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Global patriarchy back in business elderGuiDE...... 31 970 RAYMOND AVE., STE. 201, ClassiFiedaDS...... 35 ST. PAUL, MN 55114 aCtNoW ...... 34 WWW.WOMENSPRESS.COM Gorilla Yogis in the urban jungle 4 Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 welcomewords kaTHYmaGNUsoN women mean business NormasmITHolsoN As women, we have power in our pocketbooks. Together, women earn more than $1 trillion a year in the United States, we pay 80 percent of the bills and we make 88 percent of all retail purchases. That is power we have in our everyday lives. While we are planful about investing sional engineering firm in Minnesota, in a college fund, emergency savings or advocates for girls to study engineer- an IRA, we also make investments in ing. Millie Adelsheim, Cynthia Daube our values and communities when we and Sue Welna use their businesses to choose where to spend our everyday voice their personal stands in favor of dollars. marriage equality. With every swipe of the debit card, And, not only in business do women every smartphone payment, every mean business! Artika Tyner advocates signature on a check and every hand- for youth in the juvenile justice sys- coming up: ing over of cold hard cash we send a tem. Judy Helgen advocates for frogs. message about what we believe in. Shannon Drury advocates against october’s theme is “brave and Where we spend our dollars is a per- global patriarchy. The Gorilla Yogis bold.” What would you do if you sonal values statement. bring their yoga practice to unexpected were not afraid? Tell us about it. “Well, break out the Everyday purchases places. Send a paragraph or two to for ourselves, our [email protected] saddle shoes, girls! The Minnesota Women’s Press is families and our busi- Deadline: September 10 a women-owned and operated, local Global patriarchy is nesses, like groceries, October Advertising Sections: and independent business. The adver- back in style—and it clothing, health care, • Health Guide tisers in this monthly magazine, in the technology and cars, • Home Guide means business.” annual Women’s Directory and on the help strengthen and • Women & Pets Guide —Shannon Drury grow individual busi- MWP website are the ones who make • Women’s Guide to Voting it possible for you to have these free read her story on page 18 nesses and organiza- • GoSeeDo Guide sources of women’s stories, commu- tions. Deadline: September 10 nity connections and useful informa- In this September magazine—with tion every month. the annual Women’s Directory on If you like what you read here, sup- November’s theme is “a pages 39-70—we ask you to support port our advertisers. If you value this women’s survival kit.” Tell us businesses and organizations that have publication let our advertisers know a story about a woman who taken a stand as women-friendly. In survived. She may be your sister, that you saw their ad in the Minnesota some cases, they are women-owned. your friend, the woman next door. They value women in our community Women’s Press. The words are simple: “I’m here She may be . . . you. and they appreciate your business. because I saw your ad in the Women’s Send a paragraph or two to Spend your dollars in a way that will [email protected] Press.” Or, “Thanks for advertising in make a difference, a statement of your Deadline: October 10 values. the Women’s Press.” We thank you! November Advertising Sections: Women mean business! In this issue • Education Guide we share stories of women who bring • Girlfriends’ Guide to Giving Back their personal values to their busi- and • Holiday Guide • GoSeeDo Guide nesses. Susan Rani, who owns the larg- Co-Publishers est female- and minority-owned profes- Deadline: October 10
Nominate a Do you know someone whose actions during 2012 have promoted greater equality, justice and self-determination for women and girls? Help us identify the Changemakers in your community. cHaNGe Nominations are due Sept. 15. maker Go to www.womenspress.com, click on the “Nominate a Changemaker” tile to see the criteria and use the handy nomination form! Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 5 YouSaid Catholic womenpriests title iX I picked up your August issue, noticed the headlines about women I just read your June 2012 issue about Title IX and priests here to stay. [MWP, Feature story, Aug. 2012] I fully expected women’s sports. I coached university women’s track and to read about my Episcopal sister priests. I was into the article before I field in Portland, Ore., from 1974 through 1979, when the became certain you were writing about Roman Catholic women priests. program was eliminated by the University. I think your headlines should have said Roman Catholic priests. I have I think your feature article by Nicole LaVoi misses an been an Episcopal priest for 34 years and am definitely here to stay. I am important factor in the loss of opportunity for women in also glad to be part of a church that honors my ministry. coaching and administrative positions. At the collegiate Catherine McDonald, Eden Prairie level women’s sports were taken over by the NCAA, which