Show some charity: Vote in the poll!

Putting together this year’s Mindful Giving List got me thinking. Where does charitable giving rank in your life? Do you do donate? I want to know!

The Sin City Siren’s Mindful Giving List 2011

With Thanksgiving in just a few days and the Black Friday countdown ticking away the minutes to the mass-consumer orgy, you know it’s time for my annual Mindful Giving List. Call it a clarion call from outside the din. Call it a reminder about “the reason for the season.” Or, just call it perspective. As…

Transgender Day of Empowerment

Passing this along: Transgender Day of Empowerment (TDOE) brings together an array of nonprofit organizations and businesses working to empower Nevada’s transgender communities. “Our hope is to expand access to the number of culturally-competent providers to help meet the growing medical and service needs of the estimated 40,000 transgender persons in Nevada,” said EQNVCS Director…

The Big Give

Today (Nov. 17) is Nevada’s Big Give, a day of charitable action to promote and support dozens of fantastic organizations and causes throughout the state. This is an amazing opportunity to be a part of something big! And there are so many organizations that are involved, including some Siren favorites: Planned Parenthood of the Rocky…

Being ‘Over It’

**TRIGGER WARNING** I just read Eve Ensler’s essay “Over It” and it really resonates with the space I’m in right now. In case you haven’t read it yet, here’s a snapshot: I am over rape. I am over rape culture, rape mentality, rape pages on Facebook. I am over the thousands of people who signed…

World AIDS Day vigil

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Observations from the fight deck

As regular readers know, The Sin City Siren has joined with organizations and concerned individuals — many of them parents — to urge the Ultimate Fighting Championship to enact a code of conduct to discipline fighters and management when they have used offensive and inappropriate language, including a rash of recent episodes of hate speech…

Taking it to the octagon

We saw. We organized. We rallied! Saturday’s rally against hate speech and jokes about rape was a success thanks to the hard work and quick response of a lot of great people in the community. We had a nice turnout of about three dozen people, including parents, activists, advocates for survivors of sexual violence, and…

Rally against hate speech, rape jokes at UFC headquarters!

Here is the official press release for the rally tomorrow. I hope to see everyone there! For Immediate Release: • Emmily Bristol, Board Member of the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence • Leslie Lilla, Nevada single mother and board member of the United Labor Agency of Nevada (ULAN): 702-592-7844, or leslielilla@cox.net • Christine Kramar, Nevada…

Ultimate responsibility

The mantle of hero has always been heavy. In the comics, Spiderman is told that with great power comes great responsibility. And even though the web-slinger might not be a real person, the advice rings true for our flesh-and-blood heroes, too. In these modern times, heroes come in a variety of forms built up by…