Is There Gender Bias in the Media? Read the commentary by Bob Herbert of the NY Times. Click the link below. What do you think would have been the media reaction had it been the boys who had been singled out and killed? Why haven't we heard more discussion about this aspect of these cases?
Subject: Gunning Down Women - Right here in New Haven women are being attacked in many ways Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:17:17 +0000 http://www.counterpunch.org/katz10112006.html ASIA PACIFIC FORUM on WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City Or listen online at OUR NEW WEBSITE: (where we also archive our programs) http://www.asiapacificforum.org/
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division of Hill Health Ctr. Special help for African-American women with children. The following sites contain a range of information of particular benefit and interest to women: The Federal Office of Women's Health at: www.4woman.gov/OWH provides a variety of information The US Dept. of Health & Human Services at: www.hhs.gov and at 800-994-9662
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| Health Information Resources: "100 Questions & Answers About Menopause" by Ivy M. Alexander, PhD, C-ANP and Karla A. Knight, RN, MSN. Empower Yourself! "This is a book that truly and comprehensively addresses the nuts and bolts regarding menopause. Read it from cover to cover - there is something here for every member of the family." N. S. Shäni "Our Bodies Ourselves - Navigating the Health Care System" - Women's ...Their consumer network contains summaries of Cochrane Reviews written for a consumer audience as well as information to help people understand health care . Get information about various forms of STDs and particularly about Human Papilloma Virus & HPV-STD information from CDC Read about Gynecologic Cancers and HPV as told to women at our Oct. 2007 health forum: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/HealthCare/archives/2007/10/womens_health_f.html Women, our health and well-being are critical to the success of our families. We need to take care of ourselves first, so that we will be healthy enough to take care of others. Food is medicine; do not allow the urgent to always replace the important. Eat, exercise, rest. Get more information at: www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion Health Care: More on the Cancer-causing effects of HPV at: Cancerbackup For information about Alzheimers, Dementia, medications, etc. for elderly women visit: www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/dementia.htm www.ahrq.gov/research/womenix.htm Women's Health ... Heart Arrhythmias and Causes: www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-arrhythmia Read about OneWorld's Health Forum on Heart Health 101 & Anatomy of the Human Heart http://www.newhavenindependent.org/HealthCare/archives/2007/05/diseases_of_the.html Cardiac Arrhythmias affect many more women than men. Learn all you can by clicking the links in this section; they will lead you to very good and reliable information Bradyarrhythmia (Slow Heart Rate): Symptoms, Risk Factors: www.sjm.com/conditions/hrspatients.org/patients/signs-symptoms National Women's Health Resource Center: www.healthywomen.org News and community site for information sharing among women: www.feminist.com www.yourhealthinformation.com The American Cancer Society toll free line - 1 800- 227 2345 WWW.Cancer.Gov - Taking Time Learn all that you can about the Human Papilloma Virus; reportedly it can cause Cervical Cancer. See the links above; also watch for our health education programs on this topic. Yale Cancer Center (203) 785-4095 www.yalecancercenter.org Cancer Care of CT 1 800 813 - 4673 Mon - Fri -Oncology Social Workers Living Beyond Breast Cancer (Toll free) Help Line 1 888 753-5222: www.LBBC.org |
| The media is savaging Hillary Clinton's candidacy; isn't it incredible that in 2008, in the country that is supposed to be the number one democracy in the world, only 14% of its national reps are women, and the media and other women are savaging her? Strange indeed. Had Hillary refused to shake hands with Barack, we would have seen it X 1,000! Her motives would be analyzed by the talking heads. Mrs. Clinton campaigned for Mr. Obama when he was running for the Senate; she raised funds for him. When he got to Washington, she provided him with support & advice. Why is she being trampled on now?
Some praised Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of Great Britain, but we cannot handle it here!
