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Anti-Semitism seminar in Minneapolis confronts the rise of bigotry and hate-crimes against Jews
Sunday afternoon’s “Anti-Semitism and White Nationalism” seminar was organized by the Minneapolis-based Jewish Community Action.
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‘They will discover their own humanity’: Nekima Levy Armstrong on racial justice and white allies
Her workshop training aims “to try to help shift the consciousness of white people who want to be allies, or who believe that they are allies, so they can go deeper in their anti-racism work in their employment, and outside of their employment.”
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‘A great opportunity to show solidarity’: Refugee and immigrant rights rally set for Friday in Minneapolis
“This is about people, about caring about people, and doing the right thing, doing the American thing,” said Pablo Tapia, one of the event’s organizers.
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‘I’m a poet, not a politician’: Hawona Sullivan Janzen on the inspiration for ‘Rondo Family Reunion’
“The project, for me, was about lifting up these amazing stories of our community and not waiting for loss to make that happen.”
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What’s in a name? For Minnesotans confronting the legacy of racism, a lot
From Patrick Henry High to Coffman Union, more Minnesotans are questioning those we honor with our monuments.
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‘BlacKkKlansman’ Ron Stallworth: ‘I don’t feel like I’m a hero’
MinnPost chatted with Stallworth in advance of his Oct. 25 appearance at Minneapolis’ Beth El Synagogue, where he’ll be part of the synagogue’s “Heroes Among Us: Combating Hate and Bigotry” series.
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‘Young, scrappy and hungry’: area high school students share the stage with ‘Hamilton’
Brought together by the area nonprofit Project Success, a theater full of kids representing different cultures watching the history lesson-slash-reimagining-slash-dream-of America of their generation live on stage.
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‘A blessing,’ ‘a family,’ and ‘a shame on Minneapolis’: Voices from the Hiawatha Avenue homeless encampment
The photos you won’t see are the ones that have not been taken, of entire families huddled together in one small tent, of people sitting in chairs holding their heads in their hands and staring at the ground in desperation, of little kids with haunted and lost eyes, of judgmental drivers honking.
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‘A Revelation’: Scenes from opening day at the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery
Located on the fourth floor of the Thor Companies building on the corner of Penn and Plymouth, the museum is a long-time coming first of its kind in Minnesota.
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30 years ago, M. Sue Wilson and ‘National Free Sharon Kowalski Day’ helped spark the gay marriage movement in Minnesota
On Aug. 7, 1988, activists and advocates championed the rights of Kowalski, a high school teacher and coach who’d suffered a debilitating brain injury but was denied basic spousal rights along with her longtime partner, Karen Thompson.