Today on Area Voices producer Katie Carter has a conversation with Bemidji High Schools activities director Kristen McRae. They talk about her work and about being a woman in this male dominated field. Kristen also talks about the 50th anniversary of Title IX and gender equality in activities and sports.
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 218 chapter held their annual march Tuesday in Bemidji to show support and to raise awareness for the relatives and loved ones they have lost. Producer Katie Carter brings us some of the spoken words from friends and family of missing persons, and song from the many that attended.
As time goes on, the younger generations forget what it’s like to live in moments of the past. Each of these moments in time are experienced and remembered by older generations that are still around today. On today’s Culture Clique, we take a look at book author, Myrtle Johnson Clark with her book, Memoirs of a Farm Girl which details an astonishing story about the author and her life experiences growing up in the upper mid-west during the Great Depression and how each moment helped shape her core values
Original air date: 02/09/2023
Today producer Katie Carter is joined by Bemidji High School Speech Coach Tom Lucas and High School speech students Ev Cordts and Amy Frenzel. Katie congratulates Tom on becoming the 2022 MN Class Speech Coach of the Year. Tom talks about the rewards and aspects of coaching high school speech and what it has meant to him.