HELP TO STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & CHILD ABUSE! Do you know how many women are battered every day in America? Do you know how many women and girls are raped? See Below Resource Information for Women & Families Visit this link to learn about Planned Parenthood Action Network Get informed about women's reproductive health and rights http://www.ppaction.org/ppct/home.html
The National Domestic Hotline is: 1-800 799 –SAFE (7233)
Stand up! Speak Out! Say Something! Let YOUR Voice Be Heard! Do Something to Stop Domestic Violence! - If you are a batterer -Take Responsibility! - Get Re-Educated! Stop the Violence! - If you are being battered – - Get Safe! Get Support! Get Medical Attention! - Get Evidence! Break the Silence! Safety Tips:
Local Support Groups and treatment facilities for Women being treated for, recovering from, or are survivors of Breast Cancer: Smart Sisters with Linda Dickey-Saucier (203) 785-62087 Promote a 60-day spiritual journey in health, nutrition and exercise Yale: WiseWoman Breast Cancer Program - 688-2572 or 688-4563 www.cbccf.org/wisewoman Sister's Journey - A Breast Cancer Support Group - (203) 288-3556 Advocates for early detection and good treatment (Meets at St. Luke's) Hospital of St. Raphael - Sister-to-Sister 789-3517 www.healthywomen.org/newsroom/medicalexperts www.ynhh.org/cancer/diagnosis/breast www.med.yale.edu - Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening www.yalecancercenter.org |
Women's Resource Center
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness"
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness"
Visit Women's eNews at:
www.womensenews.org
Learn what is happening, and what
women around the world are doing to
make a difference.
We do not have to be rich or powerful
to make a positive difference in our
community.
Speak out against Domestic Violence.
HELP a woman who is being battered
to find safety.
Call the COPS when you hear her
yelling for HELP! Take a personal
stand against DESPOTS!
www.womensenews.org
Learn what is happening, and what
women around the world are doing to
make a difference.
We do not have to be rich or powerful
to make a positive difference in our
community.
Speak out against Domestic Violence.
HELP a woman who is being battered
to find safety.
Call the COPS when you hear her
yelling for HELP! Take a personal
stand against DESPOTS!
Mother Teresa of So.
Central LA
We Do Not Have to Be Rich
& Powerful to Make a
Positive Difference in Our
Community.
Charmaney Bayton lives in
South Central Los Angeles
in a one bedroom apt.
She offers safe haven to 60
children who are running
from gangs, dodging bullets,
or seeking refuge from
drug-addicted parents.
Read more about her in
"The Covenant" with Black
America p56.
Central LA
We Do Not Have to Be Rich
& Powerful to Make a
Positive Difference in Our
Community.
Charmaney Bayton lives in
South Central Los Angeles
in a one bedroom apt.
She offers safe haven to 60
children who are running
from gangs, dodging bullets,
or seeking refuge from
drug-addicted parents.
Read more about her in
"The Covenant" with Black
America p56.
In Greater New Haven &
In CT We Have Many
Women of Courage,
Leadership & Positive
Examples. Let Us Honor
Them while they are here.
Elsie Cofield - CT's Own
Mother Teresa
Now in her 80's, Elsie Cofield
still conducts AIDS education
classes & continues to make
a positive difference in New
Haven & in the country.
Elsie Cofield changed how
people with AIDS are
treated.
We are grateful for Elsie
Cofield
In CT We Have Many
Women of Courage,
Leadership & Positive
Examples. Let Us Honor
Them while they are here.
Elsie Cofield - CT's Own
Mother Teresa
Now in her 80's, Elsie Cofield
still conducts AIDS education
classes & continues to make
a positive difference in New
Haven & in the country.
Elsie Cofield changed how
people with AIDS are
treated.
We are grateful for Elsie
Cofield
More CT Female Leaders
Toni Harp - 10th District State
Senator - A woman of quiet
dignity, commitment & grace.
Bonita Grubbs, Director -
Christian Community Action -
A woman who lives her
commitment in the work she
does for the community.
Enola Aird, Director
The Motherhood Project -
Enola personifies what being a
community activist is really
about. With dogged
determination she uses her
passion to advocate for the
emotional emancipation,
education, support and the
survival of the Black Family.
Toni Harp - 10th District State
Senator - A woman of quiet
dignity, commitment & grace.
Bonita Grubbs, Director -
Christian Community Action -
A woman who lives her
commitment in the work she
does for the community.
Enola Aird, Director
The Motherhood Project -
Enola personifies what being a
community activist is really
about. With dogged
determination she uses her
passion to advocate for the
emotional emancipation,
education, support and the
survival of the Black Family.
