Ignoring Precedent: Stop Making Women’s Equality a Political Question Mark
[ad_1] On January 27, 2022, standing before the White House in below freezing temperatures just as the suffragists had done in 1917, Americans marked the two-year anniversary of ratification of the ERA, which states: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of […]
Benefitting from Female Governors: Could Your State Be Next?
[ad_1] November’s midterm elections produced several landmark election outcomes worthy of celebration. For the first time in history, the United States has entered double-digits and broken its own record for the number of women governors. The 12 women elected or re-elected governor in November eclipse the previous (and current) record of nine. Importantly, three of these states—Arkansas, Massachusetts, and New York–elected a […]
Sugar and Spice and Not So Nice: The Roar for Little Girls
[ad_1] It was at first quiet and misty in Lafayette Park across from the White House where several hundred from various groups were gathering – namely Virginia National Organization for Women (NOW), Equal Means Equal, and Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights – but as the raindrops came and a storm brewed so did a clarion […]
One Billion Rising 2023: Activists Around the World will Rise for Freedom
[ad_1] ONE BILLION RISING recently announced its 2023 theme and campaign: RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture. The campaign addresses the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies and the body of the earth. […]
Nevada’s Universal Equal Rights Amendment: The First, but Certainly Not The Last
[ad_1] After inspiring mainstream focus on the federal Equal Rights Amendment by ratifying it with Illinois and Virginia, Nevada has become the first state to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in the text of their state-level Equal Rights Amendment. The new amendment passed the legislative sessions in 2019 and 2021 […]
Diversity is Not About Nouns: Finding Commonalities with the Disabilities Community
[ad_1] As a comedian, I have found that comedy is particularly effective at leveling the playing field when it comes to communication with an audience. But, as a ‘Sit-Down’ comic (born with Cerebral Palsy – C.P.), I understand the subtleties between expressing disability as a flaw rather than a challenge. Regardless of one’s abilities, comedy, […]
When It Comes to Abortion, It’s a Topsy Turvy World
[ad_1] There is Supreme irony (pardon the pun) in the fact that our political parties have given us a frightening and baffling turn of events on the issue of the court and abortion. Strategies that were deemed by some on the left as too radical and far-sweeping in 1973 are now being adopted as far-sighted by […]
Dating Abuse: From Education to Prevention
[ad_1] It was Kristen’s first relationship. For the better part of five years, when she was 15 to 20 years old, she was raped and strangled with a belt or hands by her boyfriend, a peer. The belt strangulation caused burst capillaries, which she covered with makeup. She reflected that she was so deep into the relationship, she […]