In the Eye of the Beholder: Writing Love Letters to Ourselves

Virtual Event

This workshop is about writing love letters to ourselves. We need healing. We invite people to acknowledge and show love and understanding to themselves.   Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay is a Lao writer. CNN’s “United Shades of America” host W. Kamau Bell called her work “revolutionary.” She's the author of the children's book WHEN EVERYTHING WAS...

Anthology Reading: We Are Meant to Rise

Zoom

The Soul Bone Literary Festival is hosting  a reading of the anthology We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World, edited by Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura. This reading will feature Anika Fajardo, Ezekiel Joubert III, Mary Moore Easter, and Mona Susan Power. Carolyn Holbrook will introduce. REGISTER HERE. The...

Embracing Our Roots: John Wright and Brittany Delaney

Zoom

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, On Thursday, February 17, 2022, Spoken Word Artist/Arts Educator,...

More Than A Single Story: Place

Zoom

The Loft continues its collaboration with More Than A Single Story with a discussion centered around place. What does location—the block, the protest site, and so forth—have to do with art? And what can art do in those spaces? This panel brings together a diverse panel of artist activists who engage with art making in...

$10

Winter Reads: We Are Meant to Rise Panel Discussion

Zoom

Carolyn Holbrook, Ed Bok Lee, and Alexs Pate will read from and discuss their writing in the powerful new book, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (University of Minnesota Press, 2021). This collection features Indigenous writers and writers of color discussing racism in Minnesota, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Free

Embracing Our Roots: Genesia Williams in conversation with Mary Moore Easter

Zoom

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. On Thursday, March 17, 2022, poet, graphic designer and...

‘We Are Meant to Rise’ Panel Reading and Discussion (Hamline)

Facebook Live

Please join Hamline faculty Carolyn Holbrook, Sun Yung Shin and Erin Sharkey, and Hamline graduate Kevin Yang as they share their writing from the powerful new anthology, "We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World" (University of Minnesota Press), a brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience...

Free

MnWE Plenary: We Are Meant to Rise

Do you believe stories frame identities, infuse the texts we explore, and inspire our students' and our own writing? Join Kevin Lindsey as he hosts a conversation with Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura about their new anthology, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. This brilliant and rich gathering of...

TEDx Concordia College: Carolyn Holbrook

Barry Auditorium 901 8th Street S, Moorhead, Minnesota

GET A TICKET More Than A Single Story's founder Carolyn Holbrook will be giving a TEDxConcordia talk! Around the theme LEGACY – Generational impact portraying the influence of human potential. Since the pandemic started, we have realized tomorrow is not promised. What would be our legacy right now, if there was no tomorrow? Does everyone...

$35

Reading & Panel: We Are Meant to Rise (MCTC)

The MCTC School of Liberal Arts and Cultures and Student Life invites you to attend a virtual reading and panel discussion featuring editors and writers from the book We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. The event is free and open to the public. The virtual event will highlight...