Earlier this month, new Prescribe Choice Campaign resources and materials were mailed to our network of Leadership Alliance activists and Choices affiliates. Leadership Alliances from SUNY STONY BROOK, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, CAL STATE LOS ANGELES and other groups from more than 247 campuses […]
The Cerritos College Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance used their Homecoming events to spread the pro-choice message and promote feminism campus-wide. Leadership Alliance activist Claudia Geldis won the title of Homecoming Queen. Her platform on the campaign focused on eating disorders and women’s equality. The group also garnered the “Best Float” award for crafting a feminist-themed […]
The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance at St. Mary’s College in Maryland collaborated with their campus Black Student Union and participated in a panel discussion addressing the intersection of race, class and gender. Share your thoughts on class, race and gender.
The People for the American Way (PFAW) recently launched “Election Protection,” a non-partisan campaign to help inform Americans of their voting rights and helps to protect voters’ rights at the polls. The project is primarily organized through volunteer activists, with hundreds of volunteers already committed to organizing during this final weekend before Election Day. PFAW […]
Women age 20-30 are more likely to be victims of firearm related homicides than any other age group. Now more than ever it is apparent that gun violence is an epidemic that affects young women. Take a stand against the gun industry and their role in manufacturing their deadly product by joining the Alliance for […]
Leadership Alliances are invited to participate in the WASTE Summit: Women Assessing the State of the Environment this November 9 – 11th, 2001 in Pittsburgh, PA. The Rachel Carson Institute (RCI) at Chatham College and The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) have joined efforts to support women’s leadership for environmental change. The WASTE Summit […]
Quiz question of the week: what percentage of abortion clinics were targets of severe violence in 2000? Test your knowledge of feminist issues and activism online with our weekly feminist quiz and polls while learning about domestic terrorism, clinic violence, and the right wing backlash against feminism.
Your group can create a web site in as little as 3 minutes with our “Online Office” web builder. Leadership Alliances and affiliates from CORNELL UNIVERSITY, HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY, BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, HUNTER COLLEGE, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT […]
House and Senate leaders, working on a compromise on education legislation, agreed to allow the Boy Scouts to meet on public school grounds. The Boy Scouts came under fire earlier this year for banning gays from being members or troop leaders. Under the House-Senate agreement, public schools prohibiting the Boys Scouts from meeting on school […]
U.S. Solicitor-General Ted Olson argued yesterday that the U.S. Supreme Court should dismiss Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta, a case challenging affirmative action in federal contracting, or uphold the affirmative action policy as constitutional. Olson’s argument came as a surprise to many familiar with the Solicitor-General’s anti-affirmative action stance. In his brief to the Court, […]
Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with Afghan women in Pakistan yesterday to discuss the reconstruction of post-Taliban Afghanistan. The women, many of whom were working for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Pakistan, strongly expressed the need for the restoration of Afghan women’s rights. The Director of the UN Information Center quoted […]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of white firefighters who claimed reverse discrimination in a Chicago lawsuit on Monday. The plaintiffs claim that white firefighters were overlooked for promotions due to an affirmative action program intended to increase the numbers of blacks and Hispanics in higher-level jobs within the Chicago Fire Department. […]
Human Rights Watch, the largest human rights organization based in the United States, released a new report this week further documenting human rights abuses against women in Afghanistan and urging that women’s human rights be restored during the reconstruction of post-Taliban Afghanistan. “The Taliban have sought to erase women from public life through widespread discrimination,” […]
Born-again Christian Kenneth Weiss lost a Supreme Court appeal to overturn a decision made in favor of his employer REN Laboratories of Florida for firing Weiss after he gave a Bible to a Muslim co-worker, pointed out scripture verses that describe homosexuality as “vile” and “unseemly” to a lesbian colleague, “laid hands” on another co-worker […]
We’re a community service, not just a business,” say Kaia Wilson and Tammy Rae Carland, cofounders of Mr. Lady, a music label and video distributor founded by and for lesbian feminists. Yes, they do everything, from getting CDs pressed to designing album covers to promoting releases; their covers boast a radical twist, and they share […]
The U.S. began radio broadcasts in Afghanistan instructing Afghan civilians on how to differentiate between yellow-packaged food rations and yellow-colored cluster bombs, both being air dropped. The address, in Dari and Pashtu, states that food is being dropped far away from bombing sites, so yellow shaped objects near bombing sites should be avoided or approached […]
A delegation of 48 Afghan women athletes traveled to Iran this week to participate in the Third Muslim Women Games, an international sporting event. For many, their participation was symbolic of their struggle against the Taliban. “I’m competing here to denounce the Taliban’s uncivilized treatment of women in the name of Islam,” said Salma Hosseini, […]
Violence against clinics and abortion providers is included in the definition of domestic terrorism used in the new anti-terrorism legislation signed by President Bush on October 26. The law defines “domestic terrorism” as acts that are dangerous to human life, are in violation of federal or state criminal laws, and appear to be intended to […]
Domestic violence and intimate partner violence remain an epidemic in the United States. According to a Department of Justice study released Sunday, women in their mid-teens to mid-20’s are three times as likely to be attacked by a significant other than older women. However, middle-aged women between the ages of 35-49 are the most likely […]
Jerry Falwell Ministries mailed fundraising letters to its donors claiming that Falwell, who asserted that feminists, homosexuals, and the ACLU among others were responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks, was the victim of a “vicious smear campaign to discredit him.” The letter, signed by Falwell’s son, compares Falwell to biblical prophets and asks that […]
