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Lawn Bowling at Brookview
Aug 25, 2020
NO NOONTIME MEETING - CLUB SOCIAL The Golden Valley Rotary Club will gather for a socially distant, outdoor club social with lawn bowling at Brookview. We all need safe, fun times with good people! Tuesday, August 25, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
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Academic & College Prep for First Generation & Refugee Youth
Sep 01, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Katy Mason is CEO & Founder of Above & Beyond Academic Counseling (ABAC). She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College (MA) and a M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Katy is driven to bring opportunities from higher education to students of all backgrounds in her community and beyond. She began ABAC in 2015 after realizing the desire from families for financially and geographically accessible high quality education. ABAC began as and continues to be a community-driven movement to eliminate educational gaps and redefine success for every student involved. Katy is originally from Upstate New York and currently resides in Minneapolis, MN where she spends her days hiking, biking, and swimming in the lakes. Working with the families and students she serves is one of the highlights of her week. |
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Does Derek Chauvin have a chance at a fair trial?
Sep 08, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting For over 35 years, Marshall H. Tanick has represented clients in a wide variety of legal matters, with emphasis on employment law; constitutional law, including defamation, privacy, and other communications; education law; animal law; pet law; land law; and business disputes. He was named to Minnesota Lawyer’s class of Attorneys of the Year for 2019. Marshall will present on the topic of "Does Derek Chauvin have a chance at a fair trial?" |
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Engineers Without Borders
Sep 15, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Engineers Without Borders-MN (EWB-MN) is a Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), a 501c(3) Non-Profit Organization. EWB-MN is a group of professional engineers, architects, scientists, and others from Minnesota who aim to implement EWB-USA’s mission. The Minnesota Professional Chapter has project teams implementing solutions for communities in need across the globe while also providing professional mentors for the student chapters in the state at the U of MN and MNSU Mankato. From designing safe water solutions to building a health clinic to providing energy access, they are fulfilling the world's engineering needs. |
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The Mapping Prejudice Project
Sep 22, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Kirsten Delegard is one of the co-founders of the Mapping Prejudice Project. She received her Ph.D. in history from Duke University, where she trained as a women's historian. In her early research, she explored the history of women and politics. More recently she has devoted her energy to public history and unearthing the complex past of her hometown, Minneapolis. This focus led to Mapping Prejudice and the Historyapolis Project, which Delegard also started. Mapping Prejudice is located in the John R. Borchert Map Library at the University of Minnesota. Delegard also holds faculty affiliations with the Department of Geography, Environment and Society and the Heritage Studies and Public History Program at the University of Minnesota. She was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Humanities and has been a Legacy Research fellow at the Gale Library at the Minnesota Historical Society. As part of her exploration of the past in Minneapolis, Delegard has written about Prince and the battles over pornography in the city. She also composed many short pieces for the Historyapolis website. In 2012, the University of Pennsylvania Press published her book, Battling Miss Bolsheviki: The Origins of Female Conservatism in the United States. This book revisits the 1920s to chart the growth of a conservative women’s movement that would reshape the parameters of female political activism for the remainder of the twentieth century. Delegard was also the co-editor, with Nancy A. Hewitt, for the two volume textbook Women, Families and Communities: Readings in American History (Longman Publishing, 2008). She was also part of the team behind Mary Wingerd’s North Country: The Making of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press, 2010). Delegard was the image curator for that volume, writing a series of interpretive essays that explained the visuals. In her spare time, Delegard thinks about writing a new history of Minneapolis that she has tentatively titled City of Light and Darkness: The Making of a Progressive Metropolis in Minneapolis. |
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Lawn Bowling at Brookview
Sep 29, 2020
NO NOONTIME MEETING - CLUB SOCIAL The Golden Valley Rotary Club will gather for a socially distant, outdoor club social with lawn bowling at Brookview. We all need safe, fun times with good people! Tuesday, September 29, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
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Postal Fraud
