Posts Tagged ‘Women’
Testimony in Opposition to LePage’s Budget Cuts
In: Budget|Governor LePage|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby
15 Dec 2011Testimony in opposition: Senator Rosen, Representative Flood, Senator McCormick, Representative Strang Burgess and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, my name is Laura Harper, and I represent the Maine Women’s Lobby, an organization that has been working for 33 years [...]
Last week the Maine Women’s Fund announced the recipients of their 2008 – 2009 grant cycle. They have awarded nearly $80,000 in social grants to nine Maine organizations. Each of these grant recipients have a long history of promoting and implementing social change in Maine. The Maine Women’s Policy Center is very excited and appreciative to [...]
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- Tags: Maine Women's Policy Center, Women, women's issues
Go Sarah, Go Sarah!
In: Maine Women's Policy Center|Sarah Standiford|Uncategorized
20 Jun 2009In a recent publication of the Maine Women’s Fund, our fearless leader, Sarah – and the work she directs at the Maine Women’s Policy Center – was highlighted. Check out what they had to say: “Sarah Standiford is changing Maine. As executive director of the Maine Women’s Policy Center and its sister organization, the Maine [...]
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- Tags: Girls' Day, Girls' Day at the State House, Maine Women's Policy Center, Women, women's issues
What's in a Word?
In: Discrimination
12 Jun 2009Governor John Baldacci signed a bill on Monday that tightens a nine-year-old law banning the use of the word “squaw” from official place names (Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal). After this law took effect, many places, including the names of mountains and creeks, were changed. But, believe it or not, some people just couldn’t let [...]
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- Tags: Discrimination, Hate Crimes, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, Women, women's issues
Hearing on Healthy Families Act beginning!
In: H1N1 Flu|Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|swine flu
11 Jun 2009The federal Health and Education Committee is about to start a hearing on the Healthy Families Act – paid sick days for US workers. Rajiv Bhatia, from San Francisco’s department of public health, is on deck after the bill’s sponsor Representative Rosa DeLauro and Rep. Grayson. You can watch it live . And we’ll be [...]
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- Tags: Healthy Families Act, Maine Women's Lobby, Paid sick days, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, US Congress, Women, working families
Family Friendly Policies are "Critical to Empowering Employers" says, First Lady Michelle Obama
In: Discrimination|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Obama|Paid sick days
7 May 2009On May 7, Michelle Obama spoke at the Corporate Voices for Working Families Annual Partners Meeting in Washington, D.C. The First Lady talked about balancing work and life and the importance of family friendly policies that benefit working families and strengthen the competiveness of American business. Corporate Voices for Working Families is the leading national [...]
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Recent federal and local research has helped identify some of the main causes of homelessness, but questions still remain about factors that are unique to women. Preble Street, a nonprofit organization focusing on homelessness, located in Portland, Maine, has released an in-depth report highlighting women and homelessness in Maine. The Preble Street Report was staggering. [...]
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- Tags: homelessness, Maine Women's Lobby, Women, women's issues, YouTube
Testimony in Support of LD 1020
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Maine Women's Lobby|Marriage Equality
28 Apr 2009Folks keep asking for a copy of our testimony to the Judiciary Committee last Wednesday on Marriage. Hey, thanks! And, here it is: Testimony in support of L.D. 1020 Joint Committee on the Judiciary Sarah Standiford, Executive Director, Maine Women’s Lobby April 22, 2009 My name is Sarah Standiford and I serve as the executive [...]
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- Tags: Civil Rights, gay rights, judiciary committee, Maine Legislature, Maine Women's Lobby, Marriage Equality, public hearing, same sex marriage, testimony, Women
Please take a sick day for swine flu.
27 Apr 2009I now know I’m not the only one wondering how we’re supposed to follow the CDC’s advice to stay home from work with flu-like symptoms. Yes, you should prevent the spread of swine flu by staying home from work when you’re sick. But for the nearly one out of two full time workers without a [...]
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