Mara Brennan-Magidson (she/they) is so pleased to work with Equity In The Center as Training Coordinator. Mara is a facilitator, organizer, and highly distractible creative living and learning her way on Dakota and Anishinaabe land also known as Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mara is honored to support EIC in offering learning spaces that empower people to try new ways of being in relationship and leadership, and dismantle white supremacy from the individual to the organization.
After being raised on 90s sitcoms and leftist Judaism in St. Paul, Mara moved to Olympia, WA, where she studied Latin American literature and postcolonial cultural studies at the Evergreen State College. Through her studies at Evergreen Mara began to understand the reality of her white privilege, and the pervasive impacts of colonization as a dominant cultural force – throughout history, and within herself.
Organizing with the Olympia chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice solidified Mara’s commitment to building community as anti-racism in action. Working with SURJ led to a role with YWCA Olympia, where she coordinated and facilitated an anti-oppression curriculum with organizations and individuals. The mentorship of powerful community leaders equipped Mara to work with our embodied, emotional and relational experiences as sites for potent learning and transformation.
Mara moved back to the Twin Cities at the end of 2020 and enjoys long lunches with friends, watching clouds move over the Mississippi River, and making things with her hands. Mara’s hope is to create space for herself and others to find a sense of purpose, belonging, and greater capacity for joy in the movement for liberation. She looks forward to continuing her learning in the EIC community and getting better at stirring up good trouble wherever she goes.
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