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Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories

Peacemakers issue “Half the Sky” Q&A

Pelican Rapids peacemakers “Sisterhood of War”

Nobel Laureates & noble dreams

Refugees are not a burden I LOVE A PARADE I LOVE

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These are wise women who work for peace in their own ways, from where they live. From personal inner peace to working for a peaceful community to speaking for women’s empowerment and peace around the world, we are honored to share their stories. “When a small group of respected we should be doing a lot more. … It takes people stands up and says, ‘we must a movement to really turn these things welcome these people, we must help around. And I think we are beginning these people’ they set the standards of to see elements of a movement.” Sheryl behavior for the rest of the community,” WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winner and wrote a trio of peacemak- co-author of “Half the Sky,” spoke to ers from Pelican Rapids, the Minnesota Women’s Press about “We need to Minn. Once the town was empowering women from her global Coming up: honor and value primarily of Scandinavian perspective. In april our theme is Mothers of heritage. Now there are 11 “The profoundly critical moment usu- Invention. When was a time you those [feminine different languages spo- ally is not ours to grasp. … It is the long- invented change in your life? archetypal] ken by its citizens. These ing of the human spirit to be better, to Tell us about it. Send a paragraph three women work to change the world for the better, to change or two to [email protected] ‘C’ qualities— build peace with hospital- ourselves for the better,” Maureen K. Deadline: March 10 care, compas- ity. Reed wrote. Minnesota hosts the April Advertising Sections: sion, creativity, “I believe if you help annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum • inGrrrls Go Green Guide one woman, you help March. Reed, the executive director • ofHome Guide community, the whole family,” said the Forum, shares her view on global• Spiritualiy Guide cooperation and Fatuma Elmi, an immi- peace. • GoSeeDo Guide grant from Somalia who And, Kim Heikkila, author ofDeadline: March 10 contribution.” lives in Minneapolis. In “Sisterhood of War” adds her voice:Living Big is our theme for May. —Karen Lohn, “War is dirt and fear and death and cry- December, she traveled to What have you learned about author of Peace ing out for mothers and the too-soon loss Geneva, Switzerland, to living big? Fibres. See her of innocence. High ideals about the poli- attend the United Nations Send a paragraph or two to story on page 18. tics of war, whether this side or that, fade High Commission for [email protected] Refugees. 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Happily ever after reclaimed nings of myth and fairy tale for years and am convinced of their importance. The sudden eruption of interest and rep- What an uplifting story. [BookShelf, Barb Greenberg, Feb. resentations of myth and fairy tale these days tells me that a 2012] This holds true for every woman single, divorced, married or in a relationship. I can relate to the “if I spoke my strong shift in collective consciousness is occurring. truth, I felt I would be abandoned” feeling. It feels good to Wilor Bluege, St. Paul let yourself be heard. So go forth and breathe in life and be Four legs, full heart true to yourself first and foremost! Thank you Barb for voic- GotanoPInIon? ing your journey! What an amazing story of two Like something in Peg Cowart, Lonsdale, Minn. incredible individuals. [YourStory, MWP? or disagree? Terri Krake, MWP, Feb. 2012] SharingWe want to hear from What a wonderful reminder that we can’t allow ourselves your story and reaching out like you do you. Write to editor@ to give away everything. It is imperative to honor who we inspires me to do the same, to help oth - womenspress.com. are and cherish ourselves when others around us may not. ers. You and Brody are equally as giv - Include your name, Thanks for being such a beacon, Barb. ing. What a pair. address and phone Lynn Garthwaite, Bloomington Beth Kantor, Plymouth number for verification. Claiming my pink identity Letters are assumed to be Myths we’ve been told for publication and may Many solid, sound mothers lose custody of their children I found the “Pink Think” January be edited for length and to their abusers in family court. There is a cultural myth that edition of MN Women’s Press on a clarity. parents only lose custody if they are unfit. This is a myth day I was wearing one of my favorite that I think would have fit into your issue. [Myths and Fairy everyday pink outfits. The fact that pink is in my wardrobe Tales, MWP, Feb. 2012] represents a transformation in society greater than the trans- I earned a Mrs. Degree, deciding to marry before finishing formation in myself. college. I was set on the idea of stability, except that was not I am transgender, but not yet presenting as female full what happened. Eleven years and three kids later I thought I time. I’m still closeted to most of my family. However, I do was losing my mind, myself. I was in an unhealthy environ - enjoy a rich life as my female self, taking active roles on com- ment for my children and me. My attempt to protect myself mittees, advocating in support of LGBT issues and enjoying and my children in the family court system became a les- time with friends. son in oppression that has brought me to a life of struggle, I knew something of my female nature from very young, compassion and strength. I lost custody of my children in but I learned the lessons of the gender police quickly. To be a the process. sissy was shameful. Femininity equaled weakness and infe- I reflect and try to understand how this has happened to riority. Thankfully, today is a different era. I no longer see me. I remain dedicated and steadfast in my mission of being pink as weak and inferior. My role models include women an excellent mother and remaining the greatest support I who go about their busy lives with quiet strength, facing can for my children. I am increasing my education, power daily challenges with grace and determination. Without and strength to succeed, be wise and never be controlled by knowing it, these women make it easier for me to claim my anyone other than me. female identity. I am grateful to the courageous and hard- Tiffini Flynn Forslund,Brooklyn Park working women who have paved the way for me by- show ing the world there is nothing weak or inferior about being I note from your website and the February magazine that a woman, even a feminine one. They have allowed me to the Women’s Press has a strong interest in myth and fairy proudly claim my pink identity. tale. I have been writing about the psychological underpin- Alison H., New Brighton

