Three Things

Minnesota, community, hot pots

Good morning, everyone. This week’s newsletter is dedicated to the people of Minnesota, whose courage and care for one another have left me in awe, and who have shown the country what community looks like the face of tragedy and fear. Before I get to Three Things today, please consider donating to one of these mutual aid organizations and GoFundMes, assembled and vetted by Minnesota readers and friends:

Reader Alice R. sent me a link to Stand with Minnesota, which has a centralized list of nearly a hundred small, local organizations providing rent relief, food distribution, safe rides to jobs, and so much more. My friend Stella, who lives in the South Uptown neighborhood took a look at that list and highlighted three of them: Joyce Uptown Food Shelf; the Neighborhood House + El Burrito Mercado, which is asking people for gift cards to support a local Latino-owned business; and the Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization, an organization she’s worked with before that is on th…