Barb Tilsen


Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Mother, Grandmother, Organizer

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

Roya Taylor


Indigenous Radio Host and Actor Begins Her Third Act

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

Valérie Déus


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

R. Vincent Moniz Jr.


Indigenous Poet on Growing Up "Urban Indian" in Phillips Neighborhood.

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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