Bridging the Policy Gap: 2025 MN Legislative Recap & the World Café Policy Roadmap

The 2025 Minnesota Legislative Session has some powerful legislative advocacy efforts for EL students in partnership with  MCLA, MNEEP and LatinoLEAD, yet vital opportunities to strengthen our future workforce and provide essential support to Minnesota families were missed.

Our commitment now is to turn that disappointment into data-driven action.

From Missed Opportunity to Community-Powered Solution

The clear advocacy gap seen in the 2025 session is the exact problem the LatinoLEAD World Café Series was designed to address. For the last year, we have actively engaged with Latine, Native and multilingual parents and families across Minnesota—from community centers to school districts—to gather their lived experiences, concerns, and most importantly, their solutions. 

“Across Minnesota, we’ve been intentional about listening to parents and building bridges through honest conversation. When families understand what’s happening in schools, they become advocates and good neighbors shaping a stronger future for all Minnesotans. The World Café process shows that when multilingual parents share their experiences and hopes, advocacy becomes more effective, equitable, and rooted in community. This is about connection—between families, educators, and the workforce that will define our shared prosperity.” –Sabrina Tapia, Advocacy Program Manager

The Advocacy Roadmap: World Café Executive Summary Event

We are now ready to unveil the comprehensive findings and action items gathered from this critical statewide engagement initiative. And we invite all community members, educators, advocates, and legislators to join us for the reveal of the Education Action Team’s World Café Executive Summary. 

What to Expect at the Event

This is both a celebration of community voices and a call to action:

• Presentation of Key Findings and Community-Driven Recommendations: Hear data and most critical needs and solutions identified by multilingual parents during statewide World Café sessions.

• 2026 Priorities: Be the first to hear LatinoLEAD’s core educational advocacy priorities for the future.

• Celebrate Advocacy: Stand together with partners like Isla Charter School, MCLA, CMAH, EdAllies, Project Momentum, and Rochester Public Schools who are centering families, culture, and language justice.

Join us to hear the data that will drive our advocacy efforts!

• What: Education Action Team’s World Café Executive Summary Reveal

• When: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

• Where: Rochester Public Schools–Edison Building (615 7th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902)

Can’t attend in person? The event will be Livestreamed statewide to all registered participants.

RSVP Now and help us make policy happen: https://secure.everyaction.com/D7uRCTjLbEq0F2GxDyv-QA2.

We look forward to sharing this critical next step with you as we collectively build a stronger, more equitable education system for all of Minnesotans.