Event Details

Please join American Studies for an Alumni Spotlight event on Thursday, October 24, 6:00-8:00 in Humanities Lounge, first floor. All are welcome!

Panelists:

Louie Siegel ('24)

As an anti-Zionist Jewish American, Louie was the subject of a recent incident on a Delta Airlines flight where flight staff threatened to kick him off the plane for refusing to take off his "Jews Say Ceasefire Now" t-shirt. 

Victoria Guillemard ('18)
Victoria, an assistant public defender in Renville County, MN, 8th Judicial District, organized a campaign to spread awareness about a neo-Nazi Pagan hate group in her hometown. 

Leonard Madsen ('96)
Leonard, a History major, is a music teacher at St. Paul Public Schools. This summer, he presented his family with original documents showing direct descendants who had enslaved others and stolen land for Indigenous nations.