Oct 06, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Rachel Williams has been a U.S. Postal Inspector since 2003, conducting investigations involving identity theft, mortgage fraud, investment fraud/schemes, Ponzi schemes, lottery/advance fee scams, internet/eBay/Paypal fraud, child exploitation, mail theft, and other financial crimes. Inspector Williams is currently assigned to the Mail Fraud Team for the State of Minnesota and is also the Public Information Officer for Minnesota and North Dakota. Inspector Williams will present on how identity theft, mail theft, and mail fraud impacts individuals both personally and professionally. |
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The Innocence Project of Minnesota
Oct 13, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Julie Jonas is the Legal Director for the Innocence Project of Minnesota (IPMN). She has worked for IPMN since 2003. In addition to her work for the Project, she teaches at Minnesota law schools where her focus is on the prevention of wrongful convictions and working with clinical students to screen and investigate cases of potential innocence. Jonas completed her undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Minnesota. After law school, she practiced with the Ramsey County Public Defender’s Office in St. Paul, Minnesota. In her current position, she has successfully worked to secure the release of seven innocent men from prison who were incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. She also works on policy issues. Her work was instrumental in Minnesota’s passage of its 2014 Imprisonment and Exoneration Remedies Act awarding compensation to Minnesota exonerees. Under that law, she secured compensation for her innocent clients. In 2020, she worked to secure passage of a law that requires law enforcement throughout Minnesota to use best practices in conducting eyewitness identifications in order to increase reliability of identifications of actual perpetrators and decrease wrongful convictions. |
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Global Golden Valley
Oct 20, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Helene Johnson's career has focused on continuing and professional education in corporate, public, and nonprofit settings. She retired after 38 years as Executive Director of a small nonprofit which provided educational programs for local government decisionmakers, staff, and advisory commission members in Minnesota - as well as their collaborators. She has been a resident of Golden Valley since 1989, and began her volunteer involvement here in 2004 as co-facilitator for the Golden Valley visioning process supported by Rotary. She continued as a member of the Envision Connection Project Board, a Bridge Builder, and a founding board member of the Golden Valley Community Foundation, where she still serves. Helene started Global Golden Valley in 2012 as a way to highlight, celebrate, and connect those from different cultures in our city with other interested individuals. She has traveled extensively in various capacities (study abroad, sister city exchanges, and country to country partnerships, spouse of a group travel agent, lifelong learner) and believes strongly in the benefits of taking advantage of what the world has to offer, far away and in our own city! |
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Business of the Year Presentation
Oct 27, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting October is Rotary International Economic and Community Development Month. The Golden Valley Rotary Club celebrates by naming a local Business of the Year to honor. The 2020 selection is Best Wishes Floral. They will receive their award at our October 27th meeting. PAST ANNUAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE YEAR |
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Sojourner Project
Nov 03, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Becca Welna is a Community Educator with Sojourner Project. For the past 40 years, Sojourner has been providing free and confidential support to those victimized by domestic and sexual violence in Western Hennepin County. As part of the Outreach and Education department, Becca enjoys sharing stories of survivor's resilience and raising awareness of the need for Sojourner's essential services. She finds particular joy in teaching SafeU, Sojourner's youth violence prevention education in local middle and high schools. She recently went back to school for a graduate certificate in content strategy and storytelling and loves working creatively to share the “on the ground” impact stories with the larger community. Prior to her current work, Becca was a youth counselor at a teen crisis shelter in San Francisco, focused on family reunification and stabilization. When not at Sojourner, Becca enjoys practicing and teaching yoga, hanging out with her nephews, and serving on the board of MN Peacebuilding Leadership Institute. |
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Radon and Mold in Homes
Nov 10, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dan Tranter is the supervisor of the Indoor Air Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health. He has been with the Indoor Air Unit since 2001 and has a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Minnesota. The Indoor Air Unit conducts research, education, and outreach concerning indoor air quality, especially radon, mold, and carbon monoxide. Unit staff also regulate smoking in public places, air quality in enclosed sports arenas, and radon professional licensure. |
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Where Do We Stand on Tobacco Prevention?
