Upcoming Events
General Membership Meeting
Saturday, June 6, 2026
👋 General Membership Meeting
📆 Date: June 6, 2026
🕜 Time: 1:30pm
📍 Zoom Meeting Preregistration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3wb4aLfJSM-5yS6FrQIrGg
📝 Meeting Notice & Proposed Agenda: TBD
Archive of Previous Events
Volunteer with Progressive Caucus Candidates!
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Volunteer for Veda Kanitz, 57A
Date: August 1, 2024
Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm
Meet-Up Location: Pioneer Park 20785 Holyoke Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044
Sign Up: Email Debbie at deevee@charter.net
Volunteer for Veda Kanitz, 57A Date: August 1, 2024 Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm Meet-Up Location: Pioneer Park 20785 Holyoke Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044 Sign Up: Email Debbie at deevee@charter.net
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Volunteer for Veda Kanitz, 57A Date: August 3, 2024 Time: 10:00am-12:00pm Meet-Up Location: Pioneer Park 20785 Holyoke Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044 Sign Up: Email Debbie at deevee@charter.net
Volunteer for Mark Munger, 03B Date: August 3, 2024 Time: 11:00am-2:00pm Meet-Up Location: Caribou Coffee on Hwy 53, 5112 Miller Trunk Hwy, Hermantown, MN 55811 Sign Up: Sign Up Link: https://secure.ngpvan.com/xWCZ_zGlkUSkMB5FyWRdUQ2
Volunteer for Veda Kanitz, 57A Date: August 3, 2024 Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm Meet-Up Location: Pioneer Park 20785 Holyoke Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044 Sign Up: Email Debbie at deevee@charter.net
Volunteer for Representative Ilhan Omar, CD5 Date: August 3, 2024 Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm Meet-Up Location: Phelps Field Park, 701 E 39th St, Minneapolis, MN 55407 Sign Up: Sign Up Here!!
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Volunteer for Representative Ilhan Omar, CD5 Date: August 4, 2024 Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm Meet-Up Location: DFL Lake Street Office, 2700 E Lake St, Room #106, Minneapolis, MN 55406 Sign Up: Sign Up Link: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/650863/
Volunteer for Veda Kanitz, 57A Date: August 4, 2024 Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm Meet-Up Location: Pioneer Park 20785 Holyoke Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044 Sign Up: Email Debbie at deevee@charter.net
Volunteer with Progressive Caucus Candidates!
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Volunteer for Ashley Grimm, St. Louis County Commissioner 3rd District Date: June 30, 2024 Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm Meet-Up Location: 427 N 43rd Avenue West, Duluth, MN, 55807 Sign Up: Facebook Event
2023 DFL Progressive Caucus Annual Meeting
Friday, June 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM
We are excited to be officially recognized as a DFL Community Caucus and we hope you will be able to attend our annual meeting!
We have a number of open positions on our board and hope that we will have people step up to fill those roles. This includes at the very least: 5 Directors, a Membership Officer, and 2 Vice-Chairs. We will also be voting on the final recommendations for our new constitution.
If you have any questions, please contact our current Chair, Rich Updegrove, at Rich.Updegrove@gmail.com.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89652797999?pwd=VmlMVjZxYVJXdWVudkNnNHM0STlXdz09
Monday, April 11, 2022
A DFL Progressive Caucus Forum with the MN Health Plan Caucus
Join MN Health Plan authors Senator John Marty and Representative Cedrick Frazier for a Minnesota DFL Progressive Caucus forum with the newly formed Minnesota Health Plan Caucus. Featuring the MN Health Plan Co-Chairs:
Senator Jen McEwen
Senator Omar Fateh
Representative Liz Reyer
Representative Liz Boldon
Saturday, November 13, 2021
“Sky High! Why does housing in Minnesota remain so Un-affordable?”
[. . . and what can we do to fix that!?]
Hosted by the DFL Party Progressive Caucus
-What are the chronic policy barriers?
-Which institutions pose the biggest obstacles?
-Who are the players who benefit the most by keeping housing costly?
Our three presenters have long records as affordable housing advocates at the state, county, and local levels of Government:
State Representative: Alice Hausman
Ramsey County Commissioner: Trista MatasCastillo
St. Paul City Council member: Jane Prince
May 1, 2021
“Health Care in Minnesota: Community based Strategies for getting to Single-Payer
(when electoral approaches fail)”
Presentation by Joel Albers is a Health Economist with Co-op Care, an initiative of the Universal Health Care Action Network in Minnesota and a Clinical Pharmacist working in two neighborhood pharmacies in Minneapolis, serving diverse racial/ ethnic communities. He has been a tireless activist for access to quality healthcare for all our residents, and a single-payer champion since the idea’s inception in the 1990s.
Joel brings to his work not only his passion for justice, but a keen analytical mind that grasps economic relationships and the potential for harnessing emerging technologies to overcome the constraints of entrenched economic interests fighting to keep the status-quo.
March 20, 2021
“Achieving Access for every Minnesotan to full Broadband Coverage: Grassroots Community Initiatives vs. Corporate Monopoly Roadblocks and Delaying!”
Presentation by Christopher – Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative for the Institute for Neighborhood Self-Reliance.
He updated us on the status of broadband penetration in Minnesota, the obstacles that we have faced as a state in getting there and what initiatives local communities have done and can do to achieve the goal of 21st century connectivity.
February 20, 2021
“Winning Elections with Progressive Frames”
Presentation by DFL framing expert, George Greene.
We have a powerful, positive message to bring – but it requires a certain communication skill set to insure that we seize the offense from the outset and never allow them to engage us on their “home turf”. When we open our mouths it must always be to frame the discussion using our words, expressing our values, highlighting our accomplishments and inviting others into our positive visions for our shared futures.
January 30, 2021
“Insurrection and corruption: a primer on sedition, pardons, and impeachment.”
Presentation by Eric Janus – the former Dean and President of Wm. Mitchell Law school (now Mitchell-Hamline) and a Constitutional scholar.