Is it possible to reform the U.S. police under our present system? What can fighters for justice like Black Lives Matter learn from the Cuban experience? August Nimtz, Jr., Professor of Political Science, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota and co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee, will discuss how the Cuban police force […]

Is it possible to reform the U.S. police under our present system? What can fighters for justice like Black Lives Matter learn from the Cuban experience? August Nimtz, Jr., Professor of Political Science, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota and co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee, will discuss how the Cuban police force […]

Is it possible to reform the U.S. police under our present system? What can fighters for justice like Black Lives Matter learn from the Cuban experience? August Nimtz, Jr., Professor of Political Science, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota and co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee, will discuss how the Cuban police force […]

Is it possible to reform the U.S. police under our present system? What can fighters for justice like Black Lives Matter learn from the Cuban experience? August Nimtz, Jr., Professor of Political Science, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota and co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee, will discuss how the Cuban police force […]

Second in the series, “What's in a Name?” A 2016 examination of how the lost names of Indigenous sites reflect U.S. Genocide of its Native peoples. Naming is a political act. Names have power. In naming a problem, we predetermine the kinds of solutions available to us – so we’d better be careful. We have […]

Second in the series, “What's in a Name?” A 2016 examination of how the lost names of Indigenous sites reflect U.S. Genocide of its Native peoples. Naming is a political act. Names have power. In naming a problem, we predetermine the kinds of solutions available to us – so we’d better be careful. We have […]

Second in the series, “What's in a Name?” A 2016 examination of how the lost names of Indigenous sites reflect U.S. Genocide of its Native peoples. Naming is a political act. Names have power. In naming a problem, we predetermine the kinds of solutions available to us – so we’d better be careful. We have […]

Second in the series, “What's in a Name?” A 2016 examination of how the lost names of Indigenous sites reflect U.S. Genocide of its Native peoples. Naming is a political act. Names have power. In naming a problem, we predetermine the kinds of solutions available to us – so we’d better be careful. We have […]

Dease Scholars and faculty from the University of St. Thomas, in partnership with Dr. Peter Rachleff and Dr. Beth Cleary of the East Side Freedom Library, invite the community to participate in a dialog about the importance of studying the Civil Rights Movement. Students and faculty will be participating in a spring break study tour […]

Dease Scholars and faculty from the University of St. Thomas, in partnership with Dr. Peter Rachleff and Dr. Beth Cleary of the East Side Freedom Library, invite the community to participate in a dialog about the importance of studying the Civil Rights Movement. Students and faculty will be participating in a spring break study tour […]

Dease Scholars and faculty from the University of St. Thomas, in partnership with Dr. Peter Rachleff and Dr. Beth Cleary of the East Side Freedom Library, invite the community to participate in a dialog about the importance of studying the Civil Rights Movement. Students and faculty will be participating in a spring break study tour […]

Dease Scholars and faculty from the University of St. Thomas, in partnership with Dr. Peter Rachleff and Dr. Beth Cleary of the East Side Freedom Library, invite the community to participate in a dialog about the importance of studying the Civil Rights Movement. Students and faculty will be participating in a spring break study tour […]

  Willa Schneberg, a Portland, Oregon poet, will read from Rending the Garment (Mudfish/Box Turtle Press, 2014). Rending the Garment is a narrative tapestry encompassing persona poems, prose poems, flash fiction, imagined meetings with historical figures, ancestral appearances, and ephemera. It is a series of linked poems exploring the life and times of one Jewish family.

  Willa Schneberg, a Portland, Oregon poet, will read from Rending the Garment (Mudfish/Box Turtle Press, 2014). Rending the Garment is a narrative tapestry encompassing persona poems, prose poems, flash fiction, imagined meetings with historical figures, ancestral appearances, and ephemera. It is a series of linked poems exploring the life and times of one Jewish family.

  Willa Schneberg, a Portland, Oregon poet, will read from Rending the Garment (Mudfish/Box Turtle Press, 2014). Rending the Garment is a narrative tapestry encompassing persona poems, prose poems, flash fiction, imagined meetings with historical figures, ancestral appearances, and ephemera. It is a series of linked poems exploring the life and times of one Jewish family.