Irna Landrum


Black Queer Lefty From New Orleans Reclaims Nature, God and Politics

Lisa Albrecht


Lesbian Feminist Educator Still Learning, To Repair the World

August Nimtz


From Jim Crow New Orleans to Professor in Mpls: The Making of a Black Communist

Sherry Quan Lee


Black/ Asian Writer Grapples with Identity, Dares to Nurture Untold Stories

Marcie Rendon


Fought Criminal Injustice with American Indian Movement, became Indigenous Mystery Writer

Alfreda Daniels


Liberian American Organizes Across Communities and Continents

Elizabeth Tannen


NYC Poet Finds Community in Minneapolis Police Abolition Movement.

Bruce Nestor


From Immigrant Meat Packers to RNC and Standing Rock: The People's Lawyer

Susana De Leon


From Torreón to Minneapolis: Immigration Attorney and Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue Dancer

Judy Cooper Lyle


From North Dakota Farmer's Union to Urban Spectrum Theatre -- Committed to Community.

David Lawrence Grant


Boyhood at Howard University, with Stars like Toni Morrison, Learned to Write Things That Matter

Rose Brewer


From Tulsa to Minneapolis: Activist Scholar is Rooted in Community

Roxxanne O’Brien


Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

Michael McConnell


Married His Husband in 1971, Demands Equality for All.

Ahmed Anzaldua


Choral Director of BorderCrossSINGS Revolutionizes Classical and Folk Music

Roya Taylor


Indigenous Radio Host and Actor Begins Her Third Act

Jess Sundin


Police Justice and Anti-War Activist: The People Are My Mountains

Tom O’Connell


Our Minneapolis Revolution: 1930s, 1970s, & Today.

Minerva Munoz


Makes Space in College For Working-Class People Like Her.

Nelsie Yang


Hmong American with Northside Roots, Seeks Justice through City Hall and Streets

Angela Conley


Hennepin County Commissioner Learned to Solve "Unsolvable Problems" by Listening to Survivors

Jane Burnett


St. Louis Park Girl Radicalized in 70s Chicago, Organizes at Ford Plant, St. Olaf Alumni

Veronica Mendez Moore


CTUL Organizer Builds Labor Power with Marginalized Workers

Brenna Dep


Youth Worker Learns Liberating Power of a Poem

Mel Reeves (1957-2022)


Long-Time Organizer Against Police Brutality, Fights the Power

Louis Alemayehu


The Making of A Multicultural Spiritual Elder.

Valérie Déus


Haitian American Poet Misses New York, Builds Artist's Life in South Minneapolis

Henry Jimenez


Son of Undocumented Immigrants with Las Vegas Roots, Advocates for Latinx Minnesota

Elizabeth Faue


Feminist Labor Historian Returns to North Minneapolis Roots

Jerry Rau


Vietnam Veteran Against War becomes Sidewalk Troubadour