Nov 17, 2020
Jeanne Weigum has served as the President of ANSR since 1980, though her path to leading the organization for nearly four decades has somewhat humble roots. The Association for Nonsmokers’ Rights, as it was called at the time, was in the midst of fighting for the nation’s first statewide clean indoor air law in 1975. Jeanne saw an ad in a local paper about the association’s work and decided to become a member, which only cost $1. After becoming a member, Jeanne soon joined the ANSR board and eventually moved her way up to the full-time President, a role for which she has never taken a salary. From ground-breaking smoke-free housing work to innovative approaches to preventing youth tobacco use, she has provided strategic direction for numerous public policy wins in Minnesota. She remains deeply committed to enhancing public health and her community. When not fighting the good fight at ANSR, you’ll find Jeanne baking in the winter, gardening in the spring and summer, and up to her ankles in rescue dogs year round. David J. Willoughby is the chief executive officer of ClearWay Minnesota, which works to enhance life for all Minnesotans by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke through research, action, and collaboration. Willoughby also leads the Funder’s Alliance, a group of state foundation executive directors from across the country who work on tobacco control. In 1975, ANSR helped pass the nation’s first comprehensive state clean indoor air legislation. Since then, ANSR has continued to play a leading role in shaping tobacco policy and has been involved in every major state-wide policy, such as the Freedom to Breathe Act in 2007 and raising the tobacco tax in 2013. ANSR helped Minneapolis and Saint Paul restrict the sales of flavored tobacco, including menthol, and also helped Edina become the first Minneapolis city to raise the tobacco sales age to 21. The mission of ClearWay Minnesota is to enhance life in Minnesota by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke through research, action, and collaboration. They were created in 1998 and entrusted with overseeing 3 percent of the state’s tobacco settlement funds. ClearWay operates under the ongoing jurisdiction of the Ramsey County District Court. They use their portion of the settlement to help Minnesotans quit smoking and tobacco use, and to fund tobacco-related research, programs, and initiatives around the state. ClearWay Minnesota works to raise people’s awareness of the dangers of tobacco and to make Minnesota a healthier place. |
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 24, 2020
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Educating During the Pandemic
Dec 01, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dr. Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed has served in public education for over 15 years. Improving the lives of others has been a driving force throughout her life. During her time as a student at Bloomington Kennedy High School, she became intrigued with community service while in the role of a candy striper for the Minnesota Masonic Home for the elderly. While attending Yale University, she became even more involved in the community through tutoring adolescents, volunteering weekly at the local Head Start, and serving meals at the homeless shelter. These experiences helped her realize the impact that quality education can have in young people’s lives, and she decided to make education her lifelong ambition. After graduating from Yale with her teaching license, she returned to Minnesota to begin her career as an educator. She taught social studies at Highland Park Junior High in Saint Paul, and later served as an assistant principal at her alma mater, Bloomington Kennedy High School, and then as a high school principal for five years at Champlin Park in the Anoka-Hennepin District. She was soon after admitted into Harvard University’s new doctoral program in Education Leadership, which resulted in a doctoral residency with District of Columbia Public Schools, building a principal training program. Finally, right before moving back to her home state, Rhoda served as Associate Superintendent in the Monterey Peninsula Unified District for three years. Rhoda is thrilled to lead Hopkins Public Schools from great to world class. She and her team are strengthening E-12 excellence by developing a strategic innovation vision for the future, emboldening an already strong district identity, and transforming learning experiences to cultivate students who will be leaders around the world. Rhoda lives with her husband, Frank, and their two children, Sterling and Sawyer. Although she loves to work, she spends weekend hours exercising, bargain shopping, watching reality TV, and playing with her kids. |
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Constitutional Amendment on Education
Dec 08, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Rep. Rena Moran's sense of community came from her large family and a neighborhood where people truly looked out for each other. The home she grew up in was a welcoming place for all the neighborhood kids. A strong family and sense of community are at the very core of who Rena is today. Rena is the mother of seven children. The oldest, LaSheeka, is married with a son and daughter. The youngest, Silver, is a graduate of The University of Mankato in Mankato, MN. As the mother of seven, Rena knows what it is to sacrifice for the greater good of her children. "I moved to the Twin Cities in search of a better life for my kids. Homeless, my children and I stayed in a Minneapolis shelter for several months. It wasn't long before my family and I went from homelessness to homeowners. I found my first job in Minnesota earning minimum wage at Camp Snoopy, then at the YMCA on University Avenue, before moving on to work at a commodities trading firm in downtown Minneapolis for seven years. During this time, I began to get involved in social change work. A defining moment came when the city only paved half of my street, even though the entire street would be assessed for the cost. I started knocking on doors, organized my neighbors, and began meeting with elected and city officials. Soon after, the city paved the rest of my street. An activist was born. After seven years, I left the comforts of my corporate job to become a Wellstone Organizing Fellow and embark on a new vocation of community organizing. I was quickly hired on by Urban Embassy, where I would go on to lead efforts to engage the African-American community during the 2008 election. My political life began as a community organizer in my Saint Paul neighborhood and expanded as I geared up to run for office in 2010; as a person who overcame to become the first African-American to represent Saint Paul in the MN House of Representatives." At the Capitol, Rena represents the St. Paul communities of Rondo, Frogtown, Summit-University, Thomas-Dale, Midway, a portion of the North End, and Cathedral Hill. She currently chairs the House Health and Human Services Policy Committee, working to expand health care coverage, reduce prescription drug prices, eliminate health disparities, and remove barriers to critical safety net programs. She is a founding member and chair of the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus and United Black Legislative Caucus. On a national level, Rena serves as Executive Secretary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), Midwest Region Coordinator for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL), and as the Minnesota State Director for both the Women Legislators’ Lobby (WILL) and the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). She is a proud mother of seven and grandmother of eight. |
