In 2024, Heid E. Erdrich was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Erdrich’s project, Poetry Service Announcement (PoeSA), connects the peoples of Minneapolis/Bde Óta Othúŋwe, the Dakota homeland. Erdrich will commission poems from and convene youth and emerging and established poets, culminating in a public reading and the launch of PoeSA online. In addition to youth, PoeSA will feature poets who are Native American, BIPOC, refugees of genocide, those experiencing the city’s housing crisis, and those who are justice impacted.