Stupak: Win or Lose, We Need Culture Change

Feminist blogger Kate Harding often takes issue with how cynical the progressives on Daily Kos write about abortion politics, but on Nov. 10, they found some common ground. Two days after the House voted to approve health care reform and the Stupak Amendment, which seemed to catch so many by surprise, Kate wrote on [...]

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Vote for Exhale & Help Us Win a New Website

A woman who has had an abortion and who goes online in search of support and connection will undoubtedly find everything that is wrong with the abortion debate in this country. Shame, stigma, anger, violence, and judgment around abortion are the status quo online. Imagine if instead each woman found what she really needs: respect [...]

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5 Tips to be Pro-Voice Online (in ‘09)

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Podcast: Fully Engaged Feminism

Thanks to Laura at Fully Engaged Feminism for interviewing me about Exhale on her podcast. She writes:
In the shouting match around the legislating and moralizing of abortion the first silenced are often women who have experienced it. Where can women go to tell their story with out it becoming ammunition for either [...]

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Fundraising Day 2009: Adventures in New Media!

We had a very, very packed room at our workshop “Adventures in New Media” at Fundraising Day today. People standing in the back, sitting on the floor and lots of really great questions about how you measure the impact of social media strategies on fundraising. I learned a lot from the panelists, Jennifer [...]

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Adventures in New Media at Fundraising Day 2009

I am stoked for tomorrow! I will be moderating a panel called “Lessons Learned: Adventures in New Media” tomorrow at AFP’s Golden Gate Chapters day-long conference called Fundraising Day. I have been involved, on and off, with this conference for many years and this year was a member of the Program Committee. [...]

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Exciting News for Oakland: “Oakland Local”

According to Susan Mernit, co-founder of Pink Garage, a new online community and resource for women entrepreneurs, and a product development, business strategy and social media consultant, she was just awarded a New Voices fellowship to launch Oakland Local.
Oakland Local will be a daily-updated Web site and mobile service with a focus [...]

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Thanks Feministe & Feministing!

I was stoked to find out that Feministe named me Hero of the Day yesterday. And, rest assured, I confirmed that this was not an April Fools Day joke on me. Feministing took a moment to acknowledged me too. Wow. Thank you all so very much. It feels [...]

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A Pro-Voice Dialogue: Respect & Nonjudgment

The day of President Obama’s Presidential Address I posted an article on RH Reality Check, asking President Obama to directly address the millions of American women, and our loved ones, who have personally experienced abortion. Along with my article, I published the voices of women who have had abortions and who said – in [...]

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My Q & A on Mother Talkers

I had a lovely lunch with Elisa of Mother Talkers last week. Didn’t expect to be interviewed, but she brought the laptop and we got it done over sushi. She is smart and interesting and I had a great time. Lots to learn about blogging!
Some great comments on the Q & A:
I [...]

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