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The LGBTQ community’s 10 Year Challenge is a total glow up. 🏳️‍🌈💅✨

2 Propositions are on Tuesday's ballot in El Paso. See below for translation from Policy-speak to plain language. Remember Voting on Tuesday, Nov. 6 is from 7am-7pm. See epcountyvotes.com for WHERE to vote based on your address.

Remember---talk about consent not only 'just say no'! Only 8 states in the US require that consent be part of s*x education in schools.

This comic shows the powerful link between Parkland students and their school's namesake. Today, the energized students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas manifest their namesake’s strength of opinion and activism.

Barbie (yes that one) suggests dropping the sorry reflex and turning it around. What do you think?

Barbie Just Vlogged About The "Sorry Reflex" & It's Actually Empowering As Heck When we were kids, I feel like Barbie dolls' presence didn't seem to reach beyond playdates and dress-up (although I have to admit, six-year-old me really enjoyed that). In recent years, however, the famous doll brand has worked to expand its influen…

🔊 Listen Now: Disrespect To Miss-Respect Code Switch on NPR One | 27:29

Domestic Violence: a Public Problem and a Public Health Concern - NNEDV It is time to prioritize survivors’ needs for a number of reasons—one of which is the devastating public health crisis that domestic violence presents.

This restaurant owner wanted to protect her servers from harassment. So she designed something brilliant.

The Forgotten Black Woman Inventor Who Revolutionized Menstrual Pads Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner was a self-taught inventor who created the sanitary belt and filed five patents in her lifetime.

YOU can help your favorite nonprofit registered for 2017 El Paso Giving Day win an extra $1000 towards their cause!

The Social Media Star Prize will be awarded to the non-profit whose unique image in this album has the most UNIQUE shares, likes, and/or reactions.

Unique shares, likes, and/or reactions count as non-repeating individuals and/or pages that engage with the post.

The qualifying period will begin on November 8th, 2017 and will end on November 15th, 2017 at 11:59 pm.

Brenda: Thanks for sharing. Here is a little more info about the event for your friends: If you are interested in running for local office or want to help out on a campaign, please join us for the Get Ready to Run for Local Office Candidate Training this Saturday. Please register at the link below to attend.
Here is more info:
You want to serve your community - and Annie's List wants to help! If you are thinking about running for city office, county office or your local school board Ready to Run: Local Leaders can help you plan a strong campaign by reaching the right voters, constructing a powerful message and leveraging your network for support. Join progressive leaders in El Paso from 10:00am - 3:00pm on August 13, 2016 at the Region 19 Education Service Center to be part of this exciting training.
Featured Speakers include:
County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal
Judge Veronica Escobarr
State Representative Mary Mary Gonzalez
City Representative Claudia Ordaz
State Representative-Elect Lina Ortega
Annie's List is changing the face of power in Texas by recruiting, training and electing progressive women to state and local office.

2016 El Paso Ready to Run: Local Leaders

This wonderful cartoon by Chris Hallbeck succinctly shows how gender stereotyping of children's toys is limiting to both girls and boys -- just like fostering spatial and analytic skills in girls is important so is teaching boys how to be nurturing.

If you're looking for empowering toys that reflect the diverse range of children's interests, A Mighty Girl's 2015 Holiday Gift Guide features hundreds of high-quality toys for babies, kids, and teens. To make it simple to find the perfect gift for the kids in your life, it's sortable by six age groups and ten different themes, including science toys, arts & crafts, building toys, games, dolls & action figures, and women's history.

And, while our holiday guide was created with Mighty Girls in mind, we believe both girls and boys will love the featured toys, just as we believe that all children benefit from the girl-empowering books and resources found throughout A Mighty Girl.

To browse A Mighty Girl's 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, visit http://www.amightygirl.com/holiday-guide

And, if you'd like to find a special doll for a child in your life, visit our "Dolls & Action Figures" section at http://amgrl.co/1Ol78Bo

You can view more of Hallbeck's cartoons on his website at http://bit.ly/1hevmdU or check him out on Facebook at Maximumble.

Outstanding pragmatic suggestions for change...starting with YOU!

Are you holding your own daughter back? Here are 5 ways to raise girls to be leaders. A Harvard psychologist shares some surprising results from his research: We might not realize it, but we may be holding girls back from leadership positions.

