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David Lanz: The Liverpool Trio’s Benefit for Womencare Shelter in Bellingham,...
The Liverpool Trio, © Carole May David Lanz is a prince of a guy and an amazing pianist and composer. Cristofori’s Dream, a tribute to the man who invented the piano 300 years ago, was #1 on...
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Happy V-Day, 2012!
Eve Ensler in Australia, 2012 Photo Credit: Paula Allen Valentine’s Day is on February 14. V-Day is a global daily celebration of love founded by Eve Ensler. She believes we should be creating and...
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Susan Carbon Talks to Forbes about Violence Against Women
Susan B. Carbon Forbes isn’t where I’d expect to see an interview with Susan Carbon, the director of the Office of Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice. Rahim Kanani asked her what...
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War on Women: “Hell to the NO!” Campaign ~ Are You In?
Tyler Perry as Madea with her cast-iron skillet Y’all know I’m a huge Tyler Perry fan. Through his iconic character Madea, he is trying to teach women to become emPOWERed ~ to stand tall for ourselves...
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Eve Ensler: Rep. Todd Akin Has Given Millions of Women Reason to Vote
Eve Ensler Why don’t you spend your time ending rape rather than redefining it? You’ve just given millions of women a very good reason to make sure you never get elected again, and an insanely good...
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Celebrating Purple in October: Half the Sky Documentary on PBS Tonight
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is a best-selling, critically-acclaimed book that has become a PBS...
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DV Awareness 2012: Celebrating Purple Ribbons and Logos
Since I couldn’t find a local DV Awareness event to attend this year, I decided to celebrate instead with a gallery of my favorite purple ribbons and logos. The National Network to End Domestic...
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“Still I Rise” Poem by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou after reading “Still I Rise” You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset...
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#1BillionRising
It’s like a huge feminist tsunami. - Eve Ensler One Billion Rising will start today in Samoa and spread around the world to all 200 countries! One Billion Rising is the largest global day of action to...
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Bravo, Rep. Suzan DelBene and Sen Patty Murray: VAWA Passes Congress!!!
Rep. Suzan Del Bene swearing in ceremony Congress did something right today and I am very proud of it. We passed legislation that will help save lives and protect victims of domestic violence. Rep....
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Bravo: Private Violence Wins a Sundance Institute Grant!
Wa-Hoo! The Sundance Institute just announced documentary film grant winners. I am beyond ecstatic to share that Private Violence won in the Production/Post-Production category: Private Violence...
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SCOTUS Opinion: No Guns for DV Perps!
Justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg, and Kagan Justice Sonia Sotomayor and her female colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) are my heroes today! SCOTUS ruled today that convicted domestic violence...
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Sexual Assaults on Campus: Survivor Alumni at Elite Universities Unite
Lisa Paige We are urging alumni not to donate to the capital campaign until we see some serious, significant change. That’s what alumni are for. - Lisa Paige, Harvard alumnae Survivor alumni from...
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RIP, Ken Schram: Seattle’s Champion for Preventing Violence Against Women
Ken Schram I’ve always been a grumpy old bastard. I’ve been one fortunate sonofabitch. - Ken Schram Seattle lost a legend this afternoon. Ken Schram was a news commentator for KOMO, Seattle’s ABC...
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Bill Cosby: Is He Guilty?
Bill Cosby I don’t know. We’ll never know. Yet, millions of women like me know in our souls that he’s guilty as hell. Why? We walked in the shoes of the women he “allegedly” raped. We know how...
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Sexual Assaults on Campus: The Hunting Ground
Rapists can rape with impunity on campus. – Andrea Pino Co-ed rape survivors are silent no more. The Hunting Ground is a documentary about rape on campus. It was produced by Amy Ziering, who was...
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Bravo: Potty-Mouth Princesses Cursing for a Cause
Lacey O’Connell (DV Survivor) and Luke Montgomery (writer/director/activist) on Rachel Ray, 11/7/14 We want to break the silence on domestic violence. In our household swearing is absolutely...
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Your Vote = Your Voice: Hillary Clinton Is a Champion for Us
Hillary Clinton When there wasn’t one person anywhere in the United States ~ not my family, not my friends, not one DV advocate or shelter ~ who would protect me from Oregon’s Appellate Court Judge R....
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Bravo: Victor Rivers!
A Private Family Matter by Victor Rivas Rivers is by far my favorite survivor memoir. He was in Everett, Washington on Thursday to be the keynote speaker at the Hope Within fundraising lunch for...
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Why I think Sen. Al Franken is innocent
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) When the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) first surfaced, I was outraged and felt betrayed. As the story unfolded, however, I will...
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