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Introduction
Panel #1: Parenting, Working and COVID-19
Sarah Krumm
Parent, Coordinator
Early Childhood Community Council; kidsLINK after school program, Greater Gallatin United Way
Joanna Skiff
Parent
Havre, MT
Panel #2: Preparing for “Back to School”
Hosted by
Mara Silvers
Reporter, Montana Free Press
Silvers returns to her home state from producing Slate’s daily news podcast What Next. Before that she worked as a producer and reporter in the WNYC/Gothamist newsroom at New York Public Radio. Her work has been featured on NPR, The United States of Anxiety, The Takeaway, Nancy, and Montana Public Radio.
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