The institute’s budget will be cut by $250,000, which means the group will settle 400 fewer people this year. Her group and others, like Planned Parenthood, expect to lose federal funding, so donations become even more critical. “People are walking in the door and say that Trump doesn’t speak for them.” “In my 27 years, I’d never seen such public outpouring,” Graupman said. People from Minnesota and out of state have been dropping off loaves of bread, diapers and winter coats for clients, she said. Since the election, volunteers have been streaming into her building and asking to do anything to help, including marketing and web design. The organization helps refugees and immigrants achieve full participation in American life through resettlement. When executive director Jane Graupman arrived at work Monday at the International Institute of Minnesota, the front door was adorned with balloons and signs of support. “A lot of people aren’t hearing about the tears and frustrations of Trump’s new and threatened policies. “There are many allies out there,” he said. The spike in support is welcoming and surprising, he said. Many of the new volunteers and donors aren’t Muslim and are nontraditional supporters, he said. It also has sold one-third of 1,000 tickets for a March event to help people counter hate and xenophobia, said Jaylani Hussein, the group’s executive director.
But the president’s call for a travel ban from seven Muslim-majority countries has brought unexpected attention to the organization.ĬAIR-MN has received more than 200 new volunteers and raised $7,000 in the past month. The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Minnesota (CAIR-MN) had already planned to grow its public awareness campaign before Trump was elected. “People want an entry point to participate in a principled, not partisan, way and we are providing that.” “This is instead of feeling like they are powerless and that other forces beyond their control are shaping the discussion,” said Jason Adkins, the conference’s executive director. The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, is hosting an event at the State Capitol next month to allow people an opportunity and venue to engage in issues in a positive, proactive way. Groups that don’t solicit donations have experienced renewed interest in their agendas. Even ride-sharing company Lyft pledged $1 million. Big names in Hollywood and the music world made large donations to the ACLU and publicly pleaded for people to give.
Last weekend alone, the national ACLU received more than $24 million in online donations from 356,306 people. It’s crazy in a good way, but the amount of work we have to do is staggering.” “People are walking into the office and giving money, which has never happened before. “It’s boggling my mind,” said Chuck Samuelson, who has been the state ACLU’s executive director for 21 years. A man who has donated more than $20,000 to the ACLU said in jest that Trump was going to make him broke because “he will probably do something next month to make me give more money.” Since November, the membership of Minnesota’s American Civil Liberties Union has nearly tripled from 5,760 to 15,960. No matter what side of an issue the group promotes, leaders say each Trump executive order or threat to a segment of the population brings huge donations, a spike in membership and volunteers and greater attendance at events and rallies.įor some organizations, the numbers have reached historic levels. President Donald Trump’s election and his first two weeks in office have become both cash cow and membership catalyst for social activism groups across the Twin Cities.
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