November 6, 1991 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Choua Lee after she wins seat on Saint Paul School Board. Lee discusses her desire to focus on bilingual studies, ESL programs, and parental involvement.
November 18, 1991 - MPR’s Gary Eicthen interviews Ann DeGroot, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, about the public campaign efforts to have state legislature expand the Minnesota Human Rights Act to include gay and lesbians. DeGroot says educating is a key in developing support and building allies in the larger Minnesota community.
November 30, 1991 - MPR’s Jim Wishner interviews Elissa Raffa and another local activist on the creation of District 202, a Minneapolis drop-in center for LGBT youth to utilize as a safe public space for socialization.
December 13, 1991 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Chris Thao, the first Hmong attorney in the United States. Thao recollects his path to Minnesota and shares his desire to utilize his practice in helping to build a future for Hmong in the country.
December 27, 1991 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with numerous individuals in the local music industry about the active record label scene in the Twin Cities and how they survive in a tough music market.
January 2, 1992 - MPR’s Paul Schroeder interviews Jim Holtman, of Runestone Power in Douglas County, about damage done to power lines from ice fog. It began as beautiful hoar frost, but moisture in the air changed over to an icy fog. The lines were quickly coated, then snapped, creating power outages.
January 2, 1992 - A conversation about the book “Braided Lives: An Anthology of Multicultural American Writing.” It was created by Minnesota teachers, for teachers and students in Minnesota high schools. They were assisted in their work by scholars, writers, the staff of the Minnesota Humanities Commission, and the officers of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English.
January 11, 1992 - Kim Hines, a local playwright, discusses her play "Who Was I The Last Time I Saw You? A Play in Four Lives." Topics in play include social issues in the Black and gay communities. Hines highlights two characters (80 year-old Mavis & 10 year-old Christy) and performs excerpts from play.
March 19, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the uptick in reported bias crime against members of the gay community. Roberts interviews Patti Abbott, a crime/victim advocate for the Minnesota Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (GLCAC), who details multiple reasons behind the dramatic percentage increase in reported incidents.
April 6, 1992 - On this segment of Worldview, MPR’s Kate Smith profiles Mai Vang, a young Hmong woman working to support her parents and siblings in Rosemount, Minnesota.