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The right to control your image: Rethinking mascots
Marque JensenSometime when a controversial issue just keeps going in circles, it can be helpful to “flip the script” and imagine how it might go down, if the same were happening but the group being...
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Marque JensenYou benefit from the work, taxes and contributions of immigrants in America. Don’t participate in the passive exploitation of immigrants, join in solidarity with them. The American...
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Shot in the back, part one: Just glad to be here
Marque JensenWhen Morgan, my youngest daughter, moved out the end of August, I was expecting to be a little sad. I thought I might be filled with nostalgia as my baby girl moved into her own place. I...
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Shot in the back, part two: How it went down
Marque JensenWhile the “Northside” gets lots of negative press, in the 25 years we’ve lived here there have been only 2 or 3 times I’ve felt even mildly uncomfortable. I’ve never feared my community. I...
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Shot in the back, part three: Making sense of non-sense
Marque JensenI took a deep breath and dialed 911, while I readily call the police when the situation is out of my control, I know that with the push of 3 numbers I give up control and invite in an...
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Healing through remembrance: The Dakota 38+2, and how you can help
Marque JensenAcross Southern Minnesota, the Dakotas, and beyond, plans are being made for the 2013 Dakota Wokiksuye; a Ceremony of Remembrance that spans over 2 weeks and 330 miles. It is a journey,...
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The pain of waiting (for hamburgers or life opportunities)
Marque JensenWe American hate to wait.Our unique propensity to circumvent coerced delayed gratification is responsible for fast food, rapid check-ins and check-outs, express lanes, in-home DVRs and...
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The random beads of community; put into order
Marque JensenBeloved Community; I often write about what it requires, what detracts and destroys it, or enhances and creates it. Today I must, in order to process the events of my past few weeks, write...
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Dear President Obama, (How to not let the House play you on Comprehensive...
Marque JensenDear President Obama,When you ran for office and for reelection I was one of the millions who was sure you would get immigration reform passed on your watch. We were thrilled. We had known...
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Touching Stones: Book release event celebrates journey from an Iowan dairy...
Marque JensenMarque Jensen, North Minneapolis resident, blogger and author has released his first book. “Touching Stones, Turning Tables and Crying in the Rain: Stories from a Journey to Beloved...
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Lost and found: My Minne-Mex journey
Marque JensenThe following is the story I shared last month at Sanctuary’s first story telling event: "The Story"I don’t know when I last – or since had been so angry – I totally lost it.It was the...
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Universities, diversity and creating equity
Marque JensenA few weeks ago, I met with new professionals in Student Development. They were participating in the national conference of the ACSD (Association of Christians in Student Development) and...
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Making sense of race, culture, ethnicity and class…
Marque JensenLater in July I will be leading a seminar with the Mentoring Project of Minnesota and representatives of youthrive. It is the third of eight sessions titled the “Impact Exchange.” These...
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Making sense of race, culture, ethnicity and class… part 2
Marque JensenLater in July I will be leading a seminar with the Mentoring Project of Minnesota and representatives of youthrive. It is the third of eight sessions titled the “Impact Exchange.” These...
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Making sense of race, culture, ethnicity and class… part 3
Marque JensenLater in July I will be leading a seminar with the Mentoring Project of Minnesota and representatives of youthrive. It is the third of eight sessions titled the “Impact Exchange.” These...
View ArticleMaking sense of race, culture, ethnicity and class… part 4
Marque JensenLater in July I will be leading a seminar with the Mentoring Project of Minnesota and representatives of youthrive. It is the third of eight sessions titled the “Impact Exchange.” These...
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Living with privilege in a world of misfortune
Marque JensenThese three words can ignite passions and launch conflict RACE, POWER and PRIVILEGE. Yet through understanding their social and relational impact the door to more just (aka justice)...
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Indigenous People's Day a chance to reflect on privilege, plant seeds of justice
Marque JensenToday Minneapolis joins other cities in celebrating “Indigenous People’s Day” a time to honor the original people of this land as opposed to celebrate it’s invasion by Christobal Colon...
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Power and privilege: To empower, patronize, or pimp? Part 1
Marque JensenIt was the first real big job he had as a contractor… Manuel had been working as a handyman getting paid by the hour, but this was a contract; one price for labor and all materials, a...
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Power and privilege... to patronize? Part 2
Marque JensenPower misappropriated becomes patronizing by telling others what they should do without accounting for their needs and wishes. To patronize is to treat others as children, needing to be...
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