• Our Stories, Ourselves Panel Conversation

    North Regional Library 1315 Lowry Ave N., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

      Panelists Janice Bad Moccasin (Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota), Marian Hassan, Kinshasha Kambui, and Billy Lor will discuss how we carry personal and collective trauma, grief and losses, including those...

  • CANCELLED-Our stories Ourselves Writing Workshop: Melissa Olson

    Franklin Library 1314 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN

      UNFORTUNATELY THESE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Anishinaabe poet Gerald Vizenor writes, “Survivance is an act of presence, the continuance of Native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable...

  • National Novel Writing Month series with Anika Fajardo: Writing Life

    Plymouth Library 15700 36th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN, United States

    Write a novel in a month? Yes! That’s the goal of National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo, as it’s called, comes around every November, and the challenge is to write 50,000 words...

  • Our Stories Ourselves Writing Workshop: Sherrie Fernandez-Williams

    North Regional Library 1315 Lowry Ave N., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    Description: Throughout our lives, we grieve many sorrows – a world in crisis, a chronic illness, a loss of a job, a dream, a loved one – and search for...

  • 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 joys of writing fiction and nonfiction. Q&A session to follow. Register Here:https://bit.ly/w2wjan2024 Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between Black, Indigenous writers and...

  • 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 States

        Join 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...

  • 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 States

      An 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...