The Bush Foundation and MPR News are welcoming john a. powell, the inspiring author of “The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong” to the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul at 7:00 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
Look forward to an evening of conversation and community building that inspires you to find ways to build bridges across differences in your everyday lives.
The event is now sold out, but if seats become available, you will be able to register using the link below. The event is free with registration.
MPR News’ Catharine Richert, who leads the “Talking Sense” reporting project that aims to help people have hard conversations about politics, better, will host the conversation with john.
Bring yourself, friends, neighbors, co-workers or anyone else you think is seeking solutions that help us all make more room for more perspectives and reduce our political and social fragmentation.
Many of you have already joined the Bush Foundation book club and claimed your free copy of john’s book, edited and developed with the Othering & Belonging Institute’s Rachelle Galloway-Popotas. If you haven’t yet, we’re still offering books at no charge, thanks to john’s publisher and our local partner, Black Garnet Books.
Event details
What: john a. powell and MPR News’ Catharine Richert in conversation about the “Power of Bridging”
When: 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Where: Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul, MN 55101
Register: The event is free with registration (required) and open to anyone interested in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share that geography.
And stick around after the talk, as john will be signing books for anyone interested. We will have books available at the event.
For those of you unable to attend, we will be recording and videotaping the conversation, thanks to our event partner, MPR News.
