Minnesota Peacebuilding in the Media
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As 2020 ends, problem-solving Minnesotans offer reasons for hope
Star Tribune, December 25, 2020 "Too often when terrible things happen, like COVID-19 and racism, people get their basic human need for justice confused with the impulse to seek revenge. We teach how to transform the trauma into nonviolent power with positive, productive alternatives to revenge." Read the full article. Minnesota institute at 'epicenter' of training on racial restorative justice Star Tribune, July 18, 2020 "Amid sustained protests against police violence and calls for societal change in the nearly two months since the police killing of George Floyd, there has been a growing hunger from individuals and institutions about how to begin tackling something as vast, insidious and emotionally loaded as racism." Read the full article. Minnesota restorative justice leader sees this method as best opportunity to heal trauma Star Tribune, January 17, 2020 "Donna Minter deals with what she calls a public health epidemic every day, even though "few know how to talk about it or are willing to address it." Read the full article. Celebrate Minnesota as the Peacebuilding power state for all Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, December 1, 2019 "Peacebuilding Leadership Institute opens first office in Nokomis." Read the full article. Kenwood psychologist’s nonprofit wants to build peace for all Southwest Journal, November 22, 2019 "Donna Minter has been leading trauma trainings for nearly a decade." Read the full article. Master STAR trainer Donna Minter honored with Alliance for Peacebuilding’s Award of Excellence Eastern Mennonite University, October 17, 2019 "Donna Minter, founder and executive director of the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute, has been honored with the Melanie Greenberg U.S. Peacebuilding Award of Excellence. She accepted the award during an Oct. 3 ceremony during the annual conference of the Washington D.C.-based Alliance for Peacebuilding." Read the full article LUNAFEST: Short Films By, For & About Women WCCO CBS Minnesota, April 23, 2019 "LUNAFEST is Wednesday night at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis. It's a traveling film festival by, for and about women. Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins is the Honorary LUNAFEST Chairwoman and she joined us Tuesday. (3:26) WCCO 4 News At Noon – April 23, 2019" Watch the full video Looking Forward to the Luna Film Festival WCCO CBS Minnesota, April 18, 2018 "Donna Minter and Kirstin Burch of the Minnesota Peacebuilding Institute spoke with Ali Lucia about the women-focused festival, which is being held next week at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis (3:29). WCCO 4 News At Noon – April 18, 2018." Watch the full video Scene and Heard: Lunafest film festival celebrates women in the arts Star Tribune, May 30, 2015 "The Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute brought Lunafest to the Twin Cities as a fundraiser for the institute, as well as for the festival’s main beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Fund." Read the full article A world away, Ebola's deadly shadow is cast in Minnesota TwinCities.com, October 25, 2014 The training was developed in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said Donna Minter, the institute's founder and executive director. Although the Ebola outbreak is very different, the reactions are much the same. "Any time somebody experiences a traumatic event, their body and their brain goes through the exact same process," she said. The training teaches participants to understand that process and steer victims toward positive coping strategies."They're kind of like psychological first responders," she said. "When people come to them, they have the resources to be able to help." Read the full article |
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