NOW-NYC Recommendations

I stumbled upon some great feminist resources and recommendations, thanks to a visitor to this website. Check out the wealth of resources on the NOW NYC website:

Feminist Friendly Rap Songs (great music resource!)

Film Recommendations

Events

Current Campaigns

Recommended Article

Very interesting article on Mother-activists from the New York Times. "Mom's Mad. And She's Organized."


It gives a high profile to the years of work done by bloggers and women organizing online.

Site in Transition

This website will be back up and running and regularly updated. I am currently in the process of switching from the old blogger format to the new one, which will make it easier to view this blog whether you are using Firefox or not.


Look for more links, posts and pictures coming soon!

2008 Primary and Caucus Calendar

State Presidential Primary and Caucus Dates (By way of Project Vote Smart) Updated 10/25/2007
State	Democrat	Republican
Alabama	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Alaska	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Arizona	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Arkansas	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
California	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Colorado	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Connecticut	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Delaware	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
District of Columbia	02/12/2008	02/12/2008
Florida	01/29/2008	01/29/2008
Georgia	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Hawaii	02/19/2008
Idaho	02/05/2008	05/27/2008
Illinois	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Indiana	05/06/2008	05/06/2008
Iowa	01/14/2008	01/03/2008
Kansas	02/09/2008	02/05/2008
Kentucky	05/20/2008	05/20/2008
Louisiana	02/09/2008	02/09/2008
Maine	02/10/2008	02/01/2008
Maryland	02/12/2008	02/12/2008
Massachusetts	03/04/2008	03/04/2008
Michigan	01/15/2008	01/15/2008
Minnesota	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Mississippi	03/11/2008	03/11/2008
Missouri	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Montana	02/05/2008	06/03/2008
Nebraska	05/13/2008	05/13/2008
Nevada	01/19/2008	01/19/2008
New Hampshire	TBD	TBD
New Jersey	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
New Mexico	02/05/2008	06/03/2008
New York	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
North Carolina	05/06/2008	05/06/2008
North Dakota	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Ohio	03/04/2008	03/04/2008
Oklahoma	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Oregon	05/20/2008	05/20/2008
Pennsylvania	04/22/2008	04/22/2008
Rhode Island	03/04/2008	03/04/2008
South Carolina	01/29/2008	01/26/2008
South Dakota	06/03/2008	06/03/2008
Tennessee	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Texas	03/04/2008	03/04/2008
Utah	02/05/2008	02/05/2008
Vermont	03/04/2008	03/04/2008
Virginia	02/12/2008	02/12/2008
Washington	02/19/2008	02/19/2008
West Virginia	05/13/2008	05/13/2008
Wisconsin	02/19/2008	02/19/2008
Wyoming	03/08/2008	01/05/2008
Sources: http://www.nass.org

Larkin Street Needs Your Help!

Looking for a worthy cause to donate money and/or items to? Larkin Street is a great organization in San Francisco that helps homeless youth. They are of course in need of money, but are also looking for many different types of donations as well.

Items can be mailed or dropped off at:

1138 Sutter Street, between Polk and Larkin in San Francisco

They are in need of the following to distribute to needy teens:

Gifts:
-MP3 players
-Backpacks
-Umbrellas
-Muni tokens, BART passes
-Journals
-Small appliances

Household items:
-Alarm clocks
-Bedding
-Towels
-Pots and pans
-Dishes

Personal Care Items:
-Toothbrushes/toothpaste
-Deoderant
-Lip balm
-Shampoo/conditioner
-Lotion
-Hair dryers
-Brushes/combs

Clothing:
-Especially plus size
-Jackets
-Coats
-Sweatshirts, especially with hoods
-Shoes, sneakers
-Jeans/pants
-Knit caps, gloves, scarves
-Socks/underwear

Gift cards are also greatly appreciated!

If you're in New York, check out this great conference

Conference announcement via NAMC: National Association of Mother's Center's

NAMC Presents at Freedom On Our Terms Conference

Linda Lisi Juergens, Executive Director of the National Association of Mothers' Centers and founding member of the MOTHERS Coordinating Council will bespeaking at the Freedom On Our Terms Conference taking place November 10th-11th in New York City.

This conference celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston that was the first and only time the federal government authorized and financed a national gathering "to promote equal rights, equal opportunities and equal responsibilities for women."

The Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, along with 60 other women's organizations are offering this conference to reignite the fight for equality. Linda will be presenting on a panel entitled "Redefining Family: The Evolving Role of Women and the Expanding Role of Government" on Saturday, Nov. 10^th, from 5:00 -6:15pm (Hunter College, New York City; Hunter West Classroom 609). Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of the Family Equality Council, will chair the workshop. Other panelists include: Susan Wefald, Vice President for Programs, Ms. Foundation for Women; Benita Miller, Founder and Executive Director of The Brooklyn Young Mother's Collective; and Susan Horowitz from the Community Planning Department of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Other speakers include Liz Abzug, Founder & President of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, Carol Jenkins, President of the Women's Media Center, Gloria Steinm, Rosie O'Donnell, NOW President, Kim Gandy and many others.

Please join us. Come out to meet NAMC board members and MOTHERS Coordinating Council members who will be in attendance. To register for this event, visit www.abzuginstitute.org or call 212-650-3071. Registration is $50.

Recycle Old CD'S

Here is a great website to check out if you have a lot of old cd's and don't want to toss them out. Visit the CD Recycling Center of America for info on recycling your old cd's.

Old cd's can be mailed to:

The Compact Disc Recycling Center of America

68H Stiles Road

Salem, NH 03079

New Favorite Song: Society by Eddie Vedder

Although I have yet to see the movie Into the Wild, I have really been enjoying the soundtrack by Eddie Vedder. I am a huge Pearl Jam fan and was thrilled to hear about this side project of his. If you've read the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, as I have, listening to the cd is amazingly like listening to an audio version of the book. The songs so perfectly capture what we think Chris McCandless was thinking and his reasons for making the choices he did in dropping out of society.

My favorite song by far on the album is called Society, and it has the most beautiful lyrics, written by Jerry Hannan. They include the following, courtesy of Digihitch:

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

When you want more than you have, you think you need...
and when you think more then you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place...
cause when you have more than you think, you need more space.

There's those thinkin' more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin' score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you're startin' from the top...
and you can't do that.

I love what this song has to say about anti-consumerism, and how when you end up with more material goods than you need you need more space to think.