Next Speakers:

2022 - 2023 Town Hall Lecture Series

September 26, 2023

Brendan McDonough
"Speaker and Author"

“The Untold Story of my Lost Brothers”

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  A former Granite Mountain Hotshot and lone survivor of the Yarnell Hill AZ wildfire, Brendan shares his account of the real-life tragedy that claimed the lives of his 19 firefighter brothers.

2022 - 2023 Town Hall Lecture Series

October 24, 2023

Amy Thielen
"Writer and Chef"

"The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others"

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  Born and raised in northern MN, Amy is a two-time James Bear award -winning food writer and chef who speaks about midwestern home cooking, writing and rural foodways.  Her lates cookbook is coming out in August and they will be for sale at her lecture.

2022 - 2023 Town Hall Lecture Series

April 30, 2024

Rebecca Undem
"Speaker and Advocate"

“Places we Love to Call Home”

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  Rebecca is an inspirational speaker community advocate and host of the podcast The Growing Small Town Show.  Her nonprofit organization helps communities in southeast ND be places that people love to call home.

2022 - 2023 Town Hall Lecture Series

May 21, 2024

Dr. Corey Martin
"Physician and Wellbeing Facilitator"

“Moving from Surviving to Thriving”

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  A Yale-trained family physician, Dr. Martin discusses the importance of relationships and the detrimental effect loneliness has on our communities and our own mental and physical well being.