Links to Twin Cities organizations

This space is our attempt at a somewhat comprehensive list of progressive and radical organizations, groups and spaces in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Is your favorite group or space not listed, or is the information incorrect or incomplete? Leave a comment and we'll try to correct it shortly.

Also check out our friends at MNActivist.com, a resource for people in the Twin Cities who want to get involved in activism -- the site features another database of TC organizations.

Animal Rights

Animal Rights Coalition
http://www.animalrightscoalition.com/
2615 E. Franklin Ave. Minneapolis
(shared with Fast and Furless vegan boutique)

Compassionate Action for Animals
http://www.exploreveg.org/

Anti-Racism

Minnesota Collaborative Anti-Racism Initiative
http://www.mcari.org/

UMN Institute on Race and Poverty,
http://www.irpumn.org

Arts & Culture

Art of This
http://artofthis.net/
3506 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis

Bedlam Theatre
http://www.bedlamtheatre.org
1501 S. 6^th St., Minneapolis

Center for Independent Artists
http://www.c4ia.org/
4137 Bloomington Ave. S, Minneapolis

Extreme Noise
http://www.extremenoise.com/
407 W. Lake St., Minneapolis

The Fallout Urban Art Center
2601 2^nd Ave. S., Minneapolis
http://www.falloutminneapolis.com/

Frank Theatre
http://www.franktheatre.org/
3156 23^rd Ave S., MPLS

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater
(Annual Mayday Parade!)
http://www.hobt.org
1500 East Lake St., MPLS

Intermedia Arts
http://www.intermediaarts.org/
2822 Lyndale Av. S., MPLS

Juxtaposition Arts
2007 Emerson Ave. N, MPLS
http://www.juxtaposition.org/

Minnesota Fringe Festival
http://www.fringefestival.org/

Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 S. 4^th St. MPLS
http://www.mixedblood.com/

Pangea World Theater
711 W. Lake St. Suite 101, MPLS
http://www.pangeaworldtheater.org/

Penumbra Theatre Co.
270 North Kent St., St. Paul
http://www.penumbratheatre.org/

Ricardo Levins Morales Studio/River City Buttons
3745 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis
http://www.ricardolevinsmorales.com/
http://www.rivercitybuttons.com/

Substance
http://livewithsubstance.org

Tru Ruts Endeavors
http://www.truruts.com/

Upstream Arts
http://www.upstreamarts.org

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Ave. S., MPLS
http://www.openbookmn.org/

Minnesota Film Arts
http://www.mnfilmarts.org/

Patrick's Cabaret
http://www.patrickscabaret.org/

Pillsbury House Theater
http://www.puc-mn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=231

Teatro del Pueblo
http://teatrodelpueblo.org/

Theatre Unbound
http://www.theatreunbound.com/

SOO Visual Arts Center
http://www.soovac.org/

Bike Culture

The Hub Bicycle Co-op
301 Cedar Ave. S and 3020 Minnehaha Ave. S., MPLS
http://thehubbikecoop.org/

Grease Pit
1507 6^th St S., MPLS (behind Bedlam Theatre)
http://greasepitbikes.com/

Minneapolis Bike Love
http://www.mplsbikelove.com/forum/

Sibley Bike Depot
712 University Ave., St. Paul (go inside – hard to see from the front!)
http://www.sibleybikedepot.org

Cafes

Seward Community Cafe
http://www.sewardcafempls.net/
2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis

Hard Times Cafe
1821 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis

Matchbox Cafe
306 NE 2nd St., Minneapolis

Community Gardens

Youth Farm and Market Project
http://www.youthfarm.net/

Farm in the City
http://www.farminthecity.org/

Education, Students, and Youth

Experimental College (EXCO)
http://excotc.org

Minnesota Public Knowledge Base
http://mpkb.net

Metropolitan Federation of Alternative Schools
http://www.mfas.org/

University of MN--Twin Cities Students for a Democratic Society
http://umnsds.wordpress.com

