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Strategic Counsel / Issue Management. For over 20 years, The Reading Connection (TRC) has been reading with kids who have no one else to read to them and giving books to kids who had none. Grandma Rita's Children in Mclean, VA is a private company categorized under Social Service and Welfare Organizations. Sewall-Belmont House and Museum. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Trust For The National Mall. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Founded in ...
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Stamp Out Stamp Bias! : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. Stamp Out Stamp Bias! Our stamps project is dedicated to eliminating the pervasive gender bias in our nation’s postage stamps. Men depicted on stamps outnumber women overall by three to one, and the ratio isn’t improving. From 2000 to 2009 the U.S. Postal Service honored 206 individuals on commemorative stamps; only 43 were women. That’s 21%. It is time for the USPS to honor men and women equally. Please email us at stamps@equalvisibilityeverywhere.org. August 1, 2010. Middot; 6 Comments.
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Currency : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. Why are there no women pictured on our paper currency? It’s not for lack of trying. Activists have petitioned the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving for over a century to include portraits of notable American women, but to no avail. The situation with our coinage isn’t much better:. The Susan B. Anthony Dollar was introduced in 1979, and withdrawn from circulation after a year. It was briefly re-issued in 1999. The only other coins featuring women are essentially collector’s is...
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Who we are : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. You are here: Home. EVE is a group of people committed to creating Equal Visibility Everywhere for women. Founded in March 2010, we are a national not-for-profit dedicated to achieving gender parity in the symbols and icons of the United States. Download our one-page pdf factsheet. EVE will work to change the culture and face of America one symbol at a time. We will:. Encourage state legislatures to add more statues of women to National Statuary Hall;. The Handbook for Latchkey Children...
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D.C. Street Names Project : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. You are here: Home. Streets & Buildings. DC Street Names Project. DC Street Names Project. Dr Lynette Long (email president@equalvisibilityeverywhere.org. We are currently developing a list of names of women to be honored:. DC Street Names Project: List of Women. This is a working list, and we are still compiling data and adding names. If you would like to help with this research, please email us at dc@equalvisibilityeverywhere.org. DC Street Names Project News and Updates. June 26, 2010.
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Media : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. The subject of women in media is an enormous one, and there are many excellent organizations devoted to it full-time. We don’t intend to duplicate their efforts! Our Media project is intended as an umbrella for any ad hoc actions or educational campaigns we may undertake. There’s certainly plenty of gender bias to go around:. Male guests on the Sunday morning political talk shows outnumber female guests four to one. Please email us at mediaproject@equalvisibilityeverywhere.org. Page for...
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Museums : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. Museums are the repositories of our nation’s history and heritage. Curators play a critical role in shaping our national memory and cultural values. Our Museums project will focus on calling attention to how women are portrayed and represented in museum exhibits. Areas we’ll focus on include:. Women’s contribution to history has been neglected for too long. It’s imperative that our museums present a fair, full depiction of women’s achievements. The National Women’s History Museum:.
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Why it matters : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere
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HOW you can help. You are here: Home. I would like the men in the room to imagine living in my world. Imagine how you would feel if all the statues inside and outside this building were of women, and all the paintings on the walls of this building were of women leaders, and when you opened your wallet to pay for your lunch only images of women were on the money, and every president and every vice president in our history was a woman. Would you stand where you stand today if that were our nation’s legacy?
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