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SUMMARY:In the Eye of the Beholder: An Intergenerational Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an In the Eye of the Beholder event at Sun Ray Library in St. Paul\, on December 12\, 2021. This event features Carolyn Holbrook\, Najah Davis\, Saymoukda Vongsay\, Buranh Johnson\, Nubia Esparza\, and Isa Sanchez-Esparza. \nRegister for this event at: https://forms.gle/4rYbFpY41T3ucJxB7 
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-an-intergenerational-conversation/
LOCATION:Sun Ray Library\, 2105 Wilson Ave\, St. Paul\, MN\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211208T180000
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SUMMARY:Embracing Our Roots: Adebisi Wilson in conversation with Alexs D. Pate
DESCRIPTION:After the uprisings for George Floyd and Daunte Wright\, sharing knowledge inter-generationally is more important than ever. Join us for monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders and culture bearers in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s Black literary history. \nOn Wednesday\, December 8\, 2021\, attorney Adebisi Wilson will join author\, businessman and arts leader\, Alexs Pate in a conversation about the seven books Alexs has published including West of Rehoboth which was selected as “Honor Fiction Book” for 2002 by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. They will also discuss the Givens Foundation for African American Literature’s Nommo Series in which Alexs hosted nationally and internationally renowned poets and writers such as Lucille Clifton\, Amiri Baraka Sonja Sanchez\, Ntozake Shange and John Edgar Wideman\, to name a few. In addition\, they will discuss Alexs’s business\, Innocent Technologies and his Innocent Classroom program\, where Adebisi served as Vice President. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88499237353?pwd=cXlCUUZLaGxIb1BnSXkxdDJEM3Bxdz09 \nAlexs D. Pate is the author of five novels including the New York Times Bestseller Amistad\, commissioned by Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks/SKG and based on the screenplay by David Franzoni. Other novels include Losing Absalom\, Finding Makeba\, The Multicultiboho Sideshow\, and West of Rehoboth\, and a nonfiction book\, In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap\, and poetry collection\, Innocent. Alexs is the editor of Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. His novel\, West of Rehoboth was selected as “Honor Fiction Book” for 2002 by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. His program\, The Innocent Classroom\, trains K-12 teachers to improve their relationship with students of color and is now in cities all across the country\, including the Twin Cities\, Omaha\, Racine\, San Jose\, Chicago and Houston. His book\, The Innocent Classroom: Dismantling Racial Bias to Support Students of Color was published in September 2020. He hosted the Givens Foundation for African American Literature’s Nommo series which brought nationally and internationally known Black authors to the Twin Cities. In 2021\, Alexs won the Mn Book Awards Kay Sexton Award for his significant contributions to and leadership in Minnesota’s literary community. \nAdebisi Wilson is a dedicated advocate whose legal practice specializes in family law\, investigations\, and diversity and inclusion consulting. Adebisi is from North Minneapolis and holds a law degree from New York Law School. She began her career in HR consulting\, supporting companies in their affirmative action reporting and designing and executing diversity training. As a young lawyer\, Adebisi guided her clients through complex litigation and investigated complaints of harassment and discrimination. She also has experience in the space of innovation\, helping a company more than double in size by growing locally\, expanding nationally\, and becoming more effective and efficient\, both internally and as a service provider. Adebisi is a visionary leader\, who has a passion for education and her community. She is a 2020 Minnesota Young American Leaders Fellow. Adebisi sits on the Board of Trustees for Blake School as well as the Board of Directors of the Children’s Theatre Company where she chairs the Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Human Capital Committee. \nEmbracing Our Roots is a partnership with More Than a Single Story\, Black Table Arts\, and In Black Ink.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-adebisi-wilson-in-conversation-with-alexs-d-pate/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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SUMMARY:EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: Alanna Morris-Van Tassel in conversation with Arleta Little & Ellena Schoop