led to the destruction of the former governing body, Gotanopinion? Excellent article on women priests in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Like something in MWP? Or Minnesota. I am Catholic and I support The NCAA wanted nothing to do with women’s athletics disagree? We want to hear them. I think the Catholic Church needs in the 1970s and actively worked to suppress them until it from you. Write to editor@ to change with the times and get into the became apparent in the early 1980s that profits could be womenspress.com. Include 21st century. made from women’s sports. Then the NCAA stepped in your name, address and Tweet from BookSnob and took over. phone number for verifica- Editor’s Note: Tweet us! You can follow Those of us who, at the time, were opposed to NCAA tion. Letters are assumed to the Minnesota Women’s Press on Twitter governing women’s sports believed that the NCAA was be for publication and may be and find us on Facebook. an “old boys club” that would impede the development of edited for length and clarity. women in the sport. Our predictions have come true at the level of coaching and administration. is it bullying or sexual harassment? Richard Raymond, Corvallis, Ore. This is an essential and badly needed differentiation. [LeaderVoice, Susan Strauss, Aug. 2012] And yes, we are talking about sexual harass- Correction ment of both females and males. Using the term “perpetrator” gives this The photograph of “Parade,” artwork by Pam issue the gravity it deserves: This is not just bad behavior, it is a crime. Bidelman, was incorrectly identified in the Aug. 2012 Thank you, Susan, for the clarity. magazine. The photograph was taken by Wayne Schmidt. Kathleen Crow, Minneapolis Our apologies for this error.
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Global Women Board Chairs “If we had 50% of women in Congress, we would not be debating contraception.
We would be debating the economy, small business,
jobs, national security—everything but. —U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), on urging 70 of her” top donors to give money to three Democratic women candidates who have a good chance to defeat House Republicans. Source: www.washingtonpost.com
No access to abortion 26 percent of women getting abortions in New York are from out-of-state. Why? Because 92 percent of counties in the U.S. do not have abortion providers. New York was one of the first states to legalize abortion in 1970, and New York City remains a leading center for women’s reproductive health. Source: www.crainesnewyork.com
Monster High dolls—revolutionary or stereotypical? Mattel has launched a series of girl dolls purported to be the offspring of the well-known supernatural figures Frankenstein (Frankie Stein), Dracula (Draculaura), The Wereworf (Clawdeen Wolf), The Mummy (Cleo de Nile) and a Zombie (Ghoulia Yelps). Their tagline is “freaky just got fabulous.” (Tim Kiplin, general man- ager for Mattel, said, “Who doesn’t feel like a freak in high school?”) While the new brand intends to tap into girls’ desire to escape from ordinary stereotypes, the five main Monster High dolls wear high-heeled platform shoes, have tiny waists and show off super- feminine long hair. It seems these “freaks” have the same concerns as that other Mattel icon, Barbie: fashion, popularity and how to
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The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and The Advocates for Human Rights present an ongoing series of films and discussions focusing on the global issue of women’s human rights: “SAVING FACE” Tuesday, September 18 • 7 p.m. Hennepin County Library – Minneapolis Central, Pohlad Hall • 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis Everyday somewhere in the world someone - most likely a woman – is victimized by Call The Friends at a brutal acid attack while many other cases go unreported. Many reported assailants, 651-222-3242 often a husband or someone else known to the victim, receive minimal if any punishment for more information for this grave human rights violation. The Academy Award winning film, “Saving Face” or visit us online at www.thefriends.org chronicles the lives of two acid-attack survivors in Pakistan, Zakia and Rukhsana, as they for a complete lineup attempt to bring their assailants to justice and move on with their lives. A discussion of FREE events. follows the film, cosponsored by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 7
What part of liberation “for women is not for you? Looking for Is it the freedom to vote? Lending Options? The right not to be owned We should talk Business Loans. by the man that you marry? The campaign for equal pay? Vogue by Madonna? Jeans? Did all that stuff just get LEARN MORE: sunrisebanks.com Member FDIC. ©2012 Sunrise Community Banks on your nerves? —Caitlin Moran, British journalist, from her book ”“How to Be a Woman,” posing these questions to women who are hesitant to identify as feminists. Source: www.wbaa.org Women mean business! • In the past 15 years, the number of women-owned businesses in the United States grew by 54%. There are now 8.3 million.
