 
                          Strong Women
                      
                  
             A KAXE/KBXE podcast edition of our on-air and off-air conversations about the lived experience of women in Minnesota, especially women in northern Minnesota. Hosted by Heidi Holtan - with consultation and focus groups by Laura Connelly.
Latest Episodes
    
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                            Honor the Earth Rural Rising Thursday January 12th in Aitkin with Shanai Matteson and Annie Humphreyfeaturing musicians Annie Humphrey, David Huckfelt, Jeremy Ylvisaker and Aurora Baer
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                            Delina White is the owner and designer of I Am Anishinaabe fashion house based in Onigum, MN
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                            Erika is a member of the Red Lake Nation who felt called to run this election cycle as DFL in MN House district 2b in Beltrami, Cass, Mahnomen and Clearwater County
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                            "The right of privacy under our Constitution protects not simply the right to an abortion but rather it protects the woman's decision to abort; any legislation infringing on the decision-making process, then, violates this fundamental right" according to Doe v. Gomez in 1995 and U of MN Law Professor Jill Hasday
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                            We gathered women to talk about the connection to the land and climate. We learned that women bring community, adaptability, and a globally-informed, locally-enacted mindset to the climate crisis.
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                            We gathered women to talk about the connection to the land and climate. We learned that women innately understand that CLIMATE is personal.
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                            "Inventive, effervescent... Egan plaits multiple narratives and technique to underscore the manifold ways our own desires betray us in a brave new coded world." Oprah Daily
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                            Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw wrap up spring tour in Bemidji
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                            Amy Frenzel and Ev Cordts discuss the competition of speech!
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                            Bemidji High School grad discusses her work at the United Nations, her journey, and hope for the future.
 
 
 
 
 
![A protester demonstrates in front of a Planned Parenthood, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Saint Paul, Minn. A court ruling that struck down most of Minnesota's restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional will speed the process for clinics and patients, though providers are still studying all the implications of how the landscape will change as a result.(AP Photo/Abbie Parr)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Abbie Parr]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/17cc89a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/341x341+86+0/resize/280x280!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F05%2Fcd%2Fb5bbf47a4147a0e6a56078f06218%2Fabortion-mn.jpg) 
 
 
 
 
 
