Align Minneapolis is an interfaith collaboration of 18 Minneapolis churches, synagogues, and mosques and people with lived experiences working together to address homelessness and poverty.
Align Minneapolis focuses on shifting from an immediate needs approach to long term solutions through a combination of education, advocacy, and action.
Align Minneapolis is committed to engage the community around us to address homelessness. Through learning, volunteer opportunities, community partnerships, community organizing, and development of effective strategies and programs.
We Align
congregations across faith towards a common goal
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direct services with the needs of the community
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those who are housed with people who have lived experiences of homelessness
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state, city, and county laws and funding with our values
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our knowledge of homelessness with facts and experiences
How we take action
1. Inspire
Call people to take action based on religious values
2. Educate
Strengthen awareness of the issues of homelessness and appropriate solutions
3. Advocate
Build the public will for policy change
4. Serve
Coordinate delivery of services among congregations
