Category: Social Causes

THE RAW BEAUTY Project celebrates women with disabilities and “advocates for inclusion and inspires all to embrace their beauty, own their power and live their passion.” Shown in New York City, the photography exhibit is now launching an Indiegogo campaign to…

Ana Castillo, a poet, award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and playwright, is one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary Chicana literature. In her most recent book, Black Dove: Mama, Mi'jo and Me, she details her life as a single, brown, feminist parent, while at the same time, describes her against-all-odds career as a writer and activist. Join us for an enlightening, eye-opening and fascinating conversation.

THE ANNUAL WAM!NYC (Women, Action, and the Media) conference (#WAMCON) is back for their seventh annual event, which brings together hundreds of journalists, activists, and creative thinkers dedicated to social justice and the media. The conference features a full day of…

Meet and get to know Anastasia Higginbotham, writer, illustrator and creator of the children's book series, "Ordinary Terrible Things." It tells the stories of youngsters who navigate trouble with "their senses sharp and souls intact. Help may come from family, counselors, teachers and dreams, but it's the children who find their own way." Anastasia's first book, "Divorce is the Worst," published by the Feminist Press was followed by "Death is Stupid." Both books tackle very critical, sensitive topics and are must reads for both children and adults.

THE PRESIDENT OF Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Dr. Venida Chenault, told KCUR 89.3 that she knows first hand the circumstances some underserved college students face. She described how she helped her single mother pay the…