Posted by shan on February 18, 2010
15th Annual International Womens Day Celebration: Inspire, Act, Change, sponsored by Minnesota Advocates, Saturday, March 6, 2010. This is another day long event with workshops, speakers, the Twin Cities Women’s Choir and more. MN NOW Program Chair Kathleen Murphy will be presenting a workshop on the Minnesota Constitutional Amendment for Equality. The event is free and open to the public and will include keynote speaker Leymah Gbowee, workshops, film, performances, visual arts, arts and crafts vendors, and information tables from over 65 co-sponsoring organizations. The event will be held at Coffman Union on the University of Minnesota campus. More information here.
We need volunteers to staff a MN Valley NOW Table from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Posted by shan on February 18, 2010
Pro-Choice Lobby Day, sponsored by MN NOW and NARAL – this is a great day with speakers, workshops, and live lobbying of your legislators. It begins at 8:45 a.m. at the State Capitol. More information and registration can be found at www.prochoicelobbyday.org. We have a special request from our Minnesota NOW VP Barbra Peterson for some older women to attend this event. Apparently, the pre-Roe generation is not usually well represented. There is a workshop specifically for an intergenerational discussion of choice. The group will be lobbying for a comprehensive sex education bill.
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Posted by shan on February 18, 2010
The February Membership Meeting will take place on February 25, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Our new meeting location is Prior Lake City Hall, located at 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue, SE, Prior Lake (just north of the library).
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Posted by shan on February 18, 2010
Please note that our monthly membership meetings are no longer held at the Prior Lake Public Library. Our new meeting location is Prior Lake City Hall, located at 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue, SE, Prior Lake (just north of the library).
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Posted by shan on October 15, 2009
The October Minnesota Valley NOW meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Prior Lake Public Library on Thursday, October 22, 2009. The library is located at 16210 Eagle Creek Ave SE in Prior Lake.
We will have a short business meeting from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., including election of officers. Become a member of the leadership! Any MN Valley NOW member can run for office and self-nominations are encouraged. All offices are up for re-election: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, State Board Delegates (2), State Board Alternates (2)
Our program will begin at 7:30 p.m. Our guest speaker, Susan Strauss, RN, Ed.D, of Strauss Consulting, will present information from her research on bullying in the workplace and sexual harassment issues. Dr. Strauss is a nationally recognized expert in the field and provides customized services to help organizations create positive changes in their workplaces and schools. Dr. Strauss works closely with clients to educate, develop policies, investigate incidents, and counsel repeat offenders, resulting in diminished harassment and more respectful work and school environments. For more information about Dr. Strauss, go to her website at http://straussconsulting.net/.
This meeting and program are free and the public is encouraged to attend.
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Posted by shan on April 8, 2009
Join Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women (SVABW) for their 10th Annual Silent Auction and Hog Roast Dinner Fundraiser at OK Corral Barn in Jordan, MN – hosted by RE/MAX Advantage Plus.
The event takes place on Friday, April 24th. Social Hour to begin at 5:30pm, with dinner starting at 7:00pm. Tickets cost just $50 per person, with all funds going to Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women.
To download a PDF version of the flyer and order tickets, CLICK HERE. You can also purchase tickets by calling 952-873-4214. Dinner tickets may be purchased until April 17th.
For more information, go to SVABW’s website at southernvalleyalliance.org.
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Posted by radicalfem on February 5, 2009
Riane Eisler, eminent Social Scientist, Partnership Educator, best selling author, attorney, and passionate activist has done it again. Until recently best known for her first book, The Chalice and the Blade, Eisler has written another powerful, cutting edge book, The Real Wealth of Nations. In this book, Eisler relates her vision of how a “caring economy” can lead the way to economic prosperity, a sustainable planet, and how our greatest asset, “we the people” can reconnect, resolve, and transcend personal and economic disaster. Through linking rather than ranking she builds a strong reformulation of institutions and systems that can advance a partnership society. Based on appreciation, caring, and nature, words usually not associated with economics, Eisler exposes the dominator paradigm as woefully inadequate and antiquated. In order to make this work, Eisler posits that we all must be a part of this work.
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Posted by shan on January 14, 2009
The Minnesota Valley Chapter of the National Organization for Women will meet on January 22, 2009 at the Prior Lake Public Library at 7:00 p.m. The library is located at 16210 Eagle Creek Ave. SE.
This meeting will feature a continued discussion of Riane Eisler’s The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy (the author will not be present). Chapters 4-6 will be covered and more chapters will be discussed if time allows. Even if you haven’t read the book, join us anyway, we would love to hear your ideas!
This meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. For more information, email info@mnvalleynow.org.
