Guest blog post: Soraya Chemaly is a feminist starist and media critic. This excellent piece was originally published on The Huffington Post.
This week the Georgia State legislature debated a bill in the House, that would make it necessary for a woman to carry a stillborn baby until she 'naturally' goes into labor just as, according to Representative Terry England, pregnant cows and pigs do.
Tags activism community connection family feminism goals success
2012-03-15
Posted in AWR Guest Blogs
We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start?
In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she's met in her work in "patient capital" -- people who have immersed themselves in a cause, a community, a passion for justice.
These human stories carry powerful moments of inspiration.
Tags community economics goals health inspiration poverty success
2012-03-15
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)
Guest blog post: Soraya Chemaly is a feminist starist and media critic. She is also an insightful and thought-provoking blogger whom I greatly respect and admire. I highly recommend following her on Twitter.
This excellent piece was originally published on The Huffington Post.
We live in world where women, commodified, are celebrated for dressing "like sluts" to sell things.
Tags activism community connection family feminism goals success
2012-03-14
Posted in AWR Guest Blogs
Tags community connection feminism goals happiness health inspiration love
2012-03-12
Posted in Points to Ponder
Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss.
Rodriguez' son was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001; el-Wafi's son Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of a role in those attacks and is serving a life sentence.
Tags community conflict connection inspiration love mothers parenting spirituality war
2012-03-11
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)