In the bestselling book Three Cups of Tea, the king of Bhutan, a country in the Himalayas, is said to have remarked that the “true measure of a nation’s success is not gross national product, but ‘gross national happiness.’” Judging by this measure, America does not rank very highly. A few years ago, a Pew Research [...]
LOUISVILLE, KY — As I mentioned on my blog MotherTalkers, I was a speaker at the Coffee Party Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. Before I delve into day two of the conference, I have some leftover pics and stories from the previous night. There was a bipartisan panel in support of the Fair Elections Now Act [...]
An iTunes gift card…a Target gift card…Godiva chocolates…and more. Worth playing for? Then please do come to this year’s Netroots Nation Parents Caucus, which will be held this Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the Miranda 5 room at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. We will open up this year’s caucus with a [...]
Governor Sarah Palin has been bad news for those fighting for better work/family balance on two counts. She has unleashed a torrent of criticism, even from progressives, that amounts to old-fashioned sexist discrimination.
When ABC did their story on maternal profiling, I was really glad about it. Not, of course, about maternal profiling, but the fact that a mainstream media outlet was picking up on this issue.
On Monday, Kiki delivered your 6,100-name petition all over Harrisburg; visited dozens of legislative offices; spread the word to anyone who would listen about SB 440 and HB 352; AND spoke at a conference of the Pennsylvania Women’s Commission! Whew. Her report is so amazing, and awesome, I am sharing with you the whole, wonderful thing…
Good Morning,
I am still recovering from my trip to Harrisburg on Monday, October 23rd. Thus my delay in getting my report out to you. My dear friend and colleague Debbi accompanied me on this trip. She had never been involved in any political activity so this was quite an eye opening experience for her.
The Huffington Post has a wonderful feature called “Becoming Fearless,” edited by a very talented woman named Romi Lassally.
To me, Kiki is the ideal representation of fearlesness, and right now, HuffPo is running a post that I wrote about Kiki and the remarkable campaign she has initiated in Pennsylvania, called, Fearless Kiki, so stop by!
Well, the blogs are keeping it going and it is awe inspiring.
Over at MotherTalkers.com, Elisa has a fantastic conversation going on about single moms in the workplace. I really like this comment from “Shenanigans”:
If you’ve got someone in your office who has to leave early to pick up the kids regularly, figure out a solution. If they’re worth keeping, put them on part time or figure out how they can do some work from home or have them put in time in some other way.
Politics TV is running video of the remarks made by Senator Hilary Clinton, Senator Barak Obama, Senator Chris Dodd, and Senator Ted Kennedy at last week’s Capitol Hill screening of The Motherhood Manifesto documentary. It is amazing to watch these clips and to hear how personally the Senators talk about the importance of MomsRising.org, the MotherHood Manifesto, and the issues surrounding motherhood and family life that we all care so deeply about. (Senator Obama is especially moving.) Plus, you get to see our lovely Joan and Kristin too!
Across Pennsylvania, in Harrisburg, in Washington, DC, in the blogs and over the airwaves, our campaign for the mothers of Pennsylvania, and everywhere, reached new, exciting, and interesting heights this week.
Let’s start with Kiki in Harrisburg:
Kiki delivered a 123 page, 5,200 name petition to key lawmakers in Harrisburg, much to the amazement, and befuddlement, of some legislative staffers. “That is not true!” exclaimed one staffer when Kiki told her that in Pennsylvania it was legal to ask about marriage and family in a job interview. The especially disturbing part about that exchange is the staffer works for Sen. John Gordner – who appears hell-bent to stall the legislation in his committee until it dies – as Mr. Gordner obviously isn’t sharing the legislation with people in his office. Kiki did learn from members of Gordner’s staff that within the past week or two, calls and emails have flooded their office from all over the country regarding that “mysterious” SB 440. (You guys ROCK!)
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