The following report was written by my son last March when he was in third grade.  He also wanted you all to know that his teacher gave the class the option to write about famous women OR men, and that he was the only boy in the class to chose a famous woman.

Sojourner Truth
I chose Sojourner Truth because not many kids know her.
Sojourner was born some time in 1797. When Sojourner was a kid her name was Isabella. You may be wondering why she has no birth date …

We have some exciting news:   Thomson Reuters has agreed to be the Event Sponsor for our upcoming evening event on May 6, 2010 honoring Lynn Forester de Rothschild!
The event will take place at Thomson Reuters headquarters in Times Square. Evites will be going out in the next week. Space will be limited!
Check for our Benefit Committee list on the home page of our website in the next couple of days.
If you or your company would like to join the Benefit Committee, or you would like to indicate interest …

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

Last week, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony on Capital Hill, a long-overdue recognition for these heroic women. They were considered civilians and were not entitled to pay and benefits given to men, nor military honors though some died in service.
Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., along with Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., and Susan Davis, D-Calif., led the push in Congress to get the women recognized.
Hutchison noted at the ceremony that when the unit was disbanded …

Dear Friends,
This weekend, I was honored to represent The New Agenda as one of  300 international leaders at The Daily Beast’s Women in the World summit. Tina Brown  blogged: Will the Hudson Theatre explode with so many female fire-eaters under one roof?
Women in the World was convened to discuss international women’s issues such as human trafficking, rape as a war weapon, and improving the lives of girls.  Despite the summit’s focus on international women’s issues, so many of the themes are central to our battles here at home:  …

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
In school, we had just last month celebrated Black History Month. There were speaker announcements, newspaper articles and classroom discussions all commemorating the importance and history behind the month. This week was “language week” where my school hung posters, had announcements given in foreign languages and held activities for those learning a foreign language. Next week will be “random acts of kindness week”. One thing is surely being disregarded …

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.

There are some major events this week surrounding international women’s right.
Yesterday, The New Agenda’s Vice President, Betty Cotton, attended Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards event in Washington DC. Betty reports from the conference: “Gender equity is THE major issue of this century.”
This weekend, I’ll be representing The New Agenda at The Daily’s Beast Women in the World summit. Tina Brown has put together an incredible rooster of women activists from around the world. Tina write today at her website: “The rights of women are to …

The following piece by The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind is featured at The Huffington Post.
Senator Blanche Lincoln finds herself in the political version of a perfect storm. Her home state of Arkansas is centrist. Predictably, Republicans are chastising her vote for Obama’s health care legislation. Progressive organizations, unexpectedly, are throwing millions of dollars behind a male Democrat to challenge Senator Lincoln in a primary. And shockingly, a women’s organization dedicated to getting women elected says she deserves it. Despite all the darts being thrown at Senator Lincoln from seemingly every …

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 …