Diane Sands and Jennifer Euell
Recorded
June 6, 2022
Archived
June 6, 2022
39:16 minutes
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Id:
mby021806
Description
Jennifer "Jen" Euell (50) interviews her friend and mentor, Diane Sands (75), about her career as an activist, a nonprofit founder, an oral historian, and a Montana State Senator.Subject Log / Time Code
DS shares how growing up on the Fork Peck Indian Reservation influenced her activism.
DS describes her activist involvement during the 1960s.
DS remembers the beginning of her career as an elected politician.
DS discusses the array of community organizing work she has done and non-profit organizations she has started.
DS talks about the women's studies and oral history work she did as a graduate student at George Washington University.
DS shares why the work she has done with Native American communities stands out as particularly important to her.
JE and DS discuss the time and effort that go into making institutional change.
DS explains how she helped convince Republican senators to pass legislation defining consent in sexual activity.
DS describes her experience being the first openly gay legislator in Montana.
DS shares how her practice of engaging with politics as a spiritual activity helps her to work with others with whom she disagrees.
DS discusses the importance of understanding others' perspectives.
DS appreciates the work JE has done at the Women's Foundation of Montana.
Participants
- Diane Sands
- Jennifer Euell