If you’ve been waiting for me to inter the fray on the ridiculous budget crisis facing Nevada’s schools and the even more ludicrous budget cuts proposed — your wait is over. I admit, I’ve hung back a little because I was so busy being pissed at the all-out War on Women being waged on the…
Nevada Women’s Lobby’s Grassroots Lobby Days is coming up, March 14-16! During GLD there are a host of great workshops to better understand how bills become law and how to lobby your representatives. Another great part of GLD is the great speakers lined up! One of those speakers is acclaimed, feminist, prochoice, activist Shelby Knox!…
Here’s a chance to see for yourself what an education class from PP is like: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX!! (Ok, maybe not EVERYTHING, but a lot!) Come join us for a night of fun, wine, cheese and snacks and see what our educators are up to in the community and learn…
A new Guttmacher Institute report on teen pregnancy is out. Guess who’s No. 2? New Mexico had the highest teenage pregnancy rate (93 per 1,000), followed by Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Mississippi. The lowest rates were in New Hampshire (33), Vermont, Maine, Minnesota and North Dakota. And we top another side of this list, too:…
The NEW Leadership program is a real gem and I highly recommend it. Here’s the info: It’s that time again! NEW Leadership Nevada is accepting applications for its 2010 program. NEW Leadership Nevada 2010 will be held June 14 – 19, 2010 on the UNLV campus. The application deadline is April 19th. You will find…
Where has the week gone? I’m so behind! But not too late to share this with you … Have You Experienced Health Care Discrimination? This week is National LGBT Health Awareness Week. We invite you to join Lambda Legal in observing this week by helping us collect the stories of LGBT people and those living with…
According to a story in today’s Las Vegas Review Journal, several UNLV academic programs including the Women’s Studies program, could get eliminated due to drastic budget cuts. In the same story, university president Neal Smatresk said he fears this is not the last time he will be facing such cuts. Other programs on the list…
I am so tired of and frustrated by Nevada’s chosen governor — a guy so moronic that he doesn’t realize that sending 800+ text messages to his mistress on a state-owned cell phone (sometimes during key legislative meetings) makes those texts public record AND forces Nevadans to foot the bill! The guy has never NOT…
The Sin City Siren 