YO! The Movement
http://www.yothemovement.org/

Kalpulli Turtle Island Multiversity

http://www.kalpulli.net

Environment

Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota
http://www.ejamn.org/

The Green Institute
http://www.greeninstitute.org/

Indigenous Environmental Network (based in Bemidji, MN)
http://www.ienearth.org/

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
http://www.ilsr.org/

Minnesota Environmental Partnership
http://www.mepartnership.org/

Preserve Camp Coldwater Coalition
http://www.preservecampcoldwater.org/

Rainforest Action Network--Twin Cities
http://www.meetup.com/RANTwinCities/

The Twin Cities Green Guide
http://www.thegreenguide.org/

Womens' Environmental Institute
http://www.w-e-i.org/

Faith & Spirituality

Minnesota Network of Spiritual Progressives
http://www.nspmn.org/

Food & Agriculture

Northside Food Project
http://insidenorthside.org/The+Northside+Food+Project

Sister's Camelot
http://www.sisterscamelot.org/

Minneapolis Food Not Bombs
http://www.myspace.com/mplsfoodnotbombs

Minnesota Citizens Organized Acting Together
http://www.coact.org/

Gender & Sexuality/Queer/LGBT

Bash Back! Twin Cities
http://www.facebook.com/bashback.twincities

District 202
1601 Nicollet Ave. S, MPLS
http://www.dist202.org/

Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
http://www.mntranshealth.org/

Rainbow Families
http://www.rainbowfamilies.org/

Revolting Queers
http://www.myspace.com/revoltingqueers

Quatrefoil Library
1619 Dayton Ave. Suite 105, St.Paul
http://www.quatrefoillibrary.org/

Twin Cities Pride
http://www.tcpride.org/

Twin Cities Avengers
http://www.geocities.com/tcavengers/

Trans Youth Support Network
http://www.transyouthsupportnetwork.org

University of Minnesota Queer Student Cultural Center
http://www.qscc.org/

Health

Minnesota Aids Project
1400 Park Ave. S, MPLS
http://www.mnaidsproject.org/

The Red Door Clinic
525 Portland Ave. 4^th Floor, MPLS
http://www.reddoorclinic.org/

Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
http://www.mnpca.nonprofitoffice.com/

Cedar-Riverside Peoples' Center
425 20^th Ave. S., MPLS
http://www.peoples-center.org/

Teen Health 411
http://www.teenhealth411.org/

Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous Solidarity

American Indian Movement (AIM)
http://www.aimovement.org/

American Indian OIC
1845 E. Franklin Ave., MPLS
http://www.aioic.org/

Multicultural Indigenous Academy
http://www.miacademy.org/

Unsettling Minnesota
http://unsettlingminnesota.org

White Earth Land Recovery Project
http://www.nativeharvest.com/

Labor

The Industrial Workers of the World- Twin Cities General Membership Branch
http://twincities.iww.org

Twin Cities Starbucks Workers Union
http://tcsbuxunion.com/

Federation of Workplace Democracies in Minnesota (FWD-MN, pron. "Forward Minnesota”)
http://www.mncooperate.org/

Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council (AFL-CIO)
http://www.minneapolisunions.org/

St. Paul Area Trades and Labor Assembly (AFL-CIO)
http://www.stpaulunions.org/

AFSCME Local 3800 (AFL-CIO)
http://www.afscme3800.org/

Change to Win (CtW), Minnesota
http://www.changetowinmn.org/

Lakes and Plains Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners (CtW)
http://www.mncarpenter.org/

Minnesota UNITE-HERE Locals (CtW)
http://www.uniteherelocal17.org/
http://www.local21.com/

UFCW Local 789 (South St. Paul, CtW)
http://www.ufcw789.org/

SEIU Minnesota State Council (CtW)
http://www.seiumn.org/

SEIU Local 26 (Building Services, CtW)
http://www.seiu26.org/

Workers' Interfaith Network
http://www.workersinterfaith.org/

Centro Campesino
http://centrocampesino.net/

Labor Education Service
http://www.laboreducation.org/

Media

Asian Media Access
http://www.amamedia.org/

CURSOR: Twin Cities Media Portal
http://www.cursor.org/twin_cities.htm

CivicMedia: Truth To Tell and other programs

http://truthtotell.org/

Fight Back! News
http://www.fightbacknews.org/

Independent Features Project
http://www.ifp.org/

KFAI Community Radio (90.3/106.7 FM)
1808 Riverside Ave., MPLS
http://www.kfai.org/

KMOJ Community Radio (89.9 FM)
http://www.kmojfm.com/

Minneapolis Telecommunications Network
125 SE Main Street #244, MPLS
http://www.mtn.org/

Nygaard Notes
http://www.nygaardnotes.org/

Our World in Depth - Activist TV in the Twin Cities
http://www.ourworldindepth.org/

Phillips Community TV
http://www.phillipscommunitytv.org/

Saint Paul Neighborhood Network
375 Jackson St., Suite 250, St. Paul
http://www.spnn.org/

Southside Pride
http://www.southsidepride.com/

Twin Cities Daily Planet
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/
A community newswire and syndication service showcasing the best work of the neighborhood and community press, as well as work by Twin Cities independent journalists and the voices of engaged citizens.

