During her confirmation hearings, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed the importance of prioritizing women and girls, who are at the greatest risk of being poor, and make up nearly 70% of the world’s hungry.
I recently went to a protest demanding justice forMichael Brown, the unarmed African American teenager who was killed by a police officer this August. The police officer who killed him got no punishment, rather, the police…
This photo hangs above my desk. A constant reminder of the power of women's leadership. The woman on the left, Sr. Lucy Kurien, was born in southern India. The woman on the right, Sr. Peg Murphy, was born in Ireland and…
https://plus.google.com/110281594137407899585/posts/31sAS1hzAh6 Downtown Vinnie uses his looper and plays his cigar box guitar in "What's Done is Done". Come and listen to Vinnie wail out his unique licks.
Hello beautiful people! I am thrilled to announce the release, coinciding with International Women's Day, of the anthology, "Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan." The book features my new…
When Michael Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, MO last summer, I chose to not deal with the situation by not talking about it and by not reading or listening to the news. However, when the police officer who shot him was…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOqxhsBttg8&feature=em-subs_digest Downtown Vinnie wails on his one of twenty cigar box guitars. Listen to this master player find his place in the world. Don't forget you can see Vinnie…
https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/the-one-thing-i-stopped-doing-to-improve-my-113370451529.html This is really some good advice for anyone in a relationship, or even between family members, stand down, shut your yap, if…
http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/03/25/feminist-anthem-you-wont-be-able-get-out-your-head?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-03-25 Listen to this funny songwriter sing to all the women celebrities like Lady Gaga who say they are not…
It’s been so long since I’ve last written a post about anything and I feel like I owe it to my world pulse family to share why I’ve been so M.I.A. For the past year and half I’ve been in school, completing my Masters of…
https://plus.google.com/110281594137407899585/posts/JMgTH6LX4aT "God lives in a nursing home in Wisconsin" tells the story of a rich relationship between a caregiver and an elderly man. Take a walk down the journey of a…
An Inheritance lost We all lose when the tyrants gain ground in the lives of anyone. These tyrants who reside in all countires and in all venues are not just political, but they are in every industry , in the workplace and…
How do we ensure that women are involved in Peace talks? How do we use our voices and stand in solidarity together to ensure that women have a seat at the table? What should the role of the local governments be in involving…
I have been invloved in a major legal case since 2009. I am the principle witness/victim. I have had to pay court fees , legal fees and travel expense for this case since 2009 with no help from any agency etc. the cost for…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1moEjqGiBI&feature=youtu.be From across the world comes a lovely song from a man in Moscow in Russia who happened to check out our site about our Cigar Box Guitar Fest NW on Saturday June…
Gender-based violence (GBV) and persistent paradigm of human being; shall we change it and when..? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today I heard from the women priest in the Women Worship…
Faces of violence have indeed evolved and not for the better I’d often hear “If you see the man, you’d never think his the kind of man that would abuse his wife” or if you see the woman, you’d think she’s not the type to be…
Jimmy Carter: Losing his Religion. article by Daily Kos For most of his life,Jimmy Carterhas been an advocate for human rights. In 1982, one year after leaving the Oval Office, the former US President and his wife Rosalynn…
A post I wrote on the 2nd anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. It highlights my decision to stop buying clothing Thanks for reading! https://ashleighbugg.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/why-i-stopped-buying-cloth...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/18/1378569/-Hillary-Clinton-hands-a-forced-birther-s-behind-back-to-him-on-a-platter?detail=email Hillary expresses the need for a world of wanted children, a world where a woman can get…
By refusing to be treated badly women can leave bad situations and stop the verbal or physical abuse they are living in. If they can't leave then they should make ultimatiums for their men to get into counseling, not just…
