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The Alliance is seeking a full-time Communications Manager. Join us in our mission to eliminate systems of oppression and advance collective liberation across the Twin Cities region. Organizational Description The Alliance is dedicated to dismantling systemic barriers through coalition-building and advocacy, to advance racial justice throughout the Twin Cities region. Our mission is to build…

The Alliance is seeking a full-time Coalition Organizer, focused on our work around advancing the BIPOC small business ecosystem. Organizational Description The Alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups building shared power to advance strategic campaigns around the intersections of justice, economic justice, environmental justice, and health equity in economic growth and…

While many important bills stalled during the tumultuous 2024 legislative session, coalitions convened by the Alliance advocated at the state capitol and helped to secure significant victories for our communities this year. Read more below. Blue Line Coalition The Blue Line Coalition (photo above with Rep. Frank Hornstein) is rooted in the BIPOC and immigrant…

While many important bills stalled in the tumultuous 2024 legislative session, advocates secured two critical wins with the passage of Renters’ Right to Organize (HF 2704, SF 3201) and One Minnesota Economy (SF 3769, HF 3843). These bills will have a transformative impact on renter households across Minnesota now and for generations to come. The…

From Rochester to Coon Rapids, from Brooklyn Center to the West Side of Saint Paul, renters are coming together to identify common concerns — and play a central role in solving Minnesota’s housing crisis. But that expertise and solidarity is threatened by outdated state laws that allow landlords and developers to undermine organizing efforts, unjustly…

With the passage of numerous progressive policies — from tenant protections to small business loan programs — the 2023 state legislative session is being celebrated as one of the most impactful in recent history in improving the lives of Minnesotans. These gains would not have been possible without the leadership of BIPOC lawmakers and community organizers…

Regardless of our race, age or income, we know our communities are stronger when families, children and workers can put down roots in the neighborhoods they choose to call home. From the vibrant urban centers of the Twin Cities to increasingly diverse communities across Greater Minnesota, nearly 30% of residents in our state rent their…

The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability (the Alliance) is working with members of the Stable Housing is the Priority (SHIP) Collaborative and other partners to regrant money to community-based organizations pursuing structural reforms that increase housing stability and prevent homelessness for people within the seven-county Twin Cities region. The Housing Stability Grant program aims to fund organizations that…

While the Inflation Reduction Act will unleash historic federal funding to reduce CO2 emissions, it has sparked critical discussions about its lack of intentionality in centering frontline communities, environmental justice and reparations in addressing climate change and advancing clean energy. How are organizers in the Twin Cities responding to this latest legislation — and ensuring…

Pictured above from left: Jack Cann, Senior Attorney at Housing Justice Center; Katherine Banbury, renter at the Cambric and tenant organizer at HOME Line; and Marcus Troy, member of the rent stabilization stakeholder group and West Side renter Leveraging the new power afforded to tenants by the rent stabilization ordinance passed by voters last year,…