Blog Carnivals

February 24, 2011

I have had the great privilege and blessing of being an African American woman in America. Some would consider this a curse because it has been a difficult and challenging walk, but I am truly proud and thankful to be black. It has made me strong. I stand on the backs of giants and a people who...

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Chantal Reynolds

Blog Carnivals

February 24, 2011

This month is a special time of the year for me, not exactly like Christmas or Thanksgiving, but a time to reflect on family and the legacy that was left behind by my great grandfather, Charlie Sharp. My great grandfather was born in the 1800s and was an indentured slave. He overcame many struggles...

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Carrie Smith

Blog Carnivals

February 24, 2011

Recently several dear friends have written to tell me of their number twos on the way. Each note registers as a tiny shock to my system. I saw these children coming; I expected them in the natural course of things. But I always thought I would respond with my own exclamation, my little bit of...

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Rebecca Walker

Blog Carnivals

February 24, 2011

My seven year old got confused between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. She kept insisting that her first grade teacher taught them about Martin Luther King, Jr. and all the work he did to help people during the Civil War. It was a hilarious conversation as I tried to explain the two...

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Dawn Comer Jefferson

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 24, 2011

As a pediatrician, mother, and an African American woman, I celebrated as both First Lady Michelle Obama and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin recently lent their voices to encourage strong support for breastfeeding. It’s inspiring to have prominent, influential African American women issuing a call...

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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 19, 2011

Calling every CA parent! You have the opportunity to help make health coverage for *every single* California child a reality. Here's the deal: Between now and March 1, parents with uninsured children can lock in lower premiums on private insurance-- even if the kids have pre-existing conditions...

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Ashley Boyd

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

November 19, 2010

Earlier this year I was helping out with the census. I was working late night shifts, early morning shifts, all kinds of shifts and was blown away by the people that were there working on the census with me. I was doing the job because I wanted to make sure that I was helping with the process. The...

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Kety Esquivel

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

November 17, 2010

You probably didn’t know it, but today is Parents’ Day. For 89 years, during the third week in November, we celebrate American Education Week, and each day of the week we celebrate a different aspect of what makes education work. Today is Parents’ Day. Any teacher will tell you how much we rely on...

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Lily Eskelsen

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

November 17, 2010

There was good news for our flailing economy from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this month. More than 150,000 jobs were added in the United States in October and private sector payrolls grew by 159,000. But there was some news that didn’t change: unemployment held steady at 9.6 percent. Almost 15...

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Linda Meric

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

November 16, 2010

Most of us will never know what it feels like to see our unemployment insurance benefits run out. But that doesn’t mean we can’t feel for the people who are at the economic edge, just eking by because of that check for a few hundred dollars. Aimee Brittain, 32, is coming up on a year without a job...

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Eve Tahmincioglu