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These Are Your Neighbors

These Are Your Neighbors

著者： Bismarck Human Relations Committee
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概要

 These Are Your Neighbors is a podcast hosted by Thea Jorgensen and Sargianna Wutzke who are members of the City of Bismarck’s Human Relations Committee. Through conversations with diverse change-makers in the community, the podcast hopes to strengthen inclusivity amongst the Bismarck community, by encouraging others to get to know their neighbor.Copyright Dakota Media Access 政治・政府 社会科学
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  • TAYN Ep. 79 - Molly McLain

    TAYN Ep. 79 - Molly McLain
    2026/04/21
    Molly McLain is an artist, educator, and advocate originally from Valley City, ND.She has worked in the arts, public policy,national and statewide political campaigns, and with non-profits. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts and a Minor inPiano Pedagogy from Valley City State University with an emphasis in psychology fromthe University of Montana at Missoula.
    For a time, she served as the Executive Director for Dakota West Arts Council (DWAC).

    Molly worked with farmers and ranchers in the Western and Central part of the state forseveral years where she advocated for family farm agriculture and vibrant rural andurban North Dakota communities. She has championed campaigns for healthcareaccess, access to local foods, and solid farm policy that benefit family farm agricultureas a statewide field director and organizational coordinator. She spent part of a decadecreatively activating volunteers for campaigns and engaging disenchanted anddisengaged voters.

    Molly studied under public artists, mosaicists, and muralists for several years whileliving in Twin Cities neighborhoods creating public art and community gardens. Shepractices public art making in North Dakota through the community polytab muralmethod and mosaics and is diligently learning the Norwegian folk art of Rosemaling. She has been a recipient of the North Dakota Council on the Arts Traditional Folk Arts Apprenticeship on three occasions and spent a month in Sweden studying Swedish folk flowers through a grant from theAmerican Scandinavian Foundation.

    Currently she runs an arts and consulting business called PlainsCraft and works withagencies specializing in creative community engagement, and public arts curation. She co-manages a farm and ranch business with her siblings, and recently became aCertified Farm Succession Coordinator.Molly has been a practicing, teaching, exhibiting, and public artist and advocate for the last 20 years. She is passionate about creative placemaking through performing and public art as well as pollinator habitats, local food systems, and sound farm policy. She serves on various boards and commits to volunteer for a number of local causes. Molly finds purpose in creative collaboration that furthers sense of community withingenuity and vision. She has a love for her family, kind people, the prairie, folk art andculture, the prairie ecosystem, Midwestern “Salads”, hotdish, and cuisine, and a goodjoke.
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    32 分
  • TAYN Ep. 78 - Thomas Lawler

    TAYN Ep. 78 - Thomas Lawler
    2026/03/24
    Thomas Lawler is the Director of the Lottery Division with more than 23 years of service in the North Dakota Army National Guard, including 21 years on active duty. Throughout his career, he’s held a variety of leadership roles in readiness, aviation operations, human resources, training, and logistics, most recently as a Readiness NCO and Senior Aviation Operations Specialist with Detachment 42.

    In addition to his military service, Thomas taught human resource management and business research and writing as an adjunct instructor at the University of Mary from 2020 to 2024. He earned both his MBA and bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Mary.Raised on a farm near Linton, North Dakota, Lawler values hard work and time outdoors.

    When he’s not working, he enjoys hunting, especially bow hunting, for the patience, focus, and chance to slow down. He and his wife, Jaime, live in North Dakota.
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    33 分
  • TAYN Ep. 77 - Julie Horntvedt

    TAYN Ep. 77 - Julie Horntvedt
    2026/03/10
    Julie Horntvedt has served as the Executive Director of the North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities for the past nine years. In this leadership role, she is responsible for the overall strategic direction, administration, and daily operations of the Council, a 23-member body appointed by the Governor to advocate for system change and promote inclusion and independence for individuals with developmental disabilities across the state.

    Julie provides executive oversight for the Council's federally mandated initiatives, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive five-year State Plan. She is responsible for authoring the Council's annual federal performance report and work plan, ensuring alignment with both state and federal priorities under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. As a key liaison between the Council, state and federal policymakers, Julie works collaboratively with public agencies, advocacy organizations, and community stakeholders to advance policies and practices that improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities. She has a strong focus on capacity building, interagency collaboration, and community engagement.

    Julie also serves in several appointed and elected capacities that support cross-system advocacy and coordination. She is a member of the North Dakota Olmstead Commission, the Comm unit of Practice for Secondary Transition, Bismarck-Mandan Transit, and the North Dakota Cross Disability Advisory Council. She currently chairs the North Dakota Disability Advocacy Consortium and serves on the board of Uspire ND, contributing to statewide initiatives focused on accessibility, equity, and inclusive education and employment outcomes.
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    31 分
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