01/29/2026
On Thursday, we joined Blue Hummingbird Woman and family to honor her son Isaac Garcia of Isaac's Blessing Bags in receiving the Hamline University Beloved Community Member Award. We commend his legacy work to help our unsheltered, especially in these times when they are increasingly vulnerable. In the days to come, we'll share more stories of his impact, catch him live in action, and the additional efforts he and others are doing to keep our communities in St. Paul safe, especially Native, Black and brown relatives.
Keynote speakers at the award ceremony noted Dream speech from 1965. Isaac, a recent Tiwahe grantee, shows us the future our Native youth are preparing, embodying the belief that all life is interrelated and that, "I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be."
It was such a joy to be with you and others in our Tiwahe family - you deserve every accolade and word of praise (especially because you are never seeking it).
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