Pillsbury United Communities
Masanari Kawahara is an experienced teaching artist currently serving at Upstream Arts since September 2012 and at Pillsbury House + Theatre since July 2010. Additionally, Masanari has been an independent artist since 2010, and has contributed as a teaching artist and staff artist at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre since November 1998. Previous experience includes a role as a teaching artist at Illusion Theater from April 2012 to 2014. Masanari holds a BFA in Theatre with a focus on Acting from the University of Minnesota and has studied at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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Pillsbury United Communities
We believe that people deserve a voice in decisions that affect them. That cultural understanding is essential to social connection. That communities get stronger when opportunity is shared. That a just society is one where everybody has power— no exceptions. For 140 years, we have put these beliefs into action. Here we lay foundations for full, healthy lives for children and families. Here we build places of creativity and connection, where strong voices are nurtured and stories are amplified. Here we create pathways to a prosperous future, from education to jobs to economic mobility. This is what justice means. The opportunity to flourish regardless of zip code, age, ability, or background. The power to own our future on our own terms. For us, enduring change is not a lofty vision, but an ongoing pursuit, unfolding day by day, need by need, and block by block. To achieve it, you have to live it.