Pick up a copy of:
DEVOTION: A Journal of
Cultural and Christian
Perspectives
Web site:
www.devotionreader.com
Email:
info@devotionreader.com
Phone: (203) 650-2268
Publisher: Lisa Monroe
DEVOTION: A Journal of
Cultural and Christian
Perspectives
Web site:
www.devotionreader.com
Email:
info@devotionreader.com
Phone: (203) 650-2268
Publisher: Lisa Monroe
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www.womenfamilies.com
www.connsacs.org
Statewide Domestic Violence
Hotline: 1- 800- 799 - 7233
Statewide HELP is 9-1-1
Statewide Information Line: 2-1-1
Statewide hotline for Children
800- 842- 2288 (24 X 7)
www.acalltomen.com
917-922-6408 A National Education
Resource Against
Domestic Violence
Visit their web site; learn more
www.connsacs.org
Statewide Domestic Violence
Hotline: 1- 800- 799 - 7233
Statewide HELP is 9-1-1
Statewide Information Line: 2-1-1
Statewide hotline for Children
800- 842- 2288 (24 X 7)
www.acalltomen.com
917-922-6408 A National Education
Resource Against
Domestic Violence
Visit their web site; learn more
| May is Women's Health Month. Help the women in your life to keep healthy. Get more information at: www.hrsa.gov/WomensHealth www.healthywomen.org health.ivillage.com INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - (IWD) International Women's Day (IWD) encourages us to consider steps to bring about equality for women and girls in all their diversity and to celebrate the collective power of women past, present and future. Click onto link www.infoplease.com/spot/womensday1.html Ending Violence Against Women: Action for Real Results 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of International Women's Day. Established in 1977 by the United Nations, this important day provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress made to advance women's rights and to assess the challenges that remain. Use everyday to fight against the injustice meeted out to women; it is everywhere! Learn about Planned Parenthood of CT http://www.ppaction.org/ppct/home.html |
| Women of the world UNITE! Stand strong against oppression and abuse. You have nothing to lose but being dominated |
| This section will be dedicated to information about, for and by Women. Mental Health! Check out this web site and others listed below for comprehensive health care information for women. Know the hotline numbers you might need to get help against domestic violence. Have a safety escape plan in place; line up support for that plan. "Practice your safety plan often."
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| Some of the most skilled and accomplished physicians are women from third world countries. Encourage your girls to pursue the sciences. |
| A Suggested Reading List Expressly for Women. You will find some of these interesting, others insightful: "The Political Brain" by Drew Westen "Anatomy of the Spirit "- by Caroline Myss, Ph.D. "Affirmative Action" by Tim Wise "The Aducity of Hope" - by Barak Obama "A Question of Choice" by Sarah Weddington "Emotional Intelligence - Why it can matter more than IQ." by Daniel Goleman. "By The Rivers of Babylon" - by Cindy Brown Austin "Guide to Intuitive Healing" - 5 Steps to Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Wellness - by Judith Orloff, M.D. "The Education of a Woman" - The Life of Gloria Steinem - by Carolyn G. Heilbrun "Your Sacred Self" - Making the Decision to Be Free - by Wayne Dyer "Sacred Pampering Principles" - An African-American Woman's Guide to Self-Care & Inner Renewal - by Debrena Jackson Gandy "Stand Up For Your Life" - by Cheryl Richardson "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" - by Deepak Chopra "Smart Women, Smart Choices" by Hattie Hill "Smart Questions" - by Dorothy Leeds "Smart Women Finish Rich" - by David Bach "A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" Eckhart Tolle "Reason to Believe" - by Matio Cuomo "The Closing of the American Mind" by Paul Bloom "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren " The Universal Traveller" - A Soft-Systems Guide to Creativity" by Don Koberg & Jim Bagnall "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Wolf "The Pillars Of The Earth" by Ken Follett "Thinking Out Loud" by Anna Quindlen "To Kill A Mockingbird" - by Harper Lee "The Lottery" - by Shirley Jackson "The Ways of White Folks" by Langston Hughes "The Invisible Man" - by Ralph Ellison "The Mis-Education of The Negro" by Carter G. Woodson. "Home To Harlem" by Claude McKay "Savage Inequalities - Children in America's Schools" by Jonathan Kozol "Up the Down Escalator" - by Michael Manley "Strange Justice - The Selling of Clarence Thomas" by Jane Mayer & Jill Abramson "The Wedding" by Dorothy West "Erica Bauermeister, et al -- 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide We welcome suggestions/recommendations from our visitors |
