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If you haven’t been over to the Confluence today, go to Stateofdisbelief’s ruminations on Du Bois’s essay, and read how this “state of double consciousness” might apply to women.  Go HERE. (more…)

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Alert! A cannula (Plural is cannulae) is a tube, inserted into the body that allows for the transport of fluid, like blood. If you are in the medical profession or have a child who may need a heart operation, read this: (more…)

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b16_days_topEach 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 6th, is: (more…)

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WAD08

Did you miss International World AIDS day on December 1st?

 Time to catch up. In the Bay Area the subject of HIV/AIDS has been with us since it’s first discovery. In commemorating the day, here’s what CA Representative Jackie Speier had to SAY.

The National Woman’s Law Center released something similar.

WAD08: AIDS Still Increasingly Wears a Woman’s Face

December 05, 2008

By Candace Webb, Outreach Manager

National Women’s Law Center

[This week, we marked the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, but also the first World AIDS Day we observed since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its controversial new HIV incidence data -– revealing the HIV epidemic in the United States is far worse than we previously thought….]

http://www.womenstake.org/2008/12/wad08-aids-still-increasingly-wears-a-womans-face.html

Really, in this new world, if you haven’t learned to bring your rubbers by this time, what should we think of you?

 

I Own My Vote, PUMA, The Denver Group, Just Say No Deal

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b16_days_topEach 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…)

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Iowa’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act is about to be tested in the State Supreme Court. (more…)

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b16_days_topEach 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…)

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featherWinona LaDuke

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…)

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Worried about losing your Home? If you lived in the UK, this is what your government would be telling you: (more…)

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b16_days_topEach 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…)

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