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Sending Off My Nervous Baby Into the World – of Standardized Testing

March 13, 2012
I’m mad this morning. My eight-year old (8!, yes, just 8! in third grade!) is a nervous wreck. Today is the first day of PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, or Pissed Students Seriously Anxious?!) Standardized testing at her school. They’ve been prepping for weeks (or is it months?) to...
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Homa Tavangar
Environmental Health Food!

Keep Arsenic out of our Chicken and our Environment

March 12, 2012
“Reckless.” “Dangerous.” And “just plain crazy.” Those are the ways that scientists, environmentalists, and nurses describe the widespread practice of adding arsenic compounds to poultry feed. Yes, arsenic, one of the world’s most deadly poisons, a Class A carcinogen that is associated not only...
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Maryland State Delegate Tom Hucker
Health Care

Webinar Highlights Importance of Language Access and Data Collection

March 12, 2012
Our Equity and the ACA webinar series got off to a great start in January with a presentation from Peter Lee of the California Health Benefit Exchange, and our next web forum promises to be equally interesting and informative. Of the 6.7 million Californians eligible for Medi-Cal and tax credits in...
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Ellen Wu
Environmental Health Health Care

Chemicals of Concern to Our Children

March 12, 2012
As moms, we all want to protect our children from harm. But what if that harm is invisible, occurs daily, and is almost impossible to stop without government intervention?
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Michelle Noehren
Open Flexible Work

A Working Mom's Journey to a Results-Only Work Environment

March 12, 2012
I want to share a story from my friend, Rebecca. She's a successful lawyer and mom, and she's been on the hunt for a better work environment. I hope you enjoy her story. In June 2012, I wrote a blog post called “ Having It All ”. I shared my journey through law school, the entry into private...
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Cali Ressler

Pointed Comments on the Blunt Amendment

March 11, 2012
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Last week, the ability to control our fertility nearly careened over a cliff when the Blunt Amendment came up for a vote in the U.S. Senate. Sponsors of the Amendment were angered by the...
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Valerie Young
Health Care

United, as Women and for Women

March 9, 2012
Yesterday was the 101st annual International Women’s Day . In some countries this Day holds the same stature as Mother’s Day and celebrates women’s economic, political and social achievements. More or less concurrently, proposals landed in Congress and in states around the nation to excuse...
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Barbara Coombs Lee

Michigan Women's Foundation Celebrates International Women's Day

March 9, 2012
Today we here at the Michigan Women’s Foundation celebrate International Women’s Day, a day where women are recognized for their social, academic, political, and economic achievements. While taking the time to reflect on the histories of global womanhood, today, of all days, is a day to look at...
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Carolyn Cassin
Childcare & Early Education

Momma grizzlies: Rise up on International Women's Day!

March 9, 2012
Mothers are considered to be among the most revered members of our society. Celebrities publicly thank their moms for helping them to achieve their dreams. Politicians wax poetic about valuable childhood lessons bestowed upon them by their mothers. Even female politicians talk about how their...
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Felicia Burnett

International Women's Day: Living at the intersections

March 9, 2012
March 8 is International Women's Day - first celebrated over 100 years ago. International Women's Day brings attention to women around the world- the underserved, the underrepresented, the undervalued, the invisible, the hardworking, the poor. In October 2011, Family Equality Council, along with...
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Heron Greenesmith

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