Mother Earth

Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2015 1 30years of changing the Universe through Women’s Stories Mother Earth issue Monarchs and bumblebees count CEED: Seeding environmental justice Buycotting foods for change Fossil fuel divestment Poisoned apples DAKOTA HOSKA DAKOTA JUNE 2015 Volume 31, Issue 6 www.womenspress.com 2 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2015 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2015 3 Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories 16 Mother Earth issue CONTACTUS 651-646-3968 email: [email protected] www.womenspress.com Send a letter to the editor [email protected] Subscribe [email protected] Advertise [email protected] Suggest a story idea [email protected] 10 18 Enter your online calendar listing at www.womenspress.com, click on Calendar, then “add event” Join book activities [email protected] MWPSTAFF Publishers/Editors Kathy Magnuson, Norma Smith Olson Contributors Kendall Anderson, Liz Derichs, Emily A. READERSWRITE King, Jenny Kreimeyer, Nekima Levy- YOUSAID .................................................5 Pounds, Mikki Morrissette, Nancy B. Olsen, Letters from MWP readers Amber Procaccini, Terri Peterson Smith, FEATURES Jillian Chaloupka Van Hefty, Lucia Watson, BOOKSHELF ......................................... 12 Theresa Weir, Sarah Whiting THINKABOUTIT ....................................6 Theresa Weir: Poisoned apples Honors for Miss Piggy ... and more Cover Artist Dakota Hoska YOURSTORY......................................... 13 Design Norma Smith Olson PROFILE ................................................. 8 Jenny Kreimeyer: My car, my home Advertising Sales Karen Oberhauser and her monarchs LEADERVOICE ..................................... 15 Meggie Greivell, Michele Holzwarth, ENVIRONMENTALFEATURE ............ 10 Lucia Watson: Buycott foods for change Kathy Magnuson, Ashlee Moser Put your money where your values are Accounting Fariba Sanikhatam YOURSTORY........................................ 27 Operations Kari Larson ENVIRONMENTALFEATURE ............ 16 Liz Derichs: Traveling with my girlfriends Founding Publishers CEED: Seeding environment justice YOURSTORY......................................... 31 Mollie Hoben, Glenda Martin WORDSANDPICTURES ..................... 18 Alzheimer’s puts me in the middle Our mission is to tell women’s stories in OVMC: Creating social change, in song YOURTHOUGHTS ............................... 35 ways that create community and encourage MWP readers stand up for Mother Earth change. The Minnesota Women’s Press is COLUMNISTS distributed free at 500 locations. To find THISISSUE ............................................. 4 ADVERTISINGSECTIONS one near you, visit www.womenspress.com Women take action for Mother Earth and click on “get a copy” or call 651-646- 3968. Subscriptions are available by first SHESAID .............................................. 29 FOODANDDRINK class mail: $52 for one-year Fan Commu- Levy-Pounds: Latasha’s life matters GUIDE ............................14 nity membership (includes email updates, invitation to community gathering, free copy ACTNOW .............................................. 38 GOSEEDOGUIDE ........22 of BookWomen magazine); $28 for a basic Bumblebees count one-year subscription, $53 for two years. WOMENGOING GOSEEDO PLACESGUIDE ...........24 ©2015 by Minnesota Women’s Press, Inc. COVERARTIST .................................... 20 All rights reserved. ISSN #1085-2603. ELDERGUIDE..............30 MINNESOTA WOMEN’S PRESS, INC. Dakota Hoska: River of change 970 RAYMOND AVE., STE. 201, CLASSIFIEDADS.......35 ST. PAUL, MN 55114 GOSEEDO/CALENDAR ...................... 22 WWW.WOMENSPRESS.COM Women at Pride, B-Girl Be ... and more 4 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2015 THISISSUE NORMASMITHOLSON Take action for Mother Earth KATHYMAGNUSON Women are taking the lead in protecting Mother Earth. Women are thinking big and small, globally and locally. We are coming together, sharing our expertise and demanding change to corporate and partriar- chal practices that harm the environment and our people. Women bring their own stories and At another women-led event last experiences and knowledge to the fall, sponsored by Honor the Earth, table and share that with us in this June One Billion Rising and the Women’s issue. Many of the stories come from Congress, Winona LaDuke, Eve women involved with the Future First Ensler, Louise Erdrich and Patina Park Women’s Congress for connected the dots between the abuse “Even though I Future Generations of Mother Nature and the abuse of Coming up: held in the Twin Cites women. Their focus was the traffick- July’s theme is “women and music” cannot presently last fall. ing of Native women in the North and we’re asking you: What’s on your see a way out of “We need to