Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers Duane Thornton and Wes Burchard move belongings out of "Hotel Victory" (inside present-day Mill City Museum) before transporting them to a duplex home at 2527 Columbus Avenue South, in Minneapolis. Photograph by Regene Radniecki. Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on May 23, 1990, with "Homeless Protesters Get Duplex in Deal," 3B.
The Minneapolis chapter of Up and Out of Poverty Now! was a highly visible organization created by and for the houseless community in the early 1990s. Although short-lived, Up and Out provided a voice for those without permanent housing and helped secure affordable options for those in need by using the radical tactic of occupying publicly owned buildings.
St. Anthony viewed from the east bank of the Mississippi River. Photograph by Benjamin Franklin Upton, 1957. Visible are, at the far left, the Winslow House, and, at the far right, the Jarrett House.
Sign marking the road approaching the Iron Man Memorial in Chisholm. The road is named for longtime project advocate, newspaper publisher, and community booster Veda Ponikvar. Photograph by Suzanne Rian, October 2020.