Writers of African Heritage Series – Multi-Ethnic Heritage Writers
Writers of African Heritage Series
Presented by The Minnesota Black Publishing Arts Collaborative
Writers Raised by Multi-Ethnic Parents
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
An Online Zoom Event
Writers explored how identity and life experiences impacted their writing and the communities they connect with. Global and micro issues were explored and discussed regarding the diversity of African heritage writers in the United States and in Minnesota in particular.
Writers of African heritage are often not simply of African descent, but were raised by parents other than or in addition to a Black or African parent. Often times, this family dimension provides a unique experience for many African people raised by multi-ethnic parents. Our community needs to discuss and understand these experiences.
Panelists:
Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, activist, and the author of See No Color (Carolrhoda Lab, 2015), and Dream Country (Dutton, 2018) young adult novels that won Minnesota Book Awards in 2016 and 2019. Gibney is faculty in English at Minneapolis College, where she teaches writing. A Bush Artist and McKnight Writing Fellow, her new book, Botched, explores themes of transracial adoption through speculative memoir (Dutton, 2023). She is also at work on a YA anthology of short stories about adoptees by adoptees, with writer Nicole Chung (Harper Teen, 2023).
Adam Bledsoe is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Environment & Society at the University of Minnesota. He was born and raised in the Twin Cities and works to educate people of all ages about the African Diaspora and its many complexities. His passion and professional and personal goal are to help foster recognition and connections among the various populations of the African Diaspora. Some of his research interests are in Black geographies, the African diaspora and Political geography.
Kimberly Miller is a writer, performing artist, activist, businesswoman and a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has toured and worked all over the United States and abroad. She is the founder of re-construction.us. Her new book on personal and social transformation includes some of the essays presented on her website and will be available soon.
JoYi Rhyss is the founder and executive director of the Practice Center. The Practice Center exists to teach, facilitate, and inspire mindful skill building and consistent practice of mindfulness, forgiveness and attitudinal healing principles. Rhyss was born in Korea, raised in Minnesota and now resides and works in Hawaii. She writes a blog on healing and transformation.
Moderator:
Brian Lozenski is an Associate Professor of Urban and Multicultural Education in the Educational Studies Department at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. His research explores the intersections of critical participatory action research, black intellectual traditions in education, and cultural sustainability.
Session V – Dialogue with Dr. Maulana Karenga: Writers and the Question of Identity – Jan.2022
For more information contact the Collaborative
MNInBlackInk@gmail.com • (651) 231-6604
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The Minnesota Black Publishing Arts Collaborative is made up of the following Black-led agencies: Strive Publishing, Papyrus Publishing Inc., Planting People Growing Justice, In Black Ink, and Wise Inc.
These agencies have committed to challenge and change the narrative of Black people in the stories we lift up, the books we publish, archive, and share, as well as in the work we do with our constituents to address and challenge the “single” narratives and the huge disparities in the publishing arts field.
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