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Cecelia Caspram

@ceceliagracesees.bsky.social

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I 💗 Minnesota + Minneapolis (home). Writer. Reader. Meditator. Social Worker. Fundraiser. Nonprofits. Philanthropy. Practical idealist. Global citizen. A better world is possible. I want to help make it so. Join me @ ForTheLoveOfHumanity.community.

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Cecelia Caspram @ceceliagracesees.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hi! 👋🏻 An intro/what-you'll-get-here post, to help you decide if you want to follow.

Things you're likely to experience from me:

- Beautiful photography, primarily of our natural world. Some from me, some not.
- Inspiration. From me or others.
- I LOVE humans. You'll see that come through. (1/4)

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · 26d

When I got sick, my people showed up.

So many signed up for our Meal Train — many providing multiple meals for us throughout the course of my treatments.

I also asked for volunteers to go on walks with me, to keep me both active and connected. A number of people chose that one.

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Carin @mrotzie.bsky.social · Aug 31

Politicians wishing everyone a happy Labor Day should be prepared to explain their records on labor and whether they’ve championed or obstructed policies to improve the lives of workers.

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Aug 31

These things often dawn on you slowly.

At first, on Wednesday morning, I saw an alert come through on Nextdoor, about an active shooter situation nearby.

Odd. Unusual.

False alarm?

Sometimes those happen.

Surely that was it.

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Cecelia Caspram @ceceliagracesees.bsky.social · Nov 20

FOMO is not really my issue. Instead, it's Inability to Process the Firehose of Information Bowling Me Over Every Day. IPFIBMOED?

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Aug 23

www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/p/if-im-a-fu...

If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work?

...especially because I know I'm a good person?

www.fortheloveofhumanity.community

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Aug 23

And y’all, just in case you’re wondering…this doesn’t only apply to fundraisers. Whatever your work is? You can apply it there, too. ☺️

Read the whole piece and/or listen to the related podcast episode, just released YESTERDAY... at the links here:

www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/p/ep-05-if-i...

Ep 05 | If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work?

There are SO many reasons....

www.fortheloveofhumanity.community

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Aug 23

Hey again, friends! Thanks for following us... and for engaging with our content here! We're grateful to have you in our community.

💗🙏🏻💗

This series of images is drawn from our post on Substack: "If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work"?

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · Aug 18

Yeah, this would be lauded as strong, tough leadership if it was for a white constituency. I also think it elides a lot of actual stuff that leadership screwed up (especially responding to Republican stall tactics from the chair) in the final days.

Chris @chris-hhh.bsky.social · Aug 18

The 2023 Fateh rideshare episode remains one of the issues that rarely features actual drivers in its reporting -- like it exists solely as political narrative

www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

If it were about a Range DFLer/mining labor, I wonder how it'd be presented and whose voices we'd hear from

Fateh threatened to block 2023 budget votes over Uber/Lyft driver protections, email shows

When asked at the time, the senator did not publicly admit to leveraging his votes.

www.axios.com

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Aug 12

Hello, friends! This quote/image is drawn from one of our Loveletters in our Substack publication, called "Ignite Your Light." Head here to read the whole piece... and then comment to let us know what resonated with you: www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/p/ignite-you...

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Aug 2

Friends, this series of images is drawn from a piece in our Substack publication called "Our Fragile, Fragile World."

You can follow the link here to find it, if you'd like to read the whole thing. Please do!

And don't forget to "Subscribe" while you're there, too!

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Cecelia Caspram @ceceliagracesees.bsky.social · Aug 1

As someone who was there as a delegate, and who is weary of all the ridiculous posturing by certain factions of Minneapolis politics since then... I find this illuminating and super-helpful.

Maddie Love @maddielove.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’ve seen a lot of false information circulating in the weeks following the Minneapolis DFL convention. Some of it feels like reading Jan 6 voter conspiracy theories, so as the person who stepped in as head teller + audited the voting system, I’d like to set the record straight🧵

Cecelia Caspram @ceceliagracesees.bsky.social · Aug 1

I never thought I'd actually wade into the perennial What-Is-Uptown debate that roiled #MplsTwitter forever and now has migrated to #MplsBlueSky and beyond. But alas. Drawing my own interactive map drew me in. Pun intended.