DESCRIPTION:After the uprisings for George Floyd and Daunte Wright\, sharing knowledge inter-generationally is more important than ever. Join us for monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s Black literary history. On Wednesday\, Oct. 20\, Alanna Morris-Van Tassel will join Arleta Little and Ellena Schoop in a conversation about the Givens Foundation for African American Literature and the collaborative retreat they founded which brought in nationally and internationally renowned poets and writers such as Amiri Baraka and Sonja Sanchez to mentor emerging Minnesota Black writers.\n\nEmbracing Our Roots is a partnership with More Than a Single Story\, Black Table Arts\, and In Black Ink. Photo Credit: Canaan Mattson\, courtesy of the McKnight Choreography Fellowship\n\nAlanna Morris-Van Tassel is a dancer-choreographer\, educator\, and artist organizer whose work excavates cultural retention and fragmentation within their Caribbean diasporic identity. They were a featured performer with TU Dance from 2007-2017\, and served as the company’s Artistic Associate in 2020. In 2015 they were awarded a McKnight Dance Fellowship\, They were named Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch!”in 2018 and were selected as City Pages’ Artist of the Year in and Best Choreographer in 2019. Morris-Van Tassel is the Artistic Director of AMVTP\, founded in 2017 to produce dance\, education and community-building initiatives. Learn more about Alanna at www.alannamvt.com.\n\nArleta Little is a writer and culture worker living in Minneapolis’s Longfellow neighborhood. Her literary work has appeared in Blues Vision: African American Writing From Minnesota and in The Saint Paul Almanac. She is a co-author along with Josie Johnson and Carolyn Holbrook of Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir about the life of Josie R. Johnson. Formerly the Executive Director of the Givens Foundation of African American Literature\, she currently works as an Arts Program Officer and the Director of Artist Fellowships at the McKnight Foundation.\n\nEllena (Tina) Schoop\, east coast native\, IT Professional by day\, is a founding member of Uhuru Dancers\, 1989. She is a West African dancer\, choreographer\, poet\, and playwright who writes dramatic works of social\, economic and historical subjects. She was the visionary and co-founder of the Givens Foundation Black Writers Collaborative Retreat Program. Raised by parents who were members of the Black Panther Party\, she believes in not only sharing these stories through dance and writing\, but through fighting for equity. She has performed\, written and shared stories throughout the Twiin Cities for the past 2 decades.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-arleta-little-and-ellena-schoop/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:The Suitcases We Carry: An Afternoon With Haitian Women Writers
DESCRIPTION:In this More Than a Single Story conversation\, we will engage with Haitian authors Beaudelaine Pierre\, Gabrielle Civil\, Valerie Deus\, Marie Cerat and Jaira Placide on the themes in Pierre’s new book “You May Have the Suitcase Now\,” a collection of essays that explores home and exile\, and all that we carry with us in our physical and psychological “suitcases.” Moderated by Professor Zenzele Isoke. Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nThis program hosted by More Than a Single Story via Zoom. Register at the HCLIB website here. \nThe link to the online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance. If you’re new to Zoom\, check Getting Started with Zoom. \n  \nBeaudelaine Pierre is a journalist\, scholar\, and novelist who writes about her native Haiti and her adopted Youwès (US). \nMarie Lily Cerat is Associate Director of the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute at Brooklyn College and teaches with the Africana Studies Department. \nGabrielle Civil is a black feminist performance artist\, poet and writer\, originally from Detroit\, MI. \nJaira Placide is a Ph.D. student in City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. \nZenzele Isoke is Associate Professor and Chair of Gender\, Women\, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota\, Twin Cities.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/the-suitcases-we-carry-an-afternoon-with-haitian-women-writers/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Community,Discussions
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SUMMARY:In the Eye of the Beholder
