June 25, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
In honor of LGBT Pride Month, I bring you this fast fact from the recently released New York LGBT Health and Human Services Needs Assessment:
“According to NYC Community Health Survey data, 28.3% of lesbian and gay people in the sample did not have a primary care provider, compared to [...]
June 24, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
This morning was the culmination of years of hard work, sweat, and I’m sure a few tears: the National Council for Research on Women launched its newest paper, Women in Fund Management: A Road Map to Achieving Critical Mass—And Why it Matters. (Check out the report’s website here). A [...]
June 22, 2009 posted by Julie Zeilinger and Shirley Kailas
In honor of Father’s Day, WomenGirlsLadies, a panel of intergenerational feminists including Courtney Martin, Deborah Siegel, Kristal Brent Zook and Gloria Feldt took on the topic of men, masculinity and fatherhood as it relates to the personal and political.
We, the faithful (and let’s face it, a bit [...]
June 19, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
Sunday is Daddy’s Day! (Also known as Father’s Day if you want to be like that.) I love any excuse to celebrate my daddy (the man who not only taught me to drive but also how to cook and care for others—or at least he tried…we’re still working on [...]
June 18, 2009 posted by admin
In case you missed it, the National Council for Research on Women held its Annual Conference at the CUNY Grad Center June 10-12. The theme, Igniting Change: Activating Alliances for Social Justice, attracted nearly 300 participants from the worlds of business, academia, grassroots organizing, philanthropy and much more. One panel [...]