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‘Pink Ribbons, Inc.’ On the heels of the recent Susan G. Komen Foundation/ Planned Parenthood controversy, the new Canadian film “Pink Ribbons, Inc.” is samantha King opening in the U.S. this spring. It’s based on the book with the sameSource: www.prochoiceamerica.org/get-involved/2011-the-war-on-women.html name by Samantha King, associate professor at Queens University in Ontario, who was -inter 34 domestic violence victims viewed for the January issue of Minnesota Women’s Press. Go to www.womenspress.com in 2011 to see the story. The numbers are rising. At least 34 King and the film examine where corpo- Minnesotans, including four children and rate fund-raising dollars for a breast cancer one man, were murdered in 2011 as a result cure really go, and advocate that more of that of domestic violence, according to the annual money needs to be directed toward prevention report from the Minnesota Coalition for of the disease. Battered Women. This compares with at least “The problem with [corporate relationships] 29 murdered in 2010 and 25 in 2009. is that it does cause foundations to lose sight “We document these brutal murders to direct attention to of their core vision if they’re putting so much energy into chasing these sponsorships,” King the dangerous reality of domestic violence and the urgency told National Public Radio. She cited Komen’s 2010 “Buckets for the Cure” campaign with to do more to protect the victims,” said Liz Richards of the coali- Kentucky Fried Chicken. Some studies have tion, which has published the Femicide Report every year since 1989. linked fatty foods to a higher risk of cancer. See the full report at www.mcbw.org/femicides Sources: www.npr.org, www.nfb.ca Source: www.twincities.com