Knowledge is POWER! Get informed about your health & body Move to the right of the screen for much more information Remember to get a mammogram annually. A regular mammogram after age 40 helps with early detection and a 98% successful treatment rate for Breast Cancer. Get more info. in Women's Resource and also at: www.healthsearches.org/Breast_Cancer Breast Cancer Screening: Call (203) 688-6800 or 789-3000 Find reliable information about all 2007 National Health Observances |
| This section contains web sites referrals about a wide range of issues-Check them out - womenshealth.gov navigation www.americanheart.org/presenter Download Document Also go to: http://womensissues.about.com/
Find breast cancer support, links to awareness resources at GEMZAR. Zero Breast Cancer -Education www.Seek-Your-Options.com National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October - Get Information: www.fordcares.com Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Also: Protest Drive-Through Mastectomies. Please go to: LifetimeTV.com: Breast Cancer Awareness Petition. Let's end "drive-through" mastectomies in the USA, the leader of the FREE World. Support Women's Health! This year, we celebrate nearly 25 years of patient advocacy, building awareness and investing $630 million in breast cancer research, education, ...www.komen.org/ - 73k - Cached - The Breast Cancer Site Founded to help offer free mammograms to underprivileged women nationwide. With a simple, daily "click" visitors help provide mammograms to those in need: www.thebreastcancersite.com/ & www.yalecancercenter.org Women and Heart Disease - 480,000 Women died from heart-related diseases. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women. Read about OneWorld's Heart Health Forum Parts 1 & 2 - Learn about the Anatomy & Function of the Human Heart, and Heart Health 101. Visit the link below and read what the women had to say http://www.newhavenindependent.org/HealthCare/archives/2007/05/diseases_of_the.html Call us at (203) 407-0250 to order a copy of the tape or DVD. www.americanheart.org/ www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews. - 45k - Feb 19, 2007 - www.nlm.nih.gov/medline |
Visit CT's Permanent
Commission on the Status of
Women web site to learn more
about what is going on in CT
http://www.cga.ct.gov/pcsw/site_se
arch.asp
"Are women human yet?
If women were regarded as
human, would they be sold into
sexual slavery worldwide; veiled,
silenced, and imprisoned in
homes; bred, and worked as
menials for little or no pay;
stoned for sex outside marriage
or burned within it; mutilated
genitally, impoverished
economically, and mired in
illiteracy--all as a matter of
course and without effective
recourse?"
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACL
U/Porn/orgasmpol.html
Catharine A. MacKinnon
Professor of Law, Univer. of
Michigan. Learn more @
www.law.umich.edu
Commission on the Status of
Women web site to learn more
about what is going on in CT
http://www.cga.ct.gov/pcsw/site_se
arch.asp
"Are women human yet?
If women were regarded as
human, would they be sold into
sexual slavery worldwide; veiled,
silenced, and imprisoned in
homes; bred, and worked as
menials for little or no pay;
stoned for sex outside marriage
or burned within it; mutilated
genitally, impoverished
economically, and mired in
illiteracy--all as a matter of
course and without effective
recourse?"
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACL
U/Porn/orgasmpol.html
Catharine A. MacKinnon
Professor of Law, Univer. of
Michigan. Learn more @
www.law.umich.edu
OneWorld Progressive Institute,
Inc. is a 501(C)3 Community
Development Organization and
Public Charity. We exist to serve
the community. We work VERY
hard at it, but we need your help.
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We need commnuity contributions
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distribute quality programs. If you
find our programs helpful, please
send us a contribution to purchase
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Please make payment out to:
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Inc. is a 501(C)3 Community
Development Organization and
Public Charity. We exist to serve
the community. We work VERY
hard at it, but we need your help.
No one pays us!
We need commnuity contributions
and grants in order to produce and
distribute quality programs. If you
find our programs helpful, please
send us a contribution to purchase
materials and equipment.
Please make payment out to:
OneWorld, Inc.
P. O. Box 8662
New Haven, CT 06531
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THE VILLAGE OF POWER! HELP Available To WOMEN IN NEED!
