Experiencing a total computer melt-down here at Siren HDQ. I am trying to post this from my cell phone. Dedication! 1. If you can get your butt to Grant Sawyer tomorrow do it to come out for SB369, otherwise known as “the brothel tax.” Actually an excise tax on services and could net state $3-4…
Wanted to share this with the group: Las Vegas-On Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Nevada’s Students of Higher Education will be rallying at UNLV’s academic mall (in front of Beam Hall) in order to highlight student-centered research and education. There will be eight students speaking. Four of the eight students…
Things I don’t want to completely ignore: The Nevada Women’s Lobby (of which I am a steering committee member) has been working to support ACR5, a bill calling for an interim study on the state of incarcerated women in Nevada. President Obama has started the process to overturn Bush’s misogynistic plot to devalue women’s health…
Sorry for the lack of posting this week. I’ve been under the weather. But am feeling the flush of humanity slowly returning … hopefully The Watchman will bring me all the way back. Until then, enjoy this news from our local Planned Parenthood: On March 12, Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada will celebrate the grand…
The UNLV production of The Vagina Monologues is this Friday, Feb. 27 at Ham Hall. Curtain at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and proceeds benefit Family and Child Treatment of Southern Nevada and the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center. WEN (aka Women’s Empowerment Network) is hosting an L Word finale party on March 8 at Celebrity…
Nevada NOW’s garage sale is Saturday, Feb. 21. The proceeds will help the organization send NOW members to Carson City for Grassroots Lobby Days next month! Garage sale: Saturday at 8 a.m. at 7916 Martingale Lane, LV, NV 89123 To donate, send an e-mail to members@nevadanow.org. Check out the sale and donate items to the…
I support this and hope you will, too: Join our friends in the Las Vegas Equality Action Group as part of National Freedom to Marry Day, Thursday, February 12, 1PM at the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Local marriage counters in cities all over the country, same-sex couples will request…
Happy second day of the Nevada legislative session. Have you contacted your representatives yet? First Friday … It’s not just for art anymore. Join Planned Parenthood’s activist crew as they fan out over First Friday to distribute condoms and talk sex. Meet up at the Charleston clinic at 6 p.m. This week is National Teen…
For some reason I thought I had already posted about this. My secretary is so fired. (Oh wait, I’m my secretary. I’m fired.) If the idea of gutting the higher education by 50% or more is unacceptable, head to the student-organized Budget Cut Rally tonight at UNLV starting at 6 p.m. Community leaders, educators and…
As many readers know, I am a member of the Nevada Women’s Lobby steering committee. I got involved because I want to help make a difference in the lives of women and children in Nevada. I chose to work with NWL because they share my values, including reproductive rights and equality for LGBT families. I…
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