300 15th Ave S
Mon-Fri 9:00-4:00

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 9d

MIWRC is in need of clothing contributions!! We are looking for adult sized items of any gender. Items can be dropped off at MIWRC (2300 15th Ave S, Minneapolis)
between 9 AM and 4 PM Monday through Friday. Please be sure items are clean & in dignified condition. Thank you!

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 19d

Perpetually relevant - ESPECIALLY: ask the residents what they want and need, and don't promise things you can't do!

Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 22d

HOW TO HELP YOUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
DURING AN
ENCAMPMENT EVICTION:
A brief guide, and suggestions, to safely and ethically help residents on eviction day...

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 19d

NENOOKAASI V. FREY update

The City is trying to get the case thrown out via a motion for summary judgment.
This is the final hurdle: if we win this argument, we go to trial.

Related docs found here linktr.ee/campnenookaasi

NENOOKAASI V. FREY
Come do court support!
The City is trying to get the case thrown out via a motion for summary judgment.
This is the final hurdle: if we win this argument, we go to trial.
Monday, 9/22 10AM room 7D
316 Robert St N, St Paul, MN 55101
*have to go through a metal detector to get into court - please show up in a way that gives the relatives the best chance at making a good impression with the judge*

Mayor Frey justifies evictions of unhoused neighbors by saying it is in public interest, predicated on victim blaming narratives and stigma.
Encampments are not the cause of harm.
Rather, they are targets of harm and the result of harms that already exist. Encampments are a symptom of systemic injustice; a source of resident-made interim stability borne out of necessity. They are a result of structural abandonment and policy choices.
When a school shooting takes place, we don't blame students and shutter schools. We ask, "How can we create safer schools?" But when encampments are targeted with violence, Mayor Frey blames unhoused neighbors and evicts them.
Nenookaasi residents filed a lawsuit, saying this is not only morally wrong, but violates their legal rights.

The hearing on Monday will determine whether we go to trial or if the judge will dismiss the case.
If the case goes to trial, it will take place in December.
If the judge dismisses the case, we may appeal.
You can read the as filed public facing court documents here: https://linktr.ee/campnenookaasi (link in bio)
The subject of Monday's hearing can be found in documents 139-onward

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 22d

Evictions are an effort to displace residents, and make them move. So we as supporters come prepared to help with:
-Heavy duty trash bags
-Large bags or suitcases
-Shopping carts
-Carts or wagons with wheels
***Anything you bring will likely be lost eventually and should be considered permenant donation

During an eviction:
Protect yourself. Wear a mask, gloves and heavy duty clothing. There's many things that can harm you, and it's easy for accidents to happen in the chaos of an eviction
Talk to residents they are the experts and likely have done this many times before.
Stay focused on immediate tasks at hand; helping move residents and their things.
Do not make offers or promises you cannot follow through on.

Police presence
Police presence will be very high. At multiple evitions this winter, the ENTIRE third precinct police staff was present
Police create a perimeter around the encampment early in the morning a few blocks out and do not allow anyone to enter the perimeter to help residents move.
HINE APE
FOLK
For this reason we suggest showing up extra early (5am) if you plan to help residents move
We try to remain calm and focus on helping residents. These police will use any excuse they can to further bully and brutalize encampment residents.

After an eviction:
The night and days following an eviction are important times to offer support. Overdoses, and trafficking are statistically most likely to occur immediately following an eviction. Ways to support look like:
Finding people living outside near evicted site and offering tents, blankets, hot food, water, narcan, rides, cash, cigarettes. ASK what they may need.
Do Not: offer or promise anything you can not follow through on

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 22d

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 22d

This camp is being violently evicted right now in the wake of a devastating shooting. People are mourning community members and simultaneously having their homes bulldozed. If you have t shirts, drinks, aspirin, new underwear, or cigarettes please bring to 1100 E Lake between 3-7 for distro!

A garbage truck in front of many destroyed tents and pallets.

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 22d

It is absolutely soul crushing that this is what happens to our most marginalized neighbors following a tragedy. Nobody should be ok with this.

Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 22d

This camp is being violently evicted right now in the wake of a devastating shooting. People are mourning community members and simultaneously having their homes bulldozed. If you have t shirts, drinks, aspirin, new underwear, or cigarettes please bring to 1100 E Lake between 3-7 for distro!

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Jul 19

A community members car was broken into & her sacred items were taken. She is offering a reward for the return of her items. No questions asked.

$$ REWARD // NO QUESTIONS ASKED
STOLEN
ITEMS
MISSING PIPE AND MEDICINE BAG
612-232-3855 TEXT

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Jul 9

Rally for Randy, A Loving Son's Farewell: Randy was loved by many people. Please help the family with unexpected costs so that they can grieve, be together, and not worry about the financial toll. gofund.me/6173cdd8

Celebrating the life of Randy Russette

July 30, 2002 - July 4, 2025

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Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) @miracmn.bsky.social · Jun 4

Minneapolis stands with immigrants! No ICE in our city!

MIRAC's statement on the outrageous federal law enforcement operation July 3 in Minneapolis. (1/2)

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Jun 4

No ICE in our city!

For info and updates on how to support immigrant communities in Mpls, follow @miracmn.bsky.social

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · May 5

Extended drop in hours for breakfast start this week at MIWRC!

✨ Breakfast 9-11AM on Monday, Thursday & Friday

✨ Resource connect 9AM-3PM on Tuesday (serving breakfast & lunch)

Meals at MIWRC
Monday, Thursday, and Friday
Breakfast
9:00AM-11:00AM
QUESTIONS? CONTACT MIWRC AT 612-728-2000
Contribute financially at https://www.miwrc.org/donate
2300 15th Avenue S, Minneapolis

MIWRC WARMING CENTER RESOURCE CONNECT
WEEKLY DROP IN HOURS EVERY TUESDAY 9АМ-3PM

Join our efforts to provide a safe space for relatives with meals, resources, and service navigation
QUESTIONS? CONTACT MIWRC AT 612-728-2000

How you can help:
• Contribute financially at https://www.miwrc.org/donate
(please note your gift is for the warming shelter)
• Bring warm clothing, toiletries, socks, new underwear, snacks & bottled water to MIWRC (2300 15th Ave S, Mpls)

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · May 2

Please support the family of TC Pipeboy, one of the victims in this week's shootings in South Minneapolis

Cashapp: $JoijoiMurphy
Venmo: @Joi-Murphy

💔

Text: "URGENT CALL FOR ASSISTANCE: Help Southside shooting victim TC Pipeboy's wife and kids with immediate expenses. Cashapp: $JoijoiMurphy. Venmo: @Joi-Murphy." There is a picture of two adults and three children around a birthday cake

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Apr 28

Tomorrow 9AM-3PM is service connect weekly pop-up at MIWRC

Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Apr 28

The National Weather Service had issued a Tornado Watch for Hennepin County until 11:25PM.

Emergency shelter is available at 6pm at 1600 East 19th St, Minneapolis

The National Weather Service had issued a Tornado Watch for Hennepin County until 11:25PM.
Emergency shelter is available!!

“We are open at Homeward Bound for unsheltered relatives. Starts at 6pm so is kola 6pm
Kola is limited to 25 and A3 limited to 25 1600 E19th St”

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Apr 14

• On April 2, Frey claimed 27 people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Minneapolis
• On April 8, Hennepin Cty data show 628 people experienced unsheltered homelessness countywide over the last 3 months; 271 in the last month. An estimated 85-90% of the unsheltered count is in Minneapolis.

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Apr 14

On April 2, 2025 Mayor Frey claimed only 27 people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness across Minneapolis, but the data from Hennepin County & boots on the ground experience shows this is NOT TRUE.

The Star Tribune has published an article illustrating the increasingly difficult fight against homelessness in Minneapolis
Minneapolis encampments are largely gone. Have homeless people been driven into the shadows?
Mayor Jacob Frey says there's less homelessness because police have cleared camps. Homeless people say they're just less visible.
By Susan Du
The Minnesota Star Tribune
APRIL 14, 2025 AT 6:30AM

What the Numbers Say
treating homelessness as a math problem is reductive

The Administration's Narrative:
On April 2, Mayor Jacob Frey proclaimed on the social media platform X that only "27 people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness across our city."

