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International Women’s Day Event: Gender in the Justice SystemInternational Women’s Day Event: Gender in the Justice System
As the state of the U.S. educational system is scrutinized and debated, effective parenting is cited as a necessary element in student success. Yet this year, thousands of mothers in the United States will not have the option of waiting for their children at the bus stop. They won’t attend open houses, and they will…
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100 Years of Empowerment: Boston One of Ten Cities to Host International Women’s Day Celebration.
Some of the country’s most successful women gathered at the Back Bay Sheraton Hotel in Boston to celebrate century of activism, empowerment and progress during the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8th. This year, International Women’s Day Boston was sponsored by the Boston Women’s Network. According to IWD’s website [internationalwomensday.com], the first official…
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Charity Spotlight: Fashion Delivers
Victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan whose homes were washed away by a wall of sea have been left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. After needs for food and water are met, survivors need items such as clothes, sheets, blankets and towels. That’s where national charity Fashion Delivers steps in.…
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Exclusive Interview with New York Times Columnist Gail Collins
New York Times Columnist and author Gail Collins never imagined her writing career would take her as far as it has. Collins says she picked up her interest in writing early in life from her mother. She would later grow up to earn a degree in journalism from Marquette University and a degree in government…
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Conversation with Street Logic Author Steve Sundberg
Steve Sundberg is the author of the reality based novel Street Logic, the highly acclaimed and riveting portrayal of people facing the daily trauma and cruel circumstances of homelessness. Street Logic has been praised as “The most closely observed, emotionally charged account of American homelessness I know” by Harvard University Professor of Social Policy Christopher…
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Project 50/50: Streets of Savannah Part 3
We stood proudly on the tailgate and surveyed the pile of food. 126 items was a new record for me. It had taken the two of us more than six hours, and I could see that Michael was genuinely excited to give it away. He had been asking me where we were going to donate…
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Dancing with Demons: On Living with Depression
In Honor of my supportive, family, friends and fans. One restless night among the many restless nights of living a life marred with relentless anxiety and depression, I dreamt that I was walking along a boardwalk somewhere in America with my psychiatrist walking alongside me, trying desperately to talk me out of ending my life.…
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Making The Count: Cambridge/Somerville Conduct 2011 Homeless Census
Cambridge and Somerville conducted their annual census of homeless individuals on January 28. Cambridge and Somerville have conducted a joint homeless census for the past eleven years. The two cities have co-coordinated a homeless census because homeless individuals cross between neighborhoods like Porter and Inman Square that straddle both cities. “The Cambridge/Somerville homeless census is…
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Exclusive interview with feminist writer Kate Millett
After being named one of the most active and passionate of the pioneer feminists, Kate Millett now lives a far more relaxed life along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York. But she still has the cause in her, for all women to be equal and make a difference in our world. A natural artist,…
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James Shearer: fight to the finish
There was a hill right next to the school for wayward boys, where James Shearer attended classes as a teenager, and he used to race a classmate up and down the hill when there was nothing else to do. There was often nothing else to do, and James was in good shape, but he never…
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