Writer to Writer with Mélina Mangal and Sarah Warren
Join children's authors Mélina Mangal and Sarah Warren in an online conversation about why they write for children, how their biracial backgrounds influence their work, and the challenges and...
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EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING A conversation with Elder Amoke Kubat and Elder-in-the-Making, Wisdom Young (Mawusi)
Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesJoin artists, educators, activists, and mothers, elder Amoke Kubat and elder-in-the-making, Wisdom Young (Mawusi) as they share, build, and heal about their journeys as Black girls, women, and mothers in America. They will discuss how time, place, family, and historic/current events have shaped their identities and their work. They will reflect on the...
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EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton in conversation with Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar
Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAn African proverb says “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This Embracing our Roots event will focus on two couples: Arts giants Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton with next generation couple, Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar. They will engage in a wide ranging...
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Writer to Writer: Conversations Between BIPOC Writers- Hawona Sullivan Janzen and Antonio Duke
Join award-winning writers Hawona Sullivan Janzen and Antonio Duke in a conversation on Blackness, history and writing for the stage. As writers, historians, playwrights, actors and scholars,...
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Songs for Our Fathers: Event 1- In Praise of Single Fathers
Highland Park Library 1974 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul, MN, United States -
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Songs for Our Fathers: Event 2- The Unsung Realities of Fatherhood
Highland Park Library 1974 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul, MN, United States -
Songs for Our Fathers: Writing Workshops
Highland Park Library 1974 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul, MN, United StatesPlease RSVP by email to: wendy@thefriends.org (please specify which workshop you will be attending)
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Songs for Our Fathers: Event 3- For the Love of Our Grandfathers
Highland Park Library 1974 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul, MN, United States -
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EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING- A conversation with Dr. Yolanda Williams & PaviElle French
2106 S 4th St Minneapolis, MN 55455 2106 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN, United States*This is an in-person event* Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-a-conversation-with-dr-yolanda-will-tickets-958655222577?aff=oddtdtcreator Panelist bios: Rev. Yolanda Y. Williams, Ph.D., is a performer, educator, scholar, and pastor. Yolanda performed soprano and mezzo-soprano repertoire with Vocalessence,...
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Writer to Writer: A conversation between May Lee-Yang and Anisa Hagi-Mohamed
*This is a virtual event* Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2mz4hwys Panelist Bios: May Lee-Yang is a Hmong American writer, performer, and educator. Her debut poetry collection, How I Lost My Name, will be published...