National Breast Cancer Awareness Month!!!

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month so show your support by purchasing itmes that have the pink ribbon. You may also show your support by displaying a pink ribbon.

A Victory for Planned Parenthood California

Last week Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific announced that Gov. Jerry Brown signed the following healthcare legislation that will now be part of California law. This legislation would support maternity care services and ensure insurance plans provide the appropriate coverage. In addition, legislation for public health and preventive services for teens which also includes the HPV vaccine. AB499, SB222 and AB210 supporters have been working hard to make this announcement a reality since 2004 so huge congratulations are in order!!!

REMINDER: Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific has combined the healthcare services that were previously provided by Planned Parenthood Golden Gate (PPGG). To find out more about more about the reproductive healthcare services, emergency contraception or to schedule an appointment at a center near you, call 1 800 230 PLAN today!!!

National Call of Unity 2011

On 10/4/11 this free national call, we'll hear from survivors, advocates, national experts, and government officials working to end domestic and sexual violence. Together, we'll share in a collective moment of silence for all the women, children, and men who have lost their lives to intimate partner violence and we'll hear a dramatic recitation from nationally renowned spoken word artists Sunni and Asia Rainey.

Register for this event ASAP!!!










Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

The Purple Ribbon Initiative

Display a purple ribbon to raise awareness about domestic violence. Ribbons are symbolic to show support to stop violence and to initiate awareness. Click here to download display cards!!!






















Source: The Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!!!

What is Domestic Violence???

Domestic violence is best understood as a pattern of abusive behaviors -- including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks as well as economic coercion -- used by one intimate partner against another (adult or adolescent) to gain, maintain, or regain power and control in the relationship. Batterers use of a range of tactics to frighten, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, often injure, and sometimes kill a current or former intimate partner...

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Source: The Domestic Violence Awareness Project

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Updating (About Me)!!!

Founder (Owner) & CEO of SisterHood, Inc...I am a daughter, a sister, a wife, friend, writer, poet, spoken word artist, activist, organizer, student, teacher, business owner and concerned individual seeking to mobilize others for change!!!
             

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