Podcasts about montana human rights network

Join us for timely and important conversation to delve into LGBTQ+ equality and advocacy with expert Shawn Reagor. He directs the Director of Equality and Economic Justice with the Montana Human Rights Network.

The Montana Capitol steps were submerged under a sea of rainbow colors Monday as a group rallied in protest of bills moving through the Legislature that would impact LGBTQ residents. "We want them to know we’re here, we’re queer and we’re not going anywhere," Shawn Reagor, an organizer with the Montana Human Rights Network, told a crowd outside the state Capitol Monday afternoon.

Join us for an excellent conversation to delve into white nationalism with expert Travis McAdam. He directs the Montana Human Rights Network's Combating White Nationalism and Defending Democracy project. During his more than 15 years with the organization, he has researched, written about, and helped communities respond to white nationalists, paramilitary militias, and other Far Right extremists.   McAdam is a nationally recognized expert on right-wing extremist movements, and his analysis and writings have been featured in national and international publications. He holds degrees in journalism and sociology from the University of Montana.

Project 7, the Beacon's podcast mini-series about vanished militia leader David Burgert, just released its third episode and on today's COVID-19 podcast we're bringing the two shows together. Travis McAdam of the Montana Human Rights Network has been monitoring extremism in Montana for two decades, and he sees some parallels between the heyday of the modern militia movement around the turn of the century and the recent protests in Kalispell led by a controversial doctor.The show today is a bonus episode of Project 7, typically available only to members of the Flathead Beacon Editor's Club. Join the club for as little as $5 per month to hear behind-the-scenes conversations and extended interviews from Project 7.Subscribe to Project 7 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and other podcast platforms. Visit the show's website at project7pod.com.READ: Kalispell Declares Local State of Emergency and Increased Calls for Ouster of Physician from Health BoardLISTEN: COVID-19 Update for April 20Music in this this episode includes “Thinking Music” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.The Project 7 theme is composed by Jeremy Reinbolt and performed by Nick Spear, Rebecca Spear, Halladay Quist, Jesse Ahmann and Jeremy Reinbolt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Montana Human Rights Network wants a group that attacks tribal sovereignty in the courts classified as a hate group. If so, it would be the first time a group focused solely on Native Americans reached that status. The Southern Poverty Law Center just released a report showing a steady rise in the number of hate groups in the U.S. over the past four years. They define a hate group as any organized group that “has beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.” We’ll discuss what constitutes hate and whether advocating for the elimination of the federal reservation system reaches that level.

Svein Newman remembers the first time he traveled internationally after 9/11. Born in Norway, Svein Newman was kicked out of that country as a child for being bad at skiing and has roamed around Montana ever since. He grew up on family farmland in south-central Montana, went to college here at UM, and after a six and a half year stint in Billings is once again a Missoulian. When he’s not busy being afraid of speaking on a stage, Svein works for a conservation and family agriculture non-profit called Northern Plains Resource Council. He also volunteers with Soft Landing Missoula, serves on the board of the Montana Human Rights Network, and enjoys divey cowboy bars, day hikes, and the board game Settlers of Catan. This episode of Tell Us Something was recorded in front of a live audience on June 20, 2017 at The Wilma in Missoula, MT. 9 storytellers shared their story. The theme was “On the Road”. This week’s podcast comes to us from Svein Newman. He calls his story “Hold My Bag?”.

This is a very special episode of the show where Kelsen & Kev are joined by Kim Abbot and Jamee Greer of the Montana Human Rights Network, Niki Zupanic of ACLU Montana, Shane Castle of the Helena Vigilante and Amy … Continue reading →

Ever since I started this show, way back in February, I've been trying to get Jamee to be a guest. His tireless efforts with the Montana Human Rights Network, as well as his personal dedication to making the world a … Continue reading →

In August, NESRI’s Human Right to Health Director, Anja Rudiger, interviewed Christine Kaufmann, Montana State Senator and long-time Director of the Montana Human Rights Network, about her experience of developing Montana’s increasingly influential human right to health care campaign. In the interview Senator Kaufmann also argues that local and state-based activists need not wait for federal action on health care reform, reflects on her dual role as politician and advocate, and explains why politicians can be much more progressive if pushed by concerted pressure from the grassroots.

This August, NESRI’s Human Right to Health Director, Anja Rudiger, visited our partner organization, the Montana Human Rights Network, which is based in Helena, Montana. Together, the Network and NESRI held a series of focus group discussions on community health needs in Lewis and Clark County. Last December, the county adopted a resolution declaring health care a human right and setting up a task force to identify ways for making access to health care universal. While in Montana Anja interviewed Alan Peura, the Helena City Commissioner who was instrumental in drafting the county’s right to health care resolution.