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Mitchell Hamline hosts community remembrance honoring George Floyd

Posted: May 26, 2021
A vigil to honor the life of George Floyd drew about 200 people to campus Tuesday evening. Members of the Mitchell Hamline community as well as the public at large gathered on the front lawn to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder at the hands of police. The event began at 8 pm, the …

Mitchell Hamline hosts community remembrance honoring George Floyd

First anniversary of George Floyd’s death: Is this the turning point?

Posted: May 24, 2021
Commentary by Rick Petry During the last year-and-a-half, the world has been turned upside down and shaken hard like a snow globe, and then turned upside down and shaken again. And again. And again. But unlike the snow globe which settles down after a few minutes, our world has faced wave upon wave associated with …

First anniversary of George Floyd’s death: Is this the turning point?

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline on the Chauvin trial verdict

Posted: April 21, 2021
The following is a letter sent to the Mitchell Hamline community on Wednesday by the undersigned leaders below: Dear students, staff, and faculty — For many of us, Tuesday’s guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial provided a feeling of relief and a moment to breathe. For many, the verdicts also shined a light on …

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline on the Chauvin trial verdict

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Daunte Wright

Posted: April 12, 2021
The following is a letter sent to the Mitchell Hamline community on Monday by the undersigned leaders below:   Dear students, staff, and faculty: Daunte Wright should be alive. Yesterday he was killed at the hands of local law enforcement in our community. The tragedy of another Black man killed at the hands of police …

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Daunte Wright