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Aug 19, 2013

Miss Representation: Google+ Film Club

Let’s talk about what’s currently happening in mass media outlets including television, movies, newspapers, the Internet, in music, videos, games and in schools all over the world.

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Mar 14, 2013

Delivering The Love Letter to Congress

THANK YOU!

Last month, we did a little something different. We wrote a “love letter to Congress” (our petition) and asked you all to sign it. The letter was short and sweet and was our way of celebrating the strong female leadership we…

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Mar 3, 2013

Our Week in Review Feb. 25 to March 1

This past week EMC covered some ups and downs.

We wrote a lot about loss, grief and frustration, but also about hope and triumph. Here’s our week in review:

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Feb 28, 2013

Five Women (and Two Men) We Love in February

With so many matters of the heart to focus on during our Every Heart Counts theme for February, it’s too bad it was a short month because there’s so much more we could write. In addition to covering heart health and heart disease, especially as it…

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Feb 25, 2013

Our Q&A with Dr. Alejandro Junger, Founder of the Clean Program

With all our talk about women and heart health this month, the take home message is this: Most cardiovascular disease is preventable.

It’s not about the medications you take or the doctors you see. It’s all about your…

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Feb 25, 2013

Final Petition Push

It’s coming down to the wire.

There are only three more days before Christy and Erin present our petition to Congress. We’re thrilled with the response we’ve received from people all over the country helping us send a message to female members of Congress, asking them…

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Feb 21, 2013

Jennifer Pastiloff’s Matters of the Heart

There can be no greater matter of the heart than a deep appreciation of life in all its manifestations, including grief and the love of friends and family.

When Jennifer Pastiloff wrote this piece, Getting Made (in honor of Ronan Louis and Emily Rapp) for…

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Feb 15, 2013

Rosa Park’s Marriage

Every Mother Counts celebrates African American history month with this story of Rosa Parks and her husband, Raymond.

Here we are, the day after Valentine’s Day, celebrating African American History month and pondering the marriage of Ray and Rosa Parks. Everyone’s…

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Feb 15, 2013

Rosa Parks’ Marriage

Here we are, the day after Valentine’s Day, celebrating African American History month and pondering the marriage of Ray and Rosa Parks.

Everyone’s familiar with Rosa, the woman credited for her huge role in desegregating the South, but we don’t hear much about her husband, Raymond nor…

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Feb 14, 2013

Our love letter to Congress

Dear Members of the House of Representatives,

First of all, let us tell you how much we admire you and appreciate how hard you work. It’s tough keeping a household together for the long haul and we know some of your relationships in the House are going…