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OneWorld welcomes Teresa Younger as
the new Executive Director of the
Permanent Commission on the Status
of Women. www.cga.ct.gov/pcsw -
We look forward to formally welcoming
Ms. Younger to our discussion table on
"21st Century Conversations."
We welcome the fact that America now
has its first female Speaker of the
House- Nancy Pelosi. The "leader of
the free world" has moved a little closer
to some 3rd world countries in treating
women as political equals. However,
take keen note of how Ms. Pelosi's
actions are evaluated in the press and
by the White House.
Britain, Israel, India & Ireland are
among those which have had female
heads of state for decades.
the new Executive Director of the
Permanent Commission on the Status
of Women. www.cga.ct.gov/pcsw -
We look forward to formally welcoming
Ms. Younger to our discussion table on
"21st Century Conversations."
We welcome the fact that America now
has its first female Speaker of the
House- Nancy Pelosi. The "leader of
the free world" has moved a little closer
to some 3rd world countries in treating
women as political equals. However,
take keen note of how Ms. Pelosi's
actions are evaluated in the press and
by the White House.
Britain, Israel, India & Ireland are
among those which have had female
heads of state for decades.
One of My Personal Heroes
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer
Lived Oct. 6, 1917 - Mar. 14, 1977
Who Is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Learn About a Dynamic and
Courageous Woman from
Mississippi
An organizer of the Mississippi
Freedom Party and party
delegate, field secretary for
SCNN and grass-roots organizer.
Visit:
www.ibiblio.org/sncc/hamer
To learn more about this
remarkable woman. Read the
testimony of Mrs. Hamer. Learn
about the Voices for Freedom
Project.
If you ever contemplate giving
up when the going gets rough,
go to this site first. Learn about
the price paid for black people to
be able to get an education and
the right to vote!.
Fannie Lou Hamer, was known
as the lady who was "sick and
tired of being sick and tired."
Born in Montgomery County,
Mississippi, she was the
granddaughter of slaves.
Her family were sharecroppers -
a position not that different from
slavery. Hamer had 19 brothers
and sisters. She was the
youngest of the children.
In 1962, when Mrs. Hamer was 44
years old, . She learned fore the
first time that African-Americans
actually had a constitutional
right to vote!
Today, many Americans take the
right to vote for granted and do
not vote!
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer
Lived Oct. 6, 1917 - Mar. 14, 1977
Who Is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Learn About a Dynamic and
Courageous Woman from
Mississippi
An organizer of the Mississippi
Freedom Party and party
delegate, field secretary for
SCNN and grass-roots organizer.
Visit:
www.ibiblio.org/sncc/hamer
To learn more about this
remarkable woman. Read the
testimony of Mrs. Hamer. Learn
about the Voices for Freedom
Project.
If you ever contemplate giving
up when the going gets rough,
go to this site first. Learn about
the price paid for black people to
be able to get an education and
the right to vote!.
Fannie Lou Hamer, was known
as the lady who was "sick and
tired of being sick and tired."
Born in Montgomery County,
Mississippi, she was the
granddaughter of slaves.
Her family were sharecroppers -
a position not that different from
slavery. Hamer had 19 brothers
and sisters. She was the
youngest of the children.
In 1962, when Mrs. Hamer was 44
years old, . She learned fore the
first time that African-Americans
actually had a constitutional
right to vote!
Today, many Americans take the
right to vote for granted and do
not vote!
Speak out Against Domestic Violence. HELP to Save Women and Girls. HELP to
Empower Women. Stand with women against sexual abuse and domestic violence!
Statewide Hotline: 888 -774 -2900. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womensday1.html
Empower Women. Stand with women against sexual abuse and domestic violence!
Statewide Hotline: 888 -774 -2900. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womensday1.html
| Quotations of Note: 1. We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by truth. Lucretia Mott, Feminist 2. No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood. She was born in 1884 and died in 1966 3. “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." John F. Kennedy 4 “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” JFK 5. “For over three hundred years the white man has been our oppressor, and he naturally is not going to liberate us to the higher freedom—the truer liberty—the truer Democracy. We have to liberate ourselves” - Marcus Garvey 6. “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Steven Biko, South African Martyr 7. “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” Diogenes 8. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela 9. “Stand on your own two black feet and fight like hell for your place in the world.” – Amy Jacques Garvey |