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Disrupt the Status Quo for Women in North Carolina

I recently began a small workbook titled: “Do Disrupt: Change the status quo. Or become it.” It’s timely for us to be talking about changing...[Read More]

17 May
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A More Meaningful Way to Celebrate Mother’s Day

Six years ago on Mother’s Day, I arrived at Ros’ home and knocked on the door only to find no answer. I walked in expecting to...[Read More]

8 May
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We Contain Multitudes

When it seems as though we find ourselves in a world of binaries – the rich and the poor, the Democrats and the Republicans, the...[Read More]

27 Mar
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Cornerstones of Our Nation’s Nutrition Assistance “Safety Net” are in Crisis

In 2010, I was the director of a Women, Infants, and Children’s Program, (WIC) in a rural North Carolina county. Prior to that, I worked...[Read More]

27 Feb
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I’m Okay Not Getting Married

When I moved to North Carolina by myself I came not knowing anyone here. I just wanted a change of scenery and North Carolina was...[Read More]

11 Feb
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A Regretful Wrong

It was the middle of March, I was six months pregnant, and our Christmas tree still stood tall in the formal living room. Angry as...[Read More]

23 Jan
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Christmas Time Already?

It’s that time of the year! Holiday explosion. Everywhere you look, decorations of Santa and hollies and snowflakes as far as the eye can see....[Read More]

17 Dec
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The 2018 Women’s Summit: Women Moving Mountains Speakers and Session Leaders

Women AdvaNCe is proud to present the partial lineup for the 2018 Women’s Summit: Women Moving Mountains. Please check back frequently, because more updates are...[Read More]

9 Nov
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Paid Leave Pays Us All

I learned something last night. Do you know the only two countries in the industrialized world who don’t have paid family leave? Papua New Guinea...[Read More]

24 Oct
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October: National Work and Family Month

By Tracy Zimmerman Zimmerman is the executive director of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. October is National Work and Family Month – a...[Read More]

17 Oct
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