2019-20

This interdisciplinary program centered on Finland, which has developed an institutional capacity for educational success, resulting in one of the lowest achievement gaps worldwide. 

During the Gordon Parks High School Hub residency, past, present, and future park champions from the Midway Neighborhood of St Paul congregated, demystified, and sought to systematize the curriculum-based approaches to park advocacy (2010-present) that contributed to the successful creation of Midway Peace Park. 

Bridges of Memory brought together recent and long-established ethnic, national, and religious communities in the Twin Cities (Armenian, Jewish, Hmong, Khmer, and Somali among others) facilitating constructive conversations and allowed them to draw upon their respective capacities to address a history of mass violence, communal memory, and resilience.