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SUMMARY:Our Stories\, Ourselves: Food in Cultural Celebrations
DESCRIPTION:|  VIRTUAL EVENT  | \n  \nDespite the challenges of the last few years\, our communities have always found reasons to celebrate. Join notable chefs and food writers Sean Sherman\, Yia Vang\, Mecca Bos and Natalia Mendez in a conversation about their communities and the historical and contemporary ways food serves as a backdrop for cultural celebrations. \nModerator: Tess Montgomery.\nOpening poem: Zenobia L. Silas Carson.\nFunded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nRegister here!\n  \nPANELIST BIOS \nSEAN SHERMAN\, Oglala Lakota\, born in Pine Ridge\, SD\, has been cooking across the US and\nthe world for the last 30 years. His main culinary focus has been on the revitalization and\nawareness of indigenous foods systems in a modern culinary context. In 2014\, he opened The\nSioux Chef as a caterer and food educator to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. In 2015\, in\npartnership with the Little Earth Community of United Tribes in Minneapolis\, he helped design\nand open the Tatanka Truck food truck. In 2021\, Chef Sean and Dana Thompson opened\nOwamni by The Sioux Chef\, a modern Indigenous full service kitchen located in North Loop\nMinneapolis\, featuring the true foods of North America through an Indigenous perspective.\nSean’s vision of modern indigenous foods has garnered many awards including a number of\nawards for his cookbook\, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen (Minn2017)\, and the prestigious\nJames Beard award which named Owamni the best new restaurant in the United States in 2022. Learn more at sioux-chef.com \nYIA VANG is a trained chef and Beard Foundation award finalist who worked at many top\nrestaurants in the Twin Cities before opening Union Hmong Kitchen. He has been featured in\nThe New York Times\, National Geographic and Bon Appetit\, as well as showcased on PBS\,\nCNN\, The Food Network\, Netflix’s Iron Chef: The Quest for an Iron Legend\, and more. In\n2022\, he was a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef Midwest award. His\nnew Minneapolis restaurant concept\, Vinai\, is named after the refugee camp in Thailand where\nhe was born. His restaurants create a home for his Hmong cuisine\, celebrate his parents’ legacy\,\nand share the story of his family through food. Union Hmong Kitchen\, located in Graze Food\nHall in North Loop Minneapolis\, features Hmong culture\, stories\, rituals\, foods and flavors. Vang marries local traditions with those from back home in South and Eastern Asia to bring\nHmong flavors to American palates. Learn more at unionkitchenmn.com \nMECCA BOS has been a Twin Cities based journalist and chef for more than 20 years. In these\ndual roles\, she has become known as one of the leading local voices for marginalized voices in\nthe food community and has championed and uplifted the stories of people of color\, women\,\nelders\, and immigrant communities\, putting focus and spotlight on stories that the mainstream\nmedia may have traditionally overlooked or ignored. Mecca has been the dining critic of Twin\nCities Metro and City Pages. Her work has also been published in The New York Times\, Taste\,\nVICE\, Paste\, Travel + Leisure\, Midwest Living\, and many other publications. She is a regular\ncontributor to Minnesota Public Radio\, and is producing her own audio documentary work\,\n“Hidden Black Foodways.” Through the BIPOC Foodways Alliance\, Mecca\, Sean Sherman\, and\ntheir community of allies plan to dismantle white supremacy using food as a tool. Based in the\nTwin Cities and around the world\, BIPOC Foodways Alliance is dedicated to the documentation\,\nexamination\, and promotion of the foodways of all BIPOC communities in the United States.\nLearn more at meccaboswrites.com \nNATALIA MENDEZ (they/them) is a queer\, Chicanx writer and photographer living in\nMinneapolis. Finding connections to their roots and with others through food has been a habit\nthroughout their life. They can also be found around the Twin Cities on two wheels (bicycle or\nmotorcycle) when they're not writing about food\, entertainment\, the outdoors\, or experiences on\nthe margins. Their work is published regularly on their blog with The Current. You can also find\ntheir work on Racketmn.com\, Eater Twin Cities\, Seward Coop’s website and more. You can find\ntheir work at bynataliamendez.com. \nModerator\nTESS MONTGOMERY is a young communicator\, a visionary and an avid foodie who lives in\nMinneapolis. She has been a Digital Marketing Specialist at TPT-Twin Cities PBS and\nMarketing and Communications Manager for More Than a Single Story. She was a 2018 Fellow\nwith the Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy\, a 2017 Fellow with New Sector Academy\, and\nserved as Programming Chair of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of the Twin Cities.\nTess is passionate about the power of grassroots\, community-led organizing. She holds a degree\nin Journalism & Mass Communications from Drake University. In 2019\, she was named one of\n15 up and coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch. Her essay\, “Financial Trauma in\nCommunities of Color” was published in MN Women’s Press in 2020 and in We Are Meant to\nRise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis To the World (Minn2021). \nOpening Poet\nZENOBIA L. SILAS-CARSON a writer/teacher/speaker/Minister and senior life coach.\nShe is a retired teacher who has worked with Special Needs children at Odyssey Charter School\nin Brooklyn Park MN. She has also worked as an advocate at Harriet Tubman Women's Center\nand Incarnation House in Minneapolis Minnesota. Most recently she held positions at Lang Nelson Associates as an office assistant\, activities director and exercise coach for senior women.\nand leader of several food programs at Creekside Gables which is a 55+ Senior community in\nBrooklyn Park Minnesota. She encourages people as a minister and is involved in sharing\nresources for food services through Good in the Hood and CEAP within the NW suburbs of\nHennepin County. A native Chicagoan\, Ms. Carson remains involved in writing workshops and\nenjoys activities with her children\, grands and great grandchildren.
