Celebrate 40 Years With Us!
(l-r back): former publishers Kathy Magnuson, Norma Smith Olson, Mollie Hoben; (front): Glenda Martin, current publisher Mikki Morrissette
Find the April 16, 2025, MPR conversation about 40 years of Minnesota Women’s Press, with co-founder Mollie Hoben and current publisher Mikki Morrissette.
- SOLD OUT!
- If you want to be put on the waiting list for the in-person event on May 1, please contact no later than 2pm: community@womenspress.com.
- Final details with teaser images: https://conta.cc/3Gxt8wy
- Livestream link: firstunitarian.org/live
- Don’t forget to bring items for the food and Peace House drive if you can! (See asks below)
Register
Location and other details emailed to all registrants.
We will be in a lovely space in Minneapolis.
Address and parking suggestions sent after registration is complete Monday, April 28.
AGENDA (as of April 25)
6pm Welcome!
5-Minute Power Talks: Legacy
- Mollie Hoben, co-founder of Minnesota Women’s Press in 1985
- Christina Ewig, Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, University of Minnesota
- Greta Gaard, ecofeminism author and co-founder of Minnesota Green Party
- 2025 Badass winner #1: Ecosystems voice
5-Minute Power Talks: Rising to the Now
- Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth (pre-recorded since she is unable to attend)
- Yurie Hong, Indivisible St. Peter/Mankato
- Former Minnesota senator Patricia Torres Ray
- 2025 Badass winner #2: Mental health voice
Break for refreshments, tables for action and care
- Thanks to Minneapolis Foundation, we will have a collection drive and sign-up table on behalf of The Food Group and Peace House (see list of needs below)
- Music from Charmaine Douglas/Solonah the Essence
- Food bites from Root to Rise Kitchen, Salsa a la Salsa and Basil Cafe
7:45pm
- 5-minute youth music video from WISE and Girls Getting Ahead in Leadership, produced by Lady Midnight
- 2025 Badass Minnesotans winner #3: Equity voice
5-Minute Power Talks: Changing the Future
- Nancy Lyons, Big Loud Truth advocate
- Emilia Gonzalez Avalos, Unidos MN director
- Nekima Levy Armstrong, Racial Justice advocate
- Fundraiser winners announced
Departure by 9pm (don’t forget to take your 40th anniversary gift bags!)
Gold sponsor
Silver sponsor
Bronze sponsors
Some of the good bites come from here
Soulful music by Charmaine Douglas
Register
Gift bags are stuffed and ready!
Thanks to Estella at Growing Blue Flowers for wonderful gift bag items. She also will be selling items at the event.
Want some extreme kickboxing in your life? We’ve got a “Group Roup” auction item for that.
Gifts and Fundraising
You, too, can order a Badass t-shirt. And thanks to one anonymous donor, we are offering Badass tote bags to all registrants.
Thanks to entrepreneurs and gift donors for products and experiences that will be included in gifts and at a special “Group Roup” fundraising table (to contribute to the event, contact community@womenspress.com)
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- Birchbark Books
- Dope Roots
- Simply Gorgeous/Farmasi
- Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping gym
- Growing Blue Flowers
- Gussied.Upp Jewelry
- Judy Garland Museum
- History Theatre
- Keepsake Cidery
- Khazana
- Lip Esteem
- Mike’s Discount Foods
- Minnesota Humanities Center
- Mischief Toy Store
- Moonstone
- Nature’s Syrup
- Pihlstrom Consulting Group
- Pizza Luce
- Queermunity/No Assumptions
- Roseline’s Candles
- Thread Art
- Velasquez Family Coffee
- Paddle Bridge experience hosted by staff member
- Photo shoot session hosted by staff member
- Persian meal experience hosted by staff member
- Happy hour with staff and a few writers at Trapeze
Special gifts for all attendees, and Badass winners, comes from Keepsake Cidery in Dundas (near Northfield)
Mutual Aid Collections
We will be serving two organizations with collections this night.
For Peace House, which serves lunch to the unhoused, please bring toiletry items, first aid supplies, socks, underwear.
For The Food Group:
For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of the Year by Violence Free Minnesota for gender-based violence coverage.