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• The industries with the fastest growth and greatest share of women-owned firms are educational services, health care and social assistance, and entertainment and recreation.
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High- profile engineer Susan Rani is modest about her trailblazing, leadership Story by Kendall Anderson Photography by Sarah Whiting
Susan Rani is at the top of her game. Rani Engineering is the state’s largest female- and minority- owned professional engineering firm. She recently attended trade missions in China and Korea with Gov. Dayton. Her 32-employee firm has handled projects from the I-35W Bridge Reconstruction, the Central Corridor and Hiawatha Light Rail to the Weisman Art Museum expansion.
But Rani, a Korean-American, They had equal numbers of women are similarly low for minorities; doesn’t want to be a novelty. The business leaders compared to men. We Minneapolis just saw its first African- 52-year-old says there should be more only had four women-run Minnesota American-run engineering firm [in female and minority engineering lead- businesses out of 43 visiting.” recent history] open within the last two ers. Their scarcity in engineering con- America is graduating far fewer years, Rani says. cerns her—as does America’s lack of engineers than others and women earn These realities “should make us engineering prowess. 20 percent of the bachelor’s degrees stand up and pay attention,” she said. “China and India each produce half in engineering, physics and computer Hard work and self-sufficiency a million engineers a year—we pro- science, according to a 2010 report by The statistics were worse for women duce 50,000 a year,” she said. “And we the American Association of University in 1993, when Rani and a business part- think of China as backwards but what Women (AAUW). Numbers dwindle ner launched a start-up with $1,000 was remarkable to me during my trip further at the graduate level and in the and some creativity. She had worked was their [gender] parity in leadership: workplace, the report found. Numbers Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 9 “Girls need to be encouraged. It’s not intuitive. [Engineering] takes concentration, effort and work—something we are very short of in society. — Susan Rani for others since earning her bache- ciency … in the first two days of -arrivfemale” member on the present board of lor’s degree in civil engineering at the ing, she taught me how to get to the the American Council of Engineering University of Minnesota. Within a year, library on the city bus.” Companies MN. she and her business partner amicably Rani had role models: Her stepmother “Girls need to be encouraged,” she separated. “There was just one female was an educational psychologist, her said. “It’s not intuitive. [Engineering] engineering firm. It was a very foreign father a mechanical and structural engi- takes concentration, effort and work— [environment] because … it was very neer. Her mother was an algebra teacher something we are very short of in soci- much a closed network of male busi- with a chemistry degree. ety. nesses.” Learning English challenged her. “There aren’t as many women role Rani felt invisible—and that she was “I was average and had to work modelsvery that have shown us this can be judged incompetent. She battled the hard. … If you have the will, you’lldone,” find Rani said. “But you also have misperception that she existed because a way.” Rani went on to earn her mas- to make sacrifices … you have to give of a government program that helps ter’s in business administration. up your family time. I hate to burst the minority- and women-owned busi- Teamwork bubble but that’s true.” nesses. “You realize fast that if you’re She’s had her share of family sacri- “What makes me excited about get- dependent on the small percentage of - ting up in the morning is our team,” fice. Daughter Sonia grew up “recogniz set asides through that program, you ing Kinko’s before she recognized the she said. Half of her leadership is can’t make it.” zoo” because that’s where she played female; one employee has worked with One time Rani was in negotiations with Legos while mom her for 12 years. for a government contract with two worked. Sonia now The profile appears Ultimately, Rani says, government men. The primary contractor suggested attends the University in every issue of the programs don’t guarantee success— her $14,000 proposal should be $4,000. of Minnesota. Minnesota Women’s and being female and a minority don’t Rani is proud of Press. It reflects our “I looked at him and said ‘how is it keep one from it. fair that we should do it for so much her daughters and it founding principle “We are all held to the same stan- less than you would? … Where is fair appears they are of and guiding phi- dard. Money is still green, contracts are her, too. Her daugh- losophy that every and reasonableness in this?’ I asked,” still contracts,” she said. “The market Rani recalled. “There was a presump- ter Sylvia, 13, inquires woman has a story. is a strict and swift disciplinarian when tion that we were going to be a lot about her mom’s proj- Readers are wel- it comes to not delivering on your con- cheaper because we were [minority- ects. The result? She come to submit sug- tract.” and female-owned].” can tell you all about gestions for profile Rani dreams of the day when female architect Frank Gehry. subjects. Email your A will engineering leaders are commonplace. (She sent him a letter ideas to editor@ When Rani emigrated from South “People say ‘I remember you—you when she was 9 com- womenspress.com. Korea at 11, she said, “it was very were the woman in that meeting.” plimenting him on his She recommends nurturing girls in important that I knew how to support “imagination” and got an autographed myself. Korean girls were encouraged engineering. She’s talked to girls at book in return). to be infantile, beautiful and dependent math camp as well as young women on men. For me, that wasn’t acceptable. in college about engineering careers, is “I do what I do, humbly with a lot of “My stepmother instilled values of a member of the Society of American hard work and passion,” Rani said. “If that makes me a trailblazer as a result, - Military Engineers and is the only independence and financial self suffi so be it.” 10 Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 WOMENMEANBUSINESS Sue Welna Mixing business Welna II Hardware with politics Sue Welna and her husband, Jim, have run their Small family business Welna II Hardware in the Seward MaGNUSON Kathy neighborhood of Minneapolis for almost 14 years. Why are you personally supportive of businesses marriage equality? take a stand When I was in my early 20s, I met a very com- mitted couple of women and they became dear friends of mine. I came from a sheltered back- for marriage ground and everything was so matter of fact. [My new friends] were a “family,” too. And from there equality it was everywhere I looked. I saw that these lov- ing relationships exist in very different ways than It’s one thing for an I grew up knowing about. Our kids were babysat individual to take a by a wonderful young woman who is now a won- der my access to some really excellent employees stand on the issue derful young man. would be poor business sense. Why take this step of taking a stand through of marriage equality. The other side is our customers. A fair number your business? It’s another level for of our customers are gay and lesbian. I have never One of the joys of being a small business owner a small business to had anyone comment negatively and so I haven’t is that you get to make decisions for your business encountered situations where it has harmed our take a stand. The and that someone else doesn’t have to approve business. If anything, I think it has helped us. Minnesota Women’s decisions. My personal beliefs can be reflected in And I know that we have a fair share of custom- Press spoke with the business that I own. It is wonderful. It gives a ers who have strong feelings against this. If we did degree of freedom. three independent a ton of work with [customers for whom that was Why is marriage equality a business issue? a barrier] we would have to agree to disagree. I business women Creating a hostile atmosphere for this part of am not afraid of losing customers. That is not an about their resolve the population would [not be good for the] busi- issue at all. to stand up for ness climate in Minnesota. There is talent, produc- I think modeling is more likely to have impact marriage for all. tivity and creativity there and to discourage that on people who are strongly opposed than trying would be foolish. [Some of our] current and for- to influence through argument. At least by being by Kathy Magnuson mer employees have been part of this community. clear in our business, we provide a potential To say that I will support something that will hin- opportunity for someone who teeters or has ques- tions or who is not sure.
