With Grateful Hearts, We Wrap Up 2025
December 11, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
As we turn the page on 2025, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude for your steadfast partnership with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
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2025 Wrap Up: 50th Joint Commemoration, Honoring Our Legacies
December 11, 2025 - By Mike Hang
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the Minnesota Humanities Center blog. Serving on this Advisory Council has truly been one of the greatest honors of my year. As one of the three individuals who represented the Hmong community. A community of more than 100,000 strong in Minnesota,…
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2025 Wrap Up: 50th Joint Commemoration, Stories I Wish They’d Tell About the War in Vietnam
December 10, 2025 - By Larry Johnson
When the United States used false information to invade Iraq, many of us wondered, “Didn’t we learn anything from the War in Vietnam?” Several years later, we organized a World Storytelling Day event, SEVEN STORIES I WISH THEY’D TELL ABOUT THE WAR IN VIETNAM.
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2025 Wrap Up: 50th Joint Commemoration, Connected Histories & Solidarity
December 10, 2025 - By Chinda Kim Gregor
What I remember most about those first 50th Advisory Council meetings is our shared excitement and purpose we felt. From the very beginning, we all believed deeply in the vision of creating a joint commemoration to honor and celebrate the contributions of our communities coming together.
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2025 Wrap Up: On the Road with Sketches of Minnesota
December 9, 2025 - By Tane Danger
A confession: when we started Sketches of Minnesota, I secretly expected that at once or twice…it wouldn’t work.
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2025 Wrap Up: Statewide Tour Stop in Fergus Falls
December 9, 2025 - By Rebecca Peterson
With book-end visits in October, Otter Tail County had the good fortune to participate in MHC’s Minnesota Sketches program, not just once but TWICE!
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2025 Wrap Up: Reconstruction Destructed Film Tour & Community Conversations
December 9, 2025 - By Monique Linder
The Reconstruction Destructed film tour wrapped in Saint Paul, MN a couple of weeks ago, and I will always carry with me the deep sense of love and connection that emerged during our post-screening discussions across small communities throughout Minnesota.
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Restorative Arts Summit: Pathways to Healing, Re-Entry and Community
December 8, 2025 - By Isabel Nelson
With the support of the Minnesota Humanities Center, local nonprofit Art from the Inside recently hosted the inaugural Restorative Arts Summit: Pathways to Healing, Re-Entry, and Community on Saturday, November 15. The day-long gathering was for individuals and organizations that are invested in the arts as a healing response to incarceration; the goal was to build and strengthen relationships across modalities and contexts.
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Kevin’s Corner: November Update
November 13, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
Over the past three months, I have been on the road doing a bit of driving. In addition to our MHC Statewide Tour - which took me to New Ulm, Rochester, St. Paul, Fergus Falls, Duluth, and Red Wing - I have been travelling with our good friends from Danger Boat Productions and OMG Studios (along with their wonderful OMG Innovation Lab youth) for our Sketches of Minnesota and Reconstruction Destructed film tours.
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Honoring Service, Story, and Humanity: Reflections on Veterans Day
November 11, 2025 - By Casey DeMarais
Every November, we pause to honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans Day reminds us not only of their service and sacrifice, but also of the global and human stories intertwined with that service – the allies, families, and communities whose lives are forever connected through shared struggle and resilience.
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