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Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

CMSM opened its new permanent site with increased capacity to serve as an informal learning center that playfully engages children, families, and school groups in interactive experiences with the art and cultural heritage of southern Minnesota. With its current appropriation, CMSM is poised to strengthen its core as an institution that promotes arts and cultural heritage learning through continued

Anoka
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,590

CMSM will build upon the work that began with its 2015-16 appropriation by (1) Remediation and further development of exhibit areas that promote Arts & Cultural Heritage (ACH) learning (2) Expanding ACH learning opportunities for new audiences at off-site locations; (3) Engaging an outside Evaluation Consultant to help plan/implement strategies that meaningfully assess ACH learning outcomes and impacts; (4) Boosting the Museum’s capacity to serve more school/early learning groups.

Anoka
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Bruce Corrie
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,700

America is polarized around cultural and racial identity. AmercaTV.me will offer a vision where people can discover common roots across diverse cultural identities.Two videos and virtual tours will be produced - "Rhythms" and "Flavors". For example, Rhythms - An Asian Indian playing the ?tabla , an African American playing the Saxophone, an Irish American playing the piano, Each plays the same beat in their unique way. Videos will be produced in multiple languages.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Recipient
SPARK, Children's Museum of Rochester
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$42,000

The Children's Museum of Rochester, Inc. will be implementing a program called Passport To Play aiming to increase the number of children and families of all ages, ethnicities, abilities and incomes to participate in hands-on arts and cultural programming and educational exhibits at the museum. Passport To Play would reach over 1,500 children and families a year from underserved communities in Southeastern Minnesota. The Children's Museum of Rochester, Inc.

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Itasca
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lake
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Itasca
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lake
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
WonderTrek Children's Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000

This project will support a co-creative engagement program with Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe children, families, and educators, highlighting the art, culture, and heritage of North Central Minnesota from the perspectives of Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe children.

Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
More Than A Single Story
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,300

Humanities Center support will enable More Than A Single Story to respond to multiple requests for support in dealing with personal and cultural trauma with the conference Black Writers Healing Black Writers(working title). In times of great stress, such as the COVID experience and the murder of George Floyd, artists go to their creativity to heal. This project brings that opportunity to Black writers who are reeling from continuing violence that impacts that communities.

Crow Wing
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
United Way of Central Minnesota - Partner for Student Success Black Youth Network
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$256,058

This project involves collaboration with various organizations to enhance cultural connections, strengthen positive identity development, and provide enriching experiences for Black youth and families in Central Minnesota. Specific activities include 1) cultural heritage learning sessions and field trips; 2) a film festival honoring Black filmmakers and performers; 3) a Afrofuturist comic book workshop; 4) Boys & Girls Club art initiatives; 5) a Hip-Hop culture lab; 6) a Hip-Hop dance show; 7) educational support to cultural athletics and sports; 8) theatre production.

Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,500

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota aims to strengthen its highly successful School Service Program by retaining a Program development coordinator, changing core interactive exhibits and creating new curriculum for pre-school and K - 5 students in ten northern Minnesota counties.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$137,750

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota will strengthen its acclaimed school service program by: (1) continued leadership of a new Program Director retained on January 1, 2016 (2) creating a new (Minnesota built) core interactive exhibit; (3) developing new curriculum for pre-school through 3rd grade students in ten northern Minnesota counties.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$256,000

The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota (CMSM) will build upon a strong foundation of Minnesota Arts, Culture and Heritage (ACH) learning experiences made possible with prior MN Legacy funding support to:

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Judy Garland Children's Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$127,581

This project will support new exhibit components and enhancements, provide admissions and transportation to underserved and diverse communities, and teacher-led programs for children that are sensory sensitive, in relationship with Autism Society of Minnesota.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Koochiching
Recipient
Afro American Development Association
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,903

With the support of Minnesota Humanities Center, Afro American Development Association (AADA) has partnered with renowned Somali musician Nimcaan Hilaac to bring Somali musical education to Somali American youth in Minnesota. The Cultural Music Program for Somali American Youth will allow 50 students to participate in a musical composition workshop with Nimcaan Hilaac, culminating in a performance at a summertime Somali music festival open to all members of the community.

Clay
Recipient
Department of Public Transformation
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,795

The Department of Public Transformation will hire a Development Consultant to lead the Board and staff toward more sustainable and intentional fundraising strategies. Specifically, a consultant teaches skills in building annual giving programs, creating audit systems and policies, coach staff and board on effective fundraising strategies, and implement processes that can evolve as the organization continues to grow.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota (CMSM) will complete the innovative community engagement process started with the previous Legacy grant. CMSM will build upon the progress created with the previous Legacy grant by transitioning the team's focus to carrying-out of strategic access strategies that engage a diversity of community members in the exhibit development process, resulting in the completion of fabrication plans for exhibits and environments that are accessible; engaging; and reflect the diverse art, culture, and heritage of southern Minnesota.

