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North Star Journey

North Star Journey is a celebration of communities in Minnesota and the champions who are doing the work that we should be bringing a voice to. We hope to bring new understandings of our state and what brought us to today. About | Credits

MPR News also hosts North Star Journey Live, an event series discussing topics about what Minnesota’s diverse communities need to thrive. Check it out here.

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This coverage is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Five years after George Floyd: The healing and rebuilding that still need to happen

Five years after George Floyd: The healing and rebuilding that still need to happen

This weekend, as we mark five years since George Floyd’s murder, we are airing a North Star Journey Live conversation recorded in South Minneapolis earlier in the month. Angela Davis sat down with a cross section of Black community leaders to talk about Floyd’s legacy, the promises made, and the healing and restoration that still need to happen.
by Angela Davis and Kelly Gordon

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From inside, out: Rebuilding a life after incarceration

More than 4,000 people are released from Minnesota prisons each year. What happens next? MPR News senior editor Brandt Williams co-hosts a special Sahan Community and North Star Journey Live conversation about how to rebuild a life after incarceration.
by Brandt Williams and Kelly Gordon

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Former police chief reflects on five years after George Floyd's murder

Former police chief reflects on five years after George Floyd's murder

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with former Minneapolis police chief, Medaria Arradondo, about his book, “Chief Rondo: Securing Justice for the Murder of George Floyd.”
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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Creating work community with Alex West Steinman

Creating work community with Alex West Steinman

If you work for yourself or a small organization, how do you find office space, inspiration and community? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Alex West Steinman, CEO of the coworking network, The Coven. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Tell us a story we are missing

Tell us a story we are missing

MPR News is dedicated to telling stories for Minnesota communities, by Minnesota communities. Have you seen something missing in our coverage? Have thoughts on how we should be approaching certain stories? We want to pass you the mic.
by Denzel Belin

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Minnesota baseball lovers make a pitch to honor bygone ballpark, 2 historic St. Paul teams

Minnesota baseball lovers make a pitch to honor bygone ballpark, 2 historic St. Paul teams

The St. Paul Saints and St. Paul Colored Gophers played ball in the early 1900s at a tiny ballpark near the Capitol called the Pillbox. The Colored Gophers were a vital piece of Black baseball history nationally. A local historian is lobbying now for a public commemoration of the site.
by Peter Cox

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Representing immigrants in a time of policy changes

Representing immigrants in a time of policy changes

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with immigration attorney Gloria Contreras Edin about what inspired her to pursue law and what she’s seeing on the ground as immigration policies change.  
by Angela Davis and Nikhil Kumaran

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Going backwards? Health care equity in Minnesota, five years after COVID

Has health equity in Minnesota improved since the pandemic? We took that question to Red Wing for a North Star Journey Live discussion and asked health care workers on the front lines to assess what they’ve seen since 2020.
by Angela Davis and Kelly Gordon

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Cross-cultural concert series blends Somali memory with soul music's joy

Cross-cultural concert series blends Somali memory with soul music's joy

A new concert series called “Meet You at the Crossroads” brings together Somali blues and Black soul music in a cross-cultural collaboration led by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf and JD Steele, highlighting the Twin Cities' diversity through shared musical traditions.
by Jacob Aloi

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Two Ojibwe artists practice culture and tradition with birchbark 

Two Ojibwe artists practice culture and tradition with birchbark 

Working with birchbark has been a long tradition for tribes in the Midwest, however, there are concerns that it has become a rarity. For two Ojibwe artists, they share the significance of what birchbark means to them and their art.   
by Chandra Colvin

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