Session 1: Introduction/What motivates people to serve? Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series.
Award-Winning MN African American History Film Announces Fall 2024 Tour “Best Short Documentary” (Santa Barbara International Movie Awards) and “Best Producer” (Hollywood Discovery Awards) film, Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: MN African American History, announces a 5-city tour happening this Fall. About the Film This documentary challenges our understanding of slavery, its impact on Minnesota, and […]
Session 2: How has the military service of certain populations been hidden devalued, limited, or discriminated against? Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series.
Session 2: How has the military service of certain populations been hidden devalued, limited, or discriminated against? Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series.
Join us for a special evening with acclaimed author, poet, and playwright, Marcie Rendon, as she delves into her latest book, “Where They Last Saw Her” (Bantam Books, 2024).
Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series. Facilitated by pairs of Discussion Leaders, each session will use guiding questions, and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and other factors have caused the military service of some individuals to be devalued or limited in some capacity.
Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series. Facilitated by pairs of Discussion Leaders, each session will use guiding questions, and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and other factors have caused the military service of some individuals to be devalued or limited in some capacity.
Join us for a conversation at the intersection of artwork, images, and writing based upon the catalogue “A Nation Takes Place: Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art,” edited by Tia-Simone Gardner and Shana M. griffin.
Join us for a special Poetry Month celebration of Latino poetry at the Rochester Public Library! This engaging event will feature readings of powerful poems, and opportunities for discussion and reflection. Students from Rochester Public Schools will read poems from the recently released anthology, “Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology” as well as their […]
Join us for an engaging and interactive online poetry craft talk and workshop! Featuring her most recent collection, “Verb Animate,” this workshop will be led by esteemed writer and the first poet laureate of the City of Minneapolis, Heid E. Erdrich.
K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours for attending. Many Fronts: Poetry and Memorials at the Capitol Mall provides participants an opportunity to reflect on the experiences and perspectives of service members, Veterans, and civilians in how we understand the nature of military conflicts, and how the public remembers and interprets the experience of war and service through memorials, monuments, and ekphrastic poetry.
Join us for a special Poetry Month event featuring poet Tarik Dobbs in conversation with Sagirah Shahid, discussing Dobbs’ powerful collection, “Nazar Boy.” This thought-provoking work explores themes of identity, surveillance, and the complexities of Arab American life through sharp, evocative verse.