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ADVERTISEMENT 100-year-old Arkansas activist dies; Dorothy Davis Stuck remembered as journalism, desegregation pioneer by Tess Vrbin | Today at 3:06 a.m. Dorothy Davis Stuck, a pioneering Arkansan newspaper publisher, businesswoman and activist, died Thursday in Little Rock at the age of 100. Her career as an advocate for journalism, the desegregation of schools and the professional advancement of women earned her widespread admiration and honors throughout Arkansas. "Dorothy suffered a fall in...

A strong and vibrant women's and equality-seeking movement is part of the foundation of a more inclusive Canada - one where everyone has the opportunity...

NT Government The Territory Government has provided $1.3 million in funding to recipients of the 2021 Safe, Respected and Free from Violence Prevention Grants. The Safe, Respected and Free from Violence Prevention Grants are provided to support localised projects, activities, actions and pilot programs that seek to challenge and change social and cultural attitudes, values and structures that underpin domestic, family and sexual violence. Each year, individual grants of up to $150,000 are avail...

Women's organizations provide vital support to women and girls, helping them to be financially secure, live free from violence, and fully participate in...

APN's mission is to educate and persuade the American public and its leadership to support and adopt policies that will lead to comprehensive, durable, Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab peace, based on a two-state solution, guaranteeing both peoples security, and consistent with U.S. national interests.

Posted6/1/2021 5:30 AM Suburban community colleges set to receive millions of dollars more in federal COVID-19 relief funding in the coming months are stepping up efforts to help students in need with tuition costs and other expenses, as well as using the money to mitigate the pandemics impact on their budgets. The American Rescue Plan authorized in March provides more than $36 billion in emergency grants, including $10 billion to community colleges, $2.6 billion to historically Black colleges ...

VAntage Point VA Northern Indiana celebrates Women’s Health Clinic Hospital hosts expecting Veterans baby shower VA Northern Indiana is committed to providing high-quality services in a sensitive and safe environment for all female Veterans. On May 24, we celebrated the Women’s Health Clinic and their expecting mothers with a baby shower. Anna Shelton, Congressman Jim Bank’s Office; an expecting Veteran, Kasandra Johnson, Women’s Program Manager; and Luther Green, Chief of Voluntary Ser...

At 88, she wrote a thriller based on her remarkable career Ruth Anderson helped bring women into the federal government. She died at 93.     Ruth Anderson started writing her novel in the 1970s. It was published in 2016. [ Courtesy Lauren Biddle ] For as long as her granddaughters can remember, Ruth Anderson was working on her book. “Mom would say, I don’t know that she’s ever gonna get her book done,” said granddaughter Elizabeth Spencer. But at 88, Mrs. Anderson did...

Ereka Vetrini partners with DoorDash and YourUpdate TV on nationwide media tour to help make Mother’s Day even more special–and delicious–this year even if you can’t physically be together.

Francesca Belouad, MA, is a Research Psychologist in GEB-SDGE. She is responsible for administrating interviews and overseeing clinical aspects of the NIMH Family Study. Francesca has been employed as a Research Psychologist at the NIMH since 2000, when she was recruited by Dennis Charney, MD, during the formation of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Program. Prior to this, she held research positions at the Section on Development Psychology at the NIMH, Outpatient Psychiatry at the Wash...