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Posted by shan on December 4, 2008
The National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, the web’s first live, secure hotline service, is now providing support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at rainn.org. The Online Hotline has already helped more than 22,000 visitors with the help of over 450 volunteers nationwide.
The hotline, which provides live, secure online support for victims of sexual violence, is experiencing record demand. More and more people are turning to the Internet for health information, and it is clear that survivors of sexual violence are seeking a safe place online where they can access immediate support from someone with the training to help them.
Go to the online hotline.
Go to RAINN’s website.
National Sexual Assault Online Hotline FAQ
What is the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline?
The National Sexual Assault Online Hotline is a free, confidential, secure service that provides live help over the RAINN website.
Who should use the Online Hotline?
Victims of sexual assault (whether their attack took place today or decades ago)
Spouses, family members, and partners of victims
Friends of victims
What services does the Online Hotline provide?
Crisis intervention and support
Answers to your questions about recovering from sexual assault
Information about medical issues
Explanations of the criminal justice system, and what to expect when you report the crime to the police
Referrals to resources in your area
Information for family and friends of victims
How does it work?
It works just like instant messaging. You’ll go into a private session with a trained volunteer and communicate, live, by typing messages back and forth. The service is completely anonymous, and you do not have to give your name or any personal information.
Who provides the help?
Online Hotline services are provided by RAINN and local rape crisis centers across the US, with the help of hundreds of trained volunteers. All trained volunteers have successfully completed state-mandated training and receive ongoing supervision from their local center. Online Hotline supervisors monitor sessions for quality control.
Does the Online Hotline provide ongoing help?
The Online Hotline provides immediate crisis help and information about recovery and prosecution. If you need ongoing help, your trained volunteer will connect you to your local rape crisis center, which provides free individual and group support sessions and other services. You can always reach your local rape crisis center directly by calling the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE.
Which web browsers will work with the Online Hotline?
One of the browsers below is needed to use the Online Hotline messaging service:
Firefox (Windows or Mac)
Opera 7+ (Windows)
Mozilla (Windows)
Internet Explorer 6+ (Windows)
Netscape 6+ (Windows)
AOL 9.0 (Windows)
We are working continuously to provide support for more browsers.
Source: rainn.org
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Posted by shan on November 30, 2008
A public memorial service for Ruth Anne Maddox is planned for Saturday, Dec. 6 at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, 3611 Berens Road NW., Prior Lake (north side of County Road 42, east of County Road 83) at 10:30 a.m.Her family has requested that memorials be directed to: Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women, P.O. Box 166, Belle Plaine, MN 56011 (please include Ruth Anne’s name in the memorial).
Condolence messages will be forwarded to her family and should be sent to: Lipka Family, c/o Shakopee Valley News, P.O. Box 8, Shakopee, MN 55379.
http://www.shakopeenews.com/news/general_news/public_memorial_service_ruth_anne_maddox_dec_6-7669
To read and leave messages of condolences and stories about Ruth Anne, go to: http://www.shakopeenews.com/news/general_news/help_us_remember_ruth_anne-7592
Ruth Anne visited Minnesota Valley NOW in March 2007 to cover our Women’s History Month Feminist Forum for the Savage Pacer and the Prior Lake American (article here). We were so pleased to receive attention from the local media, but more than that, enjoyed meeting Ruth Anne and talking with her about our group. She was friendly and open-minded and seemed to just fit right in. She wasn’t just a reporter, she was a new friend, and Beth and I were compelled to make her an honorary member.
The more I learn about Ruth Anne, reading the stories from people who worked with her and knew her in the community through her work as a reporter, the more I realize that everyone who met her felt this way – that she was a friend. I started working at Southwest Newspapers just a couple of weeks before Ruth Anne’s death. She was one of the few people I knew before I went to work there and was a friendly, welcoming face. It’s been clear the past few weeks how much she touched her coworkers, how much they cared for her, and how devastated they are. SW Newspapers is truly a family and Ruth Anne was a dearly loved member of that family.
It’s clear that our work towards eliminating violence against women is critical. And unending. MN Valley NOW has a strong commitment to education and raising awareness about violence against women. We’ve worked closely with Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women for many years now – from donating toiletries and gifts for women seeking their help, to inviting SVABW to speak at our meetings, to V-Day Prior Lake 2008, an event that raised nearly $4,500 for SVABW and V-Day’s Katrina Warriors and was attended by over 300 people.
We can’t do a V-Day event every year. But there are so many “little” things we can do. We can continue to volunteer our time and provide financial support to SVABW and other organizations that are working to help survivors of domestic abuse. We can increase awareness and education through our monthly meetings, presentations and speakers. We can write letters to the editors of our local papers during Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) and all through the year.
And we can remember Ruth Anne.
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