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Writers in conversations around issues that are important to their cultural communities.
Our Stories, Ourselves
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Centering conversations between local established BIPOC Writers
Writer to Writer
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Pairing arts activist Elders with next-generation arts leaders in conversation
Embracing Our Roots
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A Year-long Mentorship Program for Early Career Black Writers
Go Back & Fetch It
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A salon series for mid-career and established Black Writers
The Sweeter the Juice
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Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World
We Are Meant to Rise
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A weekly column to profile a writer involved with our programs
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An Afternoon with Jason Reynolds
Our Mission:
Our mission is to provide public conversations with and for diverse voices that have long been marginalized. We focus on public discourse and provide a forum for cross-cultural understanding.
Our Values:
We have a commitment to BIPOC writers and activists. All communities are welcome and encouraged in these conversations.
“The power of protest, mourning, and healing showcased is consistently moving…These entries make for a powerful and passionate take on a fraught moment.”
“A triumph of story-telling, a panoply of experiences drawn from the diverse peoples of Minnesota. But it also raises the fundamental questions that all of us confront as Americans.”
“We Are Meant to Rise offers a different vision of past and present, unflinching in its gaze on our national and local sins but ultimately affirming hope and possibility.”
“These words are sacred parts of each author, shared with the world as a generous gift to those willing to accept it… The reward for the reader is a connection and a deeper understanding of our neighbors and our friends.”
“The book acts as a time capsule of reflections of being Black, brown, indigenous & immigrant in a city that resembles much of America. There are poignant stories of immigration from the points of view of various communities…Many stories share the narrative of survival, of healing from trauma, and emerging intact from the crushing weight of generational wounds. “
Our Mission: Our mission is to provide public conversations with and for diverse voices that have long been marginalized. We focus on public discourse and provide a forum for cross-cultural
Programs Our programs bring writers, artists, and community members together for conversations, workshops, and story-centered events that uplift BIPOC voices and lived experience. Our Stories, Ourselves A series of panel
A mentoring program for Early Career Black Writers Go Back & Fetch It is a year-long mentoring program for early career Black writers supported with multi-year funding from Jerome Foundation.
More Than a Single Story is a series of programs that takes place at different venues across the Twin Cities. Founded and curated by writer Carolyn Holbrook, the program strives
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