Have you ever wondered what was here beneath you?
Right here in Minneapolis, the land speaks.
Up Next:
Dr. Kirsten Delegard
January 22, at 7 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Dr. Kirsten Delegard is director of the University of Minnesota’s Mapping Prejudice Project. This work was born of community need in Minnesota, which has some of the nation's largest racial disparities. These inequities are most pronounced in housing, which is foundational to health and well-being. Delegard will address the history of redlining in our neighborhoods—the practice of racial covenants, clauses that were inserted into property deeds to keep non-White people from buying or occupying homes—how this has and does affect our community today. What happens when people are intentionally excluded from community? How does the community move forward and heal?
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Upcoming Sessions:
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The Land Speaks: Stories the Land Holds
Can the land speak—and if we listen, what might we hear? Together, we’ll explore how the histories held in the neighborhood lands between the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers have shaped our shared life today. Embedded in the rock and soil are traces of what has lived, moved, and changed over billions of years, as well as more recent human stories: Who has called this place home? Who has been welcomed, excluded, or displaced? How have these realities shaped us—and how might they guide us toward living in harmony with one another and the Earth, our common home?
All are welcome. Events are free; no sign-up required.
