Minneapolis Interview Project

Life stories through a social justice lens

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice includes posts on environmental racism, (Roxxanne O’Brien) zoning, (Roya Damsaz) neighborhoods with asthma, (Jason Sole) lead poisoning, air pollution, noise pollution,  urban green spaces, (Cathy Jones) and urban gardening, (Shannon Nordby) access to Minneapolis parks and lakes, (Tammy Ortegon), the Mississippi River,  (Irna Landrum) as well as global concerns with climate change, (Marcie Rendon) flooding,(D.A. Bullock) global warming, droughts, power plants, drinking water and public policy that affects the environment (Ricardo Levins Morales).

Louis Alemayehu

The Making of A Multicultural Spiritual Elder.

Marcie Rendon

Fought Criminal Injustice with American Indian Movement, became Indigenous Mystery Writer
Jason Sole at Hamline University, January 23, 2020

Jason Sole

Formerly Incarcerated Professor Makes Sacred Trouble

Ricardo Levins Morales

Puerto Rican Social Justice Artist Organizes to Win

Angela Conley

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

Irna Landrum

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

Lisa Albrecht

Lesbian Feminist Educator Still Learning, To Repair the World

Cathy Jones

Postal Worker Fights Police Brutality, Discrimination in the Workplace

Jess Sundin

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

Bruce Drewlow

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

Roya Damsaz

From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis.

Roxxanne O’Brien

Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

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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