The principle of Peggy’s professional, political, and personal life is giving back, particularly to children, families, communities of color, American Indians, and low-income and working people.
A noted community and political organizer, Peggy is a partner with The Management Center, an organization dedicated to helping leaders working for social change.
She formerly served as the executive director of Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota (CDF), a non-profit child-advocacy organization working to level the playing field for all children in our region and state. While at CDF, Peggy co-chaired the Raise The Wage campaign, the successful fight to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade.
Before joining Children’s Defense Fund, Peggy also worked for almost a decade at Wellstone Action, the organization founded to carry on the work of the late Senator Paul Wellstone, first as director and founder of the Native American Leadership Program, then as director of external affairs. As one of the original trainers of Wellstone Action’s signature program Camp Wellstone, she has trained tens of thousands of progressive activists, community and campaign organizers, future candidates — including Tim Walz! — and progressive officeholders to make effective, sustainable, progressive change around the country.
Since her election in 2015, Peggy has continued building coalitions and working on behalf of children and families. Peggy serves as the DFL lead on the Subcommittee on Child Care Access and Affordability. She also serves on Health and Human Services Policy, State Government Finance and Rules committees. During the 2017 session she joined with other DFL legislators to form the POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) caucus. The caucus aims to improve the education, health, and economic opportunities of people of color and indigenous communities across the state.
A citizen of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe, Peggy lives in the Bronx Park neighborhood of St. Louis Park with her 4-year-old daughter Siobhan and her dog Reuben.
Among Walz and Flanagan's priorities are fair wages, fully funded public schools, affordable healthcare as a right, environmental protection, renewable energy, and maintenance of our roads, bridges, and transit across the state.
Flanagan tweeted shortly after her projected win last night:
"Today, @Tim_Walz, our families, and I are humbled and grateful to stand before Minnesotans statewide. We are thankful for the hard work and support everyone has shown. Today, we continue the journey of making #OneMinnesota a reality."
A noted community and political organizer, Peggy is a partner with The Management Center, an organization dedicated to helping leaders working for social change.
She formerly served as the executive director of Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota (CDF), a non-profit child-advocacy organization working to level the playing field for all children in our region and state. While at CDF, Peggy co-chaired the Raise The Wage campaign, the successful fight to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade.
Before joining Children’s Defense Fund, Peggy also worked for almost a decade at Wellstone Action, the organization founded to carry on the work of the late Senator Paul Wellstone, first as director and founder of the Native American Leadership Program, then as director of external affairs. As one of the original trainers of Wellstone Action’s signature program Camp Wellstone, she has trained tens of thousands of progressive activists, community and campaign organizers, future candidates — including Tim Walz! — and progressive officeholders to make effective, sustainable, progressive change around the country.
Since her election in 2015, Peggy has continued building coalitions and working on behalf of children and families. Peggy serves as the DFL lead on the Subcommittee on Child Care Access and Affordability. She also serves on Health and Human Services Policy, State Government Finance and Rules committees. During the 2017 session she joined with other DFL legislators to form the POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) caucus. The caucus aims to improve the education, health, and economic opportunities of people of color and indigenous communities across the state.
A citizen of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe, Peggy lives in the Bronx Park neighborhood of St. Louis Park with her 4-year-old daughter Siobhan and her dog Reuben.
Among Walz and Flanagan's priorities are fair wages, fully funded public schools, affordable healthcare as a right, environmental protection, renewable energy, and maintenance of our roads, bridges, and transit across the state.
Flanagan tweeted shortly after her projected win last night:
"Today, @Tim_Walz, our families, and I are humbled and grateful to stand before Minnesotans statewide. We are thankful for the hard work and support everyone has shown. Today, we continue the journey of making #OneMinnesota a reality."
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