About Us

The Invest in Minnesota Campaign unites Minnesota’s faith communities, labor and nonprofit organizations. It was founded by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition(JRLC) and the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN).

Invest in Minnesota builds on the past success of two important precedents:

• Minnesota is Watching, a coalition of nonprofits, organized labor and faith communities that began in 2003 as a united effort to raise state revenues fairly in face of state budget shortfalls.
• Growth & Justice’s Invest in Minnesota campaign, a public and media education effort to raise state revenues fairly to invest in the state’s critical needs.

Endorsing Organizations include:
A Minnesota Without Poverty
Affirmative Options Coalition
AFSCME Council 5
AFSCME Council 5 Retirees Political Club
AFSCME Council 65
AFSCME Council 868
Alliance of Low-Wealth Minnesotans
ARC of Minnesota
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
Bluff Country Family Resources
Child Care Works
Children's Defense Fund - Minnesota
Churches United in Ministry
Clare Housing
Community Action Duluth
Elim Transitional Housing, Inc.
Emerge Community Development
Growth & Justice
HOME Line
Hunger Solutions
Integrated Community Solutions, Inc.
Jewish Community Action
JOBS NOW Coalition
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
Just Faith of North Branch
Kids at Risk Action
League of Women Voters Minnesota
Legal Services Advocacy Project
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers
Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing (MICAH)
Mid Minnesota Women's Center
Minnesota AFL-CIO
Minnesota AFL-CIO Retiree Council
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
Minnesota Budget Project
Minnesota Catholic Conference
Minnesota Citizens for Tax Justice
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
Minnesota Community Action Partnership
Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Minnesota Government Engineering Council
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG)
Minnesota Recovery Connection
Minnesota Social Service Association
Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association
Onesie Project
Packard Group
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
Progressive Action Alliance of Washington County
Project for Pride in Living (PPL)
RESOURCE
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Sierra Club North Star Chapter
St. Mary's Health Clinic
St. Paul Regional Labor Federation
Take Action Minnesota
Teamsters Joint Council 32
Transit for Livable Communities
TSE, Inc.
Unite Here Local 21
Wealth for the Common Good
YWCA Of Minneapolis

For more information contact:
Leah Gardner
Invest in Minnesota Coordinator
651-757-3063
lgardner@mnbudgetproject.org