Here's what I say! www.startribune.com/where-is-upt...

Draw your own map of Uptown to help settle the neighborhood’s boundaries

Tell us where your Uptown begins and ends: Lake and Lyndale? West of Bde Maka Ska?

www.startribune.com

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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · Jul 20

“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”

RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · Jul 18

Minnesota Supreme Court sides with Unicorn Riot in the media organization's fight to protect newsgathering materials from a major oil company looking to use the files to further suppress Indigenous-led opposition to pipeline projects

Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · Jul 16

BREAKING: Today the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled to deny attempts by Energy Transfer, the oil giant behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, to force Unicorn Riot to turn over internal documents from our reporting on the historic, Indigenous-led #NoDAPL movement:

unicornriot.ninja/2025/minneso...

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules on Unicorn Riot DAPL Subpoena - UNICORN RIOT

St Paul, MN — Unicorn Riot’s long legal battle in Minnesota to protect newsgathering materials from attorneys working for Energy Transfer reached yet another phase: The Minnesota Supreme Court release...

unicornriot.ninja

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Juliana Finch @writeplayrepeat.bsky.social · Jul 20

I read it last year and wished I'd read it sooner.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Jul 19

My book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT was published in 2020. It has the Trump/Epstein court files in it and a history of their joint transnational mafia ties. For five years, I have heard from former Trump voters who said this book -- specifically the Epstein documents -- changed their minds about him.

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Jul 18

Friends, we don’t need to do more.

So many of us are stuck in a feedback loop, one where we constantly feel like we are not-enough… so we feel like we need to do more… in order to be enough… or at least acceptable… or even just OK.

Our entire foundation is thus insecure.

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · Jul 18

MN Strib reports today that although federal funding is only 6 percent of Minnesota Public Radio’s budget, it is 25-40 percent of rural public radio budgets in Grand Rapids, Grand Marais, Bemidji, elsewhere.

ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · Jul 18

just a reminder that if you at all value your local public radio or broadcasting network, it is a fantastic time to become a member

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Jul 6

Community is the way.

Community is the destination... AND it is the journey.

If those of us in the work of philanthropy want to get where our hearts yearn to be (to justice, to healing, to joy, to solidarity, to a place where we know that we and all of our fellow human beings matter...

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Jul 2

Hiya! 👋🏻 We're brand-new here and would LOVE to build our following. So....

Do you care about....

- creating a better world?
- loving and caring for your fellow humans?
- growing community?
- seeking justice and equity?
- inclusion and belonging?

You're our peeps.

Hit that "Follow" button!

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Jul 1

We are still not OK, here in Minnesota. And we here at For the Love of Humanity are resolute in this truth: our politics cannot be violent. Even more, we believe our politics should be centered on care for each other.

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HallowJene @luckymud.myatproto.social · Jun 21

It's dangerously hot and @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is out there doing great work in Minneapolis. If you can spare a few dollars to help them out, or want to plug in another way, their Linktree is in their bio!

Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · Jun 21

Second @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social carload was able to take six cases of ice cold Gatorade, freezer pops, and cooling towels. Between these two carloads we estimate we reached more than 200 unhoused neighbors today.

Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · Jun 21

The first carload of today’s Gatorade distro for @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social just headed out to hand our ice cold Gatorade, cooling towels, sunscreen, and more.

They’ll be meeting up with one of our meal distro partners so unhoused neighbors will be able to access meals and water at the same time.

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For the Love of Humanity @fortheloveofhumanity.community · Jun 21

A curation of fire Instagram posts. 🔥 Freedom lessons from Juneteenth. 🇺🇸 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. 📖

And reflections like this one, in prep for Americans' next "freedom holiday," the 4th of July:

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Jun 19

Peace be upon us.

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Cecelia Caspram @ceceliagracesees.bsky.social · Jun 19

Eeek! Today I just published a tiny teaser episode for the For the Love of Humanity Podcast. Check it out, to see what it's all about!

www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/p/episode-00...

Episode 00: What's It All About?

A tiny teaser episode!

www.fortheloveofhumanity.community

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 17

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · Jun 17

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 17

Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE

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