EVENT LINK: https://www.mnhum.org/event/fergus-falls-reconstruction-destructed-film-community-conversation/

FEE: Free

Fergus Falls – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

October 2 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm CDT

To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

This film, created with our movie production partner OMG Studios, features Federal Minnesota District Court Judge Jerry Blackwell, author of Just Mercy and prominent civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, Macalester University Professor Duchess Harris, and a cameo by Minnesota’s First Lady of Civil Rights, Dr. Josie Johnson.

K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours.

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EVENT LINK: https://www.mnhum.org/event/fergus-falls-sketches-of-minnesota/

FEE: Free

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Otter Tail Lakes Country for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities, promote dialogue, bridge divides, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment.

Beginning with a catered meal, these gatherings invite audience members to share what makes their town great, what they think people get wrong about it, what local divisions concern them, and what future they imagine. An improv comedy troupe listens in on the conversations, takes everything they heard from residents, and brings it to life on stage through entirely unscripted improv comedy theater.

• 5:00–6:00 PM: Doors open / Community hour at The Gathering Place (202 W Lincoln Ave. Fergus Falls)

• 6:00–7:15 PM: Dinner Catered by Union Eatery

• 7:15–8:00 PM: Performance at A Center for the Arts (124 W Lincoln Ave. Fergus Falls)

• 8:00–8:30 PM: Talkback

Host Partner: Otter Tail Lakes Country

The work of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to create a stronger Minnesota by increasing our understanding of the beauty, wisdom, and stories of its people. Through partnerships, we facilitate the spaces, like Sketches of Minnesota, that seek to build connections and deepen understanding of ourselves and our communities in pursuit of a more just society.

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This event is free but registration is required.

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