I was recently asked by Luz Corcuera, the Executive Director of UnidosNow, to come speak to her Future Leaders high school members who were doing a special day-long program at New College of Florida. UnidosNow was formed to represent the integration needs of the region’s fastest-growing and most under-represented … Continue reading
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Today is 50/50 Day! Watch This Amazing Video About Equality!
Today, May 10th, is the first annual 50/50 Day, with thousands of organizations, companies, schools, museums, libraries and homes — anywhere people already gather — in a global conversation about what it will take to get to a more gender-balanced world in all sectors of society: business, politics, culture, home, and more. There is a video … Continue reading
Hidden Horror of K-12 School Sex Assaults Revealed by AP
Relying on state education records, supplemented by federal crime data, a yearlong investigation by The Associated Press uncovered roughly 17,000 official reports of sex assaults by students over a four-year period, from fall 2011 to spring 2015. Though that figure represents the most complete tally yet of sexual assaults among the nation’s 50 million K-12 … Continue reading
National Women’s Law Center Releases Shocking Report on the Treatment of Girls in Our Schools
Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released Let Her Learn: Stopping School Pushout, a new set of reports on the intersecting barriers that threaten girls’ educational success. This past year, the NWLC surveyed over 1,000 girls ages 14-18 and based on their feedback, gathered new data on the experiences of: Girls who have suffered harassment and sexual … Continue reading
FACEing Mental Illness Art Exhibit Shines the Spotlight on Those Living With Mental Illness
Carrie Seidman is a journalist with the Sarasota Herald Tribune. I first met her about one year ago when she interviewed me for the paper. We became fast friends, as I admire her talent as a writer and her passion for taking on causes important to her. When I heard she was selected as a … Continue reading
Women’s History Month Honors Jewesses With Attitude
March is Women’s History Month. I couldn’t be more happy to share this article with you that ran March 1, 2017, on the Jewish Women’s Archive blog. The reason I’m so happy about this article is because it features my dear friend and mentor, Sonia Pressman Fuentes. She is such an inspiration to me and … Continue reading
A Sweet Way to Celebrate Women’s History Month…And Help Girls Out in the Process
Full disclosure: I am addicted to Emmy’s Organics. Their organic coconut cookies are my favorite. So, when I saw that they are honoring Women’s History Month by giving away samples of women-led brands and donating 10% of online sales to Girls Inc. (which you know I love!), I had to spread the word. Doin’ good … Continue reading
