Did you know March was National Women's History Month...?

Because I had no idea it was National Women's History Month. The White House just released a press statement on...umm...March, declaring this proclamation. We are suppose to "honor the women who have shaped our Nation." One such woman, is Lilly Ledbetter, a small town woman who took up a fight with a major corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, in Gadsden, Alabama. After 19 years of work, Ledbetter was slipped an anonymous note revealing that she had been underpaid all those years. In fact, she was underpaid by 40 percent. Ouch! Of course she sued Goodyear, won more than $3 million, all to have the Supreme Court rule 5-4 against her saying she waited way too long to file her claim. Double Ouch! Although she didn't get any monetary compensation, her story reached millions via the media and brought the issue of wage gap mainstream. Thus, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law on January 29, 2009. Today, I honor Lilly Ledbetter and the many women who stood up (and stand up today) to fight even when they knew the battle would be hard. Happy National Women's History Month!

Is new media technology making our kids fat?

A study finds that the amount of time kids are spending on entertainment media has risen dramatically. Kids 8 to18 are spending nearly 8 hours on entertainment media, especially minority youth. The percentage of overweight kids in the US is growing at an alarming rate with 1 out of EVERY 3 kids considered obese. Michelle Obama kicked off a national campaign this year called, Let's Move, which is tackingly the obesity problem in kids. How can we use new media technology to leaverage our public health efforts?

Remembering Bloody Sunday

Today I am remembering Bloody Sunday, a phrase given to the day on March 7, 1965 when hundreds of men and women were brutally beaten as they marched from Selma to Montgomery for their right to vote.