Identity

Place and boundaries define the way we move through life. Throughout Minneapolis there are boundaries, both visible and invisible. But

In a heteronormative, capitalist society, there is an expected sequence of life events that form the human experience.

I want to uncover the cultural history of the dilapidated buildings that dot our landscape, enabling us to more fully appreciate and reflect on Norwegian American history as a country of immigrants.

You don’t bother to tell her about the pineapples back home and how fruit vendors peel the outer skin with machetes and sell them on wooden skewers, or on hot days, sell juices of freshly pulverized pineapples, complete with foam on top.

There is, however, another layer to the mission: explore what it means to be a Black Minnesotan.

Place is defined by the stories we tell, and each place has a story that must be told.

In this time of COVID, enduring the relative isolation, I have thought about the lessons in patience and sheer endurance in Korea’s origin story.

Living with flow is the aim of both the Enneagram and the Tao Te Ching. Both of these wisdom traditions

A version of this essay originally appeared as part of the #MinneAsianStories series produced by the Council for Asian American Leaders.

Being a feminist is not about defining the world as patriarchy or matriarchy, or even about correcting the notion that gender determines abilities. It is about building equality into all of our social and economic ecosystems.

Join a contemplative journey into 9 themes that converge when the 9 Enneagram types are aligned with ancient wisdom from

Who am I? It might seem like a simple question, but we cannot pare down an entire person into a