DESCRIPTION:In Toni Morrison’s first novel “The Bluest Eye\,” her character Pecola Breedlove faces unspeakable troubles in her young life and believes her problems will go away if only she had blue eyes. For years\, women of color have been writing about how American beauty standards affect them\, and for years\, the beauty industry has been working to make them buy into those standards rather than helping them love and respect their own beauty. \nIn this More Than a Single Story conversation\, artists/activists/hairstylists Ebony J. Davis and Mahogany Plautz will lead a conversation with poets Mary Moore Easter and Saymoukda Vongsay\, fashion designer Bris Carbajal\, Northern Arapaho and Kickapoo Emmy-nominated multimedia artist Missy Whiteman and salon owner/hairstylist Fiona Buff on the issues of women of color and beauty. \nIn collaboration with Hennepin County Libraries. Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nREGISTER HERE \nThis program hosted by More Than a Single Story via Zoom. The link to the online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210428T180000
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SUMMARY:Financial Trauma in Communities of Color
DESCRIPTION:In this More Than a Single Story conversation\, arts activist Tess Montgomery will explore the intersections between financial independence and historical trauma on people of color and how it affects them in their daily lives as parents\, as children of parents who have struggled financially\, and as workers and artists today during the pandemic. Featuring Suleiman Adan\, Anthony Ceballos\, May Lee-Yang\, Sagirah Shahid and Jna Shelomith. \nvia Zoom Wednesday\, April 28 at 6:00 pm \nREGISTER HERE \nSponsored by Ramsey County Library \nPanelists: \nSuleiman Adan is a writer and educator in the Twin Cities. He is a graduate of The University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). Suleiman is also an organizer and community leader. Suleiman is currently a Program Manager at Reading and Math inc where he oversees early Math and Reading literacy programs in over 40 schools across the Twin Cities metro area. \nAnthony Ceballos’s poetry has been featured in Yellow Medicine Review\, Midway Journal\, Sleet\, Writers Resist\, Great River Review and Queer Voices: Poetry\, Prose\, and Pride. In 2016 he was selected to be a Loft Literary Center Mentor Series mentee. He is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Randolph University in Virginia. He lives\, breathes and writes in Minneapolis\, Minnesota. He can be found penning staff recommendations at Birchbark Books and Native Arts. \nMay Lee-Yang is a writer\, performance artist\, and teacher who often uses pop culture and humor to interrogate race\, gender\, and identity. Her theater-based works include The Korean Drama Addict’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity and Confessions of a Lazy Hmong Woman. She has been featured on CNN’s United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and has spoken at TEDx Minneapolis. She is a founding member of F.A.W.K. (Funny Asian Women Kollective)\, a group that uses comedy to combat the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian women’s stories.  She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota. \nSagirah Shahid is an African American Muslim poet\, arts educator\, and performance artist. She is a recipient of a Loft Literary Center mentor series award in poetry and a Twin Cities Media Alliance performance and public art fellowship. She is a Tedx Minneapolis 2020 speaker. Her debut collection of poetry Surveillance of Joy is forthcoming from Half Mystic Press. \nJna Shelomith grew up in a family that spoke six different languages\, with Jewish roots in Morocco and Russia. Jna found poetry at the intersection of Arabic\, which was created to write down sacred poetry- and Riot Grrrrl\, which was created for punk rock feminist expression. She is a Board member of Mizna\, and a member of two writing groups: Women From the Center and Mizna Writing Collective. Growing up without housing on and off for 25 years\, she now co-owns her first house. For pay\, Jna’s work focuses on community engagement\, collaboration and systems change addressing complex challenges impacting the communities of Ramsey County. \nModerator: \nTess Montgomery is a young communicator and visionary living in Minneapolis. She is a Digital Marketing Specialist at TPT-Twin Cities PBS and Marketing and Communications Manager for More Than a Single Story. She is a 2018 Fellow with the Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy\, a 2017 Fellow with New Sector Academy\, and serves on the board of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of the Twin Cities. Tess is passionate about the power of grassroots\, community-led organizing. She holds a degree in Journalism & Mass Communications from Drake University.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/financial-trauma-in-communities-of-color/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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SUMMARY:Crossing Generational Lines
