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Saint Paul, MN – Today, the VoteVets Emerging Leaders Program officially endorsed Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Commissioner. “We are seeing a record number of women veterans running for office this year, including local races like county commissioner,” said Charles Cox, campaign manager at Volunteers for Trista. “Trista will be Read more…
From councils to Congress, they’re urged to shake off misgivings and “Just do it.”
MatasCastillo, a veteran, was often the first or the only woman in her military jobs… Competing against other women in the county commissioner race, she said, “was kind of awesome. I felt kindred sisterhood in my heart.” She won the DFL endorsement on March 10.
“MatasCastillo earned 66.27 percent of the vote on the second ballot, winning the endorsement over Rettman (18 percent) and Nguyen Moore (14.9 percent).” Longstanding County Commissioner Janice Rettman faced well-organized endorsement challenges from military veteran Trista MatasCastillo…
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is endorsing Trista MatasCastillo, a legislative aide to a Ramsey County board member, for a seat on the board over incumbent County Commissioner Janice Rettman, who has held the seat representing St. Paul, Roseville and Falcon Heights for more than 20 years. Trista MatasCastillo, Janice Read more…
Election 2018 may be more than a year away, but one of the longest-standing members of the Ramsey County Board already has a challenger. Trista MatasCastillo, a 16-year military veteran and housing advocate who lives in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood, launched her campaign this week for the District 3 seat Read more…
In August 2011, the Make the Connection team heard from 21 Veterans in Minneapolis and met a remarkable military couple: Trista, a Veteran of the Army, Marine Corps, and Army National Guard; and Hector, a U.S. Army Ranger. Trista shared her experience with military sexual trauma and PTSD. Hector discussed Read more…
This week we discuss the centennial of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, learn about a veteran housing program called Journey Home Minnesota and get an update from our Senior Enlisted Advisor. Guests include: Doug Bekke – Military Historical Society of Minnesota Maj. Scott Ingalsbe – 34th Red Bull Infantry Read more…
A man and woman are in the car ahead, and the car has a veteran’s license plate. Which one is the veteran? Most people would identify the man. But maybe this time it’s the woman. As the number of women in the military grows, so does the number of women Read more…
Lu Griffin has no doubt at all that her deceased mother, Enid Frances Larson Griffin of St. Anthony Park, would have gladly worn a “pussyhat” at the Women’s March on Washington this weekend. “She would have loved it,” Griffin said of her family matriarch, a former Ramsey County jail chaplain Read more…
Various initiatives underway to support and honor veterans will be featured on the upcoming Compass public affairs program airing on Pioneer Public Television on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at 12:30 p.m. Compass producer Laura Kay Prosser travels to Atwater Minnesota to hear about the genuine interaction that happens between veterans and wounded warriors through the Read more…
Next Up: Trista Matascastillo of the Minnesota Humanities Center is in the studio to discuss Veterans affairs. We will also be discussing the upcoming Veteran’s Voices awards and the Echoes of War discussion. Tune in to hear how female veterans are making their voices heard, this weekend on A Woman’s Place!
The Bush Foundation has awarded 2016 Bush Fellowships to 24 people who have shown leadership accomplishments and have “extraordinary potential.” The annual fellowships are available to those who apply from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 area Native nations. Those selected receive $100,000, over one to two years, for Read more…
Trista Matascastillo knew the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Her husband was diagnosed with the condition in 2004, and as an Army officer, she had been trained to recognize the warning signs. When some of those same hints manifested in her, however, Trista failed to recognize them. That all Read more…
Trista Matascastillo served 16 years in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army National Guard. She currently serves as the Veterans’ Voices Program Officer with the Minnesota Humanities Center and as Chair of the Women Veterans Initiative, a non-profit advocating for equality and develops programming specific to the needs of women Read more…
Last Sunday night’s game between the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty was important for many reason. The Lynx and Liberty, leaders of their respective conferences, were battling it out for the best record in the WNBA, as well as attempting to clinch the top seeds in their respective Read more…
LITTLE FALLS – When people ask Staff Sgt. Amity Marver if she’s happy about women getting to serve in more combat roles in the military, she chuckles. Marver spent nearly two years on an extended tour in Iraq, where as a truck commander, driver and gunner, she helped provide security Read more…