Download or read book 1 3 Million Women Marched written by D. G. M.Ed and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.3 Million Women Marched Get a Glimpse of the Feeling of the Day This nonfiction book is written and self published by an attendee of the Million Woman March. This book gives the reader an inside personal view of what the March was about. The author took a research approach by randomly interviewing forty-eight women involved in the March, and including all of the interviews with the exclusion of two interviews that were found to be unintelligible. THE INTERVIEWS The interviews enclosed within this book were taken via tape recorder, randomly, before, during, and at the process of leaving the March. The interviewees were asked their age, identity, and why they were going to the March, or attending the March. Eventually the interview question evolved into the manner in which the attendees' expectations of the March were met. These interviews have been transcribed as close as possible to the words of the participants. Attendees' names and university names were intentionally omitted in relation to preserving anonymity. ABOUT THE MARCH On October 25, 1997, the 1.3 Million Woman March took place. This March emerged from a silent grassroots cry for all African American Women to come together in a show of healing, unity, and solidarity. As the echo from the silent cry grew louder, the March drew shape to become, 1.3 Million Women of Color, African American, Latina American, European American, Asian American, Guatemalan, Trinidadian, and more, all marching Strong in Unison Together, in a Prominent, and Adamant display, of Unity, Solidarity, and Love. "I am over 25 and I am not a student. I am Latina, and I am coming to support. I am a Chaperone, and I am coming to support the Million Woman March. Being Latina in this county, I hope that this March can send a message out about issues, and struggles that women of African descent experience in this country, and then hopefully the Women of Color in this country, and that can be an agenda for coalition, and for activism. Latina Non-Student -ChaperoneAge over25 "Well, I am a junior both of my parents are African, so I consider myself African American, since I was born here first Generation. What I expect from the March is just finding unity among all the women who are going, and just having respect amongst each other. The reason why I am going is ... cause it's going to be an historical moment. I think it's going to be uplifting, and just a good experience". African American (First Generation)University Student MassachusettsAge over 20 "I am 19 years old, and I am a Pre-Med student with Biology major, and the reason why I am going is .... I feel that the Sistahs should have unity. I feel that there are a lot of mixed feelings among Sistahs here, and I want everything to get cleared up. What I feel that I'll get out of this trip is unity, and Sistah-hood ... I guess".University Student Massachusetts Age 19 "I am Cape Verdean and 24. I m going on the March looking for some sort of hope, I guess. I am a little burnt out, and now I am looking to rekindle the flame to fight. That's it". Cape Verdean University Student MassachusettsAge 24 "Hi, I am a student. I am under the age of 25. I expect more unity among Sisters, and hopefully more Black, Puerto Rican, Minority unity. I am Puerto Rican myself, and I am going on the trip because I want to be part of this. This is big stuff, and I want to be part of this". Puerto Rican University Student MassachusettsAge under 25"I am under 25 years old. I am not a student at the University at this present time. I am going on the trip for; number one, the experience, and number two, the unity with my fellow Black Women. I am an African American going hopefully

Download or read book 1 3 Million Women Marched written by G. D. Dare and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feminism Is for Everybody written by bell hooks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives—to see that feminism is for everybody.

Download or read book Civil Resistance written by Erica Chenoweth and published by What Everyone Needs to Know(r). This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and engaging review of the current field of knowledge.

Download or read book Million Man March written by Michael Cottman and published by Crown. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strikingly photographed exploration of the largest gathering of African American men in U.S. history—the Million Man March—and their journey to Washington, D.C. to renew their faith and commitment It was a day for men to join hands and pray for peace and self-responsibility; a day for Black men to sing, to rejoice, to celebrate each other. It was a day for Black men to cry, to share their universal suffering, to strengthen their spirits, atone, and pledge to rebuild their communities. . . . This book, with more than one hundred powerful images, chronicles an event that will be etched in the hearts of Black Americans everywhere. It is not intended to document every movement, every speaker, celebrity, or poet. Rather, it is meant to offer a remembrance of one of the most pivotal and poignant moments in American history. It is a commemorative account of Black men who answered a call for self-examination and to reaffirm their values of family, faith, and community. Think of it as a snapshot of, perhaps, the most inspiring, spiritually uplifting, and socially profound moment of our time. Cherish and reflect on this chronicle, which records the natural alliance and self-liberation of more than one million men. Share in the celebration of a vast grassroots movement, and help preserve the spirit of the Million Man March.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present O T written by Paul Finkelman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 2637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically-arranged entries from O to T that explores significant events, major persons, organizations, and political and social movements in African-American history from 1896 to the twenty-first-century.

