JBR is an online magazine featuring a variety of writers working in the fields of music, food, literature, visual and dramatic arts, health and wellness, the environment, and LGBTQ+ and racial justice.
The magazine is edited by Julie Berg-Raymond, a La Crosse, Wisconsin native who recently returned to her home state after living in Iowa for 30-plus years. She worked as a newspaper reporter for 15 years and published The Tapestry magazine in the early 2000s. She lives in De Soto, Wisconsin with her husband and their two cats.
Links to Julie’s Work
‘Say his name’: In Minneapolis, communities come together to demand justice for George Floyd
Anti-racist gathering held in Decorah to express grief over death of George Floyd
First-ever Pride parade, festival in Decorah Saturday, May 12
An interview with Lou Bellamy, founder and artistic director of Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minn.
Bellamy to speak at Luther’s Black History Conference Thursday, Feb. 25
‘Finding humanity at the border’:
Former U.S. Border Patrol agent, author of ‘The Line Becomes a River,’ Francisco Cantú delivers Luther College Opening Convocation address
