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SOHO20, an artist-run gallery here, launched a backlash on July 17. The gallery opened an unjuried show for the first time, receiving over 180 pieces in response to a call to action against the “war on women.”
“In New York City, 93 percent of births occur in hospitals that supplement breast-feeding with formula, a practice known to undermine successful breastfeeding…Under a program(Latch on NYC) that begins on Labor Day, 27 of 40 hospitals in New York City that deliver babies now have agreed to stop supplement breast-feeding with formula unless it’s for medical reasons or at a mother’s request.”
Rallying hard at Paid Sick Day Rally NYC !
21 Leaders for the 21st Century: Tonight, We Honor 21 Who Lead Us toward Equality
Rita Henley Jensen pauses the news delivery to tell the ongoing story of Women’s eNews and reflect on tonight’s annual celebration of 21 honorees, leaders in the battle for safety, equality and freedom for girls and women.
Captain Brenda Berkman, Survivor of the First Responders, Read by Herself
Now you will hear Captain Brenda Berkman of the New York Fire Department, speaking the words she first spoke on November 14, 2001. The words of Captain Berkman, still active in the women’s rights movement, is an apt finale for our Opening the Way tour:
We all must make it our fight to raise the profile of women in this struggle: not just to give credit where credit is due, but also to ensure that American women are not made invisible in the way the women of Afghanistan have been forced into invisibility by the Taliban. The United States as a society is better than that. I would ask all of you to do everything you can to show your children that:
- Women are firefighters;
- Women are patriotic;
- Women are heroes.
21 Leaders for the 21st Century, 2012
Profile: Monica Winsor
For Monica Winsor, philanthropy is a bit like yoga: stretching oneself to find balance and to be in touch with one’s authentic self. The certified yoga instructor is a founding vice chair of Women Moving Millions, a loose-knit organization of women who have each agreed to channel a $1 million donation to nonprofits dedicated to improving women’s lives and to encourage others to do the same. To date, more than 180 women have made the pledge.
Monica Winsor will be honored as one of 2012’s 21 Leaders for the 21st Century at Women’s eNews’ annual 21 Leaders gala benefit on May 3rd.
Anita Hill speaking as Elizabeth Jennings
I told him not to lay his hands on me; he took hold of me and I took hold of the window sash and held on; he pulled me until he broke my grasp and I took hold of his coat and held on to that, he also broke my grasp from that (but previously he had dragged my companion out, she all the while screaming for him to let go). He then ordered the driver to fasten his horses, which he did, and come help him put me out of the car; they then both seized hold of me by the arms and pulled and dragged me flat down on the bottom of the platform, so that my feet hung one way and my head the other, nearly on the ground. I screamed murder with all my voice, and my companion screamed out “you’ll kill her; don’t kill her.” The driver then let go of me and went to his horses; I went again in the car, and the conductor said you shall sweat for this; then told the driver to drive as fast as he could and not to take another passenger in the car; to drive until he saw an officer or a Station House.
