Christine McDonald
“Being
an employee of the City of Minneapolis, I constantly felt that I was an
interrupter. Whenever we speak about information and data about our city,
about our population, a lot of times it didn’t reflect our community. And the
response I would get is that our numbers weren’t big enough for the data to
show up and I would push back and say that that doesn’t mean that we’re not
relevant.”
| “Being an employee of the City of Minneapolis, I constantly felt that I was an interrupter. Whenever we speak about information and data about our city, about our population, a lot of times it didn’t reflect our community. And the response I would get is that our numbers weren’t big enough for the data to show up and I would push back and say that that doesn’t mean that we’re not relevant.” |
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
| Christine McDonald is the American Indian Community Specialist for the City of Minneapolis. A member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, she facilitates the city's engagement with the Minneapolis indigenous community through culturally grounded strategies. |
BORN
Contemporary
Contemporary
DESCENT
American/African American
DISCIPLINE
Community Development/Cultural Engagement