Linda LeGarde Grover joined us this week to talk about her latest novel "In The Night of Memory". It's a family story set on a fictional northern MN reservation, much like where Linda grew up on the Bois Forte Reservation. She gives the reader a real, up-close and personal look at the issues of missing and murdered indigenous women, foster care and the affects of boarding schools and forced relocation of the original inhabitants of northern MN.
Today we looked back at a Focus Group we held on June 10th of 2019 at the KAXE Studios in Grand Rapids.
About 13 women were in attendance including hosts and facilitator Heidi Holtan and Laura Connelly.
Laura recently read an interesting article in The Atlantic magazine. It said that the best hope for improving the lot of all women is to close the leadership gap by doing the following:
Last week we talked with MN Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman - Brooklyn Park (DFL) about what she thinks got accomplished this session - and what is LEFT to accomplish including holding pharmaceutical companies accountable as well as insulin prices.
This is the first of our podcast series from KAXE/KBXE's Strong Women. Not broadcast on the radio they are a little more off-the-cuff. Let us know what you think!
