• Members of MNYC, ISAIAH, SEIU and elected allies celebrate one year of rent stabilization in St. Paul, calling for stronger enforcement and further tenant protections

    Members of MNYC, ISAIAH, SEIU and elected allies celebrate one year of rent stabilization in St. Paul, calling for stronger enforcement and further tenant protections

    For immediate release: May 1st, 2023 St. Paul, MN — On the anniversary of rent stabilization going into effect, members of MNYC, ISAIAH, SEIU and elected allies are celebrating that St. Paul renters finally have a tool to address the egregious rent increases that too many of our most vulnerable neighbors have been experiencing for…

  • Equity in Place’s 2023 State Policy Agenda

    Equity in Place’s 2023 State Policy Agenda

    Minnesota Youth Collective is a member of the Equity in Place (EIP) coalition, a diverse group of community organizations and housing advocates working to advance housing justice in Minnesota. EIP is excited to bring you our 2023 legislative agenda, featuring policies such as Tenant Right to Organize, Just Cause eviction protections, Source of Income protections,…

  • Fellow Stories: Nithya (2020)

    Fellow Stories: Nithya (2020)

    Nithya was a part of MNYC’s 2020 fellowship cohort. She applied for the policy track because she knew that she wanted to enter the policy world and wanted to gain skills in that field. “My interest is in public health policy, so it was really encouraging to see that there was an experience that was…

  • Fellow Stories: Meti (2019)

    Fellow Stories: Meti (2019)

    Meti applied to MNYC’s fellowship program in 2019 in order to find community. “I was in college at a super conservative university and I felt really out of touch with other progressives. I was excited to be in a fellowship that was going to teach me how to be an active community organizer and be…

  • Fellow Stories: Ana Elisa (2019)

    Fellow Stories: Ana Elisa (2019)

    Ana Elisa applied to be a part of MNYC’s very first fellowship cohort in 2019 because she wanted to understand more about the possibilities for her future career and the political landscape of her state. “I applied for MNYC’s fellowship because I wanted to learn more about community organizing,” Ana Elisa recalls. “At the time,…

  • Fellow Stories: Olivia (2020)

    Olivia applied to be a part of the 2020 campus fellowship representing Augsburg University. She chose the campus track because it was different from any experiences she’s had with organizing spaces in the past. “The atmosphere of MNYC’s fellowship program is just completely different than any other organizing space I’ve ever been in. It’s a…

  • Fellow Stories: Destiny (2019)

    Fellow Stories: Destiny (2019)

    Destiny applied for the very first cohort of MNYC’s fellowship program in 2019. “A lot of young organizers feel like traditional organizing can be transactional,” she says. “I’ve worked for campaigns and other nonprofits and they would just pull me out when it was convenient for them, when they needed a Black woman or a…

  • Celebrating 2021 & Looking Ahead to 2022

    This month, we’re filled with gratitude. Our community allows us to have an impact beyond what we could do alone. From directing our work via pledge cards to volunteering to help us get young people out to vote, you strengthen our work beyond measure. Thank you for making our work possible!  As we spend December…

  • Say His Name: Winston Smith.

    Yesterday in Uptown, Winston Smith was publicly executed by the Hennepin County Sheriff and U.S. Marshals in a shopping center parking garage during the busiest time of day. The media and cops immediately made claims about Smith’s guilt—he was a murder suspect, he was a felon with a gun, he resisted. They would have you…

  • Accountability vs. Abolition: Policing in Minnesota

    The history of policing is rooted in the protection of property, including slaves. In colonial America, “slave patrols” patrolled the country looking for Black people and escaped slaves, then forcibly returned them to bondage. These groups started out relatively informally, but slowly gained more power and control, using white supremacy and racism to their advantage…