Our Time Is Now
NM has the most diverse rural population in the U.S. and one of the lowest graduation rates of any state. Follow 6 NM teens as they strive to finish high school on KNME Thurs. 9/19 at 7 PM or Sun. 9/22 at 5 PM or KNMD Thurs. 9/26 at 7 PM.
Then watch American Graduate Day on KNME Sat. 9/28 10 AM to 5 PM as reports tell how community partners provide support, advice, and intervention services to at-risk-students, families, and schools.
Caramelo By Sandra CisnerosEvery year, Celaya “Lala” Reyes’ family — aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala’s six older brothers — packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drives from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother’s house in Mexico City for the summer. Struggling to find a voice above the boom of her brothers and to understand her place on this side of the border and that, Lala is a shrewd observer of family life. But when Lala starts telling the Awful Grandmother’s life story, seeking clues to how she got to be so awful, her grandmother accuses Lala of exaggerating. Soon, a multigenerational family narrative turns into a whirlwind exploration of storytelling, lies, and life. Like the cherished rebozo, or shawl, that has been passed down through generations of Reyes women, Caramelo is alive with the vibrations of history, family, and love.
Available in print, Kindle, NOOK Book, and audiobook formats
New Mexico students will be watching Bystanders Ending Bullying this year.
View the video on KOB Tuesday, August 20 at 7 P.M.
Women’s Equality Day Celebration
& Rally for the Equal Rights Amendment
Sunday, August 25, 2013 1-3 PM Tiguex Park
Mountain Road and 19th Street NW, Old Town, Albuquerque
Does your school district have a bullying prevention program? Does your district educate incoming teachers, students, and parents on appropriate uses of social media? Will your district be ready to implement a cyber-bullying policy when the new school year begins?
You can find out by reading one of AAUW’s latest blog posts, complete with step-by-step instructions on navigating Department of Education data to help keep schools accountable for the safety of all students!
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa’s “Iron Lady” — was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation. In this stirring memoir, Sirleaf shares the inside story of her rise to power, including her early childhood; her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, and exile; and her fight for democracy and social justice.
The House at Sugar Beach: A Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper
Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descendant of two Liberian dynasties — traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea. Her childhood was filled with servants, flashy cars, a villa in Spain, and a farmhouse up-country. It was also an African childhood, filled with knock foot games and hot pepper soup, heartmen and neegee.
Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller is the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. This book is a memoir of that time when a schoolgirl was as likely to carry a shotgun as a satchel. Fuller tells a story of civil war, a battle against nature and loss, and of her family’s bond with the African continent.
These memoirs are available in print, Kindle, NOOK Book, and audiobook formats.
The most shameful and best-kept secret in the U.S. military is the epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks. An American female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. A culture of privilege and impunity has resulted in few prosecutions and the systematic isolation of women who dare to report the crimes. AAUW LAF is supporting some of the cases discussed in the Oscar nominated documentary.
See it on PBS May 13 or May 23 9-10:30 PM
Support Legislation that Helps Military Sexual Assault Survivors
On April 17, AAUW’s Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Lisa Maatz stood alongside Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), representatives from other women’s organizations, and survivors of military rape to announce the reintroduction of the Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention (STOP) Act (H.R. 1593). AAUW strongly supports this legislation, which would change how sexual assault is handled in the military by creating an independent body to investigate and prosecute sexual assault cases.
This legislation is backed by the plaintiffs AAUW supports from three class-action lawsuits against the military and by victims’ rights advocates, including Susan Burke, the plaintiffs’ legal counsel. Read more about the legislation on the AAUW blog and use AAUW’s Two-Minute Activist to ask your congressional representative to support it.
Bills signed: HB 225 Electronic Voter Registration Updates
HB300 School Excused Absences for Pregnancy
HB 658 Registration of Certain Fetal Deaths
SB 447 Native American Suicide Prevention Council
HB Fair Pay for Women Act
HB 247 Military War Veteran Scholarship Fund
SB 132 Uniform Enforcement of Domestic Violence Act
SB 41 Background Checks for CYFD Placements
SB 589 New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange Act
SB 40 No Electronic Communications in Jails
SB 638 Registration of Private Colleges
HB 304 Human Trafficking Civil Remedies & Services
SB 371 No Social Media Access for Employers
HB 225 Electronic Voter Registration Updates
HB 45 Transfer Insurance Regulation from PRC
HB 22 Autism Coverage in Group Health Coverage
Vetoed: HB 2 Continuing Funding for the Commission on the Status of Women
Dixie Trebbe, Public Policy Chair
PBS Independent Lens Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroins
traces the evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman from the birth of the comic book in the 1940s.
Her portrayal often reflects society’s anxieties about women’s liberation.
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