The Birthright Quilt is a national, community-based initiative to address the
unacceptably high infant and maternal mortality of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
mothers and babies.

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Founder and CEO of Powerful Women International (PWI), Valeri Bocage, tells her story of losing everything in Katrina to inspire women not to worry about things, but enjoy life.
Weathering the Storm
From: The Bay Area Business Woman
By: Julia Dodge
Valeri Bocage was visiting a friend in Bay St. Louis, Miss. — 40 minutes away from her hometown […]

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In 2002 Penny Beatty had an idea to create a resource fair that specifically addressed the needs and interests of women. 5 years and 25 events later, this project is still going strong.
From: Suburban Woman North Shore
The spirit of community was a key factor for many of us who
decided to be part of the […]

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Group offering help to mothers
Volunteers assist by tackling tasks
From: Sun Sentinal South Florida
By Laura Burdick-Sherman
Mothers need as much help they can get as far as Joelle Smith is concerned.
And that’s her vision for a newly created organization, Mothers For Mothers.
“Every mother needs assistance with watching their kids; either they can’t afford it or don’t know […]

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Using Improvisational Comedy to Bring Laughter and Light Heartedness Back Into the Lives of Survivors of Sexual Assault.

Andrea Howe used the Landmark Education Self Expression and Leadership Program to create an organizations called “Living Out Loud”. A survivor of sexual assault herself, Andrea had come a long way in her healing proccess and wanted to […]

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240,000 Miles, $1,000 in Shots, Two Feet From Instant Death

Jessica and Bill Kizorek are not strangers to international travel. They have been to a combined total of 200 countries, including one journey involving all seven continents.
By the beginning of 2007 the pair had committed to a unique kind of travel mission—giving away, in twelve months, […]

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Single Working Moms, A Journey to Greatness - Author Cheryl Parker Moves, Leadership Program
NEW YORK, March 14 /CNW/ — With her recently self-published book,
“Single Working Moms, A Journey to Greatness,” Cheryl Parker has added book
author to an already diverse repertoire of professional roles that includes
National Spokesperson for Organ Donation until 1999, President of Cheryl’s
Mops […]

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Brooklyn, New York— Brooklyn-based fashion designer Aja Calvitti announced today her collaboration with the 1City Youth Project , an innovative not-for-profit youth service agency dedicated to providing free programs, activities and services to inner-city youth. The agency, now celebrating its 17th year of service, has provided free programming to more than 2000 youth in New […]

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Heather Rozen, of
Lowell Massachusetts found herself moved by the plight of low-income women trying to put their lives back together while recovering from substance abuse.  She created a community project called “Face Forward” to give them makeovers and support them in gaining a new sense of themselves  as they search for jobs and rebuild their lives.
Here is a story about […]

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