Community-Aligned Businesses
This page highlights businesses identified by community members as aligned with community care and shared values. Listings are based only on publicly shared practices, policies, or commitments that businesses have chosen to make visible themselves. This is not an exhaustive list and many immigrant-owned or immigrant-staffed businesses intentionally avoid public statements or signage to reduce the risk of being targeted, while still contributing to and supporting their communities in meaningful ways.
This page relies on community submissions to stay accurate and useful. If you know of a business that should be included, please submit it. Keeping this information current helps people make informed choices about where to spend their money and how to support businesses whose values align with their own. In general, supporting local and minority-run businesses is one of the most effective ways to practice community care, whether or not a business appears on this list.
Bring Me The News has a list of local businesses that closed for the general strike on January 23, 2026 here.
- Community Discounts / Free Services, Public Statement / Signage
Printmaking and painting co-op space. They’re currently doing special events for screen printing protest graphics on 100% cotton. You bring the shirt, they’ll print it for free. Check their website or socials for details and their next event.
Addresses immigration through art, exhibitions, and community programs, focusing on humanizing migrant experiences, like their “When Home Won’t Let You Stay” exhibit featuring Ai Weiwei’s refugee life jackets and local artists’ work on migration journeys, and through partnerships like the Immigration Court Observation Project, bringing visibility to immigrant challenges rather than engaging in direct enforcement, fostering understanding and connection around migration themes.
- Free Community Resources, Material Support / Donations, Public Statement / Signage
The PCAC serves as a dynamic platform for expression, education, and support. With programs like Rainbow Wardrobe, art classes, gallery space, cultural education, and support groups, it provides a welcoming and vibrant environment where individuals and families can feel celebrated and embraced. By highlighting the rich culture of the LGBTQ+ community, the PCAC aims to foster a deep sense of belonging and pride.
- Free Community Resources, Public Statement / Signage, Space for Organizing / Events
Minnesota's first and the Midwest's only sports bar dedicated exclusively to showing women's sports, featuring an inclusive, family-friendly atmosphere in Minneapolis, serving women/non-binary/trans-led breweries, and celebrating female athletes. Inspired by The Sports Bra in Portland, it's a welcoming hub for fans of all ages to watch WNBA, college sports, PWHL, and more, offering vegan/gluten-fr
- Material Support / Donations, Public Statement / Signage, Warrant-Required Policy
Currently operating under significant stress due to increased ICE activity, leading them to temporarily close and then reopen with heightened security, implementing safety measures like controlled entry. The beloved family-owned business, a staple in the West Side community since 1979, is taking solidarity actions with other local businesses and immigrants affected by these aggressive immigration enforcement actions.
- Material Support / Donations, Public Statement / Signage
The Angry Line Cook is a popular, St. Paul-based food truck known for its scratch-made smash burgers, hand-cut fries, and bold flavors, started by chefs who were frustrated with the industry and used their "anger" as fuel for a passion project.
- Material Support / Donations
Wrecktangle Pizza
- Material Support / Donations, Public Statement / Signage
Odd Mart, the store of stores, is the space for comix, art, vintage and related merchandise, markets, and events. You will either find what you need or find a new dimension so there’s no reason not to visit. Need to start up that ole’ marching band with your high school pals? Buy a whistle for just $3 and all proceeds will go to MIRAC. Or, join a Cartoon Cabaret class, make friends and donate!
- Material Support / Donations, Public Statement / Signage, Space for Organizing / Events, Warrant-Required Policy
A well-known adult gift shop and sex-positive resource in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood, celebrated for its inclusive approach, sex education workshops, diverse products (toys, books). They are taking cash donations and are getting a model in place to organize that for rapid fund distribution.