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Press Highlight: The Progressive Magazine
“The Revolutionary Neighborliness of Minneapolis”, written by Joseph Mogul, mentions GMCC and partners
GMCC, our partner organization Sanctuary Supply Depot, and one of our Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign participants, Joyce Uptown Food Shelf, were all mentioned in this article titled “The Revolutionary Neighborliness of Minneapolis”, written by Joseph Mogul for The Progressive Magazine.
Read an excerpt below:
In 2023, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches (GMCC), an interfaith, social services nonprofit located in the heart of Minneapolis’s immigrant community on Lake Street, invited Sanctuary Supply Depot to partner for their Friday showers program. On Fridays, GMCC President and Executive Director Adrienne Dorn says, the organization opens its doors to provide a place to shower, as well as meals, groceries, a variety of supplies, and respite from the outdoors. Typically, 150 people show up to Friday showers, but that number has recently dwindled to fifty. “I would love to say that’s because the need isn’t there anymore,” says Dorn. “That folks got up on their feet and no longer need to come here. But I don’t think that’s the case.”
Dorn emphasizes that the unhoused and immigrant communities are not mutually exclusive, and that being unhoused can mean different things for different people, including living on the street, on a relative’s couch, or in a car. According to Dorn, many of GMCC’s housed attendees have said they’re afraid to leave their homes because of ICE. GMCC has adapted by reviving a COVID-era food delivery program and partnering with nearby schools to provide services.