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How did you come by your passion for You say that one of the best ways to issues around women and girls? fight terrorism is to educate women Nick [Kristof] and I approached it very and girls. differently from other people in this field. The fact is that when women are mar- We came at it as journalists. We were [in ginalized they are not in the mainstream China] to cover the democracy move- of society. That means the mainstream is WOMEN ment [in 1989]. It was front page news basically men and when the preponder- on a daily basis. The following year we ance of those men are young it takes on started roaming around the countryside the environment of a male locker room. ARE THE of China and we discovered that not even There are higher levels of violence in a one column inch had been devoted to [the predominantly male society. There is no plight of women and girls]. stabilizing influence. SOLUTION There were about 30 million missing But if you educate women and bring female babies in China over the decades.them into the mainstream of society Empowering women and That amounted to about 30,000 a year. Itthey can provide a much more stabiliz- raised our eyebrows and we started looking force. One of the measurements [the girls is the most effective ing into this. military] uses to determine how stable an way to fight poverty and We, of course, thought it was just pecu- area is, is the level of education of women liar to China. Then we moved to Japan and girls. So even the military acknowl- extremism, according to and discovered that there was mistreat- edges that is a very important factor. ment of women in Asia as well. Nick Of course this is not the only factor that Pulitzer Prize-winning went to Cambodia to learn about the sex will turn around terrorism. But if you journalists Sheryl WuDunn trafficking. He saw some horrible things actually educate men and women you and again, we thought this was just Asia. really can help stabilize. So that, for exam- and her husband, Nicholas He started traveling around Africa and ple in Afghanistan, if we had devoted a saw mistreatment of women as well. much larger proportion of funds to help Kristof. Their 2009 book, Over the years we saw that there was build schools and education programs “Half the Sky: Turning Op- something more than just what was going throughout the society for boys and girls on in each locale. It was something bigger I think we would have had a much differ- pression into Opportunity for going on. We started to realize, wow, this ent outcome. is really something. This is a huge chal- Women Worldwide” sparked lenge. That’s why we wrote “Half the What difference does it make if we a movement for change. Sky.” channel more funding to support women and girls? You call gender equality the moral If women control the purse strings, WuDunn is the 2012 challenge of the century. they tend to devote more of that money Women’s History Month It sounds like a very large statement. to education and health care. When men But when you compare it to previous his- control the purse strings 20 percent of the Speaker sponsored by the torical challenges [it gives you perspec- take home pay tends to go to alcohol, cig- Luann Dummer Center for tive]. When we wrote “Half the Sky” it arettes, sugary drinks, festivals and pros- was a huge movement to convince peo- titution. You don’t have that with women. Women at the University of ple that [gender inequality] was a terrible When they are given some education—in thing. some places just elementary school—it St. Thomas. She spoke with At the peak of the slave trade in the changes the dynamics of the household. the Minnesota Women’s Press 1780s there were 80,000 Africans trans- Education has been shown to be the one ported to the new world as per year. ladder out of poverty and so if you can in January, sharing her The State Department now thinks that in educate women and girls that can really terms of persons trafficked across inter- lift a family out of poverty. beliefs surrounding the national borders, that number is 800,000 empowerment of women. per year and that does not include peo- How or where do you draw the line ple trafficked within borders. In terms of between honoring cultural issues and human rights issues? by Kathy Magnuson scale, this is huge. These days women in the sex trade are Let me tell you the story of China for purchasable for about $200-$300, which instance. My grandmother’s feet were means that they are expendable. You can bound. It was just incredibly crippling to imagine the greater mistreatment they women—the bones in your feet just crack will receive because they are expendable is even more horrific. Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2012 9 “Education has been shown to be the one ladder out of poverty and so if you can educate women and girls that can really lift a family out of poverty.” —Sheryl WuDunn because they are turned in. You can’t even walk. European and she could have gone [to Europe]. Clearly it was a terrible, terrible practice. But she went back and opened a clinic to help The West said this was a horrific practice and other girls in these brothels. She is helping the enlisted local intellectuals in China and said other girls fight against brothel owners. She is you have got to change this. They convinced extremely strong to the point where she has the intellectuals that this was right so the locals, made working against sex trafficking her life the Chinese, ended up leading the movement mission. against foot binding. It actually was eradicated in one generation. Where do you find hope? IFYoUGo: My answer is that when you find something In the social entrepreneurs and in the fact What: Sheryl WuDunn, that is so offensive, it doesn’t matter. Foot bind- that there are so many knowledgeable people Women’s History ing was a centuries old practice and yet, it got working in nonprofits or nongovernmen- Month Speaker changed. I am Chinese American and I am so tal organizations in these fields. There is an When: March 7, 2012, 7 p.m. enormous amount of progress being made. glad that is changed. Where: O’Shaughnessy I think there are certain things that if they are Developmental economics is a hot field right Educational Center so offensive—like genital cutting—it doesn’t now. Global health is hot. That means great tal- Auditorium, matter whether it is a cultural practice. Chances ent is putting its mind to solving these problems University of are that if a Westerner thinks it is offensive, that for so many decades took a back burner. St. Thomas, there are local people who also think it is offen- Now it is becoming much more mainstream. St. Paul Campus sive but they can’t speak out. And that’s what it takes. It takes a movement to Cost: Free and open to all really turn these things around. And I think we FFI: 651-962-6119 What about women in the United States? are beginning to see elements of a movement. Women in the U. S. need to address issues at taKEaCtIon: home as well. It is hard to preach on one side when you yourself have not taken care of your For a list of groups that own backyard. We just found the problems support women in abroad to be of a dimension that is much more developing countries: horrific, [a different] order of magnitude. But www.halftheskymovement. definitely, one has to address issues at home, too. org/get-involved WuDunn suggests these I found the book extremely depressing and four easy steps you can extremely uplifting. How was your experi- take right now: ence of living with it and talking to the 1. www.globalgiving.org or women and girls? www.kiva.org are people- What really struck us was that in the most to-people sites, linking you terrible, bleakest of situations you find peo - ple who are just so heroic and so strong directly to a person in need that they are inspiring. And it makes me overseas. think, would I able to do this in that situ- 2. Sponsor a woman or girl ation? [How were we] just born with through Plan International, such lucky circumstances? It makes Women for Women you realize that in our own circum- International, World Vision stances, and with what we have, we or American Jewish World should be doing a lot more. Service. A young woman mentioned in - 3. Get email updates from the book was sex trafficked in a ter WUDUNN OF SHERYL COURTESY rible situation. She was mistreated, www.womensenews.org she was beaten up and was lucky and www.worldpulse.com. enough to escape. She married a 4. Join the CARE Action Network, www.can.care.org. sheryl Wudunn Source: Half the Sky 10 Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2012 PEaCEFEatURE

