Tag: Revolutionary Hero
A Day Without A Woman
The Women’s March is working. There is a movement building and it’s not only women. The march may have been the think that kicked things off, but more and more people are organizing in their local... Read MoreIndivisible
Last summer, even before the presidential election, the group Indivisible was formed. In their own words: Indivisible is a nonpolitical initiative energizing and informing Americans about the value an... Read MoreThe Beatles
Almost 50 years ago, during times as confused and scary as our own, the Beatles released the song ‘Revolution.’ This song could not be more timely and wise (and wise-cracking). Check out some of t... Read MoreBessie Colman
The year is 1921. The place is France. Bessie Colman becomes the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license. Talk about a can-do spirit! She started school in a one room segregated schoo... Read MoreHousing Works
I started writing about Housing Works as a Quirky NYC experience—and it is!—but it is also a quintessential never give up kind of revolutionary organization. People think of Housing Works as a gre... Read MoreHidden Figures
Wow! I’m not just saying that because I am a woman scientist who has not always been treated fairly or kindly over the course of my career by male colleagues. Absolutely, that does not predispose me... Read MoreMLK Day In Eastville, VA
I went to the MLK breakfast with my mother this morning in Eastville, her adopted home. She has lived here for much of her life after leaving Brooklyn almost 30 years ago. This morning’s breakfast w... Read More- 3 of 3
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