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Women AdvaNCe names Dawn Blagrove, a Woman to Watch!

Women AdvaNCe has named Dawn Blagrove, the Executive Director of the Carolina Justice Policy Center as a Woman to Watch! Dawn is an attorney and attended...[Read More]

7 Feb
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Civic Engagement General Politics/Public Policy Voter Rights Voter Suppression Voting

Celebrating and exercising our right to vote

I imagine August 18, 1920, Wednesday, a sultry summer day in North Carolina. My grandmother, Wanda Margaret Robbins Bunting, perhaps the strongest woman I’ve ever...[Read More]

26 Aug
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Abortion Rights Civil Rights Current Events Gender Nonconformity General LBGTQIA MyBodyNC Reproductive Health Voter Rights Voter Suppression Voting

The Media is Complicit in Promoting Misinformation About Abortion

In the past few months, we have heard and read much about “fetal heartbeat” laws being passed in several states. The nickname for these bills...[Read More]

2 Aug
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General Politics/Public Policy Voting

Legislature Meeting Turns into Lovefest for those who Support Voter ID

I spent Monday morning at the NCGA Select Committee on Elections hearing regarding the draft bill for the new Voter ID amendment. Announcement of the...[Read More]

27 Nov
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Civic Engagement Current Events Latinx Politics/Public Policy Voting

Election Day is Over but the Work Continues

The joy that I feel now that we are beyond Election Day can’t be measured. While there were plenty of outcomes that left me feeling...[Read More]

14 Nov
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Civic Engagement Current Events Latinx Politics/Public Policy Voting

Breathe and March On

I take heart in knowing I’m not the only person who is a little bleary-eyed today after watching election results until well after my bedtime....[Read More]

7 Nov
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Current Events Voting

Early voters flocked to polls in North Carolina counties

By Frank Taylor Originally published on Carolina Public Press. North Carolina voters turned out early in massive numbers compared with the early voting turnout for...[Read More]

5 Nov
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Current Events Native American Issues Voting

Voting and Native Americans

I am a Native American woman, and I will be participating in the early vote. America is a country that is viewed as the model...[Read More]

2 Nov
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General Immigrant Issues Voting

Votando por aquellos que no pueden

Por Miriam Valle Cada elección es agridulce para mí. Por un lado, es un recordatorio de los sueños y metas que mi familia...[Read More]

31 Oct
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General Immigrant Issues Voting

Voting for Those Who Can’t

By Miriam Valle (Available in Spanish) Every election is bittersweet for me. On the one hand it’s a reminder of the ideals my family dreamed...[Read More]

31 Oct
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