Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light (MNIPL)

This is the moment!

Last year, MNIPL and our network saw huge wins on a state, national, and international level! There are unprecedented amounts of funding promised to low-income and Black communities, Indigenous communities, and communities of color to repair the harms of climate disruption and move towards sustainability. 

But we also know that the how is just as important as the what — and we need your help to make sure those dollars go where they're needed and not into the pockets of corporations.

None of MNIPL's work would be possible without the support of grassroots donors like you.

We need resources to meet the scale of the challenge and possibility in front of us. We ask that you give more generously, more ambitiously, and more meaningfully than ever. 

Every contribution matters. Every difference we make comes from all of us.

2024 Highlights

Decarbonization

Because of MNIPL's guidance and efforts, as of Fall 2024 

• 21 congregations and nonprofit organizations are benefiting from solar energy 
• 28 faith communities were provided with solar system design proposals and advised on installing and financing solar energy
• Dozens of low-income households were reached out to with education about how subscribing to a community solar garden can lower their utility costs

Black & Native Reparations

The same systems that separate us from caring for theRise + Repair Alliance earth also work to separate us from caring for one another.

The United States was built on land stolen from Native people by the stolen labor of enslaved Black people. The same way of thinking and being has created a world dependent on fossil fuels at the expense of our care for each other and the earth.

We can’t work towards a thriving, just, and sustainable world without also committing to repairing the wounds of land theft and enslavement.  MNIPL hosted an introduction to reparations called Learning Tables and has offered monthly Learning Labs where folks can commit to action!

First Ever United States Climate Reparations Camp

 In summer of this year, MNIPL partnered with ActionAid USA and Justice is Global to host the first ever Climate Justice Reparations Camp in the United States. 25 young people from across the country joined us at the Women's Environmental Institute in Cambridge, MN to connect their local climate justice work to the of repair in the Global South. They tackled topics like reparation and restoration, land back, disaster care, sacrifice zones, and paying our fair share while developing plans to bring what they learned back to their communities.

Each young person attended the event completely free of charge, and each was offered a stipend to be able to bring this work back home.

Rise + Repair Alliance

Another session highlight was leading the Rise and Repair coalition of 28 organizations that brought over 300 people to the Rise and Repair Rally and lobby day at the State Capitol. The event and coalition uplifted the Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice legislative platform, including Indigenous, youth and faith speakers.