The community send-off for Ellison drew a standing-room-only crowd of several hundred supporters who filled the Operating Engineers Local 49 hall with all the cultural and religious diversity of the district Ellison represents.
"You\'re not sending me anywhere," Ellison told the crowd. "We\'re going together."
The Local 49 hall echoed with music by a jazz band, a gospel choir, a Native American duo and a vocalist singing a Mexican song.
A group of young Ellison campaign activists read selections from Ellison\'s campaign speeches — in English, Hmong and Spanish.
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Speaking beneath a sign reading "Everybody Counts, Everybody Matters," Representative-elect Keith Ellison (above) addressed well-wishers with his wife, Kim. A standing-room-only crowd of several hundred supporters Photos by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review |
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Ellison received symbolic gifts: a globe to represent the diversity of the district and a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
Ellison also received blessings from a Baptist pastor, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim imam.
"You kept your cool when most of us wouldn\'t have," said Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman of Temple Israel in Minneapolis. "We know that strength of character will go to Washington."
"We all count and we all matter," Ellison said, echoing one of the themes of his campaign. "Whether you are from the suburbs or city, whatever color you may be, whatever religion… you are part of this family of ours."
Ellison, a two-term state representative from North Minneapolis, won election to Congress by organizing a coalition of labor unions, environmental groups, progressives and communities of color.
"Each part of the group is a valued member of the group," he reminded the crowd at his send-off celebration.
"As labor, we don\'t fight only for justice for people in our bargaining unit, we fight for justice for all working people," Ellison said.
Ellison announced that he has opened a district office in north Minneapolis in the Minneapolis Urban League building at the corner of Plymouth Ave. and Penn Ave. So. The phone number is 612-522-1212. "Our door is open to you," Ellison said. "We are here to work with you."
Steve Share edits the Labor Review, the official publication of the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council. Visit the CLUC website at www.minneapolisunions.org
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The community send-off for Ellison drew a standing-room-only crowd of several hundred supporters who filled the Operating Engineers Local 49 hall with all the cultural and religious diversity of the district Ellison represents.
"You\’re not sending me anywhere," Ellison told the crowd. "We\’re going together."
The Local 49 hall echoed with music by a jazz band, a gospel choir, a Native American duo and a vocalist singing a Mexican song.
A group of young Ellison campaign activists read selections from Ellison\’s campaign speeches — in English, Hmong and Spanish.
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Speaking beneath a sign reading "Everybody Counts, Everybody Matters," Representative-elect Keith Ellison (above) addressed well-wishers with his wife, Kim. A standing-room-only crowd of several hundred supporters Photos by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review |
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Ellison received symbolic gifts: a globe to represent the diversity of the district and a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
Ellison also received blessings from a Baptist pastor, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim imam.
"You kept your cool when most of us wouldn\’t have," said Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman of Temple Israel in Minneapolis. "We know that strength of character will go to Washington."
"We all count and we all matter," Ellison said, echoing one of the themes of his campaign. "Whether you are from the suburbs or city, whatever color you may be, whatever religion… you are part of this family of ours."
Ellison, a two-term state representative from North Minneapolis, won election to Congress by organizing a coalition of labor unions, environmental groups, progressives and communities of color.
"Each part of the group is a valued member of the group," he reminded the crowd at his send-off celebration.
"As labor, we don\’t fight only for justice for people in our bargaining unit, we fight for justice for all working people," Ellison said.
Ellison announced that he has opened a district office in north Minneapolis in the Minneapolis Urban League building at the corner of Plymouth Ave. and Penn Ave. So. The phone number is 612-522-1212. "Our door is open to you," Ellison said. "We are here to work with you."
Steve Share edits the Labor Review, the official publication of the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council. Visit the CLUC website at www.minneapolisunions.org