Minnesota Women’s Press

Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. mission is to tell stories in ways that create community and encourage change. In addition to the print publication, we currently provide these opportunities for women to meet, read, learn, write, talk and explore: The Minnesota Women's Directory connects more than 80,000 readers with women in business and women-centered organizations, BookWomen Magazine creates a readers' community for those who love women's' words, The Center for Feminist Reading conducts Women's Reading Retreats, book Groups on the Road and Local Book Groups for thoughtful discussion about women's writings, www.womenspress.com connects readers with all of our print publication's stories, advertisers, women's directory listings, calendar of women's events, and CFR's books activities, and WoNews is our twice-a-month e-letter.

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'Sistah Solo': Celebrating women of color through art, dance, hip-hop and spoken word

By Sheila Regan, Minnesota Women’s Press

(Photo by BFresh Photograph)

"Beware of people who have vision who can execute," says Maia Maiden, the force behind "Sistah Solo," an evening of performances featuring women of color at Patrick's Cabaret in Minneapolis.

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Fearless drummer: Iris Shiraishi makes her statement with a big Japanese drum

By Katie Hae Leo, Minnesota Women’s Press

Iris Shiraishi will never forget the day she landed in Iowa, ready to start graduate school. Hawaiian-born and -raised, she had never experienced a real winter.

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Comfort choir: The sacred sound for when there are no words

By Mikki Morrissette, Minnesota Women’s Press

Bright morning stars are rising, day is a-breaking in my soul
-Verse from an Appalachian song from which the Minneapolis-based comfort choir derives its name. (Photo by Sarah Whiting)

The transformational energy of dying was apparent to Barbara McAfee when her father-not a cuddly man generally-became sweeter in the process of talking with his family about his pending death from pancreatic cancer. The experience "was a threshold, profoundly healing, strangely fun at times," she said now, several years later.

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'Beloved child': Diane Wilson on healing ourselves, transforming past harm and working for peace in our families and communities

By Kathy Magnuson, Minnesota Women’s Press

(Photograph by John Ratzloff)

Diane Wilson is a Minnesota author and Mdewakanton descendant. Her first book, "Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past," retraces her family's Dakota heritage across five generations and won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award. Her second book is "Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life." Wilson is also the executive director of Dream of Wild Health, a Native-owned farm in Hugo, Minn., whose dream is to help American Indian people reclaim their physical, spiritual and mental health.

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Peace and war: An Iraq veteran's experience at war earned her an unanticipated education

By Mikki Morrissette, Minnesota Women’s Press

Meghan had dreamed of studying abroad in Spain. But she never dreamed she would get an entirely different type of education serving two tours of duty in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard.

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