Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
We’re celebrating the Folk School movement this week on Stay Human. Rail River in Bemidji and North House Folk School in Grand Marais are well-established, and today we’ll visit with some folks at the Ely Folk School, get a national perspective from the Folk School Alliance, and hear about the Center for Belonging in Decorah, Iowa, to get a glimpse of how well we can educate each other.
Alice Blessing ’s newest portrait exhibit Thirteen: Nonconformity began as study of feminism and girls coming of age in a patriarchal society. It evolved into something much more nuanced when her own child came out as non-binary. The show now addresses intersectionality, gender, representation, and diversity all while celebrating children’s individuality.
Bemidji recently held its first Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters event. Attendees recognized the significant impact residential boarding schools have had on Indigenous communities. They shared stories, celebrated lives, sent prayers, and raised hope.
Through anecdotal stories, What’s Up With White Women? invites white women to look closely at their life experiences in an effort to generate awareness of their role in perpetuating patterns of injustice. Authors Ilsa Govan and Tilman Smith joined the morning show to discuss the missteps they made that inspired the book as well as ways white women can ultimately be agents of change in their communities
Word Up! today on Stay Human – linger in the linguacious, with storyteller Terry O’Brien’s Death by Dictionary, Leah Lemm’s “Words”, and essays from Steve Downing, Jeff Weintraub and Scott Stowell, on the evolution of writing, and the abracadabra of language. Words and music, celebrating the Joy of Lex.
With firearms season over for this year, it’s safe to get back up into the woods. Today on Stay Human, it’s happy trails – Dan Hegstad is fat tire biking ay Cayuga, Joel Sjogren takes a tour of Red Head Mountain Bike Park, Cory Kolodji tests himself on the Superior Hiking Trail, and Matthew Miltich takes a life-changing journey down the oldest trail in northern Minnesota. Story and song keep us moving along, on Stay Human.
