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Mitchell Hamline student named to Interior Department committee on place names

Posted: August 16, 2022
A Mitchell Hamline student has been named as one of 17 members of a federal advisory group that will help identify and recommend changes to derogatory names used for places throughout the country. Kiana Carlson (Ahtna Kohtaene, Taltsiine; Native Village of Cantwell, Alaska) learned she was named to the Department of the Interior’s Advisory Committee …

Mitchell Hamline student named to Interior Department committee on place names

Community input sought on new project to reduce systemic racism in criminal justice system

Posted: April 7, 2021
The death of George Floyd in police custody last year focused the world’s attention on a longstanding issue in Minnesota: systemic racism in the criminal justice system. Beginning later this month, residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul will have an opportunity to shape a project that aims to reduce the racial disparities that exist in …

Community input sought on new project to reduce systemic racism in criminal justice system

Professor Ibram X. Kendi: Law schools are “absolutely central” to antiracism work

Posted: February 16, 2021
“The heartbeat of racism is denial, and heartbeat of antiracism is confession.” — Ibram X. Kendi Historian and antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi called on Mitchell Hamline and other law schools to be at the center of antiracism work in the United States, during an online event Monday evening. The discussion, which drew more than …

Professor Ibram X. Kendi: Law schools are “absolutely central” to antiracism work

Mitchell Hamline welcomes author Ibram X. Kendi for Feb. 15 event

Posted: January 19, 2021
“We know how to be racist. We know how to pretend to be not racist. Now let’s know how to be antiracist.” – Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Historian and antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi will join an online event at Mitchell Hamline on February 15 at 5 pm CST to discuss his work in antiracism …

Mitchell Hamline welcomes author Ibram X. Kendi for Feb. 15 event