title:
Diane Sands
creator:
Diane Sands; Leif Fredrickson
description:
Diane Sands discusses her role as a Democrat in the Montana State Senate representing parts of Missoula County during the COVID pandemic. She relates her extensive background in activism, politics and public history. She describes how the state politics interacted with local politics in Montana during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the pandemic shaped political culture in the Senate and in politics more broadly. Topics discussed include attacks on the Montana Constitution, a retreat from trust in government and science, and changing dynamics surrounding the balance between local and state governance. Sands also discusses how her understanding of history, her philosophy of politics, and her experiences shape how she approached the pandemic, both as a politician and as an individual.
publisher:
Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
contributor:
Leif Fredrickson
created:
2022-02-04
date Submitted:
2022-02-04
type:
Sound
identifier:
2022_128
language:
English
rights:
2/4/2022We grant and assign to Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana (Archives) as Project repository, non-exclusive rights of every kind pertaining to this interview, including, but not limited to, reproduction, distribution, preparation of derivative works, public performance, and display, whether or not such rights are now known, recognized or contemplated. This gift does not preclude any use that we ourselves may wish to make of the information in the recording and/or subsequent transcripts of such. Future uses may include, but are not limited to, the following: printed memoirs, written publications, radio and film and podcast productions, educational tools, and public performances. Many of these futures uses may be accessible through print, visual, electronic, or other available media, and the Internet, including Project and Archives online platforms.