Speakers

Jan is from Hanou Germany and Michele is from Bergamo Italy. While attending Waseac High School they been exchange students living with Mikhail Rostislavovich and his brother Duane Tostensen. They will be speaking about thier experience here in Waseca. These young men are here through they exchange program High School USA. 

This is always a fun meeting where we learn what the 4-H students are working on at the fair. And we get a great meal from the 4-H Building! Meet at the 4-H Food Building and we will eat at the picnic tables behid the building. 

Tasha Moulton is the Sr Program Manager at The REACH Resource Center, a program through Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota. Tasha has a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Leadership, and is pursuing a master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership. Tasha is passionate about the safety and well-being of all children and youth, and has been in the field of youth homelessness for over ten years. When she’s not working, she enjoys reading, spending time with family, and has an obsession with photography

Braver Angels is a National Grassroots organization working to depolarize America. The division in our political system is not working for the country or any of us. Braver Angels’ approach has been likened to the “Four-Way Test in action.”  The skills training available through Braver Angels can help us create goodwill and better friendships across the political divide which will be beneficial to all concerned.

 

Specifically, our efforts are focused on:

 

• Grassroots
• Academia
• Media
• Politics & Government
• The root of our organizing, however, begins in the transformation of our attitudes towards each other. The foundation of all our activities is what we refer to as patriotic-empathy: the idea that our love for our country is shown by our concern for our fellow citizens.

A Chicago native, Ed Marek came to Minnesota to earn an MBA from the University of Minnesota. The majority of Ed’s professional career was in nonprofit fundraising and management, most notably with the American Red Cross and the Minnesota Environmental Fund. During his time with the Red Cross, he served on numerous national disaster assignments traveling throughout Minnesota as well as Louisiana and Missouri. Ed has been a member of four Rotary clubs: Shakopee, Eden Prairie, St. Paul Sunrise and now Northfield. Ed served as 5960 District Governor in 2020-21. In his spare time, he enjoys cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, kayaking, camping, hiking and reading.