Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Get Ready for Earn Our Votes: Questions and conversation starters

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Amp 039 07 Conference News, Amp 039 07 Sessions Speakers, Blogher Conferences, Bloghers Act, Politics Amp Amp News, Blogher07

  kicked off our spirit of activism with the unveiling of BlogHers Act's global issue, I want to remind both BlogHer conference attendees and site visitors that tomorrow at 10:30 am, the BlogHer community begins to develop its voter manifesto for 2008. If you're planning to attend the session, here are some "thought starters": questions from

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• Liveblog: Earn Our Votes: What Questions Do Women Bloggers Want Candidates to Answer in Election 2008?

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:34 pm

  Tags: Amp 039 07 Sessions Speakers, Blogher Conferences, Politics Amp Amp News, Blogher, Blogher07, Bloghers Act, Politics

  Note: This session moved really fast, but I found it important enough to cover this that I'm willing to post this liveblog in its fully imperfect glory. I'll be cleaning it up today, with links, so you'll all have access to some great perspectives from smart women on some of our most pressing issues related to the upcoming election. Lisa Stone

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• BlogHers Act Canada September Challenge: Back to School/Work/Daycare With Less Packaging

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:51 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Canada, Green Eco Conscious, Politics News, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Bloghers Act, Bloghers Act Canada, Canada, Eco Friendly, Green, Recycle

  AWESOME bloggers of BlogHers Act Canada have kicked off their 12-month initiative to make a difference on their chosen issue - the environment. This month their theme is "less packaging." From the site: BlogHers Act Canada's 12-months of personal eco-challenges. Each month we'll embrace a different eco-issue we can make changes in our

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• BlogHers Act: Important Facts on Maternal Health

  Published: September 14, 2007, 11:27 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Politics News, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, World, Bloghers Act, Maternal Health

  Act has some great things in the works for our year-long campaign to make a difference in maternal health around the globe. We will have an announcement on our first actions very soon. In the meantime, following are some of the key statistics on the issue. As you can see, this is just the tip of the iceberg with lots of potential to help,

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• Law and Media Roundup: It's all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T

  Published: September 15, 2007, 8:54 pm

  Tags: Law, Media Journalism, Areth Franklin, Bet, Bloghers Act, Divorce, Enough Enough Campaign, Faye Andrson, Jena Six, Unfpa, What About Our Daughters

  members for failing to act on the rape and torture of a woman and her 12-year-old son in a Florida housing project last July. Here's a sample of what has Gina saying that city officials are "stuck on stupid:" "Following the international spotlight landing on their city for this heinous crime, the city commissioners moved into "action"

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• The Clinton Global Initiative

  Published: September 24, 2007, 11:03 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Green Eco Conscious, Politics News, Race Ethnicity Culture, Research Academia Education, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, World

  How perfect is that? BlogHers Act votes to make something happen on maternal health, and the world lines up. I'm going to interview everyone I can (think Brad Pitt has time for the bloggers?), and am putting my questions together now. I'd love suggestions, so if you have questions you'd like asked of this collection of world, business

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• Live-blogging the Clinton Global Initiative

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:51 am

  Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia Nz Oceania, Bloghers Act, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Green Eco Conscious, Health Wellness, Italy, Latin America Caribbean, Middle East, Politics News, Race Ethnicity Culture, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Southeast Asia, United States, World

  Here's some of what's happening today at the Clinton Global Initiative ... 10:03 - They've just announced the names of all the heads of state who are here today (52 of them), representing 72 countries. Former President Clinton just came on stage. "More than 600 commitments have been made. 20 mllion tons of greenhouse gases avoided, 3 million

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• Live-blogging the Clinton Global Initiative with Former President Clinton, Angelina and Brad

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:51 am

  Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia Nz Oceania, Bloghers Act, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Green Eco Conscious, Health Wellness, Italy, Latin America Caribbean, Middle East, Politics News, Race Ethnicity Culture, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Southeast Asia, United States, World