Download or read book Looking for a Few Good Moms written by Donna Dees-Thomases and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2004-05-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1999, Donna Dees-Thomases was busy juggling the demands of two young children and a TV job promoting comedy gags. But one day she learned about a shooting, and in the space of just a few hours, everything in Donna's life changed. . . . She decided to round up mothers--a group even more formidable than the gun lobby--to show Congress that mothers care about the gun-violence epidemic in America. She called her as-yet-unborn movement the MILLION MOM MARCH, even though she was, at the time, launching a revolution of one. In an astonishingly short 9 months, on Mother's Day 2000, Donna fulfilled her mission--and made history--when she was joined by nearly a million other mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends who were determined to let our government know that the time for enacting sensible gun laws is now. Not even the great marches of the Civil Rights movement drew as many people as the MILLION MOM MARCH. How did one mother get the attention of our government-and the world? Looking for a Few Good Moms shows how we all can make a difference if we are willing to take a stand.

Download or read book We Are Not What We Seem written by Roderick D. Bush and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "Indispensable" Book of The Black World Today website A fresh new look at the Black Power movement and its leaders Much has been written about the Black Power movement in the United States. Most of this work, however, tends to focus on the personalities of the movement. In We Are Not What We Seem, Roderick D. Bush takes a fresh look at Black Power and other African American social movements with a specific emphasis on the role of the urban poor in the struggle for Black rights. Bush traces the trajectory of African American social movements from the time Booker T. Washington to the present, providing an integrated discussion of class. He addresses questions crucial to any understanding of Black politics: Is the Black Power movement simply another version of the traditional American ethnic politics, or does it have wider social import? What role has the federal government played in implicitly grooming social conservatives like Louis Farrakhan to assume leadership positions as opposed to leftist, grassroots, class-oriented leaders? Bush avoids the traditional liberal and social democratic approaches in favor of a more universalistic perspective that offers new insights into the history of Black movements in the U.S.

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Download or read book They Didn t See Us Coming written by Lisa Levenstein and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning scholar, a vibrant portrait of a pivotal moment in the history of the feminist movement From the declaration of the "Year of the Woman" to the televising of Anita Hill's testimony, from Bitch magazine to SisterSong's demands for reproductive justice: the 90s saw the birth of some of the most lasting aspects of contemporary feminism. Historian Lisa Levenstein tracks this time of intense and international coalition building, one that centered on the growing influence of lesbians, women of color, and activists from the global South. Their work laid the foundation for the feminist energy seen in today's movements, including the 2017 Women's March and #MeToo campaigns. A revisionist history of the origins of contemporary feminism, They Didn't See Us Coming shows how women on the margins built a movement at the dawn of the Digital Age.

Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 6 written by King K. Holmes and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages of interventions and strategies across delivery platforms to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, adult febrile illness, viral hepatitis, and neglected tropical diseases. The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care. The attainable goals are to reduce incidence, develop innovative approaches, and optimize existing tools in resource-constrained settings.

Download or read book Half the Sky written by Nicholas D. Kristof and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation—the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope, two of our most fiercely moral voices With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope. They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, counseled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS. Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it’s also the best strategy for fighting poverty. Deeply felt, pragmatic, and inspirational, Half the Sky is essential reading for every global citizen.

Download or read book Leninism Stalinism and the Women s Movement in Britain 1920 1939 written by Sue Bruley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a detailed examination of the interaction between socialism and feminism through the lens of one particular socialist organisation, the Communist Party of Great Britain, from its foundation in 1920 until the outbreak of the Second World War. The study of socialism and feminism in the CPGB can be divided into four major areas – the party’s concept of socialism and the role of women in a future society; the party’s relationship to the feminist movement; the work of the party in relation to specific women’s issues; and how the sexual division of labour operated within the party. The author here defines and explains the socialist and feminist traditions in Britain and describes the ways in which they interacted, both at the level of theory and of practice. Sources from party press and reports to interviews with party members and non-party written and oral evidence and accounts feed into this thorough chronological treatment which outlays the changes within the CPGB during the 1920s and 30s in relation to feminism.

Download or read book Women Rising written by Rita Stephan and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundbreaking essays by female activists and scholars documenting women’s resistance before, during, and after the Arab Spring Images of women protesting in the Arab Spring, from Tahrir Square to the streets of Tunisia and Syria, have become emblematic of the political upheaval sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. In Women Rising, Rita Stephan and Mounira M. Charrad bring together a provocative group of scholars, activists, artists, and more, highlighting the first-hand experiences of these remarkable women. In this relevant and timely volume, Stephan and Charrad paint a picture of women’s political resistance in sixteen countries before, during, and since the Arab Spring protests first began in 2011. Contributors provide insight into a diverse range of perspectives across the entire movement, focusing on often-marginalized voices, including rural women, housewives, students, and artists. Women Rising offers an on-the-ground understanding of an important twenty-first century movement, telling the story of Arab women’s activism.

Download or read book The Future of Nursing written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.

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