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TTC Extra: Campus Accountability for Sexual Assault

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Eight Women Say the Same Man Raped or Assaulted Them. Now They’re Out for Justice {Rolling Stone}

January 29, 2023  | Read More »

On the morning of Dec. 9, 2022, a young woman named Zoë awoke and found herself to be in avenger mode. Strictly speaking, a disguise may not have been necessary for the doling out of justice Zoë had planned for that day. But it had been a year and a half since she had seen the man who, she says, raped her, and at the thought of potentially coming face-to-face with him, her whole body tingled with fear. At the very least, she didn’t want him to recognize her.

Ohio to Spend $5 million on Mother, Baby Wellness {Washington Examiner}

January 29, 2023  | Read More »

Ohio Medicaid wants to spend $5 million over the next year on an effort to improve the overall well-being of mothers, infants and families through an initiative involving doctors and community partners.

Native Sons & Daughters of Kansas Honor Healthcare Workers at Banquet {WIBW}

January 29, 2023  | Read More »

“For 100 years we’ve met to honor a Kansan of the Year, and tonight we’re doing something a little bit different in rather than honor an individual or group of individuals, we’re honoring the entire healthcare system for its response to COVID-19,” said Clint Patty, co-president of Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas.

Greensburg Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church Sewing Group Clothes Girls in Hope {TRIB Live}

January 29, 2023  | Read More »

It’s the name adopted by a group of women who meet monthly at Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greensburg. At home and as a group, members make dresses, blankets, quilts, hats, dolls and other items for children in impoverished communities in the United States and abroad.


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Nancy Pelosi Won't Seek Reelection to Leadership

November 17, 2022 <a href= 'https://www.pbs.org/to-the-contrary/watch/177/speaker-nancy-pelosi' > Nancy Pelosi Won't Seek Reelection to Leadership </a>

by Cari Stein

Executive Producer

When she first won a seat in the House of Representatives there were only 12 women, now there are more than 90.  And, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she wants more.  Speaker Pelosi has been in this position as top Democrat in Congress twice, and she's been minority leader,  Now, she says she is staying in the House of Representatives but won't seek reelection to the leadership position ecause, she says, " it's time for the new generation to take the reigns of the house Democrats. In 2010,  when Pelosi was about to leave her first tour as House Speaker, Bonnie Erbe' sat down with her to speak about her legacy. Click the title or click here: 

https://www.pbs.org/to-the-contrary/watch/177/speaker-nancy-pelosi

Galvanizing the Women's Vote

October 20, 2022 Galvanizing the Women's Vote

By Jordan Owens

 

College students with opinions on our society and how it works, families wanting a better future for their children, and women fighting for what they believe are health rights all came out to the Women’s Wave march in hopes of making a difference.  


The Women’s March organization mobilized the Washington, D.C community to support a woman’s right to have an abortion. Organizers called on attendees to vote in the upcoming midterm election for democrats and pro-choice candidates.

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About the Host - Bonnie Erbé

To The Contrary Host: Bonnie Erbé

Bonnie Erbé is a nonpartisan, award-winning American journalist and television host based in the Washington, D.C. area who has ...

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