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  • Arc Toward Justice 2023 - Westminster Town Hall Forum with Cornel West and Ifeoma Ike

    Minneapolis and Online – Westminster Town Hall Forum: Arc Toward Justice 2023

    Westminster Presbyterian Church 1200 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Join renowned philosopher and social critic Dr. Cornel West and social impact strategist and professional disruptor Ifeoma Ike in Minneapolis in a collaborative event with our partners Westminster Town Hall Forum and Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers. Minnesota Public Radio Host Angela Davis will serve as our moderator for the “ARC Toward Justice” event.

    Free

  • Actors take a bow at the end of the performance of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story by Rose McGee.

    Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Morning Performance)

    Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • Actors take a bow at the end of the performance of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story by Rose McGee.

    Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Evening Performance)

    Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • Actors take a bow at the end of the performance of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story by Rose McGee.

    St. Peter – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    St. Peter High School 2121 Broadway Ave, St. Peter, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • Actors take a bow at the end of the performance of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story by Rose McGee.

    Rochester – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE, Rochester, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • Actors take a bow at the end of the performance of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story by Rose McGee.

    St. Cloud – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    Marcus Theatres 1533 Frontage Road North, Waite Park, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free

  • Birmingham, AL – There IS a Balm in Gilead: Healing from the Events of 1963 National Conference

    Sheraton Birmingham Hotel 2101 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL, United States

    This year, 2023, the City of Birmingham commemorates sixty years since the Birmingham campaign for civil and human rights. As a part of the commemorative events, The Historic Bethel Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama, is pleased to announce its conference on individual and community healing. The conference theme is “There IS A Balm in Gilead: Healing From The Events of 1963.” The conference will take place September 12-14, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama.

    $200

  • St. Paul – Feeding Our Souls: The Essence of Black Joy

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Minnesota Humanities Center is excited to host, "Feeding Our Souls, the Essence of Cultural Joy," food series. Join us at the Minnesota Humanities Center, where beloved local chefs and cooks will showcase dishes that speak about their cultural backgrounds.

    Free

  • St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join us for the February 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome multidisciplinary artist, Maya Washington, who will discuss her film and memoir, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar.”

    Free

  • Minneapolis – Westminster Town Hall Forum: Arc Toward Justice 2024

    Westminster Presbyterian Church 1200 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Wesley Lowery is the author of American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress. It tells the story of how the election of the nation’s first Black president fanned long-burning embers of white supremacy. Following the police killing of Michael Brown, Lowery launched Fatal Force — a real-time national database of people shot and killed by the police.

    Free