According to Experts:
Rebecca Sales, co-director of the Wilder Foundation's Minnesota Homeless Study would "love for it to be true" that Minnesota's largest city has almost solved unsheltered homelessness.
"We've worked with enough homeless service providers and folks that are working in the housing stability space that I don't get the sense that they're feeling that way." she said.

https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop/601330631

What the Numbers Say
treating homelessness as a math problem is reductive
"the wider problem of unsheltered homelessness includes people who sleep on trains and live in cars, hide in unheated cabins and condemned buildings, nap in libraries by day and walk around at night."

"The aggression though, on homeless folks, has increased dramatically," he said.
Encampment activist Nicole Mason still drives through the alleys of south Minneapolis looking for homeless people, shouting out of her van about breakfast cooking at the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center.
Along Franklin Avenue, people wore blankets in doorways, crowded bus shelters and slept in the flower bed in Aldi's parking lot.
Over pancakes at the drop-in center, a group derided the city's narrative.
"A lot more people are piling into that one friend they know, who's on [Housing Support]," said Joe Johnson, who sleeps in a stairwell. "They don't give a [care] about management because they don't have anywhere to go. They're scared."

It's unclear, when the city flaunts a rapid reduction in tents, to what extent its data encapsulates other forms of unsheltered homelessness.
• On April 8, per Hennepin County 628 people experienced unsheltered homelessness countywide over the last three months, and 271 over the last month.
• Hennepin County estimates 85-90% of the unsheltered count is in Minneapolis.
• In the first week of April, all emergency shelter beds for men were reserved by midday, according to Adult Shelter Connect, the intake hotline.
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop/601330631

How Can You Help?
Stand up to Major Jacob Frey's indemnification of neighbors experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis.
• Contact Mayor Frey, City Council, Hennepin County Commissioners, and State Representatives demanding prioritization of humane response to homelessness that does not criminalize poverty.
• Connect with local mutual aid groups to share your gifts - whether that is time, money, a skill, or talent, we need ALL of us.
HELPFUL LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/campnenookaasi
https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot
https://linktr.ee/SouthsideHarmReduction
https://linktr.ee/communitykitchenmpls
https://linktr.ee/Freedomstreethealth
https://linktr.ee/AYUmpls
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop/601330631

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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · Apr 14

Encampment prevention is not homelessness response.

Hiding a problem is not solving a problem.

Using casual language to describe homelessness harms our community.

www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Minneapolis encampments are largely gone. Have homeless people been driven into the shadows?

Mayor Jacob Frey says there’s less homelessness because police have cleared camps. Homeless people say they’re just less visible.

www.startribune.com

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · Apr 8

We would love for these numbers to be correct, but...

♡ @jenessa.bsky.social · Apr 2

Jacob Frey thinks there's only 27 people experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis. he's either dense or a lying sack of shit or both.

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · Apr 8

We don't even have to tell y'all it's a lie if you live here, but just in case, consider this confirmation 🫶🏻

taylr @taylordahlin.com · Apr 2

he really wants us to believe there are only 27 people in minneapolis experiencing unsheltered homelessness. like, what the fuck

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · Apr 8

We are still seeing 90+ people on Fridays alone ❤️

taylr @taylordahlin.com · Apr 8

mayor frey is now campaigning on there only being 27 people in minneapolis experiencing unsheltered homelessness

he waited for applause that wasn’t coming at first. almost like people know that number is bullshit because we have eyes

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Spooky Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.social · Apr 7

Help out the @southsidekwes.bsky.social and @nenookaasi.bsky.social ❤️

Flyer for the Southside Kwes wishlist with drawings of the requested items: "This or That, donate to our Amazon wishlist for the unhoused. Granola bars or chocolate deliciousness. We need snacks! Cookie or chips. For unhoused relatives, snacks = harm reduction 🫶. Kool aid packs or water/drinks. Venmo: @nenookaasi612."

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