January - February 2026 Salem Scene

Resistance Looks Like...

​Resistance….what does it look like? Over the past weeks (and even longer, really) our city and our state have experienced some awful things. I don’t know if there is any other way to say it.. As a native Minnesotan, I never in my wildest imagination, could have envisioned what is happening right now here in this place. The kind of occupation we are experiencing, the kind of terror people are facing, the senseless violence…well, that happens in other places, not here. And yet, here we are.

What does it mean to be part of resistance in times like these? Well, in the midst of the chaos over these last few weeks we have seen some incredible acts of resistance...very public acts of resistance. Thousands of people marching in the streets, peaceful vigils in the face of violence, peaceful protests at the airport and at Target headquarters., hundreds gathering to sing on street corners and in sanctuaries...to name a few.

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