Christine Quinn is the first female and openly gay New York City Council Speaker. By speaking out and standing up for the rights of women and queer folks throughout the city, she has received a lot of support from the feminist community as Speaker and as potential NYC mayor. But on a new issue facing […]
Author: Laura Kacere
Midwest Campus Organizer for the Feminist Majority Foundation
Homegrown from Des Moines, Iowa; BA in Women's Studies, Anthropology, & English from University of Iowa; Restorative Justice AmeriCorps program, Emma Goldman Clinic and Rape Victim Advocacy Program volunteer, current organizer with the amazing FMF
Women Money Power Summit Concludes: We Must Mentor and Be Mentored
The third day of the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Women Money Power Summit in Washington, D.C., began with Ellie Smeal bearing the good news: The U.S. government would not shut down, and Title X funding was safe for now. She shouted at the general assembly, I think we should be very proud of the fact that the women’s community […]
Feminists “Step Up!” at Women Money Power Summit
The message from Day One of the second annual Feminist Majority’s Women Money Power Summit was loud and clear: Do not let Congress turn back the clock on women’s reproductive health. At a time when women and low-income families are being disproportionately targeted by potential budget cuts, women must spread the word that these changes […]