Minneapolis Interview Project

Life stories through a social justice lens

North Minneapolis

Tina Burnside

Civil Civil Rights Attorney & Museum Curator Harvests the Stories Community Needs

Phillipe Cunningham

Minneapolis City Council Member Draws on Experiences of Marginalization as a Black Trans Man to Reimagine Public Safety

Brittany Lewis

Action Researcher Harvests Community Wisdom to Affect Public Policy and Heal Herself

Ronald Judy

Rich Complexity of the Historic, South Minneapolis Black Community

Roxxanne O’Brien

Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

Nelsie Yang

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

Mel Reeves (1957-2022)

Long-Time Organizer Against Police Brutality, Fights the Power

Elizabeth Faue

Feminist Labor Historian Returns to North Minneapolis Roots

Jerry Rau

Vietnam Veteran Against War becomes Sidewalk Troubadour

Bruce Drewlow

Northern Minnesota to North Minneapolis; the Education of an Educator.

Drew Edwards

6th Grade Teacher Struggled in School. He Pushes and Turns the Stone in North Minneapolis

Raymond Dehn

Youthful Addiction & Incarceration Shape Perspective on Legislating

Roya Damsaz

From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Interview Project
Life Stories that reveal inequities and struggles for social justice in Minneapolis

Anne Winkler-Morey

Anne Winkler-Morey is a writer, historian, educator, activist and bicyclist based in Minneapolis. She is a scholar of social movements, nationalism and inequality in the US and Latin America. She began writing the Minneapolis Interview Project in May, 2016, completing it in November 2023. Her book, Allegiance to Winds and Waters: Bicycling the Political Divides of the United States , was published April, 2022. In November 2023 she began a two-year world tour. Read her blog at: annewinklermorey.com

Eric Mueller

Eric Mueller is a Minneapolis-based artist, photographer, and teacher. He began photographing portraits for the Minneapolis Interview Project in early 2019. His photo book, Family Resemblance, was published by Daylight Books in 2020. His year-long, photo-a-day project "Reset 2021" was exhibited at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona in 2022.

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