Foster peace A small town in northwestern Minnesota celebrates its diversity by Joan Ellison, Johanna Christianson and Dianne Kimm “The road toward peace starts in our own neighborhoods and communities,” said Johanna Christian- son, a Dutch immigrant who has made Pelican Rapids, Minn., her community for 35 years. As a young mother, she found lots of volunteer opportunities through her church, the Food Shelf and other service organizations. But it was her work with the refugees and other new immigrants that most changed Christianson—and most changed Pelican Rapids.

children came along. And now someone needs to make a difference for the refugees.” When Joan Ellison moved to Pelican Rapids in 1980, the town was small (population 1800) and beautiful, with rolling hills, small farms, lakes and trees. It felt MINNPOST.COM like home, full of the offspring of Scandinavians and Germans. The only flaw was a 40-minute drive to the SHARON SCHMICKLE/ SHARON SCHMICKLE/ nearest library. Ellison joined a group of women planning and raising funds for a local one. Meanwhile, the dianne Kimm, Johanna christianson and Joan ellison town was undergoing an influx of refugees and other new immigrants from all over the world. The population surged by over 35 percent in 10 years. Eleven dif- I believe how a person feels received into ferent languages were spoken in town. The commu- “ nity struggled to meet changing needs. Ellison worked a new community has a lot to do with their through the library to help with the needs. Befrienders’ model response to that community later on. During those years of great change, Christianson, ” Kimm and Ellison focused on the Pelican Rapids — Johanna Christianson Multicultural Committee, which formed to help the community respond to its new residents and to help the immigrants adjust to life in Minnesota. This small com- Dianne Kimm moved to the community as a young mittee with a membership of about a dozen people, has - farm wife, raised a family, became a school board mem a mission dedicated to “the creation of a safe, positive ber and worked as a legal secretary. At a school board environment within the community. It seeks to promote convention, Kimm picked up a button that read “I can cultural awareness and to foster respect, appreciation make a difference.” She wanted to make a difference, and understanding that crosses cultural barriers.” Using but wasn’t sure how. When her church sponsored a a befrienders’ model, the Committee provided oppor - family of Vietnamese refugees, Kimm donated a bedtunities for longtime residents and new immigrants to and met the family. “These were a very patient people,”interact through common goals involving dialog, learn- she remembered, “and yet there was such an immediateing, sharing and socializing. Every event was promoted need.” She helped her new neighbors understand their with an article in the local newspaper introducing the mail, helped their children with homework, gave advice event and a new person to the community. “Over and and most important, became a friend. Over the years, over we tried to say ‘This is an individual, this is a real Kimm befriended over 40 Vietnamese families and person,’” Ellison said. finally accepted the job of refugee program manager for Through collaborations with Friends of the Library, Lutheran Social Service. “When I began on the school the schools, area churches and other service organiza- board, first it was for my own children and making a tions, the Multicultural Committee presents an ongoing - better school for them,” Kimm said. “Then my grand series of “Journeys” talks where new immigrants speak Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2012 11 about their life experiences and long-term 14 years, the Festival involved hundreds Perhaps the changes have been peace- residents speak about venturing to new of volunteers from all walks of life, and allful because in a small town, when a small places. The Committee collaborated on the cultures of the area, as well as -thougroup of respected people stands up and “Many Cultures, One Community: a book sands of visitors. The friendships formed say “we must welcome these people, we of stories and recipes,” and “The Faces of by volunteers from all the cultures work- must help these people,” they set the stan- Change,” a photo-documentary traveling ing together were as important as the dards of behavior for the rest of the com- exhibit and book about the new immi- event itself. munity. grants in Pelican Rapids and the local resi- Reasons for peace Perhaps the changes were peaceful dents who worked with them. because as the new immigrants began to The Committee has facilitated work- Change is hard. Peaceful change is feel safe and at home in Pelican Rapids, shops on racism, worked with victims even harder. It requires courage, patience they cooked or danced or made music for of torture and held multicultural focus and perseverance. Perhaps the changes the Friendship Festival, spoke to students groups on medical, educational and legalin Pelican Rapids have been peaceful in the school and met with the police problems facing the community. They’ve because in a small town, people in need department, the schools and the medical - written grants and lobbied for support of are obvious. You don’t let a homeless fam clinic to help solve problems. a Pelican Rapids Community Resource ily live in their car in the park in October. Perhaps the change was peaceful Center to help with housing needs, filling You help them find a job and apartment, because the new immigrants were wel- no matter what their race or religion. out government forms, tax information comed into the community. - and translation. Perhaps the changes have been peace “I believe how a person feels received ful because no one separated out the The Committee has sponsored interna- into a new community has a lot to do new immigrants for special treatment. tional dinners, many of them potlucks, with their response to that community All grants and programs were designed with foods from all over the world. Out later on,” Christianson said. “People who of these potlucks grew the International to benefit anyone in need, not justhave the felt welcomed are far more - will new immigrants. Perhaps the change Friendship Festival, a weekend of ethnic ing to get involved and give back to the was peaceful because through the local music, dance, arts and crafts and food, community creating a chain of peaceful newspaper and the school’s public access which gave everyone a chance to appre- relationships that strengthen the commu- ciate the diversity in town, and also a television channel, the Pelican Rapids nity.” In Pelican Rapids, the Multicultural chance to get to know each other. The Multicultural Committee introduced the Committee, in action with other individu- town to its new immigrants as real peo- theme of the festival has always been als and organizations, fostered those wel- Many Cultures, One Community, and for ple, not just stereotypes. comes.

