When The Powerful Use Their Position To Bully Others, We All Lose – also talking about New Models of Manhood
From Meryl Streep to Tracee Ellis Ross, women took center stage at Sunday’s Golden Globes and demanded we celebrate them –
not for what they’re wearing, but for who they are and what they do. On the red carpet, Evan Rachel Wood explained she wore a tuxedo so that, “young women and girls know that [dresses] aren’t a requirement and that you don’t have to wear one if you don’t want to. Just be yourself, because your worth is much more than that.” Continue reading
Illinois becomes 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Will North Carolina be the 38th?
Sent in to SheVille.org by Roberta Madden ERA-NC Alliance Immediate Release May 30, 2018
P.O. Box 11712 Durham, NC 27703 www.era-nc.org (984) 244-0611 For more information contact: Audrey Muck, [email protected], 336-480-1947
WESTERN WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER Services and Events
The Community Foundation of WNC Women for Women Giving Circle Makes Historic Commitment to Prevent Violence
Helpmate, Our VOICE, Mountain Child Advocacy Center and Pisgah Legal are launching a long term plan to prevent domestic violence, sexual violence and child abuse in our community!
NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS’ NETWORK: Critiquing and Editing Service: A Reintroduction
Did you know the North Carolina Writers’ Network offers an ongoing critiquing and editing service for its members? Through this program, Network writers have the opportunity to open a dialogue about their work with established writers and editors of varying backgrounds and areas of expertise.
Whether you write fiction or essays, poetry or travelogues, there is a critiquer waiting to help you and your writing take that next step.
How to Talk to Little Girls
I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that pretty ruffled gown, you gorgeous thing!”
SLEEPING THINGS Prose Poems by Holly Iglesias
“If you are a writer in want of dynamite material, it really helps if you grew up in a white bread Midwestern suburb and were taught by nuns (“Each night I pray one Hail Mary for good grades, one for a vocation, and one for miniature golf”), and as a young adult found yourself embedded in a refugee community, trapped in the middle of the culture wars.
Data and Trust – 4 Painful Lessons from Facebook By Frank Grillo and Mark Blessington
If there was ever a doubt about the strategic nature of data, it should be long gone now. Facebook has made a public spectacle of what happens when you get your data strategy wrong. An early read on four macro-level lessons Facebook teaches us about data strategy is provided below. An article is sent in by Mark Blessington
CONSERVING CAROLINA
We are Conserving Carolina, formed by the consolidation of two sister organizations, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Pacolet Area Conservancy. Our organizations, each with deep roots and strong histories of conserving our lands and natural resources, have united to increase conservation efforts in our area. Combining our expertise, talents and resources under a consolidated banner, we can do more for you!
Addiction Resource, Substance Use, Domestic Violence & Consumer Safety Information
Defective Medical Devices and Dangerous Medications
Aretha Franklin Queen of Soul laid to rest in Detroit. “Make Love Great Again!”
Stevie Wonder’s full performance. “Make love great again!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Jennifer Holliday and choir help Aretha climb higher.
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WOMEN ARE NOT PROTECTED in the U. S. Constitution – Here Are the Ramifications
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, may appear to safeguard women against discrimination, but Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia went on record insisting this isn’t the case.
“Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex, the only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t. Nobody ever voted for that,” he said. (In an interview for the January 2011 issue of California Lawyer)
A good summary of what happened this week in the NC General Assembly
Sent in by Diane Amos July, 2018
• North Carolina: It’s truly astonishing how relentless North Carolina Republicans are in their ceaseless zeal to undermine democracy. This week, they called a blitzkrieg legislative session where they swiftly advanced two more measures to entrench their power by unfairly and arbitrarily tilting the playing field to their benefit.
BLUE RIDGE MUSIC TRAILS of North Carolina – Events
Click here for Events Listing: Blue Ridge Music Trails Events and places of interest.
| Wednesday night bluegrass at the Ugly Dog Pub in Highlands Monday night music at the Tasty Weasel Taproom in Brevard and…need a holiday gift idea??? How about the Beautiful Blue Ridge Calendar? It WILL fit in a stocking! All proceeds support the work of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, including The Blue Ridge Music Trails. |
Welcome to the Western Carolina Medical Society PROJECT ACCESS
About Project Access®
Project Access® is a ground-breaking physician volunteer initiative providing access to comprehensive medical care for low-income uninsured Buncombe County residents since 1996. More than 2,500 low-income individuals in Buncombe County receive healthcare through Project Access® annually.
Deep Economics by Mark Blessington
NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL
The North Carolina Arts Council launched its work in 1967 as awareness of the importance of arts to all citizens was becoming a national movement. In the ensuing nearly 50 years the arts in North Carolina have come to be valued as one of our state’s most durable and productive assets.
Hike WNC
There are hundreds upon hundreds of individual hiking trails in Western North Carolina, but how do you piece them together into an outing with a great destination? We’ve done that work for you!
