Encouragement tells girls they belong. Infrastructure gives them a place to prove it. I asked Emily Weinberg of the @Vikings what becomes possible when institutions build real pathways for girls to play. MN should sanction #GirlsFlagFootball as a varsity sport.

I asked Karin Nelsen of the @Vikings what this championship meant to her as a woman in NFL leadership. Girls seeing themselves on the field matters. Girls seeing women lead in football matters too. MN should sanction girls flag football as a varsity sport. #GirlsFlagFootball

“If you let me play” was always about more than sports. I asked players what flag football has given them beyond the game. Their answers: confidence, friendship, purpose and belief. Minnesota should sanction girls flag football as a varsity sport. #GirlsFlagFootball @Nike

Flag football teaches girls how to compete, make mistakes, recover and move to the next play. That is bigger than football. Minnesota should sanction girls flag football as a varsity sport. #GirlsFlagFootball #Flagfootball

I asked coaches what girls have discovered about themselves through flag football. Their answer: confidence, leadership and resilience. Minnesota should sanction girls flag football as a varsity sport. #GirlsFlagFootball #GenZ #FlagFootball

I asked players what they hoped younger girls would see watching them compete. Their answer: possibility. Girls flag football shows girls they belong on the field too. Minnesota should sanction it as a varsity sport. #GirlsFlagFootball #WomenInSports #FlagFootball

Welcome back to Democracy Math. Rule #4: The map is not neutral. District lines decide who gets grouped, separated, heard, and diluted. When they say, “It’s just a map,” ask who gets power from the lines. #DemocracyMath #VotingRights

Keith Ellison blasts Minnesota GOP for Derek Chauvin moment of silence fox9.com/news/keith-ellison-…

The JFK Profile in Courage Award is being presented tonight to the people of the Twin Cities, honoring residents who risked their safety during operation metro surge. All Twin Citians who stood up for immigrant rights, due process, and the promise of equal protection: thank you for your courage.

Roblox game aims to teach Minnesotans Black history startribune.com/roblox-game-…

105 years ago today — May 31, 1921 — horror came to Tulsa. A thriving, self-made Black community known as "Black Wall Street" was brutally attacked by white mobs in one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in American history. They burned it to the ground. Hundreds of Black-owned homes and businesses — symbols of pride, prosperity, and hard-won success — were looted and reduced to rubble. At least 36 Black residents were murdered, over 800 were injured, and thousands more were left homeless, their dreams and life's work destroyed in a single night of terror. A community that had risen against all odds was violently crushed. We remember Greenwood. We remember the lives stolen. We remember the pain that still echoes.

I know who I am, and I know who I am running for: the people of Minnesota.

Jasmine wouldn't endorse a punk. She does endorse fighters who don't back down. Honored to have my sister @JasmineForUS’ endorsement. We’re gonna take back the House and bring in more fighters—let’s go, CA. 💪🏽💪🏽

From Tulsa to Boston, our legacies move through us. As we mark the 105th commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we honor the Black lives stolen in Tulsa and carry the mantle left by Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, and others who led calls for essential reparative justice. That’s why in Congress I am fighting to ensure true progress is met with policy—working to advance HR40, legislation to confront the lasting legacy of slavery and advance reparations. Because reparations are not charity. They are a debt long overdue. We need reparations NOW.