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Her childhood and teen years were “the 1977, Elmi said, “everything started going Forget my resume best time for Somalia,” Elmi said. The downhill.” Elmi went instead to the United States, clan/tribe mentality did not yet prevail. By then, Elmi lived in Italy, and thenwhere her daughter attended school— Liberation was in the air, with young peo - in the United Arab Emirates, where shefirst Boston, then Rochester, Minn., where ple eager to take responsibility for build- had a good job at an oil company. Many other relatives had settled. Her husband ing a new nation. Independence came in Somalis worked abroad, gaining experi- followed in October 1991. Shocked by the 1960. ence and earning money before returning harsh winter, they moved to California. Elmi and her peers had the luxury home to put their skills and experience to Five months later, the 1992 Rodney King of attending school—something their use. riots helped spur their return to more parents had not had. “We were better Fatuma Elmi planned to do just that— peaceful Minnesota. informed than anywhere in Africa,” Elmibut the timing could hardly have been “Here you only deal with one thing, recalled. “We knew about Angela Davis,worse. She quit her oil company job in which is the weather,” Elmi said. Malcolm X, the Black Panthers.” 1991; later that year, Somalia’s govern- She took a hotel housekeeping job Following a 1969 coup, roads andment collapsed. (“Forget my resume,” she told the- man hospitals were built, and literacy rates “The day I sent my belongings back to ager). Unused to physical labor, initially climbed. But when war erupted in late Somalia,” she said, “was the day civil war she came home so sore she needed nightly broke out.” J.M. FERRé/UNHCR J.M.