DESCRIPTION:Watch Here: Crossing Generational & Racial Lines \nThis panel presents two generations of collaborations between African American and Asian American male literary artists. The intersections between these four artists explore how poetry and literary culture can form new relationships and understandings and new forms of dialogue between their respective communities. This panel will discuss what their collaborations can tell us about race in America—in the past\, in the present and the future.\n\nFeaturing: David Mura\, Alexs Pate\, Bao Phi & Douglas Kearney\n\nIn collaboration with the Loft Literary Center
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/crossing-generational-lines/
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T200000
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SUMMARY:Healing the Pain of 2020
DESCRIPTION:In this More Than a Single Story event\, BIPOC healers discuss the traumas of 2020 and the role their healing methods play in communities of color – from the changing needs of clients due to COVID-19 to the murder of George Floyd. \nFeaturing Ihotu Ali\, a founding member of the Minnesota Healing Justice Network; Janice Bad Mocassin\, traditionally and spiritually based healer from Dakota Lakota grassroots; Didi Koka\, MD\, poet and Medical Director of HCMC East Lake Clinic; Houa Lor\, Hmong Shaman; Resmaa Menakem\, author of My Grandmother’s Hands; and Sun Yung Shin\, poet and biodynamic craniosacral therapist and Reiki practitioner. \nThis event is sponsored by Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality and Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nREGISTER HERE: https://wisdomwayscenter.org/programs-art-exhibits/current-programs/healing-the-pain/
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/healing-the-pain-of-2020/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200913T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200913T160000
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SUMMARY:Dealing With it – People of Color Talk About Mental Health
DESCRIPTION: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 to break down the stereotyping of people of color by celebrating their diverse voices and experiences. \nIn this More Than a Single Story discussion\, writers\, artists and mental health professionals of color will share their experiences with mental health challenges and deconstruct the stories that are told around those issues. Rose McGee will facilitate discussions using her Circle Within a Circle model: first\, speakers will share their experiences; next\, participants will have the opportunity to replace speakers to respond and continue the conversation; and lastly\, all participants will have a chance to engage and deepen their understanding of mental health in Black\, Indigenous and communities of color in Minnesota. Speaking: Suleiman Adan\, Sherrie Fernandez-Williams\, Hye-Kyong Kim\, Diana Nguyen\, Lola Osunkoya and Susan Mona Power. Opening poet: Diana Nguyen. Moderator: Rose McGee. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nREIGSTER HERE: https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/5f319457ed8e822400c7f43c \nThis event is hosted by More Than a Single Story and sponsored by Hennepin County Library. Partner presenters may invite library patrons to attend via Zoom or similar platforms.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/dealing-with-it-people-of-color-talk-about-mental-health-2/
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200423T210000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED | TRADITIONAL HEALERS: AN INTERGENERATIONAL CONVERSATION
DESCRIPTION:Due to COVID-19\, the library has cancelled all events through April 30th.  We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. \nIn this More Than a Single Story conversation\, traditional healers from the African American\, Hmong\, Native American\, and Somali communities will respond to questions youth representatives from each community have about their culture and customs\, and the importance of continuing traditional healing practices in today’s world. \nFeaturing: Healers — Hmong Shaman\, Chad T. Lee\, African American elder Atum Azzahir\, Ojibwe Healer Donna LaChappelle\, and Somali poet/healer Ifrah Mansour \nYoung people: Pang Xiong\, Terrence Shambley\, Anna Cardon\, and Ismail Sheikhomar
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/traditional-healers-an-intergenerational-conversation/
LOCATION:MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T130939
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED | DEALING WITH IT: PEOPLE OF COLOR TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
