Jana Kooren

Works at Minnesota Freedom Fund, formerly at the ACLU of Minnesota. Tweets are my own. Passionate about lots of stuff. she/her

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

@MorningStrFarms please bring back your old recipe for veggie sausage patties- the one from a bit ago. This new one is not it. Just mushy.

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

@amityf @CityMinneapolis I love the City Museum in St Louis!!!

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

This is massive.

Gov Tim Walz has just made Minnesota a trans refugee state with an EO!

He will decline extradition requests.
He will refuse subpoenas.
No resource can be used to enforce bans.

They will be the first state to upgrade to dark blue, safest states in my map.

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Yes! And while you are at it, let’s end immigration detention too:) yes I know that’s a federal issue but still, it can happen.

[Stacey Burns @WentRogue]

Minnesota Republicans are trying to stop @MNFreedomFund from existing, and the bail fund is like: “OK! End cash bail in Minnesota and we won’t need to exist.” https://t.co/zQDpR2cRqz

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

@paigejfernandez Thinking of you and your family!

[UnidosMN @UnidosMN]

#DL4All passes the Minnesota Senate!One of the most progressive proposals will be soon on Governor Walz’s desk! #SinPapelesSinMiedo #ConLicenciaConPoder

[Zaynab Mohamed @ZaynabMMohamed]

Undocumented Minnesotans have been asking us to pass Driver’s Licenses for All for 20 years.

There have been hunger strikes, people have slept outside the Senate chamber, and others have camped on the Capitol lawn. All for this moment.

WE DID IT! #SíSePudo

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

The best day of 2023!

[Restore the Vote MN @RTVMN]

🎉💫Restore the Vote has passed the Senate with bipartisan support!!!! This is now going to the governor to be signed!!! Voting Rights Restoration will be the law of the land in MN!!!! 🙌🏾
Thank You, @SenatorChampion!!!

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Outside of the MN Senate with @MNFreedomFund staff saying it’s time to #RestoreTheVoteMN #mnleg @RTVMN

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Join us!

[Restore the Vote MN @RTVMN]

It’s happening!

Show up to the Capitol at 10 AM on Thursday the 23rd for a rally before our Senators fully restore the right to vote.

After years of organizing, we have the chance to impact the lives of over 55,000 Minnesotans.

There is no freedom without the freedom to vote.

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Follow @RTVMN for the latest updates on the voting right restorations bill's status. An imminent vote is expected in the Minnesota Senate. Thanks, @mnhouseDFL, for passing it already!

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Not surprising, but still shameful that the sole Black woman was the one justice on the MN Supreme Court who thought disenfranchising Black and Native folks at 5-8 times the rate of whites should be fixed by the Court. https://t.co/xF54mk5f4i. Now it's up to you, MN Senate #mnleg

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

This is so beautiful to see!

[Restore the Vote MN @RTVMN]

🎉 #RestoreTheVoteMN passes in the MN House 71/59!!! The #Freedom2Vote can be real for us all! On our way to the Senate! #MNLeg

[Restore the Vote MN @RTVMN]

We’re here outside the MN House chambers!

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Finally we are here. Okay @mnhouseDFL let’s get voting rights restoration passed today! 60,000 Minnesotans are waiting @MNFreedomFund @RTVMN

[Restore the Vote MN @RTVMN]

🚨This is not a drill🚨 TWO Big turnout events are taking place this week (Tmw & Fri.)- Please show up and support! #RestoreTheVoteMN #Freedom2VoteMN #MNLeg

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

@prizziIIa Totally! I read a few years ago that when studying it people need to make $72k/year to actually be okay. If you add in cost of inflation I’m sure that’s over $80k now. Which is probably just a bit more than $2,500 bi weekly (after taxes). Everyone deserves a “living wage”

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

@seankershaw Thank you for sharing this! I was wondering why no EW streets in my neighborhood have been done yet.

[Jana Kooren @JLKooren]

Looks like we got a lot of work to do. It’s time to end pre-trial detention.

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

Today, nearly half a million people in this country are locked up in jail pretrial.