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Holding Our Own Offers Movement Building Grants

Posted on June 27, 2018

Holding Our Own, Movement Building Fund from Megajoule Media on Vimeo. Holding Our Own invites applications to our new Movement Building Fund.  The Fund is an emergency grant fund that makes grants up to $1000 available on a rolling basis to fund or sponsor actions, activities, and organizing efforts community-wide to respond to the ongoing attack on […]

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Posted in Activism, Economic justice, Environment, Human Rights, Immigration, Local Feminists, Local Issues, Militarism, Political Education, Poverty, Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Spotlight on Barbara Sutton

Posted on May 15, 2014

In an effort to give Holding Our Own network members an opportunity to get to know each other just a little better, we will be spotlighting a couple of local feminists each month. We hope that this will help give you more opportunities to connect, collaborate and leverage your resources. Do you want to be next, […]

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Posted in Activism, Economic justice, Gender-based Violence, Human Rights, Local Feminists, Political Education, Poverty, Reproductive Justice, Social Justice Leave a comment

Spotlight on Jessica Pino

Posted on April 25, 2014

In an effort to give Holding Our Own’s network members an opportunity to get to know each other just a little better, we will be spotlighting a couple of local feminists each month. We hope that this will help give you more opportunities to connect, collaborate and leverage your resources. Do you want to be next, or […]

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Local Issues, Poverty, Reproductive Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged activism, albany, breakfast in the classroom, feminism, hunger, hunger solutions, jessica pino, local feminism, new york, power, SNAP, social work Leave a comment

Casino in Albany: Yay or Nay?

Posted on April 8, 2014

Note: This post will be followed quickly by another detailing the schedule of opportunities for public input (that we know about). There has been surprisingly little public debate to date over the proposition of a new casino in the Albany area considering the huge impact it will have on the community.  The proposal for the […]

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Posted in Local Issues, Poverty, Uncategorized Tagged albany casino, casino impact on economy, casinos and crime, holding our own, poverty, problem gambling, proposed casino, she breathes, women and poverty Leave a comment

Call to Action

Posted on January 21, 2014

During the past week couple of weeks, the media noted and had much to say about the 50th Anniversary of the ‘War on Poverty’. Here’s an article from the LA Times: LA Times New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/kristof-progress-in-the-war-on-poverty.html And the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/what-america-won-in-the-war-on-poverty/283006/ Many of the opinions expressed and statistics quoted are at odds with each other. […]

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Posted in Poverty, Uncategorized Tagged holding our own, poverty, she breathes, war on poverty Leave a comment

Environmental Defense by Grace Nichols

Posted on January 7, 2014

Editor’s Note: We will post additional resources, references and article links in a separate post tomorrow, Wednesday,  January 8th. Please feel free to comment (be patient, all comments are moderated and you must be logged in to comment) or log in and Submit a Post of your own on this issue. There are numerous threats […]

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Political Education, Poverty Tagged albany ny, bakken oil, environmental injustice, environmental justice, global partners llc, holding our own, nys department of environmental conservation, port of albany, she breathes, tar sands, tim truscott 3 Comments

Hidden injustice

Posted on December 31, 2013

Every year in New York State hundreds of people sign over their homes in order to receive welfare assistance. This is a little known requirement, since most people who have homes do not receive welfare benefits, and those that do, certainly do not want to talk about it. I have had first hand experience with […]

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Posted in Poverty, Uncategorized Tagged feminization of poverty, holding our own, legal, lien, poverty, she breathes, single parents, Welfare, women and poverty 2 Comments

Food Cuts as Violence Against Women

Posted on December 10, 2013

Hunger and Human Rights: Budget Cutbacks as Violence against Women By Cody Cabrera December 10, 2013 The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence—a call to action to raise awareness of the multi-faceted forms of violence women face in the context of  human rights—ends today on International Human Rights Day.  As I reflect on today […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Political Education, Poverty Tagged 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, Farm Bill, Food Insecurity, Food Justice, Food Stamps, Human Rights, Human Rights Day, hunger, SNAP, Structural Violence 1 Comment

Poverty, Women and World Hunger

Posted on March 15, 2013

  By Joanne Kathleen Farrell When I think of spring I think of a time for rebirth. A time for seeding crops and clearing fields. I enjoy planting bulbs that will bring colorful flowers in the sunny days to come. For many around the world that life would be a fantasy. It is hard to […]

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Posted in Poverty, Uncategorized Tagged bread for the world, feminization of poverty, hunger, poverty, she breathes, union-made, women and poverty, worker exploitation, world church service Leave a comment

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