Aitkin
Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Swift
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$197,000

Building on the exhibit development community engagement process carried through three successive Legacy grants, the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota used the 2013 direct appropriation to prepare for and begin building exhibit components for its permanent facility by combining professional museum expertise with local resources, volunteers, and community involvement.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$198,000

Building on the exhibit development community engagement process carried out through four successive Legacy grants, the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota will use the 2014-15 direct appropriation to complete fabrication and installation of several exhibit components for its permanent facility. Local resources, volunteers, and community involvement will be combined with museum expertise to complete this process.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Ka Joog
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$122,500

This project had three components: 1) An arts club that meets weekly and provides arts education and peer mentoring; 2) A theater play that will showcase issues/challenges within the Somali community in the community. The workshops are designed to introduce youth to traditional Somali arts and encourage them to extend the tradition through their own artistic practice. 3) Showcasing Somali Art, presentation and intercultural community engagement at the Somali Independence day Festival in 2016.

Benton
Hennepin
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Ka Joog
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$118,825

The program that we are proposing has three components; 1) weekly arts club that provides arts education and peer mentoring for youth that are designed to introduce youth to traditional Somali arts. 2) A Somali arts show and cultural learning opportunity taking place at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis through The Southern’s Arts Residency and Art Share Programs. 3) Showcasing Somali art at the Somali Independence day Festival in 2017.

Benton
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Great River Children's Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000

This project will produce content for the Headwaters exhibit including: 1) creation and content development of Meet Your Neighbor stations; 2) creation of two murals and a sculpture celebrating diversity; 3) new exhibit design in partnership with Stearns County History Museum; 4) design an art fence for the Outdoor Adventures exhibit.

Benton
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Pope
Sherburne
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Great River Children’s Museum
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$230,000

In 2018 the Great River Children's Museum, (GRCM) received a building worth $1,500,000 from Liberty Bank. Since receiving this gift, the Board of Directors has completed a Museum Strategic Master Plan with Vergeront Museum Planning, a predesign plan and building condition assessment with JLG Architects, a hazardous building materials assessment with Braun Intertec, and a marketing plan with Gearbox Marketing.

Benton
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Pope
Sherburne
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Great River Children's Museum
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$225,000

Great River Children's Museum: Moving Forward Project encompasses the development of new exhibits & programs with and for the families of Central MN. We are expanding upon partnerships formed with community groups, developing exhibit areas that open doors to new experiences and cultures, and working to create program guides that will highlight some of the many informal learning opportunities to be found in our exhibit areas.

Benton
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Pope
Sherburne
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Wright
Benton
Douglas
Kandiyohi
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Pope
Sherburne
Stearns
Swift
Todd
Wright
Recipient
Children's Discovery Center
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$180,000

This project will support new exhibit components, including an agriculture heritage exhibit, that will showcase the farming way of life and the importance of family farms for the country's food source. It includes workshops and hands-on learning in roles such as gardener, farmer, processor, seed agronomist, farmers market vendor, and consumer.

Becker
Big Stone
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Hubbard
Mahnomen
Norman
Norman
Stevens
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Wilkin
Recipient
Telling Queer History
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

Telling Queer History will support the collection and preservation of personal oral histories from LGBTQIA+ communities in rural Minnesota; historical research for our archives and LGBTQ+ history walking tours; and community outreach in greater Minnesota. This grant will also support the early development of a series of supplemental curriculum products detailing Minnesota LGBTQ+ history, creating a potential new earned revenue stream for TQH.

Anoka
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hennepin
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
Hmong Cultural Center
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

The New HCC Storefront Museum Implementation Project will involve the development of a guided tour app & new curriculum for school groups based on MN's K-12 standards. The project will also include a new strategic marketing plan to assist the museum in achieving future attendance & outreach goals. Finally, a new tour guide will be hired to meet public demand for tours in the new museum space which is intended to promote cross-cultural awareness and understanding of Hmong culture and history.

Anoka
Benton
Dakota
Hennepin
Morrison
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Hmong 18 Council
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000

Our new project, Honor the Past, Preserve the Future: Hmong 18 Clans Custom and Cultural Preservation Project, is to preserve the history, traditional, and changing lives of the Hmong Minnesotans.

Anoka
Hennepin
Lyon
Ramsey
Redwood
Washington
Anoka
Blue Earth
Hennepin
Lyon
Marshall
Ramsey
Redwood
Washington
Winona
Recipient
The Works Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$321,964

The Works Museum will design, fabricate, and install a new exhibit with partners from Minnesota's East African, Hmong, and Latinx communities that forwards elementary education goals and celebrates Minnesota's rich cultural diversity.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Mille Lacs
Nicollet
Olmsted
Olmsted
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Ka Joog
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,380

Ka Joog and Afro American Development Association (AADA) will partner to create a platform for Somali American youth to learn traditional Somali artistic mediums and present their learning through public presentations that will ignite community conversations. Art clubs and public forums will be implemented in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Clay counties and will promote inter-generational dialogue on taboo topics within the Somali American and cross-cultural acceptance with non-Somali audiences.

