Join Us for the Annual MLK Breakfast

January 16, in-person at 7:00 am; virtual at 8:00 am

Mark your calendars for General Mills’ 33nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast, a benefit to help local students of color get to and go through college. Interfaith will be partnering with four churches to host in-person events. You can attend virtually or in-person at one of our partner locations.

REGISTRATION is required and closes on January 12.

Department of Indian Work Needs & Opportunties

Can you help with general nonperishable food donations

We would be grateful if you would invite folks in your houses of worship personally, publish in your weekly communications, and announce during your weekly worship services.

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Rev. Phillip Romine Named Director of Opportunity Saint Paul

Interfaith Action is thrilled to announce that Rev. Phillip Romine is our new Director of Opportunity Saint Paul! Phil will continue to build and deepen relationships between houses of worship and our community partners in his elevated role.

READ MORE ABOUT PHIL.

Interfaith 2023 Calendar Now Available

This calendar lists religious and national holidays and observances that involve special worship obligations or food or work restrictions.

CHECK OUT THIS HELPFUL RESOURCE.

Join us in Celebrating our "Opportunity Champions"

Join us January 26 at 6:30 pm for the launch of our "Opportunity Champions" spotlight series.

We will honor and learn from Otis Zanders, recently retired CEO of Ujamaa Place and lifelong opportunity champion!

The event is hybrid, with a Zoom option and limited in-person seating at the Northwest Area Foundation (60 Plato Blvd E., St. Paul, MN 55107). Interfaith Action Executive Director Randi Ilyse Roth hosts the conversation. The evening includes special remarks from civic leaders to honor Mr. Zanders’ impact in our community and a catered meal for those in person. 

Ujamaa Place is a St. Paul-based non-profit that provides holistic transformation opportunities for young Black men experiencing inequity at the intersection of race and poverty, helping them achieve brotherhood, stability, and personal success.his calendar lists religious and national holidays and observances that involve special worship obligations or food or work restrictions.

REGISTRATION IS FREE BUT REQUIRED.

Opportunity Saint Paul Seeks Tutors and Job Coaches

Several of our Opportunity Saint Paul partner organizations through our Opportunity St. Paul program need volunteers to help with resume building and job coaching for adults and after-school homework help and one-on-one tutoring with children. Pandemic lapses in educational outcomes and ongoing traumas resulting from grinding poverty are reminders that we need each other now more than ever.

SIGN UP HERE TO VOLUNTEER

Power-Up Legal Clinic Offers Free-of-Charge Legal Support

In Person

• Come to Progressive Baptist Church (1505 Burns Ave, Saint Paul) between 12:30–3:00 pm on clinic day.
• Meet in person with our SMRLS paralegal, who then will connect you via Zoom to a lawyer on call that day.

By Phone

• On the day of clinic, call 651-222-5863 at 12:30 pm.
• Say, “I’m calling for Power-Up Clinic.” You must say you are calling for Power-Up to get help that day.
• A lawyer will call you back the same afternoon. After a brief introductory call, a volunteer attorney will call you back between 1:00–3:30 pm to hear about your issue in detail.