ccording to the United Nations Statistics Division, intimate partner violence accounts for the majority of women’s experience of abuse.
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Can the Women’s March survive petulant White women?
Now Teresa Shook, the self-proclaimed founder of the Women’s March, is demanding the resignation of its four leaders and co-chairs — Bob Bland (aka Mari Lynn Bland), Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez — who are organizing for a January 19 march. Really?
Posted inLocal & State, National, News
Abuse charges against Rep. Keith Ellison ‘unsubstantiated’
In 2007, Ellison became the first member of the Muslim faith ever elected to the U.S. Congress. In 2017 he became Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee after losing a close race for Chair to former Obama DOJ official Tom Perez.
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Kim Nelson receives YWCA’s first-ever ‘Woman of Power’ award
Given her trailblazing efforts, it was only fitting that the YWCA Minneapolis recognized Kim Nelson with its inaugural “Woman of Power” award. Nelson received the honor at the 2018 Circle of Women fundraiser on May 10 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.