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Holiday Virtual Gathering
Dec 15, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Golden Valley Rotary This meeting will be an informal, fun, virtual party! Club President Michelle Ness likes to see holiday bling, so fancy yourself up for the Zoom! Noon start time. |
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Partners In Health
Jan 05, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Wendy Bennett worked as a consultant to philanthropic foundations, developing international grantmaking strategies to support health systems for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). She currently serves as a Trustee at Partners in Health, and as Senior Advisor to PIH’s NCD Synergies program, working to eliminate preventable deaths and suffering due to NCDs among the extremely poor and hard to reach. She is Co-Founder of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Global Outreach program, which trains cardiac care teams in developing countries and supports efforts to prevent rheumatic heart disease. The program is active now in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Wendy’s focus is in partnership development and advocacy. Wendy has worked in philanthropy and development for thirty years for both US based and international organizations, including consulting for the global health program of Medtronic Foundation. In her early career, she was a program officer at the Archibald Bush Foundation, a development manager at Stanford University, and development director at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Wendy lived in Europe for 11 years and has enjoyed extensive travel internationally. She has a BA from Harvard College, and a Masters in Music from the University of Minnesota. Wendy has served on numerous nonprofit boards. Aubrey Davis has worked at Partners In Health since 2011, beginning in Rwanda from 2011-2013, where she served as the Rwanda External Relations Coordinator. In 2013, she relocated to Boston to join the Major Gifts Team, returning to Chicago in 2016. In 2016, she spearheaded the launch of the PIH Women’s Alliance. The initiative is designed for women philanthropists who want to collectively support and advance maternal and child health in the places PIH works and around the world. Recently, Aubrey took the role of Regional Director of Development for the Central Region of the US, leading a team of five, raising funds from individuals and family foundations across 29 states. She is interested in making philanthropy more diverse and inclusive in order to better serve historically marginalized communities. Aubrey received a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in East Asian studies from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio and subsequently spent a year living and working in Japan with the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme. Following her time in Japan, she earned a master’s degree in international communication with a focus on international development from American University’s School of International Service. Prior to her work at PIH, Aubrey worked at the World Bank. Dr. Evan Lyon has collaborated with Partners In Health for more than 20 years, first connecting with PIH after living in Haiti in 1996-1997. He worked between Boston and Haiti for the next 13 years – through graduation from Harvard Medical School in 2003 and completing internal medicine residency in 2007. Dr. Lyon moved to Chicago in late 2010 – after working with PIH in Haiti through the first year of earthquake response. From 2011-2016, Dr. Lyon was on the faculty of the University of Chicago as a hospitalist and house call doctor – serving the greater South Side through home visits for 2 ½ years. He also served as the Chief Integrated Health Officer for Heartland Alliance Health (HAH), Chicago’s healthcare for the homeless organization. Through the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Evan helped found and lead the Chicago Homelessness and Health Response Group for Equity (CHHRGE) with a focus on congregate living programs – homeless shelters, residential substance use treatment programs, halfway houses – and in support of people returning home after incarceration. Dr. Lyon re-joined Partners In Health as Sr. Technical Advisor on the U.S. Public Health Accompaniment Unit in November 2020. Dr. Lyon’s academic interests encompass global health, human rights scholarship and advocacy, social medicine, mental health and substance use treatment, prisoner health, and medical education. While not on the full-time faculty at the University of Chicago, Dr. Lyon continues to teach at the College and the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. |
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People for PSEO
Jan 12, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting A 2019 graduate of Little Falls Community High School, Zeke participated in two years of full-time PSEO at the University of Minnesota and is now a student at the UMN Carlson School of Management. When he isn’t reading, googling random questions, or eating pasta, Zeke is either gaining business experience or advocating for the PSEO program! As the Executive Director of People for PSEO, Zeke is passionate about working to ensure that the value of the PSEO program is recognized by communities across Minnesota. His priorities include clearing up public misconceptions about the PSEO program, pushing for fair PSEO policies, and working with other students to ensure that high schools are following PSEO laws. With a zeal for business and public service, Zeke is excited to be working with everyone to maximize the potential of Minnesota students! You can contact Zeke at executive.director@peopleforpseo.org. |
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Future Roots Project
Jan 19, 2021
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Jaime Belden is a dedicated teacher from Robbinsdale, MN and co-founder of Future Roots Project. Starting in 2013 with the belief that all children deserve a high-quality education regardless of the situation in which they are born, she has dedicated herself to improving the quality of education in Central America by providing teacher trainings that promote literacy, critical thinking, creativity, and social and emotional development. While supporting the most impoverished schools, teachers, and students, she has actively promoted peace in high conflict communities by investing in basic literacy education.
