A NOTE FROM SYLVIA
As I write this note, Derek Chauvin is on trial and charged with the murder of George Floyd, and our community is grieving over the death of Daunte Wright. The Twin Cities has become the epicenter of calls for racial justice and police reform and we are responding with programming about the impact of systemic injustices on our community. From May 23 to 30, to mark one year since George Floyd died on May 25 th , 2020, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) will offer nightly programing on TPT 2 and TPT Life, including Jim Crow of the North , Slavery by Another Name , and Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd as
part of the Racism Unveiled storytelling project. Please visit tpt.org/oneyearlater to learn more.
May is also Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and TPT’s programming honors and tells the stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Programs include the Minnesota Experience premiere of Armed with Language , a TPT-produced documentary about a Minnesota-based WWII military intelligence school that recruited over 6,000 Japanese Americans from concentration camps and trained them to be translators, all while many of their family members remained
imprisoned. You can find out more at tpt.org/languageschool . Also, this month are American Masters: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir ; and Stage: Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s Sacred Earth . Additionally, with the recent killings of Asian women in Atlanta and the increase in violence against AAPI communities, we curated programs that contextualizes the history of racism against Asian Americans, celebrates the artistry and resiliency of AAPI community members, and provides resources on how to report hate crimes in Minnesota. Please visit tpt.org/aapi to learn more. As we continue to grapple with challenging events, we are committed to bringing you programs that inform, engage, inspire, and connect our diverse communities. We hope you will join us.
Best Regards, Sylvia Strobel, President and CEO, Twin Cities PBS
Jim Crow of the North
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TPT.ORG American Masters: Amy Tan
Stage: Sacred Earth, Arun Kumar
Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd, Cy Dodson
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