Human Rights Stories That Deserve to Be Heard.

As I sit with everything happening right now – especially the fear and uncertainty many families are living with in light of increased ICE activity – it feels important to share this. These are heavy realities, and they’re landing very differently depending on where you stand. But for many people, this moment isn’t abstract or political. It’s about whether it’s safe to go to work, to take your kids to school, to drive home at the end of the day.

Life in the Twin Cities is heavy right now. Not just in the headlines, but in our bodies. You can feel it in the way conversations start mid-sigh, in how quickly energy moves from alert to exhausted, from activated to withdrawn. This weight isn’t abstract—it’s familiar, frightening and cumulative. For many of us, it feels like we are being asked—again—to carry grief, anger, fear, and responsibility all at the same time.

In August 2025, a person opened fire with an automatic weapon on the children and teachers of Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while they were at mass, praying and celebrating the beginning of their school year. After this tragedy, the principal of the school asked everyone to not just to pray, but to also move their feet.