Anoka
Carver
Clay
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Washington
Recipient
Kairos Alive!
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,933

The Kairos Alive! Cultural Wisdom Immersion and Sharing Project collaborates with Centro Tyrone Guzman, Augustana Open Circle, Walker West Music Academy and outstate Developmental Achievement Centers to explore and exchange joyful cultural meaning through music, dance, song and story via 2-way Zoom webcast. Project explores cultural heritage and identity expression, and how it relates to the universality of human experience, in an environment of creative safety and intercultural exchange.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Hennepin
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Nobles
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
Swift
Wabasha
Wadena
Winona
Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Clay
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Lake
Mille Lacs
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Polk
Ramsey
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Wabasha
Watonwan
Recipient
Council on Black Minnesotans
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The Council on Black Minnesotans in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Center will conduct approximately six statewide community forums.

Benton
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Recipient
Lower Sioux Indian Community
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

The goal of the Dakota History Symposium at Lower Sioux Agency is to reclaim Dakota voice in a narrative that under-represents Dakota perspective and cultural worldview while providing opportunity for exiled Dakota to reconnect to their shared history, disrupting dominant power dynamics that restrict Dakota truth-telling. Hosting a Dakota-led educational event will enhance public understanding, broaden worldviews perspective and increase access to historic truths of the State of Minnesota.

Blue Earth
Brown
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Stearns
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Katha Dance Theatre
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,936

Katha Dance Theatre (KDT) will produce a mainstage program of three world premiere dance concerts to share the art, culture, and history of India through the art of Kathak dance - the 2,000-year-old classical dance style of North India. These productions will include the world premiere of GANGA. The Myth and Reality, the world premiere of PANCHATANTRA, and the world premiere of PRAKRITIR PRATISODH Nature's Revenge. The first will premiere in St. Paul, the second in Minneapolis, and the third will play in another Twin Cities venue (TBD).

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Itasca
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
Mini Sota Agricultural Children's Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000

This project includes a new exhibit component that includes a variety of farm production machinery, diverse agriculture commodities, and livestock, and provides an interactive learning experience about agricultural production and the art of manufacturing food for every culture.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Meeker
Pope
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
YMCA Youth in Government
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

The Civics Education Coalition will create opportunities for students, enrich teacher capacity to engage students, and build state-wide networks. Work will include an interactive website, online youth summit, youth conference, new lessons for educators, teacher institutes, and expansion of the statewide Civic Education Network and its activities.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Children's Museum - St. Paul
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$366,145
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$511,875

Arts and Cultural Heritage funding will allow us to pursue three major initiatives between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020:

Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Recipient
Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government Appropriation
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,920
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,100

Minnesota Youth in Government (YIG) is a youth-led experience that engages middle and high school youth in democratic governing leadership. Students learn about government process and gain an understanding of local, state, national and international concerns. They research and debate, participate in model Assemblies, United Nations, Youth Conferences on National Affairs, retreats and trainings, and National Judicial Competition, and gain an appreciation of diverse viewpoints in respectful ways.

Benton
Carver
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Faribault
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Itasca
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Winona
Recipient
Coalition of Asian American Leaders
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

This project is a documentary and includes working in partnership with East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) and Vietnamese Social Services (VSS) and with Cambodian American Partnership (CAP) as a program partner with the collaborative aim to provide a platform for Southeast Asian women to share their experiences preserving history, honoring more inclusively the lives impacted, and building awareness of these stories in Minnesota, of particular relevance for our state where Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese American communities established post-Vietnam War and continue to grow.

Anoka
Hennepin
Marshall
Nobles
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Ramsey
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Legislative Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Minnesota Legislative Society will expand the Model Legislature program to Central Minnesota through St. Cloud State University by bringing in local elected officials to participate as legislators in the process. It will incorporate caucus meetings and involve students as lobbyists. The Model Legislature event engages students directly by: working in committees that mirror standing committees of the Minnesota legislature; debating, amending, and voting on bills in committee; debating and sending to the governor for the program.

Anoka
Benton
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Winona
Recipient
ESHARA
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$64,800

ESHARA will promote cross-cultural learning and dispel misconceptions by creating spaces for cross-cultural arts expression and community building: 1) plan and host Iftar Celebration in partnership with all ESHARA Partners, Moorhead Mosque, Inclusive Moorhead partners, elected officials, and community leaders; 2) plan and host four community gatherings that incorporate and celebrate cross-cultural heritage, arts (primary dancing and singing), traditions, and food; 3) support community education on cross-cultural heritage.

Clay
Recipient
Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000

Since 2016, RISE has been reclaiming the Muslim woman's narrative through Muslim Sheroes of Minnesota. After featuring 35 Sheroes on our digital platform, we heard from our community that our stories must be told through the traditional medium of a book in order to preserve our cultural heritage and identity as Minnesota Muslim women. By collecting these stories in a book, we will showcase a narrative about a collective of Muslim women changing our state for the better.

Anoka
Hennepin
Olmsted
Stearns
Steele
Recipient
New Arab American Theater Works
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000

New Arab American Theater Works is requesting funds for a community project exploring the impact of immigration from historic Syria (including modern day Lebanon) to the Americas over the last 100 years through an exploratory multi-disciplinary work of art and the input of community members. This will culminate in a 3 week production and 9 community dialogues exploring the complex subject of Lebanese and Syrian migration to the Americas.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns