Minneapolis brings the fight for the Roof Depot to Mayor Frey’s neighborhood

Minneapolis, MN – Climate Justice Committee and community members gathered for a family-friendly walk through Mayor Jacob Frey’s Northeast Minneapolis neighborhood on Saturday, October 4. The walk was called to raise awareness for the Roof Depot fight and urge Mayor Frey to give the East Philips neighborhood a fair deal for the site. Participants put up hundreds of posters, handed out flyers, and had conversations with community members.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-brings-the-fight-for-the-roof-depot-to-mayor-freys-neighborhood

Mpls: East Phillips rallies again for the Roof Depot

Minneapolis, MN – Over 20 people came together on a stormy and humid day, August 19. to demand the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, sign over the Roof Depot site to the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) to create a community center in a neighborhood overburdened by pollution.

https://fightbacknews.org/articles/mpls-east-phillips-rallies-again-for-the-roof-depot

After a series of obstructions and a long struggle with holding the City of Minneapolis accountable for its promise to address environmental racism in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city, a neighborhood group needs to raise less than $16K by Friday to move forward with its green vision of an urban farm and more! We’ve donated; please pitch in and/or boost this post.

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/urbanfarm

#UrbanFarm #EndEnvironmentalRacism
#RoofDepot

The roasting the people and process trying to ram through rebuilding the murderous cops' 3rd precinct for #MayorFrey shows that demanding data and reasons proves their policies are based on prejudice and lies.

The newfound willingess to negotiate a future for the East Phillips #RoofDepot shows the only things #Minneapolis wannabe rulers understand are protest power, lawsuits, and media narratives.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MysX3AeEHTfp3QGUfED4Q4SydU7WRHbFqnza2OhW7Ig/edit

We #unhoused must take note.

If you want to know what the #Minneapolis #RoofDepot struggle is about, there's nothing better you can read than this.

(And if you're not local and haven't heard of this before, read it for a moving look at an escalating fight for #EnvironmentalJustice and against #EnvironmentalRacism )

#MNastodon

https://www.startribune.com/native-people-will-not-be-silenced/600254866/

Hardball politics. Environmental racism. A basic city service. A community's search for pride.

The fight over #RoofDepot in #Minneapolis is about a lot more than whether to demolish a warehouse. My latest for @MinnPost helps us all catch up on the saga: https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2023/02/the-long-bitter-fight-over-minneapolis-roof-depot-site-explained/

Driving home from #minneapolis I saw an informative graffiti reminding me that we need to support our neighbors in the #EastPhillips neighborhood by being loud about the #Arsenic poisoning that will come from tearing down the #RoofDepot. There's been a pause thanks to the brave activists.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/02/24/roof-depot-demolition-halted-for-now