2024 Badass Minnesotan Award Winners

Alternatives to Violence Project (video coming)

Breaking the Cycles That Lead to Violence

Members of the Alternatives to Violence Project, which won an organizational Badass Minnesotans award from Minnesota Women’s Press (photo by Sarah Whiting)

Honorary award: Lydia Moran

A Minnesota Women’s Press team member for five years, co-editor Lydia Moran is closing out her role with the magazine on April 19 and was recognized for everything she has done to make the publication what it is today. See a short video homage about how much she has meant to the magazine — particularly the publisher — for four years as staff and one year as freelance editor.

Co-editor Lydia Moran will be stepping away from Minnesota Women’s Press after five years and was recognized with an honorary Badass Minnesotan award (photo by Sarah Whiting)

Joyce Tofte of Marshall received an honorary Badass Minnesotan award from Minnesota Women’s Press publisher Mikki Morrissette

Honorary Award: Joyce Tofte, Marshall MN (video)

Minnesota Women’s Press has not done a story with her yet, so Joyce Tofte was not eligible for the voting by Badass members, but her work with the steering committee for the event and her future work with Changemakers Alliance initiatives related to content-and-conversations development about gender-based violence and collective health was recognized. She works in public safety for Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, does community outreach for New Horizons Crisis Center, is co-founder of the anti-racism MORE Network, and board chair of MNCASA. She was referred to us by Michele Braley for her restorative justice work in Greater Minnesota.