Stories
What Works: Success stories in community anti-bias education
Threads of Our Community: The Story of a Quilt
The stars aligned in Rochester Minnesota for a number of women working on a diversity project. What started as a “little quilt” idea turned into a well-funded 55 square community collaboration. Inspired by a community art project in Pelican Rapids a number of years ago, Gail Harris thought the RACE: Are we so different? exhibit that Mayo Clinic was bringing to the Rochester Public Library in May 2010 was a perfect opportunity to make a “little quilt” to highlight the diversity in community that exists in Rochester, as well as capture the skills of different cultures, and serve as a time piece or historical record of our diversity and unity. Gail enlisted Annette Sjolund, and she in turn recruited her sister, Karen Koeller to spearhead the quilt making.
