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There IS A Balm In Gilead National Conference (MN Educator Track)

There IS A Balm In Gilead National Conference Minnesota Educator Track The Modern Civil Rights Movement forced the nation to re-think, re-examine, and re-structure how it dealt with issues of race, justice, and citizenship. Join Minnesota educators at the national conference, There IS a Balm in Gilead: Healing… Read More

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Critical Conversations

2023 Wakpa Triennial Art Festival: Critical ConversationsHow do we recognize and build our “networks of mutuality?” As part of the innovative experiences that will take place during the Wakpa Triennial, the Minnesota Humanities Center is partnering with Public Art Saint Paul to host a series of Critical Conversations. This series… Read More

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BIPOC Educator Institute

BIPOC Educator InstituteNavigating & Thriving Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos You’re Invited! Come join other early career teachers of color and American Indian teachers (TOCAIT) from across Minnesota for an… Read More

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Black Vision Trust

Black Vision Trust“…I am strong enough to carry him. He ain’t heavy, he’s my Brother.” Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos On December 19, a gathering of over twenty community leaders… Read More

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Minnesota Equity & Justice Project

Minnesota Equity & Justice Project Generations of scholars have argued that America will never be whole until reparations are provided for the moral debt created by slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the vestiges of the caste system it created. The international cry for justice after the murder of Mr. Read More

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The Slaveholders of Payne-Phalen

The Slaveholders of Payne PhalenA Discussion with Author Dr. Christopher Lehman Did you know slavery’s reach into Minnesota extended well beyond Dred Scott at Fort Snelling? Have you ever wondered why streets on the East Side of Saint Paul are named for southern flowers? From the 1840s through the… Read More

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Understanding Our Duluth Lynchings

Understanding Our Duluth LynchingsRacial Violence in America and the Road to Justice and Reconciliation Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos This virtual event commemorated one of the most horrific moments of… Read More

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Firsts: Minnesota’s African American Groundbreakers

Firsts Minnesota’s African American Groundbreakers Watch six interviews — Archie Givens, Jr., Arthur Blakey, Jr., Linda Finney, Robyne Robinson, Sharon Sayles-Belton, and William Finney — to learn the meaning and significance of what it means to be a true Minnesotan first! Contact Us Eden Bart eden@mnhum.org… Read More

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Write on Race to be Right on Race ™

Write on Race to be Right on RaceFrom passive non-racism to active anti-racism About This Program Minnesota communities are grappling with understanding and dismantling systemic racism. The Minnesota Humanities Center and Love & Struggle are partnering to help regional hubs develop action plans to create a more just society. Using… Read More

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How Can We Breathe

How Can We BreatheAmplifying African American Voices No healthy democracy can exist when so many of its people are routinely and systematically oppressed. How Can We Breathe was a community engagement initiative where we could come together to make meaning of the Minnesota we’re living in right now – the aftermath of… Read More