TUESDAY APRIL 4TH ‘EQUAL PAY DAY’-EQUITY PAY GAP AWARENESS

Posted on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 by Tonya R

Tuesday April 4, marks Equal Pay Day for 2017. A Tuesday in the month of April that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year according to The National Committee on Pay Equity, who originated the 'Equal Pay Day' in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. In June 1963, John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), calling it a "significant step forward". The stipulation of the law sta...

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH: HELP BRING AWARENESS

Posted on April 3, 2017April 25, 2017 by Tonya R

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Below are some alarming statistics (more…)

IT’S OFFICIAL-NO DEAL ON REPEAL OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE)

Posted on March 24, 2017November 21, 2017 by Tonya R

Post Updated 3/24/17 Tonya R The American Health Care Act', dead on arrival. There were too many open gashes in the proposed AHCA, leaving opportunity to infect the outcome of upcoming elections. As politician placed their contituents health needs against this repeal and replace proposal that would leave many of them without adequate health insurance, it left no room to resuscitate an already failing health care bill. As a result, the 216 bi-partisan votes required to pass, were not reached. ...

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED HEARINGS ON RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN 2016 ELECTION HAVE BEGUN

Posted on March 20, 2017March 24, 2017 by Tonya R

Today, March 20th beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET, marks the first round of hearings by the House Intelligence Committee to investigate any Russian influence over the 2016 Presidential election, and what President Trump and/or his campaign team or members of his current administration knew of it and most importantly, when they knew it. FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers will be among the first to testify in the hearings behind the scandal dubbed #Russiagate, accordin...

SPEAKER RYAN’S PUSH TO REPEAL OBAMACARE RECEIVES PUSH-BACK

Posted on March 18, 2017March 24, 2017 by Tonya R

'GET INVOLVED': Visit 'White House.gov/Obamacare Share Your Story' , or TEXT 'RESIST' from RESISTbot, the voice of the grassroots to congress. The current GOP Administration is seeking to repeal, and eventually (The operative word) replace what has been dubbed 'ObamaCare', which in actuality is the 'Affordable Care Act (ACA)'. A fact that has confused or alluded many Americans. As a result, has led many to vote against their own best interest, and coming to the realization too late that t...