Joan Blades
It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.Collection: Time
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.Collection: Powerful
The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.Collection: Mother
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.Collection: Meaningful
I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.Collection: Country
We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.Collection: Moving
What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?Collection: Jobs
We are mortgaging our future.Collection: Our Future
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.Collection: Presidential
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.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Responsibility
Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.Collection: Jobs
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.Collection: Family
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.Collection: Activist
I'm a mediator by training and inclination.Collection: Training
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.Collection: Mother
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.Collection: Common Sense
Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter verified paper trail.Collection: Long
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.Collection: Strong