Speak Up is February 23rd!

MSUM’s 3rd annual Speak Up Event is happening Tuesday, February 23rd! It’s a TED-Style event featuring five speakers sharing their stories. The 2021 theme is Forge. Forging is about making and creating something. But it can also be interpreted as moving forward or to progress and advance, within any given situation, in spite of some difficulty, hardship, or obstacle. The […]

Coretta Scott King: The Life, Legacy & Courageous Fight to Keep “the Dream” Alive

FM community leader and activist Faith Shields-Dixon will speak to the under-recognized work and achievements of Coretta Scott King in the Civil Rights Movement. Active in racial justice politics and the peace movement before marrying Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King spoke up earlier and more forcefully against American involvement in Vietnam than her husband did, and her critique […]