Re-print: “From Minneapolis to Palestine, we must end systemic racism”

Mondoweiss – News & Opinion About Palestine, Israel & the United States, 22 June 2020. Online. https://mondoweiss.net/2020/06/from-minneapolis-to-palestine-we-must-end-systemic-racism/

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2020 Shar coloring contest, adult category (Colored pencil, pencil, tracing paper, and tape on 8.5x11" paper, June 18-19, 2020)

Awards

*European Union’s Erasmus+ exchange program grant, Spring 2021 (Central Michigan University and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität)

*Semester Abroad Tuition Waiver, Spring 2021 (Central Michigan University, History Department for Friedrich-Schiller-Universität)

*Graduate Assistantship, Fall 2020 (Central Michigan University)

*Silver Medal, Adult Artistic, Skate Midland, 9 Nov 2019 (U.S. Figure Skating)

*Gold Medal, Adult 3 CM, Skate Midland, 9 Nov 2019 (U.S. Figure Skating)

*Gold Medal, Adult 3 FS, Skate Midland, 9 Nov 2019 (U.S. Figure Skating)

*Gold Medal, Adult 1 CM, Skate Midland, 3 Nov 2018 (U.S. Figure Skating)

*Grow with Google Developer Scholarship, 2018 (Google/Udacity)

*Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship, 2018 (Google/Udacity)

*Scott Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, 2017 (Interfaith Peace-Builders)

*Helen M. Casey Center for Nonviolence, 2017 (for IFPB delegation)

*Coca-Cola Scholarship, 2015-16 (Delta College)

*Zonta Club of Midland Scholarship, 2014-15 (Midland Area Community Foundation for Delta College)

*Arthur J. and Bette L. Fisher Scholarship, 2014-15 (Delta College)

*M. Seth Babcock Scholarship, 2013-14 (Delta College)

*President's List, Delta College, Winter 2013

*Honorable Mention, Column, Serious, Michigan Community College Press Association, “Investing in universal pre-school is a step in the right direction, ” 2013
*First United Methodist Church of Midland, MI, 2011 (for mission trip to Chiang Mai)  

*Dean's List, University of Minnesota, 2006-2008

*Winner for best art piece in the Ivory Tower Art and Literary Magazine published by the University of Minnesota, 2009

*Dean's List, MCAD, 2000-2005

*Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program grant (UROP), University of Minnesota, 2007

*Cari-DeWall Obst Uptown Association Scholarship, 2002-03, 2003-04 (MCAD)

*Girl Scout Gold Award, 2000

*Invitation from MSBOA to participate in Youth Arts Festival All-State Honors Orchestra in Ann Arbor, MI, 2000

*Honor Roll, Houghton High School, 1996-2000

*Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, scholarship (Copper Country Suzuki Association private and group violin lessons)

*Houghton High School Music Boosters, Band Camp Scholarship, 1996-1999

From Minneapolis to Palestine, we must end systemic racism [Op-Ed]

Op-Ed on George Floyd, written June 1, 2020.

Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world have viewed the videos of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer and three additional white police officers aiding in the killing.

It has sparked outrage that the officer with his knee on the neck of George Floyd, who pleaded that he could not breathe, was not originally arrested and the consequences for the other three are yet to be determined. Seeing this happen in South Minneapolis is hard because I used to live there.

Traveling to Palestine/Israel on a delegation in 2017, when I returned to the States I viewed race relations here at home with a sharper lens by seeing parallels to Palestine.

From Minneapolis to Palestine [Pictures]

A mural of George Floyd, who was murdered by police in Minneapolis, can be juxtaposed with murals of Palestinians murdered by the Israeli military at a refugee camp in Palestine/Israel. Recently President Trump stated his intention to deploy military across the United States to quell protests. In the U.S., the treatment of African Americans by law enforcement resembles the way the Israeli military treats Palestinians in Israel's effort to "ethnically cleanse" Palestine/Israel.

Photo above by Lorie Shaull via flickr. The George Floyd mural outside Cup Foods at Chicago Ave. and E. 38th St. in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Photo by Emma Johnson. Murals of refugees murdered by the Israeli military in the Deheisheh Refugee Camp in Palestine/Israel. The question mark posits, "Who will be next?"