Author: Mia McGill
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Did You Know About Barbie’s Midwestern Roots?
March 7, 2024
Meet the Wisconsinite leading one of 2023’s biggest blockbusters.
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Murals Bring Hampton, Iowa’s Latino Community Together
February 28, 2024
Marissa Hernandez invited young people from this small-town community to help paint murals that amplify culture and representation.
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Tiny Town, Big Diversity: How One Rural Iowa Town is Celebrating Cultures
February 14, 2024
Young people in Hampton, Iowa, home to Latino immigrants and exchange students from around the world, hosted a unique event to celebrate diversity, difference, and culture.
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Overcoming Addiction Sometimes Starts With a Meal and Art
January 22, 2024
How a community in Indiana is bringing creativity and other much-needed resources to adults in recovery, one meal and art class at a time.
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From Ideas to Action: Bismarck Leaders Kickstart Projects for the Community
January 16, 2024
They were brought together by Creative Community Leadership Institute, a cohort program for local leaders in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Participants pursued community-engaged projects that addressed systems change,...
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Artist Residencies Plant Seeds for the Future in Indiana
January 8, 2024
Painter Yemina Concepcion and photographer Daveed Holmes have been hard at work this last year at For the Love of the Arts, building positivity for young people by encouraging their...
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Cross-Cultural Exchange: Inuit Music in the Midwest
March 29, 2023
The music of Alaskan ensemble Pamyua moved communities in rural Wisconsin and Michigan, creating "one-in-a-lifetime" moments of connection, collaboration and curiosity.
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Strengthening Community, One Love Letter at a Time
March 14, 2023
Step aside, Paris: New Bedford, Massachusetts is the new city of love. Residents created a city-wide letter-writing campaign that inspired an internationally successful documentary.
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Supporting Parents and Newcomers in Southern Minnesota
December 7, 2022
Care and community love are at the heart of Austin, Minnesota’s Parenting Resource Center (PRC), who continue to meet community needs through their recent merger with the Welcome Center.
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New York Mills Cultural Center Casts Wider Artistic Net
December 7, 2022
Bringing arts and cultural enrichment to nearly 1,300 people living in their Minnesota town, the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is a small organization with big goals.