joan blades

Mothers Vote!

Joy Rose — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:29:46 -0400

I’m one of those women who don’t really consider her ‘political’. In fact, that’s what I told Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe -Finkbeiner when we first met in Washington two years ago.
But, like so many other Americans worn down by the economy and urged on by my conscience, I had to choose; My future, or my apathy.

Live from New York

cooper — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:22:49 -0400

If your ears are buzzing, it is because Joan Blades just wrapped up a presentation in New York, at theWomen’s Media Center and she was talking about how wonderful all of you engaged mothers are.

Emily McKhann, my business partner, and the ad hoc MomsRising on-the-ground reporter, was also there. Part of the discussion included Emily and Joan sharing with the group the Pennsylvania story and the progress that is being made there. Here are some of Emily’s “Treo” dispatches from the event:

Kiki and Joan on the Lisa Birnbach radio show!

cooper — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:17:59 -0400

This morning Joan and Kiki were on the Lisa Birnbach radio program on Greenstone Media.

A great description from Kiki:

Lisa, the host of the show, was great, supportive and a single mom with three children. She spoke of her own experiences in the past being asked, during a job interview, if she planned to have more children.

She asked me great questions, such as did I have high expectations about the outcome of the legislation and I told her I always did. Except for those times in the past that I put on my black mourning dress in November at