Members of the Bemidji Sustainability Committee and the city’s Public Affairs Committee met on Monday to discuss the next steps for the Sustainability Committee to become an official city body.
Muriel Kingery works full-time at Bemidji State University but has created a side business called Sundog Handmade which features her baked and decorated items.
April 19, 2021
Humphrey School student Kate Stower has been researching barriers preventing rural Minnesota women from becoming leaders in their communities. Photo: UMN Extension
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Marie Donahue
After the challenges of the pandemic over the past year, the importance of connecting and empowering women leaders across Greater Minnesota has perhaps never been so evident as it is today.
“Women’s leadership is not just a ‘nice-to-have,’ we are finding it’s a matter of survival for our small towns,” said Kate Stower, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning student at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs who will graduate next month.
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