  The critical initiative for BlogHers Act was announced with the Prime Ministers of Norway, the Netherlands and Indonesia and the head of UNICEF on stage - they launched a campaign called Deliver Now (that I blogged about yesterday), to improve the health of women and children. Ten million children die every year before they reach five years of

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• If You Are A Mother, Know A Mother or Have A Mother, You Need To Know About Postpartum Mood Disorders

  Published: September 28, 2007, 9:55 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Maternal Health, Motherhood, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Ocd, Postpartum Psychosis

  they have a much wider impact than you may think.  They often put a strain on the relationships between new mothers and their partners, and they can affect bonding with the baby as well.  Many recent studies show that children of mothers with postpartum mood disorders who go untreated for long periods can be negatively impacted over

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• The Clinton Global Initiative - Maternal Health and A Final Round-Up

  Published: September 30, 2007, 11:50 pm

  Tags: Africa, Asia, Bloghers Act, Brazil, Health Wellness, Latin America Caribbean, Middle East, Mommy Family, Politics News, Race Ethnicity Culture, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Southeast Asia, United States, World

  better understanding. The fact it is affordable, cheap, life saving is so crystal clear." Gayle Smith, in her comments as one of four people closing the conference, If we want to change the world, change regions, rebuild women are not an add-on. They are the way forward. Thomas Kalil, also one of the speakers summarizing the

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• Change Status: Facebooking and Twittering for a better world

  Published: October 2, 2007, 11:02 pm

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Social Change Non Profits Ngos

  people in non-profits, activist groups, government agencies, social enterprises and multinational corporations are doing to move us towards a world that is socially, environmentally and personally sustainable. Alexandra closes her post with some great questions:  What did you do today that moved your work, your organization or your

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• SCHIP: We're All One Horrendous Medical Bill Away from Needing Government Aid

  Published: October 8, 2007, 9:11 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Mommy Family, Politics News, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Sports Fitness, Children S Healthcare, Schip

  4. In case you need some facts to inspire you, here are a few reasons the SCHIP program is so important (and great facts for your rally signs!): *12% of American Children (sic) don't have any insurance coverage at all * The U.S. Ranks (sic) 37th in the world for infant mortality * One-in-five U.S. jobs does not provide health insurance, a

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• Help Mothers Everywhere: Join Blog Day for the MOTHERS Act on October 24th

  Published: October 12, 2007, 7:58 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Blog Day For The Mothers Act, Blogher, Bloghers Act, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Progress, Postpartum Support International

  which is part of the overall BlogHers Act 2007-2008 initiative to improve maternal health. What is the MOTHERS Act?  The Moms Opportunity to Access Help, Education, Research and Support for Postpartum Depression Act, or MOTHERS Act (S. 3529), will ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened

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• Maternal Health is a BIG topic these days

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:24 pm

  Tags: Africa, Asia, Bloghers Act, Feminism Gender, Green Eco Conscious, Health Wellness, Italy, Latin America Caribbean, Middle East, Politics News, Race Ethnicity Culture, Sex Relationships, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Southeast Asia, United States, World

  days (and not just because BlogHers Act has made it the cause for the year!). Here are the highlights -- -- Airing tonight on PBS at 8:30 p.m., is an hour-long program Child Brides: Stolen Lives. Here's what's going on. Around the world, young girls are being forced to marry, and their little bodies often can't handle pregnancy so they

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• Maternal Health is a BIG topic these days

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:24 pm

  Tags: Africa, Asia, Bloghers Act, Feminism Gender, Green Eco Conscious, Health Wellness, Italy, Latin America Caribbean, Middle East, Politics News, Race Ethnicity Culture, Sex Relationships, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Southeast Asia, United States, World

  days (and not just because BlogHers Act has made it the cause for the year!). Here are the highlights -- -- Airing tonight on PBS at 8:30 p.m., is an hour-long program Child Brides: Stolen Lives. Here's what's going on. Around the world, young girls are being forced to marry, and their little bodies often can't handle pregnancy so they

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