For Rawhi Said, talking about his family leaving Bosnia amid war in the 1990s, staying in a refugee camp in Croatia and ultimately arriving in Minnesota when he was around 2 is a way to shed light on genocides that have taken place in the recent past and to try to build bridges between people, regardless of their culture. Said is one of the speakers at Winona State University’s (WSU) upcoming “Expanding Perspective” virtual speaker series, which is open to community members.
Through the series, community members have an opportunity to learn about recent genocides with Said, Indigenous food systems of North America with chef Sean Sherman, trans masculinities with Cooper Bombardier and jazz and the civil rights movement with Galen Abdur-Razzaq.