Joan Blades Quotes
Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.
Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.
Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.
Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.
The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.
I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.
I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.
A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.
People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.
Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.
