The Nobel Peace Prize Forum | Minneapolis was held in September 2017 with the theme “Dialogue in Divided Societies.” It’s division that exists everywhere. The feeling that we don’t understand our neighbors or family. The division that exists between classes, races, and genders. And reading the news, seeing all of these problems, can feel overwhelming….
Ulfat Haider: Arab and Jewish Peace
Ulfat Haider was born into conflict – a Palestinian in Israel. It was on a trip to Antarctica, after a weeks long journey, that Ulfat realized the power of going outdoors and facing challenging conditions. Cold, tired, on the top of a mountain they named the Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship, a team of Arabs and…
Yemi Melka: Fighting Energy Poverty
This podcast series is in partnership with Augsburg University and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum – Minneapolis. Join us for this event on September 15 and 16, 2017! After Yemi Melka graduated from Augsburg College with dual degrees in Chemistry and International Relations, she didn’t know where life would lead her. But she knew that somehow…
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin: Main Street Project
This podcast series is in partnership with Augsburg University and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum | Minneapolis. Join us for this event on September 15 and 16, 2017! Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin has an idea decades in the making. An idea to completely transform farming as we know it. This farm would produce healthy and organic food,…
Isabel Perez Dobarro: Arts Twenty Thirty
This podcast series is in partnership with Augsburg University and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum | Minneapolis. Join us for this event on September 15 and 16, 2017! Isabel Perez Dobarro was in law school when she discovered the Sustainable Development Goals – a global initiative for solving the world’s biggest problems. As a concert…