Tending the Soil

Tending the Soil (TTS) is an alignment of Minnesota organizations led by people of color that organize in working class communities of color. We are the ones who tend the soil to remove the toxins of white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism and nourish our communities to grow justice, self-actualization, autonomy, and collective communities. We exist to lift up the voices of society’s most marginalized members, and we stand in deep solidarity with one another. 

The organizations that make up TTS are:

• Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL) - organizes low-wage workers
• Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia (IX) - organizes low-income renters
• The New Justice Project - builds a base of working class Black Minnesotans to win systemic change in public safety, education, employment and democracy
• SEIU Local 26 - union of predominantly Black and Brown low-wage workers
• Unidos MN /Navigate - builds Latine power for racial, social & economic justice

TTS was formed in 2018 but the roots have been growing out of formations of these organizations dating back to 2008. All TTS efforts reflect the strategic alignment of the member organizations, each of which is rooted in their own memberships: low-wage, BIPOC workers, renters, and voters.