WOMEN IN THE WORLD SUMMIT-APRIL 5-7 NYC

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

The 2017 eighth annual Women In the World Summit, presented by Tina Brown @TinaBrownLM, in association with The New York Times, will be held April 5-7 in David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City. If you are not a resident of NYC, no worries, the event will be made available via livestreamed on their homepage. What is The Women In the World Summit? Page Description: 'Women who are on the front lines all over the world come to our stage to tell their stories at our summits...

WILL GOP GO NUCLEAR TO NAIL NEIL GORSUCH CONFIRMATION?

Posted on April 4, 2017December 21, 2017 by Tonya R

Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination Hearing

Will GOP Go Nuclear?: Will GOP go 'Nuclear' to nail Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination confirmation. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated at a press conference held Tuesday April 4, 2017, "Closure will not be invoked, but we will be moving forward on confirming Judge Gorsuch on Friday". Senator Elizabeth Warren Pumps the Breaks Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) proceeds to pump the breaks on Gorsuch's nomination, with a reminder of the rules of protocol currently in place. Sh...

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. ...