Rent Assistance for families affected by ICE

We are currently raising funds to support immigrant and American Indian families in East Saint Paul who are impacted by the current situation in Minnesota. We hope to raise enough to support 40 families with rent assistance for the month of February. 

There are many affected families in this part of town and we want to make sure that they are getting the support they need to stay housed during the coldest months of winter. A rent moratorium is only a temporary solution and we want to be able to provide a little bit of housing security and support. We are working with organizations in this part of town to support needs of those most impacted.

A small amount of funds will go towards administration and gas fees.

Thank you for your support!

About Us:

Indigenous skill shares and discussions on occupied Dakhóta lands—creating space for cultural resilience, healing, and ancestral wisdom.

Since 2019, we have created safer spaces for QTBIPOC and BIPOC youth to learn skills that empower them. Some past skill shares have been garden bed making, canoe building and woodworking, making medicines, making hand drums, plant identification, and native food harvesting and processing. All of these skill shares are always free of charge to participants and focus on bettering the health and wellness of Indigenous folks. 

Our work has adapted to fit the needs of the community during difficult times such as the pandemic, uprising, and to help water protectors, where skill shares and discussions were BIPOC medic trainings and medicine-making workshops during a time when EMS were a greater need. 

Cempazúchitl Collective is Indigenous led and strives to center two spirit, queer and trans Indigenous folks to create safer spaces to learn, heal and grow with community.

We are one of the few 2SLGBTQ+ non-profit organizations that is Indigenous led.