Cynthia Daube Daube’s Bakery
SUSaN WaUGhtaL SUSaN Cynthia Daube, of Daube’s Bakery in Rochester, Minn., manages three estab- lishments. Known as a “big bakery in a small town,” Daube’s has been providing wedding cakes and other treats for 25 years. Why is the marriage amendment an important issue to you? I’ve learned that this is not a personal choice but a state of being. It seems to me that accepting who we are and having everyone around us accept who we are is the greatest gift we can give one another. I realized that this didn’t take away from my own marriage one whit. It was not a negative for me. It was a positive for someone else. Why would I want to take that away [from someone] when I have had that benefit for 45 years? Why do you connect this issue to your business? [I think we need to] stand up for what we believe in and risk something for the greater good. You need to stand up as a business, as a greater group. Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 11
Millie Adelsheim Peapods Peapods, a 15-year-old children’s toy and clothing store in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul, is owned by Millie Adelsheim,
Courtesy of PeAPoDs Courtesy with her husband, Dan Marshall. They sell products for kids that are made of natural materials by other small, family businesses. Why is the marriage amendment an important issue to you? Why do you, as a business, support marriage equality? To me, to our family, it is a civil rights and a human rights issue. [A constitutional amendment] is a strong, strong tool for government that should not be used to enshrine hatred or bigotry. We are straight as can be, but we have gay and lesbian people in our family, on our street, in our church, in our circle of friends. In some ways our business is an extension of who are as people, Millie Adelsheim, with her husband, Dan Marshall, and but I am aware we need to tread lightly. daughter, Ellie. What did you expect the impact to be on your business? OK with it and let us know and we have to assume there We were aware that it would have a cost for our business. are more. It’s a cost we are OK with. In the store we have a We believed it would be a cost we were willing to bear, that [pledge to vote no sign up]. I only know of one specific family it would not be overwhelming or huge. It was the right thing who saw [that] and put their purchases back on the shelf and to do, but if I believed it would have truly catastrophic conse- walked out because they were so offended. quences for our business I don’t know what we would have Do you see an affinity with this issue as a store that done. specializes in safe products for children? We are aware that people don’t want to watch us up on a I started our store when our daughter was 18 months old, soap box every day. We try to be very selective. People respect selling the baby sling I was using. [The business] has always our store and that’s wonderful and we value that, but this is been an expression of who we were as a family, and this is one [issue] where we couldn’t be quiet. part of that same expression. We are excited to see big businesses—like General Mills— When we have talked with customers about it, beyond our that are willing to get into this. We are hoping that once personal feelings, we’ve talked about how it would not be the smaller businesses see that, they’ll be more willing to take a right thing for Minnesota, how we feel that marriage benefits stand and have a voice in this. families and marriage benefits children and that should be What feedback have you gotten from customers? available to as many families and children as possible. Feedback [on Facebook] was positive. People said they thought it was a courageous thing to do. But I don’t even know how courageous it is. We have had some who are not
I think signing up as a business gets a bigger public airing. If Have you considered that it might be good for business? not now, when? After I sell my business I don’t have the same I’d like to think that people would come because of my tak- impact. I believe in taking these kinds of steps. ing a stand on this issue. I think there may be some and I’d love Is this the first time your business has taken a public that to be true, but I think people choose not to do something stand on an issue? because of what a corporation does. My husband has been a very visible Democrat so I am iden- Was this a difficult decision for you? tified as a Democrat because he is. Democrats have used my I did not weigh [what the consequences would be]. For me business as a place for gathering and making announcements it was a no brainer. I know so many [gays and lesbians] that I and I have been willing to do that. If Republicans asked to use simply felt that it was the right thing to do. my business for a forum I probably would say yes. It is impor- I think we all have to stand together. That is why [the state- tant for us to hear everyone. We are all in it together. wide organization supporting marriage rights for all] is called How have your customers responded? Minnesotans United. Most people love it but some [customers] did not come back. Some of the people just say, “I don’t agree with you.” I hire people of every color and race and creed and sexual orientation and sometimes that is not good for my business but I made that ffI: Minnesotans United, www.Mnunited.org decision. 