Noted author and literary leader Carolyn Holbrook was named the McKnight Foundation’s 2025 Distinguished Artist, an award given annually since 1998 to a Minnesota artist or culture bearer who has made significant contributions to the state’s cultural life. Parenteau Graves led media relations for the announcement. Read the Spokesman-Recorder interview with Carolyn.
Kathy Graves talked with multiple Minnesota Law faculty about landmark decisions handed down from the U.S. Supreme Court in summer 2024. Read the full article.
Parenteau Graves reports on the Sawyer Seminar at the University of Minnesota designed to bring together leading scholars and community activists to think about policing and its future. Read the article.
Ricardo Levins Morales was chosen for the prestigious award, given annually to a Minnesota artist who has made significant contributions to the state’s cultural life. Parenteau Graves led media relations for the announcement. Read the announcement.
Kathy Graves talked to Emanual Williams, a recent Minnesota Law graduate, about his efforts to secure clemency for a client who had been sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. Read the article.
Kathy Graves talks with Minnesota Law students, faculty and staff about their work with the James H. Binger Center for New Americans to provide assistance to Afghan guests at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. Read the story.
Parenteau Graves led the strategic communications and media relations for the announcement of the 2023 Bush Fellows, a group of 24 visionary leaders whose bold visions are shaping communities around our region. Read the full announcement.
Food and agriculture are among the most dynamic and complex industries in the world. Kathy Graves interviewed several University of Minnesota Law grads who are working in innovative positions around the globe for the cover story in the Law School’s spring 2021 magazine.
Parenteau Graves serves as planning and communications partner for Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul, an organization that mobilizes diverse faith communities to build stability and economic mobility. Watch the video we helped create to showcase the organization’s work to address poverty and racial inequities.
University of Minnesota Law School alumni are working to reform the criminal justice system, expand resources for marginalized populations, establish safer environments for children, improve access to healthy food in underserved neighborhoods, and promote corporate social responsibility, to name just a few endeavors. Read the cover story Kathy Graves wrote for the winter 2020 edition of “Minnesota Law” about alumni who make it their business to make a difference.
