Minneapolis Interview Project

Lesbian Feminist Educator Still Learning, To Repair the World

The Making of A Multicultural Spiritual Elder.

Born On the MN/Canadian Border. Beautiful Activist of South Minneapolis

Choral Director of BorderCrossSINGS Revolutionizes Classical and Folk Music

Educator & Family Advocate Uses Multiple Consciousnesses to Envision Structural Change

The Making of a Radical Librarian

Poet and MeToo Advocate, on the Politics of Consent.

From Tulsa to Minneapolis: Activist Scholar is Rooted in Community

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

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

Elevates Immigrant Voices to Change Racist Policies

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

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

From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis.

Liberian American Organizes Across Communities and Continents

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

Youthful Addiction & Incarceration Shape Perspective on Legislating

Youth Worker Learns Liberating Power of a Poem

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

Somali Immigrant Found What Makes Home: Colleges, Coffee Shops and a Mosque

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

Native American Educator Refuses to be Objectified or Typecast

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

Union/DFL Activist Remembers Lake Street in the '60s

Feminist Labor Historian Returns to North Minneapolis Roots

Public Historian Archives George Floyd Memorial, and History of Minneapolis Mutual Aid

Veteran, Once Homeless, Fought for Housing Rights.

Chicano Reporter from LA, Centers Marginalized Workers

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

Celebrated Queer Honduran Poet Puts Down Roots in Minneapolis

Growing Up Undocumented in Minneapolis

For This Educator Black Lives Matter Is Not a Movement; It’s His Life

Beauty Queen Advocates Black On Black Development & Solidarity with Incarcerated People

Advocate for MPS Students, on Policies to End Child Homelessness

How He Got to Now: The Creative Influences of a North Minneapolis Community Artist

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

Postal Worker Fights Police Brutality, Discrimination in the Workplace

Rich Complexity of the Historic, South Minneapolis Black Community

Social Movement Photographer and ABLE Press Founder

Korean Adoptee's Asian Identity Journey, Leads to Career as Trauma Healer

Former Leader of MN CP Continues to Build United Fronts

Urban Queer Artist Fights Police Brutality & Advances Intersectional Liberation

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

Born in Mississippi in 1937, Recruited by Tuskegee to Work Minneapolis Food Service

Tuskegee Graduate Migrated from Alabama to Escape Jim Crow

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

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

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

Minneapolis Labor Activist Recalls 40 Years of Resistance

Married His Husband in 1971, Demands Equality for All.

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

CTUL Organizer Builds Labor Power with Marginalized Workers

Puerto Rican Social Justice Artist Organizes to Win

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

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

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

Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

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

Artist Exposes Minneapolis’ Economic Borders

Mexico Ctiy Student Activist 1968, Becomes Latinx Advocate on Lake Street

Scholar Activist uses Insider/Outsider Strategy to Build Chicano & Latino Studies

For School Social Worker; Labor, & Immigrant Rights Organizer, Three North American Nations are Home

Vietnam Veteran Against War becomes Sidewalk Troubadour

Gay Adopted Teen, Seeks Space to Be Unique

Long-Time Organizer Against Police Brutality, Fights the Power

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

Patrick's Cabaret Founder Lives Authentic Artist Life While Elevating Minneapolis Art Scene

Listen to Nurses, Build Coalitions, Create Socialist Alternatives to Mainstream News

Formerly Incarcerated Professor Makes Sacred Trouble

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

Minneapolis Teachers' Union Organizer, on 50 years of Labor Leadership

NYC Poet Finds Community in Minneapolis Police Abolition Movement.

Indigenous Radio Host and Actor Begins Her Third Act

Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Mother, Grandmother, Organizer

Minneapolis Activist Continues Generations of Progressive Leadership

Law Professor, Community Justice Advocate, and Children's Author/Publisher with a Pan-African Lens

Radio Host Built Solidarity Through Encuentro with Latin American Folk Music

Collaborating to Center Native American Women

Radical Transformation of an Organizer from Chicago's Southside

4th Generation Minnesotan Recalls 150 years of Resistance to Jim Crow North

Woman Behind the Painted Signs that Teach Anti-Racism

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