http://wfri.orgWomen's Fund of Rhode Islanden-USadmin@dnnresearch.emboldendesign.com 0 0 1 352 2013 Women's Fund of Rhode Island 16 4 2361 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-U...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 22 May 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=54 (Normally I write about music-related issues, but in light of Bike to Work Day and this week's Wom...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxThu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=53 I’m happy to report that the most recent divide and conquer tactic intended to incite some women v...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 08 May 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=52 My friend Jon was a vibrant, kind and wonderful person. He loved music and dancing. He never ceased...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 01 May 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=51 @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { marg...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 24 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=50 One organization, three arts fellowships, and none went to a woman.   This got my att...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxThu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=49 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#defau...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=48 You really don’t have to look too far these days to find news about the struggle for women’s right...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 10 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=47 Hip Hop Artist and Poet, Melissa Czarnik, began an Artist Residency program in France a few day...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxThu, 05 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=46 Last week Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconsin stood on the floor of Congress and spoke of her pe...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=45Ten years ago I was standing on a balcony, trying to coax my puppy, Sabrina, back inside. Sabrina wa...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 27 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=44 Music is a form of self-expression.  Traditionally, it has been one way that political views have b...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxWed, 21 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=43 It’s Women’s History Month and this year the theme for the national celebration is Women’s Educati...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 13 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=42 After a Congressional panel on women’s health that excluded women, the White House compromise on th...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 06 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=41 Click on the sound file above or here to listen to an excerpt from my interview with feminist...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxThu, 01 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=40 Is it just me, or has this been a very weird February? And I am not talking about the weather.  I a...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 28 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=39 Every year, I publish a " best of/year-end/year-before review of women in music based o...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxThu, 23 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=37 Despite persistent efforts by the early Christian church to de-sexualize the pagan celebration on ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 14 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=36 During the 2009 health care fight a common refrain came from the mouths of women from across the co...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=35 0 0 1 445 2542 Women's Fund of Rhode Island 21 5 2982 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-U...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxWed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=34The blogosphere is filled with the voices of feminist moms talking about childrearing.  Or, rather, ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=33 In a recent interview  with Rolling Stone , British artist Adele stated, “I don't make music for ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=32 An unrepentant cinephile, I celebrated the new year transition into 2012 with a Meryl Streep doubl...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=31 As I rang in the New Year surrounded by friends and loved ones, reflections on 2011 flew through my...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=30 New Year’s. A time of reflection and letting loose of the old that no longer serves one to make ro...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxWed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=29 0 0 1 253 1447 Women's Fund of Rhode Island 12 3 1697 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-U...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=28 A friend recently posted a message on Facebook saying she was looking for a new, preferably local ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=27 0 0 1 606 3456 Women's Fund of Rhode Island 28 8 4054 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-U...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=26The other day, as I prepared for a meeting where the topic of discussion would be the many things le...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxWed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=25I’m a member of the sandwich generation.  I’ve got two young children (ages 10 and 7), a mother with...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=23 According to Forbes Magazine , nearly one out of every five women in the United States does not ha...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=22 I was a big fan of zero population growth when that movement for population stabilization, which f...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=21 I often find myself asking why. Why do so many qualified women refuse to run? Obviously there are l...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=20There are 113 legislators in the Rhode Island State House.  29 of them are women.  Over the course o...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=19 Most people are unaware that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month . We generally re...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 18 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=18 With the Rhode Island unemployment rate still hovering around ten percent, there may be plenty of ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=16 Across the county, we have seen a groundswell of anti-choice activism and resurgence of attacks on ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=15 When I was a girl, I wanted to be a rabbi.  I wasn’t particularly committed to my religion,...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 27 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=14 I was born in 1972, the year the ERA was introduced to Congress and the year Title IX was enacted. ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 20 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=13 I’m really looking forward to exploring some areas of mutual interest with you on this site.   So...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=12 I was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island by a professor and a librarian. My mother was a ...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxTue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=11Welcome to the newly launched Women's Fund of Rhode Island blog! I look forward to seeing our Fun...http://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspxFri, 26 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMThttp://wfri.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/172/Default.aspx?PostID=7