Women for Change Network

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Renee, our very own Women for Change Network member, shares why she supports Children First for Oregon! http://bit.ly/1fhN5Qj

Big thanks to Children First supporter Renee for sharing with us why she is inspired to give! Click this link (http://bit.ly/1fhN5Qj) and you too can be part of the movement for Oregon kids and families this year!

The Employment Related Day Care program is open! There is no wait list through December 31, 2013! Please help us get the word out to working Oregon parents and child care providers!

The clock is ticking! There's only a week left to sign up for health care coverage. Thanks to National Women's Law Center for the cute action alert.

Don’t let this happen to you. Make sure your adult kids know there’s only a week left to sign up for health care coverage to take effect at the start of 2014 at www.WordOfMom.org

Interesting discussion of the effect of female political role models on female public speakers! Did you know that speaking for longer is a "sign of dominance?" Food for thought.

Female political role models have an empowering effect on women "Just a quick note to say how much I appreciate your Research Digests, and the work you must put into compiling them, tracking down and supplying all the relevant links..." Robert Matthews, Science Correspondent, The Sunday Telegraph.

Mad props to Deedee Hartley, who was selected to receive this year's Jennifer Beegle Youth Award! This award recognizes a young person who is an outstanding volunteer in the community. Deedee is a young woman who has been making serious change through her work with Oregon Foster Youth Connection since 2008. Congratulations!

2013 Jennifer Beegle Youth Involvement Award | Multnomah County Do you know a young person that is involved in their community? The Multnomah Youth Commission and the Citizen Involvement Committee of Multnomah County wants to hear from you.

Come join us in Salem on Wednesday in support of the Employment Related Day Care program! Details here: http://www.cffo.org/erdc

"I am employed by Kaiser Permanente as a medical assistant. I am now able to provide everything my children need including quality health care. I used state services to the best of my ability and was able to rise above poverty and become successful in a career. If I did not have Employment Related Day Care, I would not be able to afford to go to work." --Nina

Employment Related Day Care gives working parents stability, security, opportunity.

SB 123 will go to a public hearing before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee today in just two and a half hours! Catch the live stream: http://www.leg.state.or.us/listn/

We want to express our utmost support and admiration for the 5 Oregon Foster Youth Connection members who are going to the capitol tomorrow to testify at a Senate hearing for the foster youth bill of rights. We never cease to be amazed by their courage and hard work.

Please leave your words of encouragement for them on the OFYC fan page.

This weekend marked the 10-year anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, 23-year-old peace activist who was crushed by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army from destroying homes in the Gaza Strip.

Alice Walker reads Rachel Corrie's Letter from Palestine (February 7, 2003) Alice Walker reads from Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's book Voices of a People's History of the United States, November 11, 2006, at the Berkeley Community Theatre,…

UN Women released a song today in honor of International Women's Day featuring vocal collaboration from female musicians across the globe! Visit ://song.unwomen.org/ to listen.

"We are One Woman, your victories lift us all" - that's one line in our new song to be launched on International Women's Day, 8 March! Meet one of our artists Ximena Sariñana from Mexico. More about the song launch at http://song.unwomen.org/

Did you know that March is Women's History Month? What women have inspired you?

Women's History Month (Library of Congress) 2012 The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nat...