DESCRIPTION:Due to COVID-19\, we have cancelled all events through April 30th.  We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. \nIn this More Than a Single Story discussion\, participants will explore the complexities around mental health in communities of color.  Rose McGee will implement her Circle within a Circle model to facilitate this discussion. The initial circle will include mental health professionals and writers and artists who have experienced mental health challenges in their lives or the lives of their families. \nDuring this portion\, the speakers will talk to one another as if no one is in the room\, and audience members will have an opportunity to listen to a conversation they may not otherwise hear. Following the initial circle\, audience members will have the opportunity to replace the speakers in the circle to respond and continue the conversation.  All participants will then have a chance to respond and engage in conversation with one another to deepen their understanding of mental health in the IPOC communities and deconstruct the stories that are told around these issues. \nFeaturing: Suleiman Adan\, Sherrie Fernandez-Williams\, Hie Kyong Kim\, Diana Nguyen\, Lola Osunkoya\, Donald Thomas \nOpening poet: Diana Nguyen \nModerator: Rose McGee
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/dealing-with-it-people-of-color-talk-about-mental-health/
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200301T160000
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SUMMARY:TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE VOICES
DESCRIPTION:TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE VOICES \nIn this More Than a Single Story discussion\, transracial adoptees from a variety of racial identities will explore the histories of transracial and transnational adoption in their communities\, the complexities of identity that are inherent in growing up transracially\, and the wisdom and unique perspective these experiences give to them\, and the power of story in forming their perspectives. During this discussion\, the speakers will talk to one another as if no one is in the room\, and participants will have an opportunity to listen to a conversation they may not hear otherwise. \nThis Circle Within a Circle format will be facilitated by Rose McGee. Following the conversation\, audience members will have an opportunity to respond and engage in conversation with one another to deepen their understanding of transracial adoptees and deconstruct the stories that are told around adoption. \nFeaturing: Shannon Gibney\, Jonathan Lofgren\, Hei Kyong Kim\, Melissa Olson\, Sung Ja Shin\, and Nicholas Wysocki. \nOpening Readings: Shannon Gibney and Hei Kyong Kim. \nModerator: Rose McGee. \nSunday\, March 1\, 2020 – 2:00-4:00 PM\nLoft Literary Center\n1011 Washington Ave. S.\, Minneapolis\, MN\nAdmission: $5 Loft members\, $10 nonmembers \nPay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first-come\, first-served basis. No one turned away for lack of funds.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/transracial-adoptee-voices/
LOCATION:Loft Literary Center\, 1101 Washington Ave.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55415\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190424T200000
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SUMMARY:Reconstructing Narratives & Owning Our Story (Website Launch)
DESCRIPTION:Media is one of the most influential cultural sources of news and entertainment. Its power to sway society\, intervene in discourse and serve as an arbiter of knowledge\, at the level of the popular and political\, is profound. In this way\, media is storytelling\, because storytelling is its lynchpin; it is what makes media make sense. So\, where do IPOC communities take this ever-expanding definition of media to serve our own visions? And how do we advance our work as makers of media that will continue to shift terrain\, power and voice? \nIn this More Than a Single Story program\, Adaobi Okolue\, Executive Director of Twin Cities Media Alliance & Publisher of Twin Cities Daily Planet\, will moderate a discussion with media artists to explore these questions and reflect on what they are doing to reclaim our stories. Featuring D.A. Bullock\, Chanida Phaengdara Potter\, Melissa Olson\, Bianca Rhodes and Xavier Tavera. Opening poet: Terrence Shambley. \nPLUS an intimate preview and walkthrough of our NEW website by web designer Travon Sellers with Travon Sellers Design. \nDOORS at 6:00 with door prizes to the Valerie June Concert at the Cedar Cultural Center!! \nWeds. April 24\, 2019 – 6:30-8:30\nAugsburg University\nSateren Auditorium (inside Anderson Music Hall)\n1977 S 7th 1/2 St.\nMinneapolis\, MN 55454\nFREE \nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/reconstructing-narratives-owning-our-story-website-launch/
LOCATION:Augsburg College\, 2211 Riverside Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55454
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Women From the Center Supporting Each Other