In 2018, Hamline University awarded her the First Decade Award for her outstanding accomplishments in the field of global studies. Her specialization in global education and in-depth cultural knowledge allows her to effectively analyze the transnational issues of education inequality and illiteracy. Putting into practice key concepts of cultural competency, awareness, and sensitivity, she is able to successfully collaborate with local leaders through powerful cross-cultural relationship building. |
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Jan 21, 2021 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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Club Social
Jan 26, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting The first part of the meeting will be a social! Your 2021 resolutions, good jokes/bad jokes, life updates, and more are welcome. At 12:45 p.m., the Past Presidents will stay on the call to convene about the next President-Elect and future leadership roster. |
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Jan 28, 2021 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Golden Valley Business Council For 35 years, Marshall H. Tanick has represented clients in a wide variety of legal matters, with emphasis on employment law; constitutional law, including defamation, privacy, and other communications; education law; animal law; pet law; land law; and business disputes. He was named to Minnesota Lawyer’s class of Attorneys of the Year for 2019. |
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Carbon Monoxide
Feb 02, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dan Tranter is the supervisor of the Indoor Air Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health. He has been with the Indoor Air Unit since 2001 and has a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Minnesota. The Indoor Air Unit conducts research, education, and outreach concerning indoor air quality, especially radon, mold, and carbon monoxide. Unit staff also regulate smoking in public places, air quality in enclosed sports arenas, and radon professional licensure. |
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Feb 04, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
PRISM Service Opportunity ***Open Again!*** |
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All Are Welcome Here
Feb 09, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Jaime Chismar is a graphic designer and photographer living in St. Louis Park. In 2016, she founded All Are Welcome Here, a woman-owned Minnesota-based business based on a simple idea: respect and compassion for all. All Are Welcome Here makes beautiful products that promote a more welcoming world and gives 10-20% of sales back to organizations that do the same: $70,000 and counting. All Are Welcome Here loves working with schools, businesses, non-profits, religious organizations, and communities on customized campaigns and events. Jaime Chismar is a freelance designer and photographer working in Minneapolis, MN. Her company, Super Deluxe Design Studio, specializes in branding, content and social strategy, and interactive and web design. As an undergrad, Chismar studied to be a photojournalist, then fell in love with the web. As a proud Minnesotan, Jaime feels a strong connection to the people and places in the state. From her small back yard to the vibrant Twin Cities community with its abundant natural wonders, she enjoys sharing her discoveries and adventures near and far in her photo blog. |
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Our Regional Parks and You
Feb 16, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Emmett Mullin serves as the Regional Parks and Natural Resources Unit Manager at the Metropolitan Council. He and his team work closely with the ten regional park implementing agencies to provide high-quality, natural resource-based recreational opportunities throughout the region. He has been in this position since 2015. Prior to his work at the Metropolitan Council, he served in a variety of planning capacities at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for over 20 years. Of particular note, he served as the project manager for the 25-year Parks and Trails Legacy Plan that guides the implementation of the Parks and Trails Legacy Fund throughout Minnesota’s parks and trails of state and regional significance. Prior to the Minnesota DNR, he worked with the Wisconsin DNR and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania, West Africa. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate degree from Marquette University. |
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Behind the Headlines: Newspapers In the 24/7 News Era
Feb 23, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Kelly Smith covers nonprofits/philanthropy for the Star Tribune and is based in Minneapolis. Since 2010, she’s covered Greater Minnesota on the state/region team, Hennepin County government, west metro suburban government, and west metro K-12 education. Smith was born in Duluth and grew up in the Twin Cities. She graduated from the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., and worked for the Forum newspaper in Fargo, N.D., before coming to the Star Tribune in 2010. How is the front page of the Star Tribune decided each day? How do reporters, editors, and photographers do their jobs and find stories in our communities? Go behind-the-scenes of the Star Tribune and learn how journalists work, the ethical guidelines they follow, and how to be a wise news consumer in an era of increasing online misinformation. |