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Ruth Reister: A Trailblazing Leader in Law, Finance, and the Humanities
March 3, 2025 - By Casey DeMarais
During Women’s History Month, we celebrate the remarkable contributions of women who have shaped our communities, institutions, and history. Among them is Ruth Alkema Reister (1936–2015), a visionary leader whose career spanned law, finance, and public service.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday of Service
February 28, 2025 - By Barbara Prindle
The Minnesota Humanities Center sponsored a number of cultural events to kick off 2025, including Sweet Potato Comfort Pie’s 10th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday of Service on Jan 19, 2025.
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We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection
February 26, 2025 - By Lucinda Pepper
Telling Queer History (TQH) is an organization that uses oral storytelling and community building as vehicles for connection, care, belonging and wellbeing.
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MHC Grantee Highlight: Civic Bridgers’ New Youth Leadership Development Program, Beyond Civics
February 11, 2025 - By Jasmine Nguyen
On January 15, 2025, Civic Bridgers launched its new program, Beyond Civics, at Banyan Community located in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis.
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Celebrating Junauda Petrus, Minneapolis’ Next Poet Laureate
February 6, 2025 - By Casey DeMarais
The appointment of Junauda Petrus as Minneapolis’ next Poet Laureate is a moment to celebrate. The City of Minneapolis’ Arts & Cultural Affairs Department and The Loft Literary Center deserve recognition for this outstanding selection. Junauda—a visionary writer, playwright, and multidimensional performance artist—follows in the footsteps of the remarkable Heid…
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A More Perfect Union
February 3, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
President Abraham Lincoln, in commemorating the lives lost during the Civil War, at the Gettysburg Address noted that the United States of America is a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
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Host the Afghanistan Youth Exhibit Free of Charge Opportunity
January 21, 2025 - By Julie Vang
Green Card Voices, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit with a global reach, has been amplifying first person immigrant narratives since 2013. Through partnerships with schools, universities, and communities, they’ve created a platform fostering empathy and understanding between America’s immigrants and the broader audience.
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Water Fits All
January 3, 2025 - By Javi Avalos
After almost a year of planning, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC’s) fashion show with the theme “Water Fits All.”
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We Are Family
December 6, 2024 - By Kevin Lindsey
Whenever I hear the song “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge, in my mind, I see my mom in front of a park bench singing “I’ve got all my sisters with me” with her sisters in matching red t-shirts with their nicknames on their back at the annual Wells Family reunion.
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In-Na-Po Retreat
November 1, 2024 - By Annie Wenstrup
In June 2024, seventeen Indigenous poetry fellows from thirteen Native Nations gathered with distinguished Indigenous faculty at the Minnesota Humanities Center. The retreat launched our #LanguageBack initiative, a movement that supports poets working with their traditional language(s).
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