Each year the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers highlights sixteen women, men and organizations that standout in the fight against gender violence. Representing November 29th, is: (more…)
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Asma Khader
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Kateri Tekakwitha
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Kateri Tekakwitha [tek”äkwith’u]
1656 – April 17, 1680
“Born in 1656 of an Algonquin Indian mother who was a devout Christian, and a pagan Mohawk chief. Kateri Tekakwitha was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II. Despite common understanding, Tekakwitha’s people were of a matrilineal tradition. Therefore, she belonged to the Algonquin nation. (more…)
Wilma Mankiller
Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Cherokee, Great American Women, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Medal of Freedom, National Native American Heritage Day, puma, The Denver Group, Wilma Mankiller on November 28, 2008| 5 Comments »
Former Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Born: 11/18/1945
Birthplace: Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Wilma Mankiller was born in Mankiller Flats near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, but as a child was moved with her family to California as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Relocation program, an event she details in her book Mankiller: A Chief and Her People. (more…)
Lydia Cacho Ribiero
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged 16 days, CWGL, gender violence, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Lydia Cacho Ribiero, Mexico, puma, The Denver Group on November 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Each year the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers highlights sixteen women, men and organizations that standout in the fight against gender violence. Representing November 28th, is: (more…)
National Native American Heritage Day
Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged feather, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, National Native American Heritage Day, Native American Heritage Month, puma, The Denver Group on November 28, 2008| 10 Comments »
November is Native American Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Tribal Nations: America’s Great Partners.”
Two points of celebration are: the honoring of Native American Veterans, who have maintained the highest active service as a group in the nation, and the honoring of Native American artists poets and writers. A third point of celebration is to honor educators.
I’ve attempted to introduce you to some terrific women in honor of the month. You’ll know their special status by the turkey feather. Do a search for “feather” in the box above right to find them.
In addition, today, November 28, 2008, is the First National Native American Heritage Day. (more…)
Sacagawea
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Explorer, Great American Heros, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, National Native American Heritage, Native American, puma, Sacagawea, Shoshone, Thanksgiving, The Denver Group, women on November 27, 2008| 1 Comment »
November
This month the seventeen year old Sacagawea, or Sakakawea, saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time, hunted for food to feed men who were tired of dried fish, and voted over where the Lewis and Clark Expedition would winter along the Oregon coast. She had begun her travels at sixteen with her French Canadian husband, Charbonneau, an black slave named York, who despite his efforts and another’s promise, would never be freed, and a gaggle of white men who did not speak her language. (more…)
Maria Jose Vasquez
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged CWGL, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, I Own My Vote, ICW, just say no deal, puma, Rutgers, The Denver Group on November 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Each year the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers highlights sixteen women, men and organizations that standout in the fight against gender violence. Representing November 27th, is: (more…)
Thanksgiving Quiz
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Laxmi Bohara
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Read what Heidi Li SAID about Hillary.
Each year the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers highlights sixteen women, men and organizations that standout in the fight against gender violence. Representing November 26th, is: (more…)