“I believe if you help one woman, you help the whole family.”—Fatuma Elmi

Fatuma elmi in Geneva’s Palais des nations during december’s unHcr ministerial conference Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2012 13 massages from her husband or daughter; 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Away from the world stage, Elmi draws after two or three months, “I was one of Convention and the 50th anniversary ofstrength and sustenance from her reward- the best,” Elmi said. “It’s all about what the 1961 Convention on the Reduction ofing work in Minnesota—and from family you put in your mind.” Statelessness. and friends. “I have a grandchild now,” Elmi also began volunteering with Addressing the assembled dignitar- she said. “Spoiling him is taking much of refugees in Minneapolis, which led to a ies, Secretary of State Hillary Rodhammy time.” permanent job at Lutheran Social Service Clinton cited Elmi’s life during the past For20 many years, Elmi grieved the loss as an employment counselor, a role she’s years as “clear evidence of the wisdomof friendsof she’d had in Somalia. Last held for 16 years. investing in women.” summer, she attended a conference in “I believe if you help one woman, you Elmi went there not to receive laurels—Washington, D.C., for which she had to help the whole family,” Elmi said. indeed, she didn’t know Clinton wouldsign up on Facebook. “From time to time While working locally with refugees— single her out—but to testify to the now, fact someone will find me—even some- she found jobs for 79 percent of her clients that refugees are not a burden. “They one I had totally forgotten about!” she last year, despite the difficult economy— need only a helping hand in the beginning exulted. Elmi also thinks globally, following devel - of their resettlement,” Elmi said. Beyond her work and family commit- opments in Somalia closely. She’s not Sixty-two nations presented written ments, Elmi has volunteered as an elec- optimistic. pledges before the ministerial meeting tion judge and worked on political cam- “As long as you have life, you haverelated to protection and assistance for paigns. “Wherever I go,” she said, “I like hope for a miracle,” she said. “But refugees. it’s At the event itself, another 20to improve the life of human beings.” been 20 years, with the same people stillnations pledged to accede to one or both For that, the timing is never bad. running the show. As long as they’re of the two main international treaties on around, out front or behind the scenes,statelessness, while 25 more made various The profile appears in every issue of the things won’t change. For my generation,pledges—such as reforming laws to allow Minnesota Women’s Press. It reflects our Somalia is gone.” women to transmit their nationalities to founding principle and guiding philosophy Kudos from Clinton children. Clinton announced a U.S. initia- that every woman has a story. Readers tive to build global awareness and action But Elmi hasn’t exited the world arena. are welcome to submit suggestions for on discriminatory nationality laws, which In December, she traveled to Geneva profile subjects. Email your ideas to leave women and children especially vul- [email protected]. at the invitation of the United Nations nerable to exploitation and abuse. High Commissioner for Refugees, attending a ministerial meeting marking the “So, it was a success,” Elmi said.

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Big Wheat The Bone House Richard A. Thompson * Brian Freeman When Charlie Krueger With allegations of an seeks employment in affair with a student in North Dakota’s booming his past, teacher Mark wheat threshing industry, Bradley is pegged as a he witnesses the notori- prime suspect when a ous Windmill Man serial killer committing a murder, teenaged girl is found dead. Freeman is the author and becomes a target himself. of 15 novels.

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For tickets to the April 14, 2012 Awards Gala, and more information visit www.thefriends.org or call 651-222-3242 828 Special Minnesota section Women’s in the MinnesotaPress, March Women’s 2012 Press, March 2012 Minnesota Book Award Winners READERS’ CHOICE EVENT and Finalists Take Center Stage Friday, March 16, 7pm at Open Book, Wed., March 14, 7:30 pm: William Kent Krueger (Northwest Angle). 1011 Washington Ave S., Minneapolis Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Brooklyn Center. Tues., March 20, 6:00 pm: Lori Sturdevant and George S. Pillsbury Join us for a special evening and meet some (The Pillsburys of Minnesota). Minneapolis Central Library, 300 of the state’s best authors. The Readers’ Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis. Choice event features several finalist authors Wed., March 21, 7:00 pm: Richard A. Thompson (Big Wheat). giving short presentations of their work. Mystery Book Club (everyone is welcome!), Stillwater Public Library, 224 3rd St. N., Stillwater. Sat., March 24, 2:00 pm: Brett Laidlaw (Trout Caviar: Recipes from The Book Awards connects readers with a Northern Forager). Southdale Library, 7001 York Ave. S., Edina. Minnesota books, authors, publishers, libraries, Wed., March 28, 7:00 pm: Danielle Sosin (The Long-Shining booksellers, and more, through programs and Waters). Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr., Minnetonka. outreach year-round. Reading guides for the Sat., April 7, 2:00 pm: John Reimringer (Vestments). Rum River winning books from the past five years and Library, 4201 6th Ave., Anoka. DVDs of interviews with the winning authors can be accessed online and in public libraries. Thurs., April 19, 6:30 pm: Nancy Loewen (The Last Day of This summer, bookmarks and posters featuring Kindergarten). Family Storytime, Savage Public Library, 13090 the 2012 winning authors and books will be Alabama Ave. S., Savage. distributed to libraries, public schools and Thurs., May 17, 6:30 pm: Joyce Sutphen (Naming the Stars). South bookstores statewide. Saint Paul Public Library, 106 3rd Ave. N., South St. Paul.

