Category Archives: Call to Action
Bush’s Last Days in Office: Eliminating Women’s Rights, One by One
Back in mid-July, I wrote about a shocking proposal the Bush Administration wanted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement. I wrote: In other women’s rights trampling, the Bush Administration is doing the quick step to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Health Care, Women
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So Sexy So Soon, The Sexualization of Childhood
“Kids close your eyes!” How many times do you find yourself trying to protect your children from harmful and destructive images while watching family television? Two years ago, while watching television, I was assaulted with an image of a woman … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Boys, Call to Action, Children, Girls, Media
Tagged Advertising, blog fabulous, empowering girls, Girls, marketing, mothers, Politics, sexualization of girls, so sioux me, tracee sioux
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Demand Democratic Debates!
Aaaaaand….here we go with Canadian election madness. A consortium of television networks has once again decided not to let the Green Party participate in the nationally televised debates for this election. I call bullshit. The consortium announced on Monday (as … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Canada, Democracy, Government, Politics
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Urgent: California BPA bill needs your help!
Per an email from Amanda over at Enviroblog (EWG’s blog): California’s landmark bill, SB 1713, would ban bisphenol A from baby bottles and sippy cups, and it could be up for a vote as early as this afternoon. The … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action
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Get the Target Off Our Kids’ Foreheads
Marketing to children is a huge industry and all of our kids, even babies, have a high price on their heads. The aggressive, negative and unscrupulous tactics used to reach and influence our children and their long-term effects, which are … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Call to Action, Children, Corporations, Media
Tagged Children, marketing, Media, nag factor, precocious sexuality, youth violence
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5 Suggestions for Improvement
According to a recent study, the world is fat after all. Does this really surprise anyone? By 2030 more than half of the world’s popluation will be overweight. Fat people, global warming, wars, and the chance that maybe Madonna is … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Green Living
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Encourage Your Kids to Take Action on Global Warming
Easier said than done? Not according to Carleen Cullen a mom from Kentfield, California,who has decided to take the issue of carbon emissions to task through a school-based education program. Cool the Earth, a new climate-change enrichment program, has already … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Conservation, Environment
Tagged Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, carbon emissions, Climate Change, kids
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Public Schools Could Get $ for Building Green
Thanks to Seattle’s The Green Parent for alerting us to the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act (aka H.R. 3021). It’s a school construction program with a green building requirement. Makes good sense to require green building if … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Conservation, Education, Environment
Tagged green building, public school funding
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Paid Parental Leave for Fed Employees: Speak Up, Moms!
So maybe you’re not a federal employee like I was until last week. Shoot, maybe you don’t even know a federal employee (we’re nice, really). So why e-mail or call your U.S. Representative and ask that she vote for paid … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Democracy, Government, Politics, Working Families
Tagged employee benefits, federal employees, HR 5781, paid family leave, paid leave
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Calling For Climate Change: Moms and Kids Speak Up to the Senate
I personally believe that Mom activists have a much better chance of having their voices heard because of their motherhood status. Given that we would like decision makers to take us seriously when we ask for or speak out against … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Democracy, Environment, Family, Politics, Social Justice
Tagged 1Sky, activists, art, campaign, Climate Change, Congress, Moms and Children take action, Senators, Warner-Lieberman
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