@jason4parks
I’m excited to represent District 4 and work on equity and park access; honor the history of our parks in District 4; and develop new ways for people to enjoy nature in the city of Minneapolis. They/them. Campaign account only.
Jason Chavez recognizes that leadership and stands with it. That’s the kind of coalition our kids should have behind them. He sees Christin’s conviction and courage. He’s endorsing Christin because our kids deserve it!
Help us win this. 💜 Link in profile🔗
#ChristinWithMinneapolis
Council Member Jason Chavez (@jchavezmpls.bsky.social) has watched Christin organize, coordinate mutual aid, and stand up for our most vulnerable students.
When ICE's presence threatened our school communities, Christin organized to keep students safe.
Congratulations to Rep. Jones and her husband!
Commissioner Conley says HCMC could close without repurposed sales tax revenue.
Republicans passed $1.7 billion in Medicaid cuts over 10 yrs so they could pay out tax cuts to billionaires and boost funding for race-based sweeps by secret police.
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***BENEFIT SCREENING*** WTO/99 in Minneapolis on 2/26 at the Riverview Theater - FREE with suggested $10 donation to local mutual aid group Neighbors Helping Neighbors. I'll be there for Q&A.
See the beginning of modern militarized policing while raising money to protect our neighbors from it.
ICE activity continues to interrupt daily life for students, staff and families, despite the announced end of the two-month surge of federal immigration agents. Students attend school remotely, staff monitor arrival and dismissal, and leaders wonder when they can resume normal school operations.
MPRB has an officer stationed at the Fred Wells Tennis Facility daily to make sure the parking lot is being secured for park use only. They are not engaged at the Whipple Building.
Additionally, that photo was from earlier in the week.
After a 2 year hiatus, Our Streets says this year they're back to host the kind of Open Streets you know and love on Lyndale and Cedar.
(1/3) @humanrightsfirst.org 's ICE Flight Monitor report reveals unprecedented numbers of deportation and domestic transfer flights over the 1st year of Trump’s 2nd term, with Jan 2026 showing the continued escalation of the Trump admin’s cruel and lawless deportation campaign.
I imagine they are going to finalize that now that they have the approvals
Also, @parksandpower.bsky.social held a rally before our meeting at Park Board HQ. I appreciate the community members who showed up and shared their concerns about ICE in our parks & keeping our community and workers safe. I’m dedicated to working with people to keep the parks safe and open spaces.
In committees, we had presentations on topics like the 8th Ave Streamscape Plan, LCCMR funding grants, & leaves available to MPRB employees.
Also, our legal counsel suggested the end of Operation Metro Surge may be defined as “whenever Trump is out of office,” an important consideration for us all.
Finally, passing a resolution directing the superintendent to suspend initiation of any evictions of tenants at MPRB rental properties, which was brought forth by my colleague @amberforparks.bsky.social! While there is currently no risk of eviction for tenants, it’s great to have this in place.
Some other items that passed:
*resolution directing the superintendent to conduct an RFP for board legal counsel
*resolution for comparative study of internal vs external legal counsel.
Thank you to @kayforparks.bsky.social for helping with the resolutions and helping them move forward!
I hope to see @ward6.minneapolismn.gov at the new splash pad in his ward when construction is completed!
I’m personally very excited for the splash pad at Elliot Park! This has been a project the community has been behind & will serve a wonderful neighborhood with limited access to parks in the city. As we see the effects of climate change, water feature will be important to help in the summer heat.
We approved several construction contracts. Some highlights:
*approving almost $2m to implement a skate park at Folwell Park
*awarding a $500k contract for work at the Spark’d Studio project at Phillips Community Center
*in District 4, authorizing $400k for a new splash pad at Elliot Park!
We had a full agenda for last night’s park board meeting, and I’m happy to say we moved through everything and passed all the resolutions before the board, either unanimously or by large margins.
Full agenda is here: agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
Wild to look at this and have to wonder if this would pass the Minneapolis City Council unanimously
The reason the federal government had to kill the people, withhold the evidence, and light your constitutional rights on fire is to inflict endless misery on people we should all recognize as like our own mothers and grandmothers.
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So much anti-trans discourse is nothing but “What about (made-up bullshit about trans people?)”and you do not have to indulge this or treat it like a legitimate argument.
Happy to report at the city planning commission meeting earlier, we approved plans for projects including:
*50 units of affordable rentals in Whittier with no parking requirements
*a bike skills course on park land near Lake Nokomis and
*building plans for the Cultural Wellness Center on 3rd Ave S.
We’re still seeing ICE going in and out of the Whipple building. As long as they’re still here working to separate families, we need to make sure people are out patrolling & keeping watch.
We don’t accept their behavior happening here or anywhere else which is why all of DHS needs to be dismantled
"the wise loon does not celebrate that the poacher has moved on to another lake"
or some shit
get real
Please don't think anything is back to normal in Minnesota. Nothing is normal.
I know we’re strong. Don’t know if it’s enough.
If you don't live here, your Minnesota friends may tell you that it's going to be okay but I think a lot of that is them being nice so you won't worry.
It's bad here.
It’s been another busy week dealing with the ICE occupation in Minneapolis, but I wanted to give you a Burrito update!
We started this project just over 5 weeks ago, and since then we’ve provided over 1150 meals for people, and spent almost $12k at local, immigrant-owned restaurants!
If you thought MPD overspending their 2025 overtime budget by 50% was bad, get a load of 2026: "We have spent all of our overtime budgeted for police and fire this year in the first 3 weeks of January."
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This is Minneapolis:
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
