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Mothers in Public Office

October 22, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Women are certainly taking it on the chin as funding cuts fall thick and fast. Topeka, Kansas has decided the city can no longer afford to prosecute perpetrators of domestic violence...
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Valerie Young
Childcare & Early Education

“Miss Representation”—Poised to Advance a Media Movement

October 22, 2011
This article originally appeared at The Women's Media Center . The documentary shown on Oprah’s OWN network takes on the disparagement of women and girls in the media in a comprehensive way. Marianne Schnall talks to “Miss Representation” filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Jennifer Siebel Newsom We...
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Marianne Schnall
Open Flexible Work

Building a Grassroots Movement: Taking Workplace Flexibility From Private to Public

October 21, 2011
By now it should come as no surprise to anyone to hear that American parents are struggling to meet the conflicting demands of their jobs and their families. As the field of work-life research has grown over the past two decades, we've seen hundreds of studies showing that structural changes in the...
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Kathleen Christensen

Parks and Recreation: Thank You for the Pawnee Goddesses

October 20, 2011
I used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawled out on the couch and tuned in to the ongoing exploits of a myriad of makeup lacquered, fresh out of...
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Claire Moshenberg
Childcare & Early Education

Can Congress get any spookier?

October 19, 2011
On Halloween, kids can be whatever they want to be: From astronauts, to ghosts, to red-nosed clowns, all of their costume dreams can come true for a day. But we have a secret: There’s a little Halloween magic happening all year round. Quality early care and education gives kids the foundation to be...
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Sarah Francis
Environmental Health

my friend Wendy- by Parenting.Illustrated With Crappy Pictures.

October 19, 2011
Warning: this post isn't funny. The sentence before this one is not a joke. I mean, there might be parts that are slightly funny but that is just pure luck. So I have this best friend and we'll call her Wendy. We'll call her Wendy because that is her real name. She said I could use it so we are...
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Amber Dusick
Family Economic Security Health Care

With Child Poverty on the Rise, Can the Super Committee be Champions for our Kids?

October 18, 2011
The recent release of the new census data should serve as a stark reminder to the 12 members of the Congressional “ Super Committee ” that our nation’s children are in crisis. Overall, the data revealed that the number of children living in poverty has risen to a record 16 million . That’s greater...
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Jared Solomon
Environmental Health Health Care

Detox Your Workday and Green Your Office

October 18, 2011
Your workday may be difficult or carefree, happy or less so, busy or boring. No matter how your day at the office is going (and I hope it's going well), the one thing it shouldn't be is toxic. Offices and workday rituals can contain the same toxic chemicals that show up in our homes. Try these five...
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Claire Moshenberg

Pray the Devil Back to Hell: How Mothers Brought the Peace

October 18, 2011
Gini Reticker, an Academy Award nominated Producer and Emmy-winning Director, is one of the creators of Women, War & Peace . She is the Director of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, winner of Tribeca’s Best Documentary 2008. Below she reflects on the power of storytelling and the role of women in...
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Gini Reticker

Take A Stand: Support Parents Occupy Wall Street

October 18, 2011
While the media has painted, rightfully so or not, that the Wall Street protestors are just a bunch of hippies, radicals and druggies, I believe that the discontentment they are expressing is valid and widespread. As a father and a filmmaker, I’d like to see a more representative face put on this...
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Dana Glazer

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