Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Erika Thorne - Season 14, Episode 153

Erika Thorne has been a progressive activist, writer,
facilitator and cultural worker since 1974. She focuses on
cross-race coalition-building, anti-racism work with other
whites, and diversity work. Erika has worked with environmental
and media justice groups, undocumented immigrants, Hmong
organizations, domestic violence activists, housing projects
residents, the national education department of a large US union,
and a full range of non-profits, organizers and rabble-rousers.
In 2012, she collaborated with local training organizations to
co-facilitate four workshops for 98 Burmese nonviolent activists
in northern Thailand. She trains multi-racial groups of trainers
in the UK through Campaign Bootcamp, and in northern Europe with
Vredesactie.  Erika is on the core organizing team of
SURJ-MN (a white co-conspirator group.) She also loves to
facilitate training of trainers, hate-crimes response, conflict
waging, ethical grassroots fundraising, and meetings – especially
real sticky ones! Erika was the Managing Director of MN Friends
for a Nonviolent World for nearly three years, and coordinated
the Alternatives to Violence Project-MN, offering intensive
workshops in prisons and jails, for five years.  As a former
dancer for social change, she brings joyful physicality to her
facilitation.