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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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The Untold Stories of American Veterans
December 19, 2023 - By Tanya Miller
What began as a qualitative research project on the connection between authentic learning and student engagement quickly grew to have a life of its own. I conceived of this project while conducting research for my dissertation in educational leadership through the Minnesota State University of Moorhead.
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MHC Receives the 2021 Schwartz Prize: It Took a Village!
December 15, 2021 - By Rose McGee
The nation witnessed in horror and heard Mr. George Floyd’s plea, “I can’t breathe” and with his last dying breath, his call out for his “Mama.” That was May 2020 and all eyes were on Minnesota. At Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC), we struggled with how and even when to respond…
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A tribute to Dr. James Peterson (1942–2021): In Memoriam
November 5, 2021 - By Patrick Henry
James L. Peterson, who served on the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) Board of Directors from 2009 to 2018, died on October 30, 2021.
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The Work Ahead
April 23, 2021 - By Kevin Lindsey
The work of creating a just society for all does not happen by accident. The work of a just society requires all of us to play a part in advancing the cause of justice.
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