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SUMMARY:One Book | One Minnesota: We Are Meant to Rise
DESCRIPTION:|  Virtual Event  | \n  \nOne Book | One Minnesota is a statewide book club that invites Minnesotans of all ages to read a common title and come together virtually to enjoy\, reflect and discuss. For Fall 2022\, the book featured is our anthology We Are Meant to Rise! \nThrough their local libraries\, Minnesotans will be invited to read the featured book selection and will have access to author videos\, reading guides\, and virtual book club discussions. All Minnesotans will be invited to participate in a statewide virtual discussion with the author. \nBooks will be available on multiple platforms. Readers can access the ebook for free on Ebooks Minnesota during the season. Hard copies of the books are available through independent stores across the state\, as well as public libraries as physical distancing allows. Information on alternate formats can be found below. \nRegister here!\n  \nOne Book | One Minnesota is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library\, as the Minnesota Center for the Book\, in partnership with State Library Services and sponsored by Spire Credit Union.
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SUMMARY:Writing Personal Food Narratives
DESCRIPTION:|  Virtual Writing Workshop  | \nLearn how to use all your senses to write compelling stories about experiences with food. Draw from personal experiences to write expressively and paint a picture for your readers that place them at the table with you. \nFunded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nRegister here!\n  \nAbout the Instructor \nNATALIA MENDEZ (they/them) is a queer\, Chicanx writer and photographer living in Minneapolis. Finding connections to their roots and with others through food has been a habit throughout their life. They can also be found around the Twin Cities on two wheels (bicycle or motorcycle) when they're not writing about food\, entertainment\, the outdoors\, or experiences on the margins. Their work is published regularly on their blog with The Current. You can also find their work on Racketmn.com\, Eater Twin Cities\, Seward Coop’s website and more. You can find their work at www.bynataliamendez.com.
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SUMMARY:Finding the Story Within the Story
DESCRIPTION:|  Virtual Writing Workshop  | \n  \nIn storytelling\, the heart of the story may emerge unexpectedly during the writing process. Learn how to find the heart of your story through the examination of three different pieces of work by food writer Mecca Bos: a podcast\, blog post and a longer form article. \nFunded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nRegister here!\n  \nAbout the Instructor \nMECCA BOS has been a Twin Cities based journalist and chef for more than 20 years. In these dual roles\, she has become known as one of the leading local voices for marginalized voices in the food community and has championed and uplifted the stories of people of color\, women\, elders\, and immigrant communities\, putting focus and spotlight on stories that the mainstream media may have traditionally overlooked or ignored. Mecca has been the dining critic of Twin Cities Metro and City Pages. Her work has also been published in The New York Times\, Taste\, VICE\, Paste\, Travel + Leisure\, Midwest Living\, and many other publications. She is a regular contributor to Minnesota Public Radio\, and is producing her own audio documentary work\, Hidden Black Foodways. Through the BIPOC Foodways Alliance\, Mecca\, Sean Sherman\, and their community of allies plan to dismantle white supremacy using food as a tool. Based in the Twin Cities and around the world\, BIPOC Foodways Alliance is dedicated to the documentation\, examination\, and promotion of the foodways of all BIPOC communities in the United States. Visit her website at www.meccaboswrites.com
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