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03/02/13
BREAKING NEWS: First Lady Michelle Obama shared a warm video welcome to the MomsRising.org "Food Power" Conference. For this "Food Power" Conference, MomsRising.org, the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization with more than 1.1 million members, is bringing together moms, dads, bloggers,...
Kristin's picture
03/01/13
Developing a strong influence strategy requires thinking through four critical elements: A clear sense of the decision(s) that need to get made; An understanding of who makes these decision(s); An informed hypothesis about how the decision(s) will get made; and An understanding of how the...
Kristen Grimm's picture
03/01/13
This past President’ Day my oldest child turned 18 and instead of celebrating his young adulthood with him, I was across the country standing on the National Mall with more than 40,000 strangers. While I may sound like an uncaring mom, the opposite is true. I’d gone to Washington DC precisely...
Diana Donlon's picture
02/28/13
Same product. Two different labels. An appalling double standard when it comes to our health.
Cassidy Randall's picture
02/28/13
Sheryl Sandberg is telling women to “lean in.” She's encouraging us to strive for bigger and better jobs. She's telling us to resist “leaving before we leave” in anticipation of having families. Through her “lean in circles,” women will have opportunities to share success stories about how leaning...
Liz Watson's picture
02/28/13
Knoxville, Tennessee...McAllen, Texas...Little Rock, Arkansas...Albuquerque, New Mexico...Los Angeles, California. Besides L.A., many of these southern U.S. cities wouldn’t normally be considered the center of a green tech revolution. Yet, they are, and are also employing large numbers of Latinos...
Elisa Batista's picture
02/28/13
On February 12th, the Senate passed S. 47, a bill that reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by a 78-22 margin. VAWA is our nation’s response to domestic and sexual violence and provides the greatest source of programming and funding for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the...
Sharon Stapel's picture
02/28/13
On January 21, 2013, the National Mall in Washington DC was packed with thousands of eager people who witnessed President Barack Obama get sworn in for his second term. During his speech, President Obama reminded us of our “vow to move forward together” on the challenges we face together as a...
02/28/13
It is ironic that the month of March, established by the U.S. Congress, in 1987, as “Women’s Month of History”, may this year be remembered as the month in which the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize one of the most powerful legal tools for the protection of ALL women against...
M. DeLois Strum's picture
02/28/13
Long before my day-to-day professional life involved advocating for the Violence Against Women Act – and before I even knew that VAWA existed – I believed in the importance of this bill. As a college student, I volunteered at a transitional housing program for survivors of domestic violence and...
Shaina Goodman's picture

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