The Uptake
http://www.theuptake.org

Workday Minnesota
http://workdayminnesota.org/

Migration, Borders, Immigrant Rights

Centro Campesino (based in Owatonna, MN)
http://centrocampesino.net

Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network
http://immigrantfreedomnetwork.wordpress.com/

Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (MIRAC)
http://www.mirac1.wordpress.com

Neighborhood Organizations

Minneapolis Center for Neighborhoods
http://www.center4neighborhoods.org/

City of Minneapolis: Neighborhoods
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/neighborhoods/

City of Saint Paul: Neighborhoods
http://www.stpaul.gov/residents/districtcouncils.html

Police, Prisons, Repression, Legal

Anarchist Black Cross -- Minneapolis
PO Box 7075
Minneapolis MN 55407

Coldsnap Legal Collective
http://www.coldsnaplegal.org

Communities United Against Police Brutality
3104 16^th Ave. S., Minneapolis
http://www.cuapb.org/HomePage.asp

Davenport Grand Jury Support
http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com/

National Lawyers Guild
http://www.nlgminnesota.org/

EWOK! (Earth Warriors Are OK!), formerly Twin Cities Eco-Prisoner Support Committee
http://www.midwestgreenscare.org/

Womens' Prison Book Project
2441 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis
http://www.prisonactivist.org/wpbp/

American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota
http://www.aclu-mn.org/

Political Organizations

Communist Party- Central and Southern District
http://csminn.cpusa.org/

Freedom Road Socialist Organization
http://frso.org/

Green Party of Minnesota
http://www.mngreens.org/

Socialist Alternative
http://www.socialistminnesota.org/

Poverty

MN Coalition for a People's Bailout
http://www.mn-peoples-bailout.org/

MN Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
http://economichumanrights.org

Minnesota Welfare Rights Committee
http://www.welfarerightsmn.org/

NE Minneapolis ACORN
http://www.tonkco.com/neacorn/

RNC 2008/Aftermath

Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure (CRASS)
http://www.rncaftermath.org

RNC 08 Report
http://www.rnc08report.net

Friends of the RNC 8
http://www.rnc8.org

Spaces

Birchbark Books
2115 W. 21^st Street, MPLS
http://birchbarkbooks.com

Hope Community
611 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis
http://www.hope-community.org/

Mayday Bookstore
301 Cedar Avenue, MPLS
http://maydaybookstore.org/

Pillsbury United Communities
Six Minneapolis locations
http://www.puc-mn.org/

Minneapolis/Hennepin County Public Libraries
http://www.hclib.org

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
http://www.minneapolisparks.org

Peace House Community
510 E. Franklin Ave., MPLS
http://www.peacehousecommunity.org/

St. Paul Public Libraries
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/

Sabathani Community Center
310 E. 38^th Street, MPLS
http://www.sabathani.org/

Stevens Square Center for the Arts
1905 3^rd Ave. S, Minneapolis
http://www.stevensarts.org/

True Colors Bookstore (formerly Amazon Bookstore)
http://www.amazonbookstorecoop.com/
4755 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis

Walker Community Church
3100 16^th St. S., MPLS
http://www.walkerchurch.org/

Technology

Community Computer Access Netork (C-CAN)
http://www.c-can.org/

TC Open Circuit/Free Geek Twin Cities
3405 Chicago Ave. S., MPLS (enter in back)
http://freegeektwincities.org/
http://tcopencircuit.org

War & Peace

Alliant Action
http://alliantaction.org/

Anti-War Committee
http://www.antiwarcommittee.org/

Friends for a Nonviolent World
1050 Selby Ave., St. Paul
http://www.fnvw.org/

Iraq Peace Action Coalition
http://peace1.wordpress.com/

Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
http://www.mapm.org/

Minnesota Neighbors for Peace
Five TC Chapters; others throughout MN
http://www.mnneighbors4peace.org/

Opposition to War and Occupation
oppositiontowarandoccupation (at) gmail.com

Twin Cities Vets for Peace
http://www.vfpchapter27.org/

Youth Against War and Racism
http://www.yawr.org

Women Against Military Madness
http://www.worldwidewamm.org/

Women & Feminism

Chrysalis
http://www.chrysaliswomen.org/

Alexandra House
http://www.alexandrahouse.org/

Casa de Esperanza
http://www.casadeesperanza.org/

WATCH
http://www.watchmn.org/

Minnesota Womens' Consortium
http://www.mnwomen.org/

Twin Cities Gray Panthers
http://www.graypantherstwincities.org/

Women's Student Activist Collective, U of M
wsac at umn dot edu

Special Shoutout

These groups had/have an ongoing relationship with TCIMC around the 2008 Republican National Convention: