Multifaith Antiracism Change and Healing (MARCH) has called clergy to Minneapolis to join in the scheduled demonstrations on Friday, January 23. Our own Rev. Kevin Tarsa will be joining them and we’ll gather at UUCM to hold witness and observe from afar.
More from MARCH:
Minneapolis finds itself at the center of a crisis that has been long in the making.
This is a crisis of our Constitution, federal overreach, militarized enforcement, and the erosion of civil liberties.
A crisis of our democracy.
A crisis of our morals.
A crisis of faith communities failing to live into a vision of Beloved Community—or, across traditions, our shared commitments to justice, dignity, compassion, right relationship, and collective care.
This is not a crisis confined to one city. It is a crisis all over the land, born of original sins: stolen land, slavery, genocide, and the ongoing violence required to sustain them.
And just before we mark MLK Day on January 19, 2026, we find ourselves standing in an echo of history—offered lessons we need not repeat and legacies of love we are called to build upon.
In the tendrils of inherited harm and collective memory, we hear calls from our past—calling us toward both peril and possibility.
OUR PURPOSE
The clergy call and gathering on the 22nd is intended to amplify and support the demands of January 23:
1. ICE must leave Minnesota immediately.
2. The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable.
3. No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors.
4. We call upon Minnesota and national companies to become 4th Amendment businesses, cease economic relations with ICE, and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds.
Visit ICE Out Now MN and May Day Strong for more information.