12 Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 BOOKSHELF ARTIKA Law is a language of power TYNER “America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline” published by the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), is a report my mother gave me in 2007. It changed my life. It set me on the course of advocating for social change. The cover photo shows a young Latino of detention dollars into early intervention boy being booked at a police station. He and prevention efforts, and implementa- was too short to reach the table and was tion of the juvenile detention alternatives standing on a milk crate. This photo drew initiatives (JDAI). me into learning more about the stories of During the process, I also became children who are entering the pipeline to inspired by the work of Marian Wright prison. Edelman. Her life demonstrated the impor- I learned that “every night approxi- tant role of women lawyers in using their BOOKSHELF: mately 87,000 youth are housed in juve- legal training to effectuate social change. Artika Tyner recommends nile facilities and 10,000 youth are held in Edelman was the first black woman admit- these books by women adult jails and prisons. Children of color ted to the Mississippi State Bar, led the Rev. authors about social justice constitute about two thirds of youths in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final cam- and leadership. juvenile justice system” (CDF). I visited a paign (the “Poor People’s Campaign”), and The Sea Is So Wide detention center to gain firsthand knowl- directed the NAACP Legal Defense and and My Boat Is So Small: edge. There I saw the statistics from the Educational Fund office in Jackson, Miss. Charting a Course for book become a reality. I witnessed firsthandI learned a great leadership lesson from the disparities in the juvenile justice system Edelman that “service is the rent we pay to the Next Generation by Marian Wright Edelman influenced by factors including race and be living. It is the very purpose of life and poverty. I became committed to shaping not something you do in your spare time.” To Be Young, Gifted, public policy and standing up for children. Dr. Artika Tyner is an attorney, writer and and Black: An Informal I recognized that the law is a language of community advocate. She teaches courses Autobiography of Lorraine power and I wanted to use this power to on civil rights law and serves as the Hansberry by dismantle the pipeline to prison and create director of diversity at the University Lorraine Hansberry a new pathway to success. of St. Thomas School of Law. I began to partner with other local strong Groundwork: Charles women leaders, such as Ramsey County What’s on your bookshelf? Hamilton Houston and the Commissioner Toni Carter, Promise Send us 450 words about your booklife, Struggle for Civil Rights Neighborhood Director Angelique Kedem plus your list of five related books by by Genna Rae McNeil women authors. [email protected] and (University of St. Thomas School of The New Jim Crow: Law) Professor Nekima Levy-Pounds, to Mass Incarceration in the engage in juvenile justice reform efforts. Age of Colorblindness by This has included the adoption of alterna- Michelle Alexander tives to detention models, re-investment
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The Advocates for impact of trauma during war, person’s experience, and it is Human Rights book and after a war has ended, after human nature to try to connect to that. Articulating how we club focuses on literature people find safety or escape persecution, physical, mental associate while reading a book that deals with some of and emotional scars remain. allows us to better understand life’s most pressing “What is our responsibility our own relationship to the questions and complex today?” After all this time aftercontent, and offers glimpses of the horror of World War II andothers’ responses, which can social issues. The group a vow to never again let this build empathy and illuminate started in 2010 and meets happen, we have failed to cre- new ways of seeing the world ate an international response to and each other. about five times a year, genocide. “Sarah’s Key” by over lunch, at The —Sarah Herder Tatiana de Rosnay What book would your group Advocates’ office in most recommend? FFI: sparked a great downtown Minneapolis. discussion for The “Do They Hear You When You Join The Advocates for a panel Advocates for Human What book by a woman have Cry” by Fauziya Kassindja is discussion on voting rights, both Rights book club. you recently read? a true story of one of the land- in a contemporary and historical mark cases that decided how context. “They Poured Fire on Us From courts deal with women flee- What: Book Group: “Praying the Sky” co-authored by Judy ing female genital mutilation for Sheetrock” by A. Bernstein and three of the (FGM). It is also a story of the Melissa Fay Greene “Lost Boys from Sudan.” The U.S. detention system, reveal- grapples with issues book chronicles heartbreaking of voting rights and ing truths so shocking they stories of the children’s expo- disenfranchisement will surely alter the reader’s sure to, and flight from, civilperceptions of what we stand that still plague our war. Threaded throughout are society today. This for as a country. passages that show the good- book is a must-read ness in humanity, even in the “I Know Why the Caged Bird before the upcoming midst of brutality. Sings” by Maya Angelou and election! What book by a woman “What the Body Remembers” When: Sept. 11, Noon – 1 p.m. recently sparked a great by Shauna Singh Baldwin are also on our “Recommended Where: The Advocates for discussion? Reads” book list for 2012. Human Rights, 330 - 2nd Ave. S., “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de What questions have you dis- Suite 800, Minneapolis Rosnay tells the story of a jour- covered that incite the best nalist who uncovers the story discussion? FFI: www.theadvocates of a Sarah, a girl swept up in forhumanrights.org/ the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup in The Advocates makes a point book_club.html Paris during World War II. Theof writing its own discussion or 612-746-4691 book is about personal trials, questionsas and posting them well as atrocities that shook the on its website so that indi- Tell us about your book world community. It sparked viduals can take its book lists group! For a list of questions a discussion of the Holocaust, and human rights discussion to answer go to www. which was the catalyst for guides to their own book clubs. womenspress.com, choose the drafting of the Universal One of the magical things AboutUs from the menu, Writers’ Declaration of Human Rights. about literature is that we are Guidelines, and then write to We talked about the lasting able to be inside of another [email protected]
