Category Archives: In The News

Blog Action Day 2008

  Just registering Mothers Fighting For Others to Blog Action Day 2008. Thanks for understanding. <script src=”http://blogactionday.org/js/8f5b1e03963237aee6be3935a1398817186cc65b”></script>

Women For Women On 60 Minutes

I just received this email a few minutes ago from Women for Women International. This is an AMAZING segment on 60 minutes. If you can’t watch it live, record it. 60 Minutes – re-airing “War Against Women” Sunday, August 17 7:00pm ET Dear Racquel, CNN’s Anderson Cooper will be highlighting the plight of women in…

Foreclosures, Homeless Pets and One Remarkable Little Girl

 There are so many innocent victims of the US housing crisis.  Celia’s story about a woman committing suicide (below) is one tragic example. As a Realtor I not only read about it in the news everyday but I experience it first hand:  the text in the listings:  “Pre-foreclosure, bring all offers”, the anxious sellers waiting for…

Can We Move This Along Faster?

Like so many others, breast cancer as well as other types of cancer, run in my family history. This started to concern me when I took care of my Granny the last year of her life, while she was fighting colon cancer. I do the self exam monthly, but I am not old enough to…

June 20, World Refugee Day

UNHCR celebrates World Refugee Day 2008: “On June 20, we celebrate World Refugee Day. This year, events around the world will focus on the fundamental need for protection. For some, this means economic security; for others, protection is freedom from violence and persecution. On World Refugee Day, we will turn our attention to the millions…