The last nail.
Results today for the Special election to fill Monserrate’s State Senate seat:
Peralta 66%
Monserrate 27%
Beltrani 7%
Turnout was 14%
Total votes cast 15,260

Please join The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind and share a cup of coffee with Barbara Ann Radnofsky, 2010 Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General.
Date: Friday, March 12
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: Grand Central
To get more information on meeting place, you can email us here.

We have more exciting news. Lis Wiehl of FOX News has agreed to moderate The New Agenda Foundation’s Teen Dating Violence event on May 6, 2010. With this addition,  our all-star panel is complete!
Here’s a couple of things that you might not know about Lis:
Lis wrote a book released in February 2007 titled The 51% Minority: How Women are Still Not Equal and What You Can Do About it:
Women make up 51% of the American population, yet still aren’t treated equally to men in areas that matter most. …

From our friends at NOW-NYS:
I am writing you, the leaders of various groups that represent battered women, for your help in one of the most important matters we will address this year.  The American Psychiatric Association is considering adding Parental Alienation to the Diagnosticians book, which would legitimize this legal tactic into a real disorder.
Parental Alienation Syndrome has now morphed into Parental Alienation Disorder thanks to the fathers rights organizations who are wildly pushing this through, and why wouldn’t they?  It benefits the abuser …

Lynn spoke out on Fox and Friends today about her Daily Beast op-ed I Told You So.
Watch the latest news video at <a href=”http://video.foxnews.com/” mce_href=”http://video.foxnews.com/”>video.foxnews.com</a>
Check out Hillbuzz: American Hero: Lynn Forester de Rothschild.

The New Agenda Foundation is pleased to announce that Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore will be joining our distinguished panel for our Teen Dating Violence breakfast on May 6th.
You can read DA DiFiore’s bio in full here.
DA DiFiore serves on on the Westchester County Domestic Violence Council. She also has lectured, both in New York and abroad, to judges and lawyers on domestic violence, the effects of domestic violence on children, ethics, problem solving courts and effective case management techniques.
DA DiFiore is known in Westchester County to be …

March is Women’s History Month.
Stay tuned to The New Agenda blog as we celebrate the incredible women that have, and continue to shape our country.
We also encourage our viewers during this month to submit stories about their favorite historical or modern day women. You can submit your blog piece here.

SAVE THE DATE!

About the Event
Did you know:  1 in 3 teens who date experience sexual abuse, physical abuse, or threats of physical harm.
Did you know: almost half of teens blamed Rihanna for Chris Brown beating her up.
It’s time for a conversation with our children.
Join The New Agenda Foundation for a breakfast panel to discuss the facts about this crisis, how to have a conversation with your teen, and what to do in your community. The panel will include national experts Jane Randel of Liz Clairborne Inc. and Casey Corcoran …

Those of you who follow our blog know that we have been highlighting an important new book authored by Anne Kornblut of The Washington Post.  Notes from the Cracked Ceiling explores the double standard with which women candidates are treated, as well as delving into the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Plain.  Anne’s book speaks to the raison d’être of The New Agenda:  to support women in leadership roles, to draw a line in the sand against the sexism and misogyny so much in evidence in 2008.
We are …

The New Agenda is inviting our DC viewers to attend a lunchtime event today on teen dating violence hosted by our partner in MADE, Liz Claiborne.
Top teen dating violence experts, parents, educators and teens from around the country are gathering on Capitol Hill to draw attention to the urgent problem of digital dating abuse, and to call for increased prevention efforts.
Here’s a note from The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind:
I’ll personally vouch for how important and very real this issue has become. A girl in my daughter’s 7th grade …