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SNEAK PEEK - Empowered: "One in Two" (2:20) Sneak Peek! Empowered: Women, HIV and Intimate Partner Violence is a campaign from Greater Than AIDS to bring more attention to the intersection of HIV & int...

¡El Engendering Community Project viene a Cd. Juárez! Que vengan al Colegio de la Frontera Norte this Friday para la abertura y su "Jornada sobre Diversidades S*xo-Genéricas."

Engendering Community Project is coming to Juarez! Come to the Colegio de la Frontera Norte this Friday for the opening and some great programming.

Mt. Holyoke college changes policy to admit trans women Student group Open Gates led a protest of Mt. Holyoke’s former policy last May. Image via Buzzfeed and Open Gates MHC / Via Facebook: MhcFemmepowered

FOWS women rock! Thank you for celebrating with the historic first graduating class of Bachelor's in Women's and Gender Studies!

It's great to see Claudia Ordaz, a UTEP Political Science/Women's and Gender Studies Alumna stepping up to increase women's participation in politics!

Recognize this face? She's vying to be your next city representative.
Read more here:
http://www.ktsm.com/news/ordaz-files-run-el-paso-city-council-seat
(Photo: Facebook) AA

UTEP's Women's and Genders Studies Program and the Department of Biological Sciences is collaborating on an innovative teaching postdoctoral fellowship. We are now recruiting for one postdoctoral fellow who has the credentials and expertise to teach Introduction to Biology, but also has expertise in the impacts of race, class, gender, religion, etc on health/medicine. This Postdoctoral fellow will be mentored in teaching pedagogy and have the opportunity to become certified to teach online, and to present their research and scholarship in their field and in teaching and learning. Please forward this widely. If interested please apply through this link:

https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/hr/jobs/nlogon/140228010509

UT El Paso Job Posting - Post Doctoral | The University of Texas at El Paso Job Search for The University of Texas at El Paso

BREAKING: Today, Michael Dunn, who killed 17 year-old Jordan Davis for playing his music too loud was convicted of three counts of attempted murder and one count of shooting a firearm. While we're relieved that justice was served for some counts, it was not served for killing Jordan. And everyday deadly laws like "Stand Your Ground," also known as "Shoot First" remain on the books, Black lives are placed in jeopardy.

Nearly 111,000 ColorOfChange members have already taken action to put an end to these dangerous laws. Help us end the senseless violence perpetrated against Black folks like Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin by demanding an end to Shoot First now: http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/JordanDavis/

ColorOfChange.org | Stand against 'Shoot First' laws 17-year-old Jordan Russell Davis was shot and killed by Michael Dunn. He did not have to die. Please tell your state government officials to fight back against Shoot First today.

FLY!!! Women will be ski jumping in the Olympics for the first time today. It took many years of legal challenges and hard work by women and their allies (including dads). Go athletes!
http://www.sochi2014.com/en/ski-jumping

Ski Jumping - Sochi 2014 Olympics Olympic Ski Jumping tickets, schedule, videos, photos, news, events. Olympic and World Records and Results. Sochi 2014 Olympic Ski Jumping

My great-aunt was a welder like this woman. She loved the work and the pay which was MUCH higher than other women's work. When male workers kept stealing her lunch, she added laxatives to the next day's lunch. Problem solved.

The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. There is no other way.
Feb. 4 Birthday---Betty Friedan whose work in labor movements and worker equality led to helping found NOW, the National Organization for Women

In honor of Ayn Rand's birthday (Feb. 2). So, do you agree? Does life start at 35?

Cute dog and quite smart.

Rounding the Bases: A S*x Positive Approach to Violence Prevention Presenters: Angie Hambrick, MSEd; Jonathan Grove; Jennifer Warwick, MSW, LICSW; Jennifer Smith, Ph.D. This webinar highlights how the staff of Pacific Lutheran University's Diversity Center and Women's Center have collaborated to provide a holistic approach to violence prevention on their campus by…

The Food Symposium on Feb 5th and 6th, looks to be a fascinating event... feel free to attend.

UTEP Students, contact Dr. Risch ASAP! This is a great opportunity!

Check out this ad on stereotypes at work. And, let it shine!

Pantene Breaks Down Every S*xist Workplace Stereotype in One Ad Aims at double standards at work