Join the League of Women Voters Fillmore County and the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative for the Greater Minnesota Partnership Racial Equity Conference, Weaving a Wider Community: seeing and countering racism in our own backyard!
From 8 am to 2:30 pm at the Harmony Community Center (225 3rd Ave SW, Harmony, MN), engage with your neighbors in a free discussion on how to create a more welcoming community. The day will begin with two excellent keynote speakers, Jenna Grey Eagle and Dr. Ronald Ferguson, facilitated by Eryn Gee Killough over Zoom. Then, the gathering will engage around the ideas presented by the speakers to build the foundation for a more welcoming, anti racist community in Fillmore County.
Lunch will be provided for free to all attendees. Availability is limited, please register by Sat, October 4th by calling 507-875-2839 or emailing
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About the Speakers:
Mrs. Jenna Grey Eagle is an Oglala Dakota woman and the Director of Strategic Growth & Community Relations at Antiracism Community Transformation (ACT), a Minnesota-based nonprofit dedicated to building racial equity through deep dialogue, education, and collective action. With over a decade of experience in community organizing, environmental justice, and and antiracism education, Jenna has worked alongside nonprofits and civic institutions to support system-wide change rooted in cultural integrity and healing.
Dr. Ronald Ferguson teaches sociology at Ridgewater College, where he offers courses in areas such as racial/ ethnic studies and social problems. In addition to teaching, he served as one of Minnesota State’s Equity and Inclusion Coordinators. Dr. Ferguson has published papers in several journals such as: Great Plains Sociologist, Sociological Imagination, and Educational Research: Theory and Practice. A selection of works includes the evaluation of the college experience by Native American first year students as well as exploring the parenting process in biracial identity development. He also co-authored the book: “What’s up with the Brothers? Black Masculinity in the 21st Century.”
