Holy Week isn’t just a school holiday when kids color eggs and dress up like bunnies. For progressive faith leaders who represent the ISAIAH coalition of churches and social justice believers, remembering the passion, death and Resurrection of Christ is a sacred time, and an appropriate time to call out sin and to come to the aid of those in need.

The civic process works best when all people have a voice at the table. With a population of nearly 150,000 in Minnesota, the Muslim-American community is stepping up engagement in the public policy debate.

On Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 200 people attended Jewish Community Action's 11th Annual Immigrant Freedom Seder. The event brings together our members alongside allies from many different communities to tell the story of Passover and, drawing from our values, to share our plans and hopes for working together to build a more just Minnesota.

On March 1, a group of Indigenous women filled a copper pail with water from Lake Itasca and began a journey to hand carry it more than 2,200 miles, walking the length of the Mississippi River, from the spot where the river begins to where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. On March 12, they reached St. Paul, more than two days ahead of schedule. The women are walking to bring attention to the dangers that face the Mississippi River.