STILL MISSING IN THE U.S.: WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE AUTHORITY – Part B Resources for Inspiration and Action (3 parts) Posted: November 27, 2016 Part A. Events Part B. Current Messages for Inspiration –Reactions to U.S. Election –Standing Rock –Waging Peace Part C. Creating New Foundations for Life: Practical 21st Century Initiatives B. CURRENT MESSAGES FOR […]
Transition to real democracy
STILL MISSING IN THE U.S.: WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE AUTHORITY – Part C Resources for Inspiration and Action (3 parts) Posted: November 27, 2016 Part A. Events Part B. Current Messages for Inspiration –Reactions to U.S. Election –Standing Rock –Waging Peace Part C. Creating New Foundations for Life: Practical 21st Century Initiatives C. CREATING NEW FOUNDATIONS […]
Count Me In — a new film on real democracy Money, Voting, and Participatory Budgeting — or what we’ve been missing for 200+ years Published October 11, 2016 This is a modified version of an announcement originally posted on Oct. 5, 2016 to U.S. food-and-farm networks. COMFOOD (North America – Tufts University) Food Policy Networks […]
Women’s Councils: A high-impact election platform in 2016 Published April 12, 2016 Five days before the March 15 Illinois primary, this 65-year old voter realized that no presidential candidate was addressing my high priority issue: restoring women’s collective public authority to U.S. soil. This is a high-impact platform that could unify our nation, move us […]
A Resolution on Food, Farms, and Democracy Posted November 11, 2014 Presented at the Congress to Address the First Woman’s Rights Convention Chicago, IL: March 2014 Earlier this year, I was honored and excited to be included in the culmination of year-long event to update the document produced by the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention. The […]
Putting the DEMOCRACY into Food-and-Farm Democracy: A Food-and-Farm Bill for and by All Americans (posted to food-and-farm list-servs on Nov. 11, 2013) To: Jasia Steinmetz, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point COMFOOD list-serv cc: Frances Moore Lappe, Small Planet Institute Women, Food, and Agriculture Network (national organization based in Ames, Iowa) Food Policy Network (national forum based […]
October 8, 2013 To: Advocates for Urban Agriculture (Greater Chicago) Illinois Local Food and Farms Coalition (Illinois) Good Greens (USDA FNS Midwest Office – serving 6 states: OH, MI, IN, IL, WI, MN) Illinois Farmers Market Assn. (serving all 300+ Illinois markets) Women, Food, and Agriculture Network (national organization based in Ames, Iowa) cc: Lake […]