I really can’t say it any better than my friends at ProgressNow Nevada, so here’s the scoop: On Wednesday, developer Jim Rhodes will once again ask the Clark County Commission for permission to build a 1,000-home community on 2,400 acres just east of Red Rock Canyon. We all joined together several years ago to block…
Please welcome another new writer to The Sin City Siren! Lazara Paz, 30, is a self-described Latina with a LOT to say! A product of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, she was born in New Jersey. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from UNLV and is currently working on a multitude of health…
As part of Pride week, the Community Counseling Center is taking part in Threads of the Community, a fashion show fundraiser at Krave nightclub on April 26. Staff members will be modeling tshirts in rainbow flag colors that were designed by community organizations. Other organizations involved in the event include AFAN, SNAPI and The Center.…
When I was an college student back in the 1990s (oh what an angst-filled, self-important era I came of age in!), I used to get all worked up about the abortion fight. I’d sit in my Women’s Studies classes (I have a minor) and go to work at the campus women’s center and get in…
The National Abortion Funds’ Blogger Bowl-a-Thon ends tomorrow! But we still have time to make a difference in the lives of women all over America! (You can donate – pretty, pretty please – by clicking here.) But maybe you’ve never heard about National Abortion Funds. What are they? Abortion Funds are local, grassroots groups that…
Latte at a coffee shop: $7 Night at the movies (couple): $40 Tank of gas (approx): $40 Helping make the difference between having access to an abortion or not: Priceless All this week I’m participating in the National Abortion Funds’ Blogger Bowl-a-Thon. Please support the cause by joining my team or making a donation of…
April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month, or SAAM. I know there are a lot of “awareness” months and events, but here’s why I think you should care: Every two minutes, someone in America is sexually assaulted, according to RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network). And according to the US Dept. of Justice…
Sirens, I hope you will support me — better yet, support women in our community and across the country — by joining my team or giving a donation to my team for the National Abortion Funds’ Blogger Bowl-a-Thon! The dual goals of the National Abortion Access Bowl-a-thon are to raise awareness of economic barriers to…
It has been a long-time goal of mine to have more regular guest writers representing the diversity of feminism and our society. So I am really excited to introduce Siren readers to the newest guest writer, Jane Heenan. Jane is a counselor, an adjunct instructor at the College of Southern Nevada and may be known…
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