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Vol. 16, No. 2 Dec. 2011ÐJan. 2012 $5 single copy 14 Minnesota Women’s Press, September 2012 LEADERVOICE JUDY HELGEN Perils in ponds My mother had bitterly warned me to steer clear of the sciences because having a family aborted her own career. She majored in chemistry and earned a master’s in microbiology in the 1920s, taught, had children in the late 1930s and abandoned science. I fell in love with zoology in the late 1950s at Mount Holyoke College. As a zoology major in college, the new molec- long-evolved, and now so globally threatened ular biology captured my interest—cells, DNA, with deformities and extinction. Each time I held RNA. That was the future. I spurned natural his- a grossly deformed frog, my heart broke. tory, where biologists studied pickled specimens I had to investigate, at least to document this and identified species. Too old-fashioned. peril in Minnesota’s ponds and show people that Many years later, with a family in tow, I com- wetland species also require good water quality. pletely changed direction, wanting to study how Political wariness about frogs and ponds pollution affects aquatic life. I entered a Ph.D. pro- prevailed and contentious issues frequently gram in zoology at the University of Minnesota. I arose. We analyzed pesticides as one of several Protecting had read Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” (1962), causes of the deformities and were accused of which documented extreme harms to the living conducting a witch hunt. Others accused us wetlands environment caused by pesticides. In the 1970s, of training “wetland vigilantes” in our new quality, I soon I’d seen firsthand the beautiful diversity of crea- volunteer monitoring program. One writer tures that thrive in clean water—insects, mol- claimed I had “Rachel Carson syndrome” learned, was luscs, small crustaceans—and the paucity of life because we investigated chemical causes. He in polluted water. thought it was natural. controversial. In 1989, at the Minnesota Pollution Control Our funding was erratic. For years, my col- Then came Agency (MPCA) I helped promote a new para- league and I were at risk in nonpermanent posi- digm for monitoring water pollution: survey tions. Our belief in the importance of what we the frogs. assemblages of fish and aquatic invertebrates,were doing—documenting polluted conditions not just a few chemicals. Luckily, the U.S. in wetlands and seeking answers to the frog Environmental Protection Agency wanted states deformities—kept us going. to develop biological indicators of pollution in Deformed frogs are still appearing all over wetlands and started funding my work. I waded the country, sometimes at high frequencies. This in. Protecting wetlands quality, I soon learned, mystery has not been solved. Who’s looking? was controversial. Judy Helgen lives in Roseville and is a retired Then came the frogs. research scientist from the Minnesota Pollution During the mid-1990s, young frogs with defor- Control Agency. Her new book, “Peril in the Ponds: mities—missing and partial legs, multiple or Deformed Frogs, Politics, and a Biologist’s Quest” branched limbs, missing eyes—hopped out of (2012), has been published by the University of ponds across Minnesota and many states. Other Massachusetts Press. www.judyhelgen.com countries reported this new phenomenon. My concerns deepened about the future of frogs, so
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9/22 Saturday ‘Holiness and the Feminine Spirit’ This performance features the art of Janet McKenzie and music and dance featuring singers Sara Thomsen, Sarah Greer and Mary Lou Williams, storyteller-dancer Regina LaRoche and spoken-word artist, Marilyn Mayry. $20 donation requested, 6-9 p.m. Richfield United Methodist Church, 5835 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls. FFI: 218-279-3549 or https://www.facebook.com/events/184365131695628/ “Boundless Love” by Janet McKenzie
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Identifying a field for my career BOOKSHELF: didn’t end my search. I had to find Julian Locke Micko the right place to work, learn how to recommends these books by work in a field that employs about women for helping discern 85 percent men, and overcome the challenges of an introvert working and define the work you were meant to do: in an extroverted field. Challenges aside, the soul-search- I Don’t Know What I ing was worth the effort. Now I lose Want, But I Know It’s track of myself in my work and love Not This by Julie Jansen the day-to-day elements of what I I Could Do Anything If do. It is such an honor to work with I Only Knew What It Was people, helping them to unearth by Barbara Sher their goals and then work towards them. Life’s a Bitch and Then Five years later, I have no regrets, You Change Careers and am so grateful for the pre- by Andrea Kay cious time people spent with me The Working Life: The at lunches or coffees and on phone Promise and Betrayal calls. I found my answer; it is pos- of Modern Work sible to love the work I do. I help by Joanne Ciulla people in a very measurable way every day, and I can sleep at night. Out to Work: A History Julian Locke Micko is a financial of Wage-Earning Women advisor and lives in St. Paul. She will in the United States encourage her two daughters to pur- by Alice Kessler-Harris sue meaningful work—but will wait until they at least finish Montessori.