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I hadn’t thought of that. under the covers with a Nancy Drew mystery, Finally we reached the cornerstone of the MBSR nursing a tired infant to sleep—and have beenprogram: daily meditation. My brain raced like it haunted by their transience. Eventually, the sun was outrunning an SST: What was that noise? Did dipped over the horizon and the mosquitoes came my phone ring? I should check. It could be impor- out; the 20th chapter ended; the baby woke up. tant. I bet Elliott forgot his lunch again. That kid! My search for lasting peace grew somewhat Why am I so rotten at this? I shouldn’t be think- desperate last year as I approached my 40th birth- ing about lunch. Is there peanut butter at home? I All she asked of day. As a gift to myself, I signed up for a class in should stop by Target after class. But I’m wearing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). A yoga pants. I look stupid in yoga pants. What if I my mindfulness complementary medicine program designed to be ran into somebody? I bet I am the worst student useful for anxiety sufferers and anyone else seek- this woman ever had. study was that I ing relief from physical and/or emotional pain, “I can’t do this,” I admitted. “I can’t turn off my MBSR was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the late brain.” pay attention to 1970s and centers around cultivating awareness in My teacher reminded me that no one’s mind had the present moment. Not the past, which is over, an on/off switch. All she asked of my mindfulness not the future, which we can neither control nor study was that I pay attention to my breath in the my breath in the predict—the present moment, the only moment we present moment. really have. “Just breathe,” she said. “The wonderful thing present moment. The course lasted eight weeks, and the first few about the breath is that it grounds us, reminding were anything but calming. The full-body scan us that in change lies opportunity. We always have technique, which the teacher warned could put a chance to start over, with another new breath.” some people to sleep, gave me a splitting headache. In other words, the sun will set, but it will rise. Shannon Drury lives When I practiced the course’s mindful (i.e., slow Nancy Drew solves “The Secret of the Old Clock,” in Minneapolis with as molasses) yoga postures, I remembered why I but she moves on to “The Hidden Staircase.” The her family and is a always like to sneak out of my YWCA’s vinyasa baby will wean herself, will grow and change, but self-described radical that means she’ll be able to do things she couldn’t class five minutes early. housewife. “Why?” my teacher asked. before, including saying “I love you.” “Because relaxation pose is boring,” I said. Breath by breath, my present moments were “Why?” she asked again. richer than they’d ever been before. They were “Because you’re not DOING anything,” I untainted by mistakes of the past and freed from growled, sounding more like my surly preteen the anxieties of future. Is this peace? Maybe. I know than a mom in a midlife crisis. that my journey to being from doing is under way, one breath at a time.

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On that morning as cated, with dreams that can be caught and with shadows that we went to war, I put them on as my personal protest to can’t be caught. that choice. The next day I put them on again. For several Does language define people? Why do we, who call ourselves years now I have done the same, nearly every morning, humans, who look the same, walk the same, see ourselves as and will wear them until we begin to make choices other different? Are language and culture part of this differing vision? than war as a way to resolve conflict. Just like that, the shadows start covering the clouds and I These peace earrings, though, have come to have can’t catch them. I try to not think that I—with legs, arms, ears, deeper meaning for me. A few years ago as I was putting eyes, a full-body person—am somehow different from the rest. them on, I watched as one of the earrings slipped from How? Language? I prefer not to be a victim. I like to be optimis- my hand and circled the drain in my bathroom sink. tic even when I am between shadows. Peace was literally going down the drain. My first reac- I do not have any doubt that we humans are still part of a tion was a scream of frustration and a feeling of helpless- greater thing. We can still make a difference in each other’s ness. But then I knew what I had to do. I quickly turned lives. off the faucet and found help to take the drain apart It matters that I have a smile on my face. It matters to me to and search for the lost earring. It was found. There was be a human that hates to judge. It matters to me to have a bal- another chance. anced internal life. Now when I put on these symbols of peace, in addi- In the end, we are creatures that believe in our hopes and tion to my personal protest, I am reminded that I have a dreams. I believe that one day there will be clear sky between choice between helplessness and action. I choose to do

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