Originally posted on AZCentral.com: Religion could be an important factor in the race for U.S. House in the East Valley, if voters' questions at a candidate forum this week are any indication. The 5th District, where four Republicans are competing to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., is deeply religious and conservative. It includes parts of Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Queen Creek. According to two polls of likely GOP primary voters: 53 percent attend religious services at least once a week. 65 percent are Catholic, Protestant or evangelical Christian. 20 … [Read more...]
Jones hired as executive director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement to succeed Woman Gamer Changer Marsha Ternus
Oringinally posted on News.Drake.edu: Drake University President Marty Martin announced today that Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement. Jones will serve as the Institute’s first full-time executive director beginning Aug. 1. He worked as legislative assistant for Harkin’s office in Washington, D.C., from 2010 to 2013, and currently serves as senior vice president for government relations and public policy at the Greater Des … [Read more...]
DO-IT-YOURSELF CLIMATE ACTIVISM? WOMEN GAME CHANGERS BUILDING AN APP FOR THAT!
As originally posted on NewsMaker.com.au: Friday, June 10th, 2016 - 1 Million Women International women’s climate movement 1 Million Women is creating an app to turn millions of women around the world into everyday climate activists. 1 Million Women's innovative app will give women two crucial elements for leading transformation in their own homes and communities: a plan on how to live a low-carbon life, and the tools to transition to this lifestyle. With an estimated 17% of all global carbon pollution emissions contributing to climate change coming from our homes, lifestyle change is … [Read more...]
Farming, Family and Succession — Woman Game Changer Hamilton turns gaze toward family orchard in latest novel
As posted on JournalTimes.com: ROCHESTER — Place, especially the rural pockets of America, plays a big role in the novels of Jane Hamilton. In her latest novel “The Excellent Lombards” the author has turned her gaze toward a subject and a place with she is intimately familiar — life on a family apple orchard in Wisconsin. Published this April, the novel focuses on life at the orchard, and the questions each character faces, as the time comes to determine the future of the family business with regard to the next generation. Raised in the historic and well-heeled … [Read more...]
Too Few Women Game Ghangers At The Top: Book on female empowerment in GCC paints bleak picture
Originally posted on The National by Tahira Yaqoob. Women achievers such as mountaineer Raha Moharrak are seen as the symbol of female empowerment in the GCC. But a new book sheds light on a stark disparity between the number of women graduates and those going into jobs. They come from all walks of life – electrical engineers, mountaineers, business executives and entrepreneurs. But there is one thing that unites the women depicted in a new book,Game Changers: How Women in the Arab World are Changing the Rules and Shaping the Future. It’s a fierce determination not to be held back by … [Read more...]
The 50th Year Anniversary of Human Rights Day
A world recognizing inherent rights, observing each human being's dignity and worth; it’s the stuff monumental figures Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt were passionate to protect, and it’s what we are celebrating here on the blog today and around the world! These important rights cover culture, citizenship, religious freedom, and more; they touch every person and include more topics than you are probably aware of! For example- did you know it's every person's basic right to have a name (something I have never thought of before)? Our human rights are globally recognized on December 10th of … [Read more...]