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10/14/11
As you may have seen on the news recently, the Horn of Africa is in the midst of a devastating famine. I recently had the opportunity to travel to Da’daab, refugee camps in eastern Africa where some 440,000 people are living with around 1,000 arriving each day, although they were built for fewer...
10/13/11
Toxic rubber ducky or poisonous toy train anyone? We don't want toxic toys either. That's why we're stepping up the pressure to get toxics out of toys. And we have a rare opportunity to do this. Please keep reading and take action because the window of opportunity here is small. Time is tight. On...
Claire Moshenberg's picture
10/13/11
For a long time – even before some of the current crop of presidential candidates began accusing America’s most successful public program of being nothing more than a “ Ponzi scheme ” – the national conversation about “fixing” Social Security has centered around cutting benefits or raising the...
Jennifer Clark's picture
10/13/11
UPDATE: 10/26/2011- We're adding new posts to the blog-a-thon below all the time! Scroll way down to check them out. Don't miss the great writing-- and if you're a blogger in support of Denver paid sick days and want to be included, drop us a note in the comment! *** Great news! The time has come...
Monifa Bandele's picture
10/13/11
The boldest attack on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Voter Initiative isn’t from the Chamber of Commerce. With large majorities supporting the November 2011 ballot measure, opponents know they have to do more than simply argue against the common sense notion that people shouldn’t go to work sick. They...
Donald Cohen's picture
10/13/11
Denver mommies and daddies with their babies, toddlers and preschool-aged children expressed their outrage that businesses don’t provide paid sick days to workers who interact with the public as they spoke out in favor of Initiative 300 at Hirshorn Park playground today. The parents pointed out...
10/13/11
Voting moms will have an opportunity to make Denver a healthier place to live by voting yes on the Paid Sick and Safe Time Initiative 300, a measure that will protect our city’s health, support our families and strengthen our economy. This is a very important issues for moms, dads and kids because...
10/13/11
With no school on Columbus Day in New York City, organizers of #OccupyWallStreet (OWS) put out a call for children to join them in lower Manhattan for an OWS Children’s Assembly. My kids and several of their friends attended, and worked their way into the inner-circle of children ranging in age...
Monifa Bandele's picture
10/12/11
The International Museum of Women is holding a call for submissions for creative work related to motherhood! Submit your work by Oct. 31 and you could win a $1,000 Community Choice award! http://imow.org/exhibitions/call_for_submissions?key=331 The mission of I.M.O.W. is to value the lives of women...
10/12/11
Chalk up a win for moms around the country. After years of battle, the chemical industry has reversed its longstanding position against restrictions on the controversial chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA, and asked the Food and Drug Administration to revise regulations on the use of the chemical...

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