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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Grantee Highlight: YMCA of the North’s Students Voting Program Largest Mock Election of the 2024 Season
January 23, 2025 - By Amy Anderson
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as those 18 years and older cast their votes for the presidential election, students across Minnesota cast their ballots for the YMCA of the North’s Students Voting mock election at their respective schools.
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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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Sketches of Minnesota
January 6, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
Partnering with Danger Boat Productions, we conceived the idea of hosting a humanities comedy tour in response to news of people in Minnesota feeling disconnected and unwilling to talk to their neighbors.
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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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Reflections on War and Service at the Capitol Mall
November 11, 2024 - By Colin Nelson-Dusek
In observance of Veterans Voices Month, MHC hosted a special program, “Reflections on War and Service at the Capitol Mall,” on the Minnesota State Capitol Mall.
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