
Q&A With Friendly Vang-Johnson: Farming Advocate
"We are protectors of our community. We’re stronger together. We are trying to assert there is a different way of being. We can be a collective."

Katie Chin: Honoring Her Mother’s Legacy While Paving Her Own
“My mother seemed immortal,” Chin narrates in her show. “A kitchen warrior, who conquered every hardship with grace and determination, always at the ready to stir fry in case of emergency.”

NEWS: Minnesota Father Reunited With Family After Two Months in ICE Detention
“We believe true justice means healing harm rather than multiplying it through detention and deportation."

Values in a Rural Town
As we grow together, we’re co-creating a mini economy that builds the basis for an emerging value system — one that doesn’t have to rest on ever-increasing consumption or outward expansion, but rather depends on a more comprehensive, deeper understanding of how we are connected.

The Caregiving Role of Immigrant Children
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Anecdotes from people who are struggling with the responsibility and the privilege of being caregivers would be insightful. An online community of support would be awesome as well.

Three 20-Something Women Talk About How They See Hope
"There is unifying recognition that it's not just about money — it's also about social and health fabrics that need tending to. The narrative is shifting. I think people are making the dots and connections a bit more."

TAPESTRY: Views from St. Kate’s Students
Several of the people who submitted essays for Tapestry were students in a media justice class at St. Catherine’s University.

Lessons from the Scene of a Coup
The streets and community spaces of the Twin Cities shaped the way I show up in the fight to protect my own home country's fragile democracy.

Recording the Stories of Veterans
AMPERS is a radio association that supports 17 public community radio stations around Minnesota. Over the past 10 years, they recorded audio interviews with veterans for a series of first-person narratives. Here are some of the women featured.

Shifting the Perception of Disabilities
“Disability is not a bad word,” says Poppy…

LEGACY: Leadership Flows Through Pacyinz Lyfoung’s Veins
“She is different from other Hmong women activists because she is not afraid to take chances, speaking up when others won't.”

Girl Scouts Camp Focuses on Hmong Culture
Two summer Girl Scout day camps focused on Hmong culture…


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