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Respect the unexpected. In other parts of their lives, Rosenberg Do yoga, do good. works as an industrial designer and Arundel works as a landscaper. They joined with Live in the ohm. Venticinque, a yoga instructor and photogra- Peace, love and bananas. pher. Rosenberg does graphic design and art- work for the group, Arundel coordinates the locations and communications for the events That’s how Jessica “Yogarilla” and Venticinque connects with the nonprofit recipients of their fund raisers—all taking a Rosenberg, Nan lead in these community yoga sessions. “Thrilla in Gorilla” By design, they aim to run their operation Gane Arundel and as simply and bare bones as they can. There Lisa “Photorilla” is no board, no rent, no heating bills, no staff, Venticinque—the no studio costs. They dream of unexpected Troop Leaders of places they would like to do yoga. They con- TRAVISANDERSONPHOTO.COM TRAVISANDERSONPHOTO.COM Gorrila Yogis—see sider, as Arundel describes it, “what are the their calling. organizations that make this such a cool and As they describe great and healthy community to live in? And, it, how much fun what can we do to support that?” They also would it be to - do yoga in First seek out organizations where a smaller finan cial contribution will make a big difference, Avenue to Prince’s to be more than a “drop in the bureaucratic “Purple Rain” or bucket.” at the Minneapolis Over the years they have raised more than Farmers Market or $30,000 for causes including Minnesotans to be in the James The Gorilla Yogis were “Back on the Open Streets” at Lake and Lyndale United for All Families, Full Cycle and Sisters’ J. Hill house filled Camelot. in Minneapolis, June 10, 2012. with other yogis? About two weeks before an event the Two and a “Troop Leaders” post it on Facebook, Twitter “Gorilla Yogis is a movement, a migration to yoga beyond half years ago and their website, inviting people to show studio walls. Gorilla Yogis gather to practice urban jungle Rosenberg and Arundel realized up at a specific time and place. Participants yoga in unexpected, offbeat places. In parks, on street range in age from grandmothers to little kids that besides sharing corners, in museums, art galleries, at cafes, in restaurants, and include people with physical disabilities, a passion for teach- and people who have practiced yoga for 20 in music venues, on barges on the Mississippi River, on roof- ing yoga, they also years. They encourage people to show up as thought it would top decks, on farms, in barns, in lofts, abandoned spaces, they are and be who they are—not worrying be fun to create baseball fields. It’s yoga out of captivity. Each month we if they are wearing the right yoga clothes or an event together. have enough yoga experience. host donation-based yoga events where we raise money for The two planned a Why do they do this? “The payoff is so huge. organizations that are doing hard work to make this jungle yoga session, invit- When you see the smiles on the ‘gorillas’ faces ing donations to an awesome place to live.” as they are practicing yoga or whether it is the Smile Network —from the Gorilla Yogis’ website, www.gorillayogis.com handing over the check … on every level it is and put the word fun and exhilarating,” Arundel said. out to their friends, families and colleagues. As Rosenberg sees it, “Yoga is not about They thought maybe 20 friends would show how you are on the mat, it is about how you up, so they were stunned when about 200 Where do you see women are off the mat, in the world. 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