lean Dakota Bakken oil fields. Park, exec- playlist and why? Send up to 150 forward to a new, utive director of the Minnesota Indian this situation, I words to [email protected] overdue and necessary Women’s Resource Center, said in a Deadline: June 10 still have hope food ethic and para- recent press release about a resolution to find a healthy digm, and that ethic I presented to the United Nations on July advertising sections: • Women’s Health Guide place to be.” believe starts with each behalf of Indigenous Peoples: of us and the foods we “Violence against our earth and • Buy Local Guide — Jenny Kreimeyer, choose,” says Lucia water is perpetrated on a daily basis, • Women and Pets Guide read her story on Watson, former owner against those things absolutely vital • GoSeeDo/Calendar Guide page 13. of Lucia’s Restaurant. to our very existence. We can’t be sur- Deadline: June 10 prised that people who would rape “There’s a lot of “A sense of place” is the theme for anger, there’s a lot of grief, there’s our land are also raping our people. August. What is your experience of a We must do something to stop this a lot of confusion, there’s a lot of powerful place? Tell us about it. from continuing.” fear that comes up when you actu- Send up to 150 words to editor@ Change is possible, healing the ally think about what climate change womenspress.com Earth and our people is possible. In means for you and your loved ones Deadline: July 10 and people around the world,” says this issue you’ll find stories, perspec- Simone Childs-Walker, a University tives, resources and suggestions from August advertising sections: of Minnesota medical student working women environmental activists. • Education and Lifelong Learning on fossil fuel divestment issues. Our Mother Earth needs our love Guide “This is our time to figure out what now more than ever. • Women Going Places Guide we want our future to look like. ... • GoSeeDo/Calendar Guide Deadline: July 10 How can we learn and fashion a new and way?” asks Shalini Gupta of the Center Co-Publishers for Earth, Energy and Democracy. Tell us about YOU. What’s your story? What are your passions, interests, worries and hopes? Where do you live, what do you do, what do you think? Fill out the Minnesota Women’s Press Readers’ Survey online at www.womenspress.com and you’ll be entered in a drawing for a $100 gift certificate from We want to hear all about you! Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2015 5 YOUSAID Happy Anniversary MWP! Learning in traditional ways from Native Congratulations to the Minnesota children’s literature Women’s Press on 30 years of work well- I wanted to share with you this story as the Women’s done and for serving the community. [April Press, along with Lise Erdrich, played a very import- 2015] I think that your work had something ant role in our granddaughter’s third-grade class proj- GOTANOPINION? to do with Minnesota receiving the No. 1 ect. While thumbing through a copy of the magazine, rating overall for women in the country this I found a segment on good reads for kids. [BookShelf, Like something in MWP? year. I love that you continue to bring us Linda LeGarde Grover, MWP, March 2015] One of the Or disagree? stories of hope, resilience and transforma- books was Erdrich’s “Sacagawea.” We want to hear from you. tion about and for women. Katie, our third-grader, was going to be perform- Write to editor@ Ginny Belden-Charles, St. Paul ing in her STEM school’s wax museum production womenspress.com. Include ‘We are all moving’ portraying Sacagawea. I ordered Erdrich’s book. your name, address and Katie put together her outline, developed her speech This is a much-appreciated article, about phone number for verifi ca- and memorized it all. Plus, she created a display an extraordinary organization that is long tion. Letters are assumed and made a “bell” that observers could push to hear overdue. [Feature, Sisters Need A Place to be for publication and all about Sacagawea. All the kids put their hearts (SNAP), MWP, May 2015] Thanks so much, may be edited for length into this project. I listened to speeches about Clara Women’s Press, for publishing information Barton, Cleopatra, Susan B. Anthony, Jackie Robinson and clarity. about this great work. and others. Huron, S.D. Clareen Menzies, Bottom line: We would not have had as much Searching for shared truths needed information without the help from Women’s Thank you so much for your paving stone Press and Lise Erdrich. Katie’s older sister, sixth- and your encouragement for us all to fol- grader Natalie, was a tremendous help to Katie’s low this path to better appreciation of each display. My husband, David, and I were quite proud others’ steps. [OnYourMind essay, Amoke grandparents and loved this project. Kubat, MWP, May 2015] Margaret

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