I work for me. In 2015, I decided to quit my job and bet on myself. It was a risky move but it was one...[Read More]
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Civic EngagementCommunity Issues & VolunteeringGeneralMental HealthPeacePoverty IssuesSelf CareSelf CareSenior Issues
One thing I know for sure right now is that it can be a challenge to remain hopeful in this world with all that is...[Read More]
Friends? How many of us have them? Friends? Ones we can depend on? These lyrics, coined by legendary Hip Hop group, Whodini, regularly leave me...[Read More]
Working at Women AdvaNCe has been an eye-opening, at times challenging, ultimately rewarding experience. I started the summer eager to jump right in, energized by...[Read More]
Abortion RightsGeneralHealth, Wellness, and PreventionLGBTQIAMaternal MortalityMyBodyNCReproductive HealthReproductive RightsSelf CareSelf CareTrauma
April 11, 2015 was my daughter’s fifth birthday party. In the pictures from that day, I am wearing a knee-length fluttery skirt and an aqua...[Read More]
Abortion RightsGeneralHealth, Wellness, and PreventionLGBTQIAMaternal MortalityMyBodyNCReproductive HealthReproductive RightsSelf CareSelf CareSexual Assault
The “Never Again” coat-hanger posters often seen at pro-choice demonstrations are at once evocative and cautionary. They conjure up images of gruesome back-alley abortions of...[Read More]
I never had an abortion, although those services have always been legally available to me. With two miscarriages behind me, by the time I got...[Read More]
I had an abortion. There it is, in black and white, in print, forever. It is there for my family, my friends, my past, present...[Read More]
“How was your Ohio friends’ visit,” I was asked at the church picnic. Fun, I said. Great weather and wonderful seafood. Those words were the...[Read More]
Alright ladies, I need you to do something for me. I need each one of you to sit up straight, put your hands in your...[Read More]