In my point of view, what I see out there is different. Some people will go and just post the signs, but there's no meaning to the picture...Where I am, I always try to go to the back, the back of the crowd... because that's where you find your most interesting shot..the people on the back are just as important than the people in the front. I like to tell the entire story. - Nedahness Rose Greene In just four years Nedahness Rose Greene’s ability to capture the essence of a moment has changed

We continue to cover the complex story of the Line 3 Pipeline from Enbridge Energy in northern MN. We talk with water protectors, Enbridge employees and workers, scientists and journalists reporting from the scene. Resources: Welcome Water Protectors RISE coalition Indigenous Environmental Network Honor the Earth Why Treaties Matter StarTribune article "Opponents of Enbridge's Line 3 Construction Make Last-Ditch Effort at River's Edge" MN Reformer "Oil and Water: Resistance, Construction

...never give up... have compassion for others and be slow and steady... think about the relationships more than the issues. And if you can slowly and steadily get through those issues, then your relationships will get stronger. - Dr. Donna Pawlowski, BSU Communications Studies Bemidji State University professors Dr. Donna Pawlowski and Dr. Debbie Guelda are part of the BSU Community Engagement Council dedicated to the cultivating positive relationships between the university and the greater

Maya Dusenbery was our guest on the KAXE/KBXE Morning Show for our Strong Women Series made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. We talked about gender bias in medicine. You can watch a facebook live event through the Brainerd Public Library's Friends of the Library Brown Bag Lunch series on Monday February 1st at noon. Free and open to the public. Maya Dusenbery is a journalist, editor, and author of the book Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women

I just really believe that it's kind of our responsibilities as citizens to make sure that we we do everything we can to make our voices heard. Because, you know, that's how we we keep democracy working, is sure we're holding people accountable and making sure that that they're... doing the things that will benefit us as a whole. And so I think that's really important. - Alya Nimis Ibrahim, BHS Sophomore When Bemidji High School students learned of a potential change in the upcoming school

I really hope people just take away a little bit more curiosity about thinking about their own self in relationship to their space and in relationship to their public and private personas and what that means for their own gender identities and what that means for visioning futures where we all can be our fullest and most authentic selves. - Kandace Creel Falcón Kandace Creel Falcón is a university professor and writer whose focus has long been feminist studies. Recently adding an art degree to a

We continued our conversation for Strong Women on KAXE/KBXE with Simone Senogles and Dawn Goodwin. Last time they told us about getting arrested, treaties and why they are there. I n our latest we hear about the land of Palisade, MN and the Mississippi River and why they believe it is the role of Indigenous women to protect it as well as Missing and Murdered Indigenous women. Dawn Goodwin is cofounder of RISE coalition ; she is a Representative of the Indigenous Environmental Network and Simone

Jen Sincero is a badass. She was always cool – she once played in a punk band called Crotch and worked at a record company – but she became a true badass when she took control of her financial struggles and created the life she truly wanted for herself. Since then, she’s authored several badass books : You are a Badass , You are a Badass Every Day , You are a Badass at Making Money , and her latest book Badass Habits . In this Area Voices segment, Sincero talks with host Katie Carter about her

It actually changes your brain. It changes your body, your perception of your body, and it changes your spirit, too. - Gabrielle Congrave Baggenstoss, Support Within Reach Support Within Reach is an area nonprofit dedicated to helping victims of sexual violence. Gabrielle Congrave Baggenstoss is a Regional Navigator for Support Within Reach. In this Area Voices segment, she discusses her work, explains sexual exploitation and who is at greatest risk, discusses the prevalence of sex trafficking

This week for our Strong Women series we had the chance to talk with 2 women from Bemidji. Dawn Goodwin is cofounder of RISE coalition ; she is a Representative of the Indigenous Environmental Network and Simone Senogles is the Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator for the Indigenous Environmental Network. They tell us why they continue to work to stop the construction of pipelines (specifically Enbridge Line 3) through 1855 treaty lands and wetlands. Simone also tells us what it was like to be