DESCRIPTION:The multicultural writing group\, Women From the Center will discuss how they support each other. On the surface\, it seems like a simple conversation. But when you consider that they are from 5 decades and seven racial/cultural groups (Dakota\, Ojibwe\, African American\, 5th generation Irish American\, Hmong\, Vietnamese\, & Jewish/Arab)\, there is considerable complexity and potential for conflict. Featuring: Carolyn Holbrook\, Mai Neng Moua\, Nora Murphy\, Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen\, Marcie Rendon\, Jna Shelomith\, Diane Wilson.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/women-from-the-center-supporting-each-other/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, St Paul\, MN 55106\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180425T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180425T200000
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SUMMARY:Visions of the Future for Men of Color
DESCRIPTION:In this conversation\, David Mura will discuss with Art Coulson\, Ezekiel Joubert\, Shinaah Thao\, and Michael Torres about their views on how men of color see the future–both what we need for ourselves and what our communities need from us? How can we critique and discard toxic models of masculinity? How do we create a masculinity which helps both us and our communities move forward? How do we heal from our wounds and how do we help provide the next generation with new ways of seeing themselves as men? How do we create new definitions of masculinity that take into account intersectionality\, especially in regards to the ways we deal with gender\, orientation and an increasingly diverse population? Opening poem: Anthony Ceballos.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/visions-of-the-future-for-men-of-color/
LOCATION:Hamline Midway Library\, 1558 W Minnehaha Ave\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180418T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180418T210000
DTSTAMP:20260429T130939
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SUMMARY:Finding Courage in a Time of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:In this conversation\, Carolyn Holbrook will talk with Lana Barkawi\, Arleta Little\, Jessica Lopez Lyman\, Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen and Susan Mona Power about where and how they find strength and courage in the difficult times we are living in. Mother Theresa once said “I do not agree with the big way of doing things. To us\, what matters is an individual.” These women will explore large and small ways they have find courage when they need it in their own and others writing\, and ways that they give courage to others\, often while struggling to maintain their own center. Opening Poem: Sagirah Shahid
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/finding-courage-in-a-time-of-darkness/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Central Library\, 300 Nicollet Mall\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180408T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180408T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T130939
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SUMMARY:Bamboozled.. Again
DESCRIPTION:As Kevin Young points out in Bunk\, his new book of essays\, it’s no secret that communities of color have been plagued with hoaxes\, humbugs and much fake news ever since Cristobal Colon (aka Christopher Columbus) invaded these shores\, causing fearfulness which resulted in deep seated racism. In this More Than a Single Story conversation\, Carolyn Holbrook will explore with Sharon Day\, Kathryn Haddad\, Ed Bok Lee\, Alexs Pate and Tlahtoki Xochimeh the past and present ways our communities have been tricked\, lied to and misaligned through literature\, news\, and government policies. We will discuss the effects these hoaxes have had on our communities over many generations and the writing that is coming out of the current political climate. Opening poem by Gabriella Anais Deal Marquez
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/bamboozled-again/
LOCATION:Loft Literary Center\, 1101 Washington Ave.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55415\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180322T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180322T203000
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SUMMARY:Rituals and Cultural Stories That Sustain Us
DESCRIPTION:In this More Than a Single Story conversation\, Carolyn Holbrook will talk with African American poet/choreographer/memoirist\, Mary Moore Easter\, Hmong memoirist\, Mai Neng Moua\, Mexican/American memoirist/playwright Vanesa Ramos and Arab/Jewish poet Jna Shelomith about how rituals and ancestral stories carry us\, and how our own writing reflects those stories. Opening Poem by Isela Gomez
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rituals-and-cultural-stories-that-sustain-us/
LOCATION:Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality\, 1890 Randolph St.\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions
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