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 December 5th, is: (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘I Own My Vote’
Hossam Bahgat
Posted in Politics, tagged Bahgat, Egypt, EIPR, Gender Discrimination, gender violence, Human Rights, I Own My Vote, Journalistic Freedom, just say no deal, New Woman Foundation, puma, Religious Freedom, The Denver Group on December 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Defensible? Iowa’s Marriages go to State Supreme Court
Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Human Rights, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, LGBT, puma, Same Sex Marriage, The Denver Group on December 4, 2008| 1 Comment »
Iowa’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act is about to be tested in the State Supreme Court. (more…)
Dr.Irene Fernandez
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Asia Pacific Forum, Courts, CWGL, Detention, Global Migration, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, I Own My Vote, Irene Martinez Trial, just say no deal, Kuala Lumpur, Malysia, puma, SUARAM, Tenaganita, The Denver Group on December 4, 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 December 4th, is: (more…)
Winona LaDuke
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Anishinabeg, Economist, Great American Women, Green, Honor the Earth, I Own My Vote, IEN, IWN, just say no deal, National Native American Heritage, Ojibwa, puma, The Denver Group, White Earth on December 4, 2008| 1 Comment »
Author, Environmental Activist, Economist, VP Political Candidate, Community Developer
Born: 1959
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
“There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.”
Winona LaDuke, is the daughter of Anishinabeg (Ojibwa) Vincent LaDuke (SunBear) and Russian Betty Bernstein. A member of the Ashland Oregon high school debate team, She determined to attend Harvard. While earning a degree in economic development from Harvard, she met and was influenced by Jimmy Durham, a well-known Cherokee activist. When she was 18, she addressed the United Nations on Native American issues. (more…)
The UK Moves Ahead on their Mortgage Problems
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Homeowner, I Own My Vote, Interest Deferment, just say no deal, Mortgage, puma, The Denver Group, UK on December 4, 2008| 1 Comment »
Worried about losing your Home? If you lived in the UK, this is what your government would be telling you: (more…)
Anaraa Nyamdorj
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged CEDAW, CWGL, HIV/AIDS, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, LGBT, Mongolia, puma, The Denver Group, Transgender, UN on December 3, 2008| 1 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 December 3rd, is: (more…)
Melamine: Hong Kong – 081203
Posted in Children, Feminism, Pets, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged China, Eggs, Hong Kong, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Melamine, puma, The Denver Group on December 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
China is still exporting some eggs that contain melamine. Eggs are not a product that sits on the back of the shelf for months. Therefore, it appears something is still uncorrected in the supply chain. (more…)
Odetta Has Left the Stage
Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Civil Rights, Folk Music Revival, Great American Women, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Odetta, puma, Singer, Song Writer, The Denver Group on December 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Those of us who know her music are mourning her loss today. (more…)
Stamp out Email Fraud!
Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged eMail Fraud, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, puma, The Denver Group on December 3, 2008| 1 Comment »
Honestly, why are we still getting this garbage in our email? With all the our advancement in “Big Brother” Technology, and giving up our rights with FISA, it’s darn annoying. It’s time consuming, and a waste of cyberspace. Plus, it still traps people. Why isn’t this illegal solicitation? Why isn’t this interstate or inter-country fraud worth pursuing? If they get a hundred people to fall for this cr*p, what does that pay for? Six terrorists? 15 backwater rapists? A good time kicking the next Shell or Exxon crew off a Nigerian oil rig? Or, maybe it bankrolls the local meth lab? Where’s the FBI on this, or the CIA? (more…)
Maria Tallchief
Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged Great American Women, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Native American Heritage Month, Osage, Prima Ballerina, puma, Tallchief, The Denver Group on December 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Maria Tallchief, (Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief)
America’s first Prima Ballerina; trained both as a pianist and as a dancer
b. January 24, 1925-
Fairfax, Okla.
Maria Tallchief parents were Alexander Joseph Tall Chief of the Osage Nation and Ruth, her Scotts-Irish mother. Due to the discovery of oil on the reservation in some ways her life was more comfortable than many. However, she and her family suffered through the Osage Indian Murders. Her cousin survived only because she was visiting Tallchief, while her cousin’s family was murdered. A white local rancher named Bill Hale killed, or was responsible for the death of at least 18 